Wondering About Wonder Boy

One of three separate characters named Wonder Boy that premiered in 1940, the most enduring was the one from Quality Comics in their first issue of National Comics. Created by female comics writer Toni Blum and Tarzan artist John Celardo, this version of Wonder Boy didn't have a secret identity and was simply referred to as his professional label of Wonder Boy. WB was similar to Superman as he was the last known surviving member of a race of humans on the planet Viro who was sent to Earth in a missile that plunges into the heart of Chicago resulting in the deaths of several citizens. At least when Superman came to Earth he only wrecked a few acres of farmland, but Wonder Boy's arrival caused the slaughter of possibly hundreds of innocent people. Wonder Boy makes first contact with the police who obviously don't believe he's an alien despite surviving a missile crash that he only could've survived thanks to his alien physiology that the narration tells us is the strength of a thousand men. The cops send Wonder Boy to an orphanage just as the Mongolian army decides to invade Europe, so our super-strong kid just swims all the way across the Atlantic Ocean within a short amount of time to join in the fight. Somehow just being having overwhelming charisma and a snazzy suit with a star emblem allows Wonder Boy to be immediately accepted by the Western army sent to repel the Mongolians who have him deliver a special message across No Man's Land, even though they were totally clueless about his powers. Along the way, Wonder Boy takes out a tank with no trouble. After fulfilling his mission, he heads straight to the Mongolian camp and immediately takes out the entire battalion becoming a hero. From this point on, Wonder Boy would clash with the occasional Nazi including Hitler himself, plus a slew of other nasties including sneaky spies and crafty criminals. He usually wore his super-suit which at least saved him some closet space after he moved in with a professor and his hot daughter. Wonder Boy would hop from one comic to another until he finally got his own title in 1955 when his run ended after just two issues. Aside from his patriotic but still alien getup and having a career that lasted for fifteen years, Wonder Boy's legacy never seemed to carry as much weight at the dawn of the Silver Age, so by then he maybe should've been renamed Wondering Boy.