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Yellowjacket (Charlton)
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Yellowjacket is a fictional super-hero, and the first to be published by the company that would become Charlton Comics
. He first appeared in Yellowjacket Comics #1 (September 1944)
Due to copyright laws at the time of his inception, Yellowjacket lapsed into the public domain on the 28th anniversary of his initial published appearance.
s on him, he found that he had gained the ability to control the insects, and used that ability to fight crime while wearing a yellow costume with a distinctly yellowjacketian black and yellow striped cape.
Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
. He first appeared in Yellowjacket Comics #1 (September 1944)
Publication history
Yellowjacket starred in his own title, Yellowjacket Comics, which was published for ten issues from 1944 to 1946. There was no artist or writer credited for the stories. These ten issues were published by "E. Levy/Frank Comunale", which later became Charlton. When the title was renamed Jack in the Box, Yellowjacket appeared in the first issue, #11. He also appeared in TNT Comics #1, which was published by "Charles Publications".Due to copyright laws at the time of his inception, Yellowjacket lapsed into the public domain on the 28th anniversary of his initial published appearance.
Fictional character biography
Yellowjacket's secret identity is crime writer, Vince Harley. After a group of jewel robbers attempted to kill him by pouring a box of yellowjacketYellowjacket
Yellowjacket is the common name in North America for predatory wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries...
s on him, he found that he had gained the ability to control the insects, and used that ability to fight crime while wearing a yellow costume with a distinctly yellowjacketian black and yellow striped cape.