Famous Funnies #89
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Head of Her Class" in Famous Funnies #89 (1941) delivers a quirky, early superhero tale with a twist: Jack Bradley, a stone carver in South Dakota, gains a strange connection to flint after a rockfall—turning him into a man of stone when struck by metal. Written by Stephen A. Douglas and illustrated by Harry G. Peter (who also inked and drew the cover), the story follows Jack as he journeys to the island of Tanna, where he must confront the Lava Man and protect June Anderson, all while grappling with his shifting form.
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Jack Bradley is working on carving the four presidential stone heads in South Dakota when two native South Sea islanders tamper with his electical supply, and he falls onto a ledge. The rockfall which lands on him transforms his body into flint, but it returns to normal after a while, until struck by metal. He sails to the island of Tanna, where he finds the Lava Man inciting the locals to kill the white intruders. He manages to save June Anderson, but not her scientist father, and transforms into Fearless Flint as the natives attack once more.
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