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Harry Lucey

Creator Harry Lucey (1913-1984)
Profession Cartoonist, Penciller, Inker
Total Entries 17
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Harry Lucey – Lambiek Comiclopedia
Harry Lucey – Wikipedia
Hey Archie, How About a Complete Works of Harry Lucey?
Any look at Harry Lucey has to start with his mastery of gesture. In drawing, there’s something called “The Action Line,” which is a single stroke that defines where a body is going to go and the shape it’s going to take. Here’s a comparison from Stan Lee and John Buscema’s How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way that shows how a more dynamic action line can affect how a picture is going to look. With Harry Lucey, the action lines are always clear. This is true regardless of if someone is actually in action… If someone’s getting hit… If the action line has to encompass a distance between two people… And if someone is falling (Lucey’s staple)… The key to this mastery of gesture? Take up space. Take up all the space… If he needs to have someone stand perfectly still for contrast, he will… ~ Hey Archie, How About a Complete Works of Harry Lucey? – Comics Cube

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Blue Spark

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The Blue Spark was a mad inventor, who used his advanced technology to conduct criminal and terrorist activities, including kidnapping, murder, extortion and robbery. He was brought to justice by Magno. The Blue Spark had […]
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The Blue Spark was a mad inventor, who used his advanced technology to conduct criminal and terrorist activities, including kidnapping, murder, extortion and robbery. He was brought to justice by Magno. The Blue Spark had […]
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Brother Sunbeam

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Brother Sunbeam was a monk and the arch enemy of Madam Satan. He and his mule would appear shortly after each visit that Madam Satan made to the world of the living in her efforts […]
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Brother Sunbeam was a monk and the arch enemy of Madam Satan. He and his mule would appear shortly after each visit that Madam Satan made to the world of the living in her efforts […]
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Captain Swastika

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Captain Swastika was a famed Nazi saboteur and the most frequently recurring archenemy of the Hangman. The two first crossed paths by accident after the Hangman (in his civilian identity) picked up a distressed woman […]
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Captain Swastika was a famed Nazi saboteur and the most frequently recurring archenemy of the Hangman. The two first crossed paths by accident after the Hangman (in his civilian identity) picked up a distressed woman […]
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Clockmaker

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Jonathan Simms was an innocent man who was sent to jail for 20 years. During his time in prison, he perfected how to make deadly clocks and plotted his revenge. Once freed, he mailed his […]
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Jonathan Simms was an innocent man who was sent to jail for 20 years. During his time in prison, he perfected how to make deadly clocks and plotted his revenge. Once freed, he mailed his […]
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Clown (MLJ)

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The Clown killed a woman after she refused his marriage proposal. The murder was witnessed by another, who was promptly killed too. Tormented with grief, and yet wanting the last laugh, Charles made up his […]
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The Clown killed a woman after she refused his marriage proposal. The murder was witnessed by another, who was promptly killed too. Tormented with grief, and yet wanting the last laugh, Charles made up his […]
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Hunter

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The Hunter was a large German man who worked as a Nazi operative during World War II, and was called in specifically to track down heroes, such as The Hangman. He was described as an […]
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The Hunter was a large German man who worked as a Nazi operative during World War II, and was called in specifically to track down heroes, such as The Hangman. He was described as an […]
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Johnny Gordon

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Johnny was Thelma Gordon’s brother who assisted the Hangman once. Alias Johnny Gordon Real Names/Alt Names Johnny Gordon Characteristics MLJ Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Harry Lucey First Appearance Pep Comics #31 (September […]
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Johnny was Thelma Gordon’s brother who assisted the Hangman once. Alias Johnny Gordon Real Names/Alt Names Johnny Gordon Characteristics MLJ Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Harry Lucey First Appearance Pep Comics #31 (September […]
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League of the Swastika

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“Now I show my cleverness… this is the secret Elsa would have told your government – my Legion of the Swastika! You are both going to die anyway… so it does not matter if you […]
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“Now I show my cleverness… this is the secret Elsa would have told your government – my Legion of the Swastika! You are both going to die anyway… so it does not matter if you […]
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Lightning (Ace)

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Robert Morgan was an American studying under an ancient Egyptian mystic called “The Old Man of the Pyramids”. It is unknown how they met, but perhaps the Old Man raised him after his parents died. […]
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Robert Morgan was an American studying under an ancient Egyptian mystic called “The Old Man of the Pyramids”. It is unknown how they met, but perhaps the Old Man raised him after his parents died. […]
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Madam Satan

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Madam Satan was a mortal woman. When she found out her fiancé’s parents didn’t approve of her impending marriage, she murdered them. As they were dying, they managed to tell their son who had done […]
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Madam Satan was a mortal woman. When she found out her fiancé’s parents didn’t approve of her impending marriage, she murdered them. As they were dying, they managed to tell their son who had done […]
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Magno (Ace)

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Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic […]
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Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic […]
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Phoenix

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The Phoenix was a mad man with dreams of world conquest. He used slaves to create artificial jewels in a factory at the base of a volcano. The slaves were guarded by the local “Jewel […]
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The Phoenix was a mad man with dreams of world conquest. He used slaves to create artificial jewels in a factory at the base of a volcano. The slaves were guarded by the local “Jewel […]
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Reptile Man

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The Reptile Man is a stowaway on a ship that docks in New York. In his first adventure, “Flash” Lightning is waiting for the passengers to disembark when the Reptile Man, led off the boat […]
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The Reptile Man is a stowaway on a ship that docks in New York. In his first adventure, “Flash” Lightning is waiting for the passengers to disembark when the Reptile Man, led off the boat […]
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Sam Hill

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Private eye Sam Hill was a “hard-boiled, wise-cracking sleuth” who was assisted by his tough as nails and reliable secretary Roxie. Sam also worked with police detective, Lt. Dugan. However, unlike his trusting relationship with […]
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Private eye Sam Hill was a “hard-boiled, wise-cracking sleuth” who was assisted by his tough as nails and reliable secretary Roxie. Sam also worked with police detective, Lt. Dugan. However, unlike his trusting relationship with […]
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Tiger Man (Ace)

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The Tiger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on “The Lost Island,” just off the coast of Singapore. He teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to […]
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The Tiger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on “The Lost Island,” just off the coast of Singapore. He teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to […]
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Ugly Man

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The Ugly Man was a carnival freak who was billed as the “Ugliest Man in the World.” The jeers and laughter of the crowd finally made him snap, vowing to take revenge on those who […]
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The Ugly Man was a carnival freak who was billed as the “Ugliest Man in the World.” The jeers and laughter of the crowd finally made him snap, vowing to take revenge on those who […]
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Walrus (MLJ)

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The Walrus was a street performer who would pickpocket his audience. His “sleight of hand” impressed a mob boss, who encouraged him to be part of his gang. He was hired to knock off the […]
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The Walrus was a street performer who would pickpocket his audience. His “sleight of hand” impressed a mob boss, who encouraged him to be part of his gang. He was hired to knock off the […]