There are scads of godawful Golden Age superheroes , but Hip Knox the Super Hypnotist is one of the worst . Not only is his costume eye - gougingly ugly , but he also uses his powers in deeply creepy-crawly ways .
Hip Knox appeared in 1940 ’s Superworld Comics 3 , which was put out by none other than Hugo Gernsback . The graphics in this strip is by Jack Alderman , and I have no clue if Hip Knox ever come out after this dangerous undertaking .
1 . ) His parentage ( above ) defines incomprehensibility .
Most superheroes gain their powers from an foreign , orphic , or metahuman heritage or right-down hatred of the felonious element . Hip Knox was teach by an unnamed “ far-famed scientist ” ( who ? ) and really hates some guy named McFadden . We have zero reference who McFadden is , but we know he hang out with “ the urban center ’s worst role . ” It ’s unclear how bad these characters or where this metropolis is . For all we bed , Hip Knox could be defending Lancaster County , PA .
2 . ) Hip Knox sleeps with a hairnet .
It could also be a hornet ’ nest . The prowess leave thing candid to rendering .
3 . ) Hip Knox slaughter the entire Andean condor population to bring through his own stupid life sentence .
After putting Hip Knox in a computerized rocket program to plummet to Earth , Hip Knox find himself cruising through South America . To prevent the roquette from crashing , Hip Knox hypnotize thousands of shank cannon fodder condors . Hip Knox isthe Johnny Cashof superheroes .
4 . ) Hip Knox uses his powers to enslave endemic population .
After sacrificing an entire metal money , Hip Knox uses his hypnotic power to hale rainforest tribesman to devolve him to the metropolis . I ’d never thought I ’d find a comic that makes Tintin in the Congo calculate tame .
5 . ) Hip Knox does n’t arrest or reform crook — he in public humiliates them .
Upon repay to New York ( waddyaknow ? ) , Hip does n’t pick up McFadden . No , he bring in him act like a lunatic in front of an aghast gang ( seriously , look at that horrified woman in the upper right panel ) . It ’s not even specified if McFadden went to jail . I ’m begin to think that Hip Knox is secretly the supervillain of the part .
you’re able to learn more Hip Knox atPappy ’s Golden Age Comics . Does anyone know whatever happened to Hip Knox ? If anyone ’s deserving of a spunky anti - hero reboot , it ’s this guy wire .
[ Thanks for the tip , Chad ! ]
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