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Bouncer (Fox Feature Syndicate)

Field	Value
image	[[Image:The Bouncer 13 Fox Feature.jpg	200px]]
caption	The Bouncer, on the cover of issue #13; Adam Anteas, Jr. is on the right.
character_name	The Bouncer
species	Animated statue
publisher	Fox Feature Syndicate
debut	The Bouncer (1944)
creators	Robert Kanigher (writer)
Louis Ferstadt (artist)
powers	Superhuman strength
Great leaping

Louis Ferstadt (artist) Great leaping

The Bouncer is a superhero who appeared in comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate. The Bouncer had no secret identity, but was in reality a statue of the Greek mythological figure Antaeus (spelled Anteas in the comics). The statue had been sculpted by Adam Anteas, Jr., a descendant of the very same legendary figure. Like his Greek ancestor, Anteas Jr. gained power when in contact with the earth. Anteas Jr.'s power was that he bounced back whenever he struck the ground; the harder he hit, the higher he bounced. Like his ancestor, he lost his power when out of contact with the ground.

The Bouncer appeared in five issues of his self-titled comic. The first issue (1944) didn't have an issue number; the other four were numbered #11 to 14 (Sept 1944 - Jan 1945). It's possible that the numbering was intended to be a continuation of The Green Mask. He is the first comic book character created by writer Robert Kanigher.

Biography

At first Anteas Jr. had no interest in superheroics, and generally wanted to be left alone with his statues. But whenever he was threatened, the spirit of his ancestor would animate the statue, and drag its creator off on an adventure. Eventually Anteas Jr. began to seek out criminals, and fight them with the aid of the Bouncer. One of his foes is a clown who claims to be Satan. He also fought gangsters trying to access a vein of gold buried underneath a cemetery, as well as a villain called the Gold Bug.

Powers and abilities

The Bouncer was an inanimate statue until animated by the spirit of Anteas. During that time, the Bouncer had superhuman strength and the ability to leap great distances. Adam Anteas Jr. has the ability to summon the Bouncer to his current location. When Adam does so, the Bouncer appears in a puff of smoke.

References

(2015). "The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History". Quirk Books.
(2019). "American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944". TwoMorrows Publishing.
(1992). "Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History". Taylor Publishing Company.
"The Bouncer".
(2018). "Super Weird Heroes Vol. 2: Preposterous But True". Yoe Books.
(2013). "Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes". High Rock Press.
(2020). "Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics". McFarland & Co.

Wikipedia Source

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