Number 2571: Magno and Davey, and their personal magnetism

Little Davey Landis is a big fan of Magno, the Magnetic Man. Davey’s sister makes him a Magno costume, and by golly, it leads to him palling up with Magno himself, in his magnetic flesh. Gosh. Davey becomes yet another youthful sidekick of an adult superhero, exposed to danger from Magno's enemies.

I consulted the Public Domain Super Heroes website, wondering if Davey was hanging around with Magno, but without his idol’s magnet powers. Here the PDSH assures us that “At first, Magno had to ‘magnetize’ Davey every time they had to fight crime, but eventually, the recharges became unnecessary and Davey was able to use magnetic powers 24/7. ”

The website also told me that Magno (and Davey, when he joined his hero) first appeared in 1940 from Ace Periodicals. The feature was featured in Super-Mystery Comics #4-29, and Four Favorites #1-26.

This story, drawn by Rudy Palais, is from Four Favorites #20 (1945):