Timothy Aloysius Cadwaller "Dum Dum" Dugan is one red-hot f---er. There, I've said it. And believe me, it's hard to be the hottest male item in a comic when you're always playing second banana to Nick Fury, the guy who couldn't keep his shirt on during World War 2 and kept getting into interesting predicaments when he became head of the international spy-smashing organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (more on that some day). But ex-circus strongman Dugan had one thing going for him that made him stand out (even when he wasn't drawn, as in theabove cover, by John Severin) - a big BIG moustache. Bigger than the much smaller appendages worn by fellow Howlers "Izzy" Coen and Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton. Unfortunately, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos being a war comic, there wasn't a lot of male bondage going on in it, except when the captured heroes were being led to the firing squad (from which they were invariably rescued). Still, this one cover of the manacled mister Dugan being led away to court-martial is hot. Hot enough for me to have bought a second copy of this comic recently by mistake. This is what happens when you let your hormones get the better of you.
The inside of the comic doesn't have much hot bondage action, though. This is the best I could find. The issue was written by Gary Friedrich, drawn by Dick Ayers and John Severin, and sports quite a few lovely shots of Dum Dum Dugan's red-hot face and even one shot of him taking his shirt off (alas, not close enough).
Aah! Those good old days of war comics! Larger than life handsome heroes who won the war almost single handed! Never mind if they were captured and tied up and blindfolded and gagged and taken to some far off dungeon deep in enemy territory! They always freed themselves, beat the baddies to a pulp and returned victorious! Heroes like SPY 13, where are you?
ReplyDelete"Spy 13" was published in France under the title "X-13". Although my experience with 1960s European war comics is that the hero was always tying up german soldiers or nazi officers to steal their uniforms. At least, that's how it happened in "Marouf".
ReplyDeleteO no! You're wrong Jeryn! SPY 13 did find himself in some very deliciously tight bondage! I'd read (if 'read' is the right word!) where this muscle hunk gets captured by the wily, cruel, Japs. He's kept tied up for a good number of pages! Stripped to the waist, he's tied to a chair. His brawny arms pulled behind him and his wrists bound together behind him around the chair's back! The sadistic interrogator questions him about....damn, I don't remember...but our hunky captive laughs and spits on his captors face! "You will leglet, Amelican!" screams the tiny Jap! Of course, sadly, all ends well. Spy 13 breaks free and beats the shit out his torturer! aah! Those good ole days! Jeryn, if you're responding to this comment, may I have your email ID?
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