The carnival comes to town. Lee Rover and Clara Bell are an acrobatic trapeze duo. Clara’s father, Mr. Bell, is the owner of the carnival. He discusses the trapeze act with Mr. Neeley, the show’s cashier. Then Mr. Bell admonishes Harley the Clown for angering the gorilla in front of the crowd. Later that night, Lee and Clara go into Mr. Bell’s home to interrupt a mysterious figure as he attempts to murder Mr. Bell. Lee tackles him, but the murderer uses Jiu Jitsu to trip Lee and escape. The mysterious figure goes to the carnival, placing acid on the hinges to the gorilla’s cage. The acid is expected to eat through the metal in twelve hours. While the trapeze act is underway, the cage breaks and the gorilla escapes. Harvey the Clown has to run from the angry gorilla. Lee and Clara save him by picking him up while mid-swing. The mysterious figure then cuts Clara’s trapeze. Clara is caught by the safety net. He curses at himself because he forgot the net and didn’t succeed in killing her. Lee Rover chases the mysterious figure down and unmasks him in front of Clara. They instantly recognize Mr. Neeley as the killer. Neeley confesses to trying to kill Clara by unleashing the gorilla on her. Harvey the Clown thinks better of angering the gorilla in the future.
Alias Mr. Neeley |
Real Names/Alt Names Neeley |
Characteristics Villain, Gymnast, Martial Artist, Chesler Universe, World War II Era |
Creators/Key Contributors Unknown |
First Appearance Spotlight Comics #1 (1944) |
First Publisher Chesler / Dynamic [CB+] [DCM] [GCD] |
Appearance List Spotlight Comics #1 |
Sample Read Spotlight Comics [DCM] [CB+] |
Description The carnival comes to town. Lee Rover and Clara Bell are an acrobatic trapeze duo. Clara’s father, Mr. Bell, is the owner of the carnival. He discusses the trapeze act with Mr. Neeley, the show’s cashier. Then Mr. Bell admonishes Harley the Clown for angering the gorilla in front of the crowd. Later that night, Lee and Clara go into Mr. Bell’s home to interrupt a mysterious figure as he attempts to murder Mr. Bell. Lee tackles him, but the murderer uses Jiu Jitsu to trip Lee and escape. The mysterious figure goes to the carnival, placing acid on the hinges to the gorilla’s cage. The acid is expected to eat through the metal in twelve hours. While the trapeze act is underway, the cage breaks and the gorilla escapes. Harvey the Clown has to run from the angry gorilla. Lee and Clara save him by picking him up while mid-swing. The mysterious figure then cuts Clara’s trapeze. Clara is caught by the safety net. He curses at himself because he forgot the net and didn’t succeed in killing her. Lee Rover chases the mysterious figure down and unmasks him in front of Clara. They instantly recognize Mr. Neeley as the killer. Neeley confesses to trying to kill Clara by unleashing the gorilla on her. Harvey the Clown thinks better of angering the gorilla in the future. |
Source Mr. Neeley – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki |