TNT Todd was a federal agent whose first handful of cases had him as a two-fisted gumshoe during his appearances in 1939's Keen Detective Funnies. Entering into 1940, the overlords at Centaur Publishing decided to transform him into a costumed superhero when Todd is revealed to also be a scientific genius who during an experiment mixing TNT with Magnetic X-19, resulting in an explosion of purple gas that gave him the power to shoot death rays from his hands, along with the ability to fly. He then takes a leave from the FBI to be a masked figure in a steel suit zooming around town and blowing stuff up just to prove his how much how badass he is. He uses his new mutant powers to stop a gang of thugs from using bombers in an attempt to rob the US Mint where Todd absorbs electricity making him a living dynamo. In his next caper, Todd somehow increases his powers to include telescopic vision in helping him defeat the nefarious Baron Gore, mostly just by zapping all the baddies into dust. TNT Todd's saga is one of the most absurd in early comics history. It's like taking a blue-collar James Bond, giving him powers beyond those of mortal men, then stuffing him into a streamlined Iron Man outfit, with Todd's career change from G-Man to Superman only lasting two issues.
TNT Todd was a federal agent whose first handful of cases had him as a two-fisted gumshoe during his appearances in 1939's Keen Detective Funnies. Entering into 1940, the overlords at Centaur Publishing decided to transform him into a costumed superhero when Todd is revealed to also be a scientific genius who during an experiment mixing TNT with Magnetic X-19, resulting in an explosion of purple gas that gave him the power to shoot death rays from his hands, along with the ability to fly. He then takes a leave from the FBI to be a masked figure in a steel suit zooming around town and blowing stuff up just to prove his how much how badass he is. He uses his new mutant powers to stop a gang of thugs from using bombers in an attempt to rob the US Mint where Todd absorbs electricity making him a living dynamo. In his next caper, Todd somehow increases his powers to include telescopic vision in helping him defeat the nefarious Baron Gore, mostly just by zapping all the baddies into dust. TNT Todd's saga is one of the most absurd in early comics history. It's like taking a blue-collar James Bond, giving him powers beyond those of mortal men, then stuffing him into a streamlined Iron Man outfit, with Todd's career change from G-Man to Superman only lasting two issues.
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