Fighting Yank

The Fighting Yank is the name of several superheroes, first appearing in Startling Comics #10 (Sept 1941).

Fall 1941 was a boom period for patriotic superheroes as the country prepared to enter

The Yank's arch-nemesis, appearing for the first time in Startling Comics #13 (Feb 1942), is the evil scientist Dr. Mavelli, who has a device that erases men's faces and turns them into mindless slaves called the Faceless Legion.[2] He also fights the Nazi Dr. Fantom and his werewolves, and Nitro-Man, who has nitroglycerin in his veins and has exploding punches.^[7]

In Secondary Superheroes of the Golden Age, Lou Mougin writes that "the Fighting Yank was a satisfying patriotic hero without seeming to be a Shield or Captain America knockoff. Symbolizing the Spirit of '76, drawing strength from a Revolutionary War ancestor, the Yank confirmed that America still had what it took to win a war... and it would need every bit of it in the current one".^[3]

The 1940s precursor of

AC Comics reprinted some of the Nedor Comics' Fighting Yank adventures beginning in 1994. The company then briefly revived the character, who made some appearances in the series Femforce before being killed in Femforce #35. Later on, in issue #71, the Golden Age hero known as the Hood was murdered, and Bruce Carter III's spirit was brought back to inhabit the Hood's body. With the help of Reddevil, Carter designed a new costume based on his old outfit, and the Hood's.

In 2001, the company launched a new series. Set in 1950s America, it found Fighting Yank and sidekick Kid Quick defending the U.S. from

Writer Alan Moore revived the original Nedor Comics Fighting Yank, Bruce Carter III, along with other Nedor characters, for his series Tom Strong, on the DC Comics imprint America's Best Comics. In Tom Strong #12 (June 2001), he revealed the Fighting Yank as a member of SMASH, a superhero group that had been placed in suspended animation after an alien invasion from the Moon in 1969. Awakened 30 years later, Fighting Yank joined his former comrades against those extraterrestrials. In the fight against the aliens, he was killed while trying to protect his daughter, Carol.

Fighting Yank (Carol Carter)
Fighting Spirit, the successor to Fighting Yank (center) on the cover of ABC: A-Z, Terra Obscura and Splash Brannigan (2006). Art by Rachel Dodson and Terry Dodson.
Publication information
Publisher	America's Best Comics
First appearance	Tom Strong #11 (January 2001)
Created by	Alan Moore (writer) Chris Sprouse (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Carol Carter
Team affiliations	SMASH
Abilities	Superhuman strength Invulnerability Flight (with the aid of a magical cloak)

Tom Strong #11 (January 2001) revealed that when Carol Carter had reached adulthood, she had gained the same powers as her father, and joined him in his fight against evil. In 1969, the two were placed in suspended animation alongside other members of the superhero team SMASH, and were awakened 30 years later. Carol lost her powers when her father was killed trying to save her life. With the disbanding of SMASH, she left her superhero career behind and became a teacher.

Moore's

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Dynamite Entertainment

Dynamite Entertainment announced in 2007 that Fighting Yank would be the protagonist among several other Golden Age characters appearing in the comic book series Project Superpowers, by writer Jim Krueger and cover artist and co-plotter Alex Ross.^[10]

During World War II, The Fighting Yank was ordered to retrieve Pandora’s Box from the clutches of Hitler (who had opened the box and ignited World War II as a result of the released evils). Under orders by the government and his ancestor's ghost, the Yank has to trap not only the evils of Pandora's Box (actually an urn), but also his fellow superheroes.

Decades after accomplishing his mission, Bruce Carter III, now an old man, is confronted by the American Spirit, who chastises him for his actions. Carter realized that his actions have only allowed evil to flourish instead and Bruce Carter I had manipulated him so as to free himself from the curse, and set out to free his former teammates. Fighting Yank succeeds in freeing his teammates, but is mortally wounded in a battle.^{[volume & issue needed]}

As he died, the Yank took on his ancestor's curse and became a partly solid ghost. This allowed him to arrive in time to save the other heroes. Yank then arrives to empower the Green Llama, allowing him to destroy the F-Troops.^{[volume & issue needed]}

In other media

Mego Toy Company released an action figure named Fighting Yank in the late 1960s. The toy line was dropped in the 1960s after Mego was sued by Hasbro. The right hand had an imperfection that was intentionally left on production figures of Hasbro's G.I. Joe action figure. The District Court of New York found in Hasbro's favor. Fighting Yank resurfaced with an all new body in the early 1970s.^[11]

References

1. ISBN 0-87833-808-X
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4. ISBN 0-87833-808-X
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5. ^ Markstein, Don. "The Fighting Yank". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
6. ISBN 978-1476666723
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8. ^ "Timely's Fighting Yank". International Hero. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
9. ^ "Review of Fighting Yank #1". Superheroes Etc. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
10. ^ Brady, Matt (July 18, 2007). "Ross and Krueger on Superpowers". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09.
11. ^ "Fighting Yank". Mego Museum. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Fighting Yank.

• Fighting Yank I at International Hero
• Fighting Yank at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016.
• Fighting Yank I at SMASH fansite
• Fighting Yank II at SMASH fansite
• Project Superpowers #7 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)