Bruce Carter III (Earth-ABC)

Fighting Yank
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Real Name	Bruce Carter III
Main Alias	Fighting Yank
Relatives	Bruce Carter I (great-grandfather, deceased), Carol Carter (daughter)
Affiliation	SMASH
Base Of Operations	SMASH HQ, Antarctica, Earth
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-ABC
Creators	Alan Moore · Chris Sprouse
First Appearance	Tom Strong #11 (January, 2001)
Appearance of Death	Tom Strong #12 (June, 2002)

The Fighting Yank was a member of SMASH.

History

Bruce Carter I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Given a special mission by General Washington, Carter was killed by British spies, and the information he was carrying fell into enemy hands. His spirit was confined to earth for his failure.

Bruce Carter III was the spitting image of his great-grandfather. He was visited by the ghost of Bruce Carter, who showed him the location of a magical cloak and tri-corner hat that could give the wearer invulnerability and super strength. Only Carter's girlfriend, Joan Farwell, knows of his dual identity. She figured it out during their first encounter (as she pointed out, she knew him too well to be fooled by a domino mask).

Bruce became a member of SMASH and later fathered a daughter named Carol, who gained the same powers as her father and fought alongside him. In 1969, Bruce and Carol, and along with many other heroes were placed into suspended animation after an alien invasion from the Moon in 1969. Thirty years later, he, Carol, and the others were freed by Tom Strong and Tom Strange, and continued their battle against the same extraterrestrials. However, Bruce was killed while trying to protect his daughter. Carter's spirit remained on Earth, operating as Carol Carter's equivalent of his own "colonial ancestor" - advisor and source of powers through his old cloak and hat.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Magical Cloak: That could give the wearer invulnerability and super strength.
• Magical Tri-Cornered Hat.

Notes

• Startling Comics #10 (First appearance historically)
  

Recommended Reading

• Tom Strong Vol 1 11
• Tom Strong Vol 1 12
• Terra Obscura Volume 1
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 1
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 2
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 3
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 4
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 5
  • Terra Obscura Vol 1 6
• Terra Obscura Volume 2
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 1
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 2
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 3
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 4
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 5
  • Terra Obscura Vol 2 6
• Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril Vol 1
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #1
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #2
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #3
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #4
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #5
  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #6

• Terra Obscura & Splash Brannigan - a Who's Who type issue covering Terra Obscura characters.

Related

• 9 Appearances of Bruce Carter III (Earth-ABC)
• 1 Images featuring Bruce Carter III (Earth-ABC)
• Quotations by or about Bruce Carter III (Earth-ABC)
• Character Gallery: Bruce Carter III (Earth-ABC)

External Links

• Fighting Yank at the Public Domain Super-Heroes Wiki

Footnotes

ABC Character(s) This character, team, organization or group of characters exists under the continuity of the America's Best Comics company/imprint, and its respectively owned titles. America's Best Comics was originally an independent publisher, started by notable creator Alan Moore, but was bought by WildStorm Productions, a subsidiary of DC Comics, making all its material DC property. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Earth-ABC Characters category."