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Ted Parrish

Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t get a “he-man” role. On the way home, he saw a young woman getting kidnapped by a pair of mad scientists. He used his mastery of disguise to track them down and rescue the girl. The experience made him realize fighting actual crime was far more exciting than playing an action hero, he decided to keep adventuring under the alias of Man of a 1000 Faces. Because few people saw him without some disguise or another, most didn’t realize that Parrish and the Man of a 1000 Faces were one and the same. In Speed Comics #23, Ted Parrish teamed up with Captain Freedom, Black Cat, War Nurse, and Shock Gibson to repel the Japanese attempt to invade Los Angeles.
Alias Ted Parrish, the Man with 1000 Faces
Real Names/Alt Names Ted Parrish
Characteristics Hero, Master of Disguise, Movie Star, Harvey Universe, World War II Era
Creators/Key Contributors Bob Powell
First Appearance Speed Comics #1 (October 1939)
First Publisher Harvey Comics [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Speed Comics #1-26
Sample Read Speed Comics [DCM] [CB+]
Description Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t get a “he-man” role. On the way home, he saw a young woman getting kidnapped by a pair of mad scientists. He used his mastery of disguise to track them down and rescue the girl. The experience made him realize fighting actual crime was far more exciting than playing an action hero, he decided to keep adventuring under the alias of Man of a 1000 Faces. Because few people saw him without some disguise or another, most didn’t realize that Parrish and the Man of a 1000 Faces were one and the same. In Speed Comics #23, Ted Parrish teamed up with Captain Freedom, Black Cat, War Nurse, and Shock Gibson to repel the Japanese attempt to invade Los Angeles.
Source Ted Parrish – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki
Speed Comics #20 (July 1942) | ?, Arturo Cazeneuve
Speed Comics #20 (July 1942) | ?, Arturo Cazeneuve