Happy 80th Anniversary to Golden Age Johnny Thunder (Johnny Thunderbolt)

From the Happy 75th Anniversary, Hawkman! thread (https://crikey.forumotion.com/t641-happy-75th-anniversary-hawkman):

MajorHoy wrote:(By the way, Johnny Thunder and The Whip also appeared in that first issue.)







(I don't know that much about Cliff Cornwall, though.
Doesn't look like he was around for more than year or two.)

From Johnny Thunder's first episode:


Johnny was also present for the first meeting of the Justice Society of America (in All-Star Comics #3), even though he wasn't originally invited.


However, All-Star Comics #6 (cover-dated August-September 1941) saw The Flash leaving as a full-time member of the group, so Johnny officially took his place.





Hotcha!!

All was going well for Johnny for a few years.

Then, he met a dame, and it all went down hill from there.

In Flash Comics #86 (cover-dated August 1947), Johnny was first introduced to . . . The Black Canary.


She soon got co-credit in the title of the strip

from Flash Comics #90 (December 1947)

and then stole the feature from Johnny altogether.


Things didn't go much better over in All-Star Comics. Black Canary first appeared with Johnny in All-Star Comics #38 (December 1947-January 1948), and Johnny's last Golden Age appearance with the JSA was in the following issue, All-Star Comics #39 (February-March 1948).

To make matters worse, his name was then appropriated for a Western character starting in All-American Comics #100 (August 1948).

from Who's Who -- The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XI (January 1986):