Dean Alder, the head of the Alder Academy, wanted to fight crime and instruct the young. Thanks to the Mystic Garment, a magic robe he wears, he can walk into and out of mirrors and gain powers. When he walks through a mirror, he becomes an intangible and invisible shadow. He uses these power to fight evildoers. His costume changes over time. In vol. 7 #1, from 1942, he stops wearing a costume or using his powers, and is sent on a spy mission to Nazi-occupied Malmo on the Baltic Sea. His further adventures are centered on espionage during WWII.
Description Dean Alder, the head of the Alder Academy, wanted to fight crime and instruct the young. Thanks to the Mystic Garment, a magic robe he wears, he can walk into and out of mirrors and gain powers. When he walks through a mirror, he becomes an intangible and invisible shadow. He uses these power to fight evildoers. His costume changes over time. In vol. 7 #1, from 1942, he stops wearing a costume or using his powers, and is sent on a spy mission to Nazi-occupied Malmo on the Baltic Sea. His further adventures are centered on espionage during WWII.
Top 4 panels: Tip Top Comics vol. 6 #4 (#64) (Aug 1941), Tip Top Comics vol. 6 #8 (#68) (Dec 1941), Tip Top Comics vol. 6 #12 (#72) (Apr 1942) by Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood. Bottom 2 panels: Tip Top Comics vol. 5 #7 (#55) by Unknown.
