Master Key | |
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Real Name |
Ray Cardell |
First Appearance |
Scoop Comics #1 (1941) |
Original Publisher |
Harry “A” Chesler / Harvey |
Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
Playboy Ray Cardell was looking through his telescope one evening when he was suddenly struck by an unknown beam of energy. After being exposed to this mysterious energy, Ray gains X-ray vision and the ability to paralyze and burn people with eye beams. He believed his new powers will "strike terror into the hearts of the most hardened criminals", so Ray becomes the crime fighter Master Key.
His origin was later changed to the source of his powers being from an explosion caused by a short circuit instead of unknown space rays.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Scoop Comics #1-3
- Dynamic Comics #8-9, 24
- Punch Comics #9-21
- All-New Short Story Comics #1
- Triumph Comics #32
Notes[]
- The character was later re-printed and re-named as Detective Patrick Carlyle.