Mad Hatter

Real Name: Grant Richmond

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Lawyer

Group Membership: Fuddy and Bustle (the law firm where he is a junior partner)

Affiliations: Barbara Blake, Fernand De Leon, Inspector Craig

Enemies: Rocky Grimes, Jim Murray, Spade Delvane, the Gargoyle (Frank Faro), Humpty Dumpty, Freddy Gaunt, Sparrow Saunders

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unidentified U.S. city, relatively close to the Mexican border.

First Appearance: The Mad Hatter #1 (O.W. Comics Corps, January/February 1946)

Powers/Abilities: Good fighter, exceptionally agile and acrobatic, with contortionist skills. He uses a fighting style that utilizes him leaping around unpredictably.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Blond

Summary: Deciding the legal system makes as much sense as Alice in Wonderland's mad teas party, mild mannered lawyer Grant Richmond secretly becomes the rhyming crimefighter know as the Mad Hatter, dedicated to ensuring that when the law fails, justice will still be done.

History:

Comments: Created by Bill Woolfolk.

   The Mad Hatter appeared in two issues of his own title, totalling five adventures, before vanishing into obscurity.

   Unlike other heroes whose cape appears to be cloth, Mad Hatter's cape appears to be made of some furry material, as can be seen in the image to the right of Hatter with Barbara Blake.

   Fuddy and Bustle, Grant Richmond's bosses who were introduced in the first story of Mad Hatter#2, had their own two page solo story later that same issue, notable simply because giving supporting cast members their own strips was such a rarity in the 1940s.

Appearance checklist (not including reprints): Mad Hatter#1-2

Contributors to this page: Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire - general information. Jake Oster, corrections.

CLARIFICATIONS: Mad Hatter should not be confused with

First Posted: Circa 14/09/2004
Last updated: 23/05/2023

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