A.J. Raffles (Earth-616) VS Ab Waltin (Earth-616)

A.J. Raffles was an expert safe cracker originally from the United Kingdom. He was arrested for his crimes and after serving his time reformed and immigrated to the United States to start a new life as a simple farmer. During this time he befriended the super hero known as the Whizzer. In the spring of 1943, Raffles used his criminals skills in an unexpected way when the Whizzer asked him to use his safe cracking abilities to save the lives of two bank managers trapped in a vault following a robbery. While the Whizzer rounded up the crooks, Raffles successfully cracked the safe saving the lives of the bank managers before they could suffocate. Raffles was hailed a hero, and promised to continue pledging his life to lawfulness.

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A mountaineer, Ab lived on Hollow Bluff with his wife Ella. The supernatural location drew the Legion of the Doomed, who forced the Waltins to take in one of their agents -- mystically disguised as a newborn human -- as their child as a cover for its serial murders. Fearful for their lives, Ab did his best to dissuade the curious, but was nevertheless murdered by the Legionnaires when the Fiery Mask uncovered the truth. His murder was reported in the newspaper following the Fiery Mask's showdown with the demons. Search this site for: Ab Waltin · Ab Waltin (Earth-616).

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