Face

Real Name: Tony Trent

First Appearance: Big Shot Comics #1 (May 1940)

Original Publisher: Columbia

Created by: Mart Bailey

Origin:

Tony Trent, a newscaster for the radio station WBSC, witnesses a murder committed by gangsters disguised as cops. Consequentally he decides to fight crime. Having no innate superpowers, he instead uses a mask to scare criminals. Trent would use his position to learn of crimes and catch those behind them as The Face!

He works with the city's police commissioner to obtain information from the underworld .

Later circumstances caused Tony to give up his Face identity, but he still worked for the cause of justice.

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