MC Spacebooger has declared that the next 12 rounds of Friday Night Fights must all fights must feature kicks: "a foot to the face, a boot to the belly, a roundhouse to the ribs, a heel to the head, a stiletto to the stomach..."

He asked for it...

I think we've all been here...flying above the California countryside with your college professor and your trained kangaroo...

Trained kangaroo?!?!

Obviously, you're late to the party if you don't already know about Kangaroo Man and Bingo:

 Man, if that's not the premise for the best 1970s TV show that never actually existed...

Anyway, these guys do find actual Nazi agents wreakin' havoc in America!


Uh-oh!!

Don't worry--you can't beat a daredevil explorer and his trained kangaroo that easily!!

Then--time for Bingo to kick fifth columnist ass!!







And thus the republic was saved.

Spacebooger is now sorry he asked for kicks.

Kangaroo savate from Choice Comics #1 (1941), by S. M. Iger (writer) and Chuck Winters (pencils and inks)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Who else gave you KANGAROOS BEATING UP NAZIS?!?! So go and vote!

Man-on-animal action--that's the key, my friends, to a successful Friday Night Fights.

Now, on case you missed it, you should head back a couple of days on this blog to read the insanely brilliant story of Kangaroo Man and Bingo. Many of you, no doubt, did not realize that we owe our freedom to a daredevil and his trained kangaroo fighting Nazi agents and saboteurs on the homefront, but it's true!!

Take, for example, the time the evil fifth columnists were going to hijack a munitions train, and shoot down it's air accompaniment:

Well, there's only one way to stop that:







Now that's how you take down Nazis!!

Spacebooger appreciates the fact that I didn't use a single hop, jump or pouch pun in this presentation.

The untold tale of our national defense comes from S. M. Iger and Chuck Winters in Choice Comics #1 (1941)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why. TRAINED. KANGAROO. FIGHTING. NAZIS. 'Nuff said. Now go vote!!

Just when you think you've already come across everything brilliant that the Golden Age had to offer, you stumble across this:

Kangaroo Man? You mean Bob Keeshan?

No, you fool, Kangaroo Man. Check out the handy origin in the caption in the very first panel:

Yes, a "daredevil explorer" and his trained kangaroo fighting Nazi agents.

Yes, you're right, that is the best concept for a comic book EVER.

Kangaroo Man (& Bingo) were created by S.M. Iger and Chuck Winters in Choice Comics #1 (1941). The feature lasted only 3 issues (as did Choice Comic) But oh, what a three issues.

First let's meet Bingo:

That's right...he speaks kangaroo, but thinks like a human.

Let's recap the origin again:

But how can a daredevil and one trained kangaroo succeed against dangerous foreign thugs?

Let's just says the Nazis quickly learn that you don't bring a hand grenade to a kangaroo fight:



How about guns?

Nope.

And Bingo, believe it or not, is the master of aerial combat!


Oh, and Bingo has mastered other vehicles, too:



And what does the intrepid Bingo want as a reward? Not much:

Publisher Great Comics surely knew what a massive hit they had on their hands, a surefire way to break the monopoly of superheroes, as the cover to issue #2 showed:


This is the greatest thing ever. And the best part is, it surely must be public domain, so anyone can swoop in and start creating Kangaroo Man (& Bingo) stories (after paying me a small finders' fee, of course)! Sure, the concept may be too silly for stick-up-the-butt DC these days, but Marvel must have room for this! Dark Horse? Dynamite? BOOM!? Anybody...?

RSP! RSP!

Panel from Choice Comics #1 (1941) and #2 (1942)