Golden Age Mr. E (Victor Jay)

First (and only) golden age appearance: Daring Mystery Comics #2,
cover-dated February 1940, but as per this posting in the thread for The Phantom Bullet (who also was one of the features in Daring Mystery Comics #2):

Philip K Ditko wrote:Mike's Amazing World gives the release date for Daring Mystery Comics #2 as 15 December 1939.

NOTE: This character is separate from DC comics' Mister E, who first appeared in 1980.



The Timely Comics version of Mr. E was later a part of the Marvel series The Twelve.

Is the Golden Age Mr. E the same character you have in your avatar, Major?

Barry_Allen wrote:Is the Golden Age Mr. E the same character you have in your avatar, Major?

No, the character in my avatar

is the Golden Age Quality Comics character Midnight taken from All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984) with art by Rick Hoberg and Mike Machlan.


The mask-and-hat look was very common back in the 1930s / early 1940s for non-powered mystery men.

In fact I remember at least another (very) famous one with the mask-and-hat look

(sometimes without hat, too)!