Carl Bland
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| − | A prominent [[Metropolis]] lawyer and secret Nazi agent who is director of the Izan Athletic Club, a front for Nazi activity. After successfully proposing to city officials that the young men in his Izan Athletic club be allowed to pose as Nazi soldiers and stage a mock invasion of Metropolis—complete with prearranged mock "atrocities"—for the purpose of alerting the populace to the perils of Fascism, Bland and his cohorts launch a real invasion of the city—including such real-life atrocities as attempts to execute city officials, poison the water supply, and destroy the municipal electric power plant—until they are finally apprehended by [[Superman]] in September-October 1942 (S No. 18/1: "The Conquest of a City"). (TGSB) | + | A prominent [[Metropolis]] lawyer and secret Nazi agent who is director of the Izan Athletic Club, a front for Nazi activity. After successfully proposing to city officials that the young men in his Izan Athletic club be allowed to pose as Nazi soldiers and stage a mock invasion of Metropolis—complete with prearranged mock "atrocities"—for the purpose of alerting the populace to the perils of Fascism, Bland and his cohorts launch a real invasion of the city—including such real-life atrocities as attempts to execute city officials, poison the water supply, and destroy the municipal electric power plant—until they are finally apprehended by [[Superman]] in September-October 1942 (S No. 18/1: "The Conquest of a City"). ([[The Great Superman Book|TGSB]]) |
[[Category:Entries|Bland, Carl]] | [[Category:Entries|Bland, Carl]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:34, 12 September 2008
Carl Bland
A prominent Metropolis lawyer and secret Nazi agent who is director of the Izan Athletic Club, a front for Nazi activity. After successfully proposing to city officials that the young men in his Izan Athletic club be allowed to pose as Nazi soldiers and stage a mock invasion of Metropolis—complete with prearranged mock "atrocities"—for the purpose of alerting the populace to the perils of Fascism, Bland and his cohorts launch a real invasion of the city—including such real-life atrocities as attempts to execute city officials, poison the water supply, and destroy the municipal electric power plant—until they are finally apprehended by Superman in September-October 1942 (S No. 18/1: "The Conquest of a City"). (TGSB)
