Danger Darrow (Quality Universe)

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Real Name

Danger Darrow (real first name unknown)

Main Alias

Hell Diver

Affiliation

United States Navy

Base Of Operations

U.S.S. Gettysburg, aircraft carrier

Status

Occupation

Combat Pilot

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Origin

Universe

Quality Universe

Original Publisher

Quality Comics

First Appearance	Last Appearance
Hit Comics #14 (August, 1941)	Hit Comics #17 (November, 1941)

The Orientals aren't welcome in Singapore .. It was their only chance to get in!

— Danger Darrow, Hell Diver ^src

Danger Darrow was a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II.

History

In early 1941, Danger Darrow served in the Marine Flying Corps,^[1] transferring very shortly to the Naval Air Corps,^[2] as a pilot. His rank is not stated in any of the accounts of his exploits, nor is he ever called by any name other than "Danger."

He served aboard the USS Gettysburg, and flew a variety of carrier-based single-engine warplanes, starting with a single-seat scout-bomber biplane, and shortly later advancing to more modern dive-bomber types.

In his relatively short, pre-WWII career, Danger Darrow saw action:

in Central American waters, against freelance airplane pirates,^[1]
in the North Atlantic, against the German Navy,^[2]
in the Singapore Strait and occupied French Indo-China, against the Japanese military,^[3]
around the great isle of Tahoa in the Far Eastern Pacific, against local rebels.^[4]

Hell Diver's combat career began before the formal entry of the United States into the Second World War.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Douglas Dauntless dive bomber

Weapons

Thompson-type submachinegun

Notes

The creator(s) of this article's subject cannot currently be verified. This is usually because its first appearance was in a Golden Age comic book story without credits. Comics historians have been able to determine the creative teams for many said stories, but far from all of them.
- The first appearance of this character was signed by "Ace N. Hoell", which may have been a pseudonym of Mort Leav.
This version of Hell Diver, 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.

Danger Darrow (Quality Universe)

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