Adventure Comics

Note that Adventure Comics was originally titled New Comics and then later New Adventure Comics.


There are two eras in which Adventure Comics stories have been incorporated into the Super Comics Universe.  The second era was published by Super Comics, which I'll discuss below.  Finally, there was another era, in which many stories from Adventure happened in the Wronskiverse in a very similar way.


So lets start with the Golden Age.  In the 1992 series "Mystery Men", we learned that all comic books from the golden age of comics up until the end of World War II were incorporated into the Wronskiverse.  So all the issues of Adventure Comics up until the end of 1945 are part of Wronskiverse canon.  Even stories that don't occur in that era still are incorporated if they were published during that era.


This includes the stories from December 1935 to December 1945 of:  17-20 on the Black, Anchors Aweigh, Andy Handy, Barry O'Neill, Billy the Kid, Blood Pearls, Bulldog Martin, Butch the Pup, Cal 'n' Alec, Captain Desmo, Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers, Captain Quick, Captain Spiniker, Castaway Island, Chikko Chakko, Cotton Carver, Dale Daring, Detective Sergeant Carey, Dickie Duck, Don Coyote, Federal Men, Freddie Bell, Genius Jones, Ginger Snap, Golden Dragon, Goofo the Great, Gulliver's Travels, Hardluck Harry, Hourman, Hubert, Inspector Kent, J. Worthington Blimp, Jack Woods, Jibby Jones, Jungle Fever, King Arthur, Maginnis of the Mounties, Manhunter, Mark Lansing, Mike Gibbs, Monastery of the Blue God, Nadir Master of Magic, Needles, Ol' Oz Bopp, Paul Kirk Manhunter, Peter and Ho-lah-an, Professor Doolittle, Ramblin' Jim, Ray and Gail, Robin Hood, Rusty and his Pals, Sagebrush 'n' Cactus, Sam the Porter, Sandman, Sandor, Sara Lou Sunshine, She, Shining Knight, Sir Loin of Beef, Skip Schuyler, Slim and Tex, Socko Strong, Starman, Steve Conrad, Steve Malone, Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed, Tale of Two Cities, Tod Hunter, Tom Brent, Vikings, Wing Walker, and other single stories with non-recurring characters.


Note that the funny talking animals don't actually reside in the Wronskiverse but in the reality of Animal Town, USA.

In addition, all of the comics published during November 1979 to October 1986 were ripped off and retold as stories involving Super Comics characters.  In Action Adventure, stories featuring Speedy, the Super-Trio, Waterman, Stretch, Space Hero, Changer,  Zap, Super-Bob, Screamer, the Sleeper, Vonski, Pretty Gal, the Fantastic Four, Witch Woman, Powerkid, Powerlord, the Zap Family, Space Patrol, Zappette, and Phil Sheridan were all largely copies of respective stories featuring the Flash, the Justice Society of America, Aquaman, Plastic Man, Starman, Dial "H" for Hero, Captain Marvel, Superboy, Black Canary, Sandman, the Spectre, Supergirl, the Challengers of the Unknown, Zatanna, Superman, Captain Marvel Junior, the Marvel Family, the Legion of Super-Heores, Mary Marvel, and Jimmy Olsen from Adventure Comics.

From 1989 to 1990, Super Comics published 24 issues and two annuals of a second volume of Adventure Comics, that featured Dark Knight over Hadenville, the Phantom Stranger, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Tele-Kid, Powerman, and the Golden Age Superman.


So that's Adventure Comics' role in the Wronskiverse.

Batwoman

Batwoman

Created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff

Real Name:   Katherine "Kathy" Webb Kane  Wayne

Current Occupation:  Deceased; former circus owner

Parents:  Unnamed

Siblings:  Unnamed brother

Spouse:  Bruce Wayne (divorced)

Children:  Bruce Wayne Junior

Group Affiliation:  None

Place of Birth:  Gotham City

Place of Death:  Unknown

First Appearance:  Detective Comics #233 (July 1956)

Biography:

Kathy Kane was a bored socialite obsessed with Batman, and so in the late 1940s he created her own costumed identity of Batwoman.  Eventually she wooed Batman, and Kathy wed Bruce Wayne.  However, Bruce's heart really belonged to Selena Kyle, aka Catwoman.

Regardless, the two had a child, Bruce Junior.  Kathy and Bruce divorced, and the two shared custody, meaning that the boy bounced back and forth between his father's estate outside Gotham and his mother's newly acquired circus.  Eventually Bruce Junior (or BJ) became Robin to Dick Grayson's Batman, despite Kathy's objections.

In the 1970s, Kathy was killed as part of a plot by Kane, leading Bruce to leave Gotham to seek out the villain once and for all.  He failed in killing the immortal villain, and instead was himself killed.

Comments:

Kathy Kane's Wronskiverse canon is relegated to her Earth-2 appearances [due to the inclusion of the Earth-2 Batman canon via the incorporation of Crossovers, which includes the Huntress], her "second Batman and Robin" imaginary story appearances [which is the original basis for the generational Bruce Wayne Junior stories which are used in Crossovers], the appearance of the brunette married to Bruce Wayne in Generations [again, due to Crossovers], and the death storyline from the 1970s [only so that I could have an ending for her].

Deadman

Deadman

Created by  Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino

Real Name:  Boston Brand

Current Occupation:  Hero

Parents:  Unknown

Siblings:  Cleveland Brand (twin brother, deceased)


Spouse:  None


Children:  None


Group Affiliation:  None


Place of Birth:  Unknown


Current Place of Residence:  Mobile


First  Appearance:  Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967)


Biography:


Trapeze artist extraordinaire and part-owner of the small Hills Bros. Circus, Boston Brand performed nightly as Deadman, a garishly garbed and ghastly disguised figure who played on his audience's most morbid instincts. One evening, Brand was murdered by a rifleman who had a steel hook for a right hand.

Yet, despite the death of his body, Brand's spirit lived on, a gift from the Eastern deity Rama Kushna for the many kindnesses Brand had performed during his life. Brand's spirit would continue to live, Rama Kushna told him, until Brand found the man who had murdered him and brought the killer to justice.

Thus began one of the most bizarre manhunts in history, a quest that led Brand's spirit around the world and ultimately to the hidden lair of the League of Assassins, where Brand learned he had been slain as part of an initiation test for a man who wanted to join the League. Brand's slayer was then slain in turn by the dreaded leader of the League, the Sensei.

Denied personal vengeance by the Sensei's act, Brand's spirit confronted Rama Kushna and struck a new bargain: he would be allowed to remain on Earth as a balancing agent between the forces of good and evil until such time as he felt a balance had finally been struck and his soul was satisfied. That time has not yet come and the spirit of Boston Brand continues to walk the Earth, a Deadman dedicated to the cause of justice.

Comments:

Deadman is brought into the Wronskiverse first by his being part of the post crisis DCU, and then by his inclusion in Crosssovers.

His canon appearances are those few entries found in Crossovers (which place him operating in the 1950s) and then the stories that he appeared in from June 1987 (Secret Origins # 15) to December 1992.

Coming soon, Deadman will be leaving the Wronskiverse.  Details coming soon.