Difference between revisions of "The Lamplighter"
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Revision as of 15:23, 16 July 2014
HistoryThe Lamplighter Statutes allow superheroes to testify in criminal, but not civil, trials without having to reveal their secret identities. They were presumably named after the Lamplighter, implying that he was the first superhero to do the very thing the statutes allow.
ObservationsThe Lamplighter retired in 1959, as the newer guard of heroes of the 1950s started stepping into the spotlight. Speculations, TheoriesHe may have served in the Pacific theater during WWII.(Note the Life Cover says "Super heroics' in the South Pacific," which could imply dual meanings.)
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