They also fought criminal fashion plate the Dude. The helmet is shown to be so strong that once when Bulletgirl was run over by a Nazi tank she was only knocked out.Īfter Bulletgirl's arrival, the pair fought a variety of weird, supernatural-themed villains including the Unholy Three, the Son of Dracula, the Man Without a Face, the Black Spider and the Limping Mummy. In addition to being bullet-shaped, their helmets also make the characters bulletproof. His formula was shown to make him strong enough to smash a tank. Shortly after Bulletman began his crime-fighting career, he created a second helmet for his girlfriend and later wife Susan Kent, daughter of Police Sergeant Kent who adopted the name Bulletgirl. He has fought the supercriminal Blackmask, the rat-man Black Rat and the devious Mara Myle. His first case involved capturing a gangster in his hideout. He also invented a bullet-shaped Gravity Regulator Helmet which allowed him to fly and deflect bullets. Like many characters of the time, he used chemistry to develop powers for himself, in his case greater muscle mass and brain power using his "crime cure". He was rejected from the police academy for physical reasons, but got a job in ballistics. Jim Barr was the son of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty and as a result took it upon himself to fight crime. This comic was distinct from others on the market at the time, because it cost five cents (as opposed to the usual 10-cent price), was half as long as the standard 64-page comic, and came out every two weeks instead of every four. Publication history Ĭreated by Bill Parker and Jon Smalle, Bulletman first appeared in Nickel Comics #1 (May 1940). Cover of Bulletman #3 (1942), art by Mac Raboy.Ĭhemically-induced superhuman strength and intelligenceīulletman and Bulletgirl are fictional superheros originally published by Fawcett Comics.
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