Al Fresco (Earth-Two)

The Trickster
Mainstream Universe‎, 1930s-1950s
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Real Name	Al Fresco
Main Alias	The Trickster
Other Aliases	The Prankster's Apprentice
Affiliation	Apprentice to the Prankster
Base Of Operations	Metropolis
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two
Creators	Wayne Boring
First Appearance	Superman #69 (March, 1951)
Last Appearance	Superman #69 (March, 1951)

Ha, Ha, Ha! Where's your sense of humor, Boss? This is the best joke on you yet! Maybe you should be MY apprentice! Ho, Ho, Ho!

— Trickster

Al Fresco, a.k.a. The Trickster, was a fun-loving colorful master criminal, in Metropolis, in the early 1950s.

History

In the early 1950s in Metropolis, Oswald "the Prankster" Loomis took on an apprentice, who reminded him of himself. Disguising the apprentice as himself, he sent him out to do a test crime, a daring daylight robbery, devised by the apprentice. True to form, the Prankster also set him up to be apprehended by Superman. But the upstart criminal mastermind escaped, some hard feelings ensued, and an intense rivalry developed. All of this caused a few days worth of problems for Superman, but he soon had both of the madcap masterminds jailed.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Trickery: Al Fresco was at least as innovative and sly as Oswald Loomis, at devising gags, pranks, booby-traps, and physical mischief, in the pursuit of crime.

Notes

• This version of the Trickster, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 1 Appearances of Al Fresco (Earth-Two)
• 1 Images featuring Al Fresco (Earth-Two)
• 2 Quotations by or about Al Fresco (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Al Fresco (Earth-Two)

Footnotes

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