The All-American

The All-American © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Conflicting statuses Real Name: Johnny Appleton Earliest Appearance: The late 1930s Affiliation: partnered with Slugger Base of Operations: Romeyn Falls/Astro City Range of Operations: assumed International Personal Data InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1/2 Astro City: Silver Agent #1 Event Timeline 1943     News broadcast Blackout Bandits Foiled by All-American and Slugger. 1943     Current Time-Keeper Robs First National Bank. The All-American A patriotic, football themed hero of the World War II era and the decade or so thereafter. He was transformed by his scientist uncle's experiments from a football star to super-heroic levels of strength, endurance and athleticism. He also teamed with a sidekick, Slugger the Junior Dynamo. History In 1943, along with Slugger, stopped a bank robbery by the Time-Keeper. Powers As a result of scientific alteration, his body is at the very peak of athleticism. Observations He and Slugger were active in the European theater of World War II. Speculations, Theories There is conflicting information about the All-American. One report has him being killed by a sniper's bullet in the Korean War as mentioned in the 2004 Visitor's Guide, while Elliot Mills mentions that the All-American along with the Lamplighter had just retired in 1959. That suggests the possibility that someone else, possibly a grown-up Slugger, donned the costume and assumed the role of the All-American for a handful of years following Appleton's death. There is a possible link between the All-American and Slugger somehow involved in the the Commando K Project and U.S. Government covert operations.