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Johnny Thunder (John Tane)
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'''Johnny Thunder''' (John Tate) is a fictional Western character from [[DC Comics]]. He first appeared in
==Publication history ==
The character was debuted in ''[[All-American Comics]]'' in issue #100 in 1948. The series would then be renamed ''All-American Western'' and feature Johnny Thunder on the covers of the comic book series.<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 59: "''All-American Comics'' became ''All-American Western'' with this issue [#103], and Johnny Thunder leaped out from a backdrop of comic pages on the cover to announce the radical transition."</ref><ref></ref> It changed title and format again to ''[[All-American Men of War]]'' as of #127 (August–September 1952).<ref></ref>
==Fictional character biography==
John Stuart Mill Tane lived in the [[Mormon]] settlement of Mesa City, Arizona. The son of a sheriff and a schoolteacher, Johnny's mother makes him promise never to use guns and to instead follow in her footsteps. Johnny became a schoolteacher, but he soon found himself in a situation where violence was required. In order to keep his vow, Johnny created the identity of Johnny Thunder by changing clothes and darkening his hair to black. Thus, "Thunder" is not the character's genuine surname, making it unlikely that any familial connection exists between the two Johnnys.
Johnny Thunder would go on to be a member of the group the Rough Bunch.
In ''[[Bart Allen|Impulse]] Annual'' #2 (1997), a backup story revealed that, at the time of his mother's death, Johnny Tane is inspired to create a [[secret identity]] by [[Max Mercury]]. The young Johnny is briefly under the impression Max is a genie, in a reference to the later Johnny Thunder. As revealed in ''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #28 (1980), Johnny eventually retired from action, marrying the similarly-retired outlaw (and another [[All-Star Western]] feature) [[Madame .44]] (Jeanne Walker), and the couple bore a daughter, Rebecca, and a son, Chuck. This was an intentional nod by writer [[Mike Tiefenbacher]] to Chuck Ta''i''ne (with an I) which is the real name of [[Bouncing Boy]] of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], but it has never been suggested in-canon that the latter is a descendant of the former.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
This incarnation of Johnny Thunder is the one that electro-rock band Judge Rock wrote about in their 2012 song ''Westerner'' : "The first paleface wore red and blue, went by the moniker of one Johnny Thunder. He was the youngest of the crew." The track describes the pages 20 to 23 of ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', issue #3, when the DC western-related characters, namely [[Jonah Hex]], [[Scalphunter (DC Comics)|Scalphunter]], [[Bat Lash]], [[Nighthawk (DC Comics)|Nighthawk]] and him, investigate a machine which has appeared in an abandoned mine.
==references==
==External Links==
[http://bit.ly/2PucHT1 Johnny Thunder (1948)] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]].
==Publication history ==
The character was debuted in ''[[All-American Comics]]'' in issue #100 in 1948. The series would then be renamed ''All-American Western'' and feature Johnny Thunder on the covers of the comic book series.<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 59: "''All-American Comics'' became ''All-American Western'' with this issue [#103], and Johnny Thunder leaped out from a backdrop of comic pages on the cover to announce the radical transition."</ref><ref></ref> It changed title and format again to ''[[All-American Men of War]]'' as of #127 (August–September 1952).<ref></ref>
==Fictional character biography==
John Stuart Mill Tane lived in the [[Mormon]] settlement of Mesa City, Arizona. The son of a sheriff and a schoolteacher, Johnny's mother makes him promise never to use guns and to instead follow in her footsteps. Johnny became a schoolteacher, but he soon found himself in a situation where violence was required. In order to keep his vow, Johnny created the identity of Johnny Thunder by changing clothes and darkening his hair to black. Thus, "Thunder" is not the character's genuine surname, making it unlikely that any familial connection exists between the two Johnnys.
Johnny Thunder would go on to be a member of the group the Rough Bunch.
In ''[[Bart Allen|Impulse]] Annual'' #2 (1997), a backup story revealed that, at the time of his mother's death, Johnny Tane is inspired to create a [[secret identity]] by [[Max Mercury]]. The young Johnny is briefly under the impression Max is a genie, in a reference to the later Johnny Thunder. As revealed in ''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #28 (1980), Johnny eventually retired from action, marrying the similarly-retired outlaw (and another [[All-Star Western]] feature) [[Madame .44]] (Jeanne Walker), and the couple bore a daughter, Rebecca, and a son, Chuck. This was an intentional nod by writer [[Mike Tiefenbacher]] to Chuck Ta''i''ne (with an I) which is the real name of [[Bouncing Boy]] of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], but it has never been suggested in-canon that the latter is a descendant of the former.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
This incarnation of Johnny Thunder is the one that electro-rock band Judge Rock wrote about in their 2012 song ''Westerner'' : "The first paleface wore red and blue, went by the moniker of one Johnny Thunder. He was the youngest of the crew." The track describes the pages 20 to 23 of ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', issue #3, when the DC western-related characters, namely [[Jonah Hex]], [[Scalphunter (DC Comics)|Scalphunter]], [[Bat Lash]], [[Nighthawk (DC Comics)|Nighthawk]] and him, investigate a machine which has appeared in an abandoned mine.
==references==
==External Links==
[http://bit.ly/2PucHT1 Johnny Thunder (1948)] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]].
April 24, 2019 at 11:02AM
