Captain Stand-In

Captain Stand-In

Real Name: Buck Hoskins

First Appearance: Movie Comics #1 (Dec. 1946)

Original Publisher: Fiction House

Created by: John Celardo

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“This is the story of a man with an ugly face and a handsome heart...Buck Hoskins, daredevil showman, gifted actor, quick-fisted friend, who earned his title the hard way: Captain Stand-In!” Hoskins is the best stunt-man in Hollywood, but when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor he enlists and becomes a pilot and squadron leader. He is captured by the Germans and tortured, leaving his face to be reconstructed by Army surgeons. After the war he becomes a stunt-man again, fighting against former Nazis and other criminals.

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