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EDGAR REVERE

Real Name: Edgar Revere

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Reality-5106) normal human

Occupation: Space Squadron officer

Group Membership: Space Squadron

Affiliations: Drag, Dr. Zane Emery, Ud (all Reality-5106)

Enemies: Rusty Blake, Jet Dixon, Fire Beings, LLA 38, Mer-King, Mxxptrm (Max), Space Demons, Squires (all Reality-5106)

Known Relatives: Bennett "Blast" Revere (father), Dawn Revere (sister) (all Reality-5106)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Space Squadron Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA, Earth (Reality-5106, circa 2000 AD)

First Appearance:  Space Squadron#1/1 (June, 1951)

Powers/Abilities: Edgar Revere has advanced technological knowledge of space communications and can ably fly spaceships on solo missions. However, he is ambitious, secretive, and willing to engage with criminals and enemy powers to secure political advantage to discredit others, even family, in order to gain more power and rule with absolute authority, making him very untrustworthy.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Eyes: Dark blue
Hair: Black

History:

(Space Squadron#1/1 (fb) - BTS) - In Reality-5106 in the year 2000, space rocket travel dramatically advanced human society and saw Earth at the center of a solar system-wide Federation of Planets (an outgrowth of the United Nations) protected by the Space Squadron headed by Captain Jet Dixon, who led many successful missions in his spaceship Solar I. Chief of the Space Squadron was Bennett "Blast" Revere with his ambitious son Edgar ever nearby.

(Space Squadron#1/1) - Edgar Became very aggressive and jealous when he learned that his father had chosen Dixon as his second-in-command. Both Edgar's sister Dawn and father replied that Dixon had achieved this on merit and achievement, but Edgar expected nepotism and it increased his rivalry with Dixon. Soon after, Edgar ridiculed Dixon's concern over an invisible electro arc destroying spaceships. Edgar also suggested Dixon was mutineering when he declared his love for Dawn, despite Blast's request to end it. Saturnian scientist LLA 38 devised equipment to counter the insane genius Tombalo's electro arc threat, but Edgar sabotaged it when installing it, hoping Dixon would be killed so that he could replace Dixon. Both Dixon and LLA 38 wised up to the danger that Edgar posed, and later eliminated Tombalo.

(Space Squadron#2/1) - Dixon was forced to cooperate with space pirate Barbados and his Armada of Death, and transmitted a message to Space Command let them land, although it was secretly coded with a warning. Star Cadet Rusty Blake decoded the message and rushed to warn Edgar, who was commanding the communications room, but Edgar dismissed it, ready to let Dixon fail despite the danger.

(Space Squadron#2/6) - Dixon collaborated with LLA 38 on a new motor enhancement to let spaceships go far beyond the solar system. Newly released criminal Drag, keen for revenge against Dixon, recognized Edgar's dark ambition, and the two devised a plan to undermine the space hero. Edgar used his naive sister to steal the prototype strato-ray and replaced it with a dud to embarrass Dixon and the Solar I later flailed in space. Seeking personal glory, Drag knocked out Edgar and flew off with LLA 38's prototype, but the criminal was unable to steer his spaceship and continued into deep space. Dixon kept his suspicions about Edgar's betrayal to himself because Dawn had so much (misguided) faith in her brother.

(Space Squadron#3/1) - When trouble began with the dualistic nature of Mercurians, Edgar barged into a sensitive political meeting addressing the issue, and instead challenged his father and accused the Mercurian leader Mer-King of planning to destroy Space Squadron; this was Edgar's effort to get Dixon into trouble and advance himself. While Dixon and his crew tackled the dangerous situation on Mercury, Dixon continued to sow discord and even sabotaged the space communication system. Despite this, Dixon and his crew fixed the matter, but Edgar resolved to persist with his scheming.

(Space Squadron#3/4) - Edgar criticized LLA 38's latest invention called the Disturbo-Ray to detect trouble spots in the solar system as a means to criticize Dixon. When Dixon discovered a problem in the Dead Sea on Neptune and blasted off to investigate without notifying Blast, Edgar quickly told his father, who waved it away as Dixon had authority to do so. Edgar monitored the Disturbo-Ray and gleefully watched as Dixon and his crew struggled against Octopus-Men. But Dawn appeared and Edgar pretended he had only just seen it. Dawn alerted the Neptune Sea Patrol and saved Dixon; she later told the doubting space hero that Edgar had helped.

(Space Squadron#3/6) - On a mission of exploration, Edgar found a new planet with dangerous life-forms dubbed Space Demons. Edgar devised a scheme to discredit Dixon and secretly loaded a crate of the impish creatures onto Dixon's Solar I spaceship. Edgar told the head of Secret Patrol of the dangerous cargo; disbelieving Dixon a traitor, the head nevertheless assigned secret agent Squires to monitor the next flight. Rusty Blake unwittingly released the aggressive Space Demons and they were released into space. But LLA 38 knew the true nature of the Space Demons to pursue and destroy their captor, and so Dixon set off to rescue Edgar, despite Max the Martian's suggestion that Edgar be left to his fate. The Solar I caught up with Edgar's spaceship and rescued him while the Space Demons tore their way inside and Edgar's ship was blasted by Solar I's guns to ensure the Space Demons thought their target destroyed. Dixon forgave Edgar and warned him from going too far in future.

(Space Squadron#4/1) - Ever the agitator, Edgar cast suspicion against Dixon's colleague Max the Martian when several savage VDBN Martians escaped captivity and went on a violent rampage. Angered, Max stormed out and Dixon followed; the two resolved the problem. Edgar sulked at the later hero celebrations for Max and Dixon.

(Space Squadron#4/6) - Dixon, seeking to alert Blast about the sudden flaming of Saturn's rings, unwittingly interrupted Blast's re-election discussions; fomenter Edgar saw opportunity and undermined the Space Squadron, making success of a mission to Saturn an election issue. This severely agitated Dixon, resulting in Edgar being assigned as an observer. Once near the planet, the Solar I crew discovered the fire the result of the reignition of the deadly Fire Beings. LLA 38 prepared the serum to subdue the creatures once more, but Edgar panicked near the rings and threatened the mission. Nevertheless, the mission was a success. Dixon stopped the angry Max from dumping the fear-ridden Edgar into space and they returned to Space Squadron HQ.

(Space Squadron#5/6) - Seeing the Solar I crew given awards for promoting progress and ensuring the Federation's security, the jealous Edgar challenged Dixon and the Solar I crew to undergo Dr. Kalandra's risky test to measure their bravery. Kalandra's Hex-O-Gas shunted Dixon and his crew through space. Edgar took the heroes' absence as an opportunity to engage with the space pirate Ud the Frogman to steal precious atom dust. But Dixon's crew coincidentally emerged at the theft site and Dixon's crew quickly overpowered the Frogmen pirates while Dixon stopped Edgar, who pleaded with Dixon to keep the illegal activity a secret from his father. Dixon's crew were cast back to the chamber due to the unpredictable nature of the gas; Edgar meanwhile opportunistically took credit for the pirates' capture, but also acknowledged that Dixon and his crew deserved their awards.

(Space Worlds#6/6) - Ambitious Edgar consulted exiled scientist Dr. Zane Emery to undermine Blast's leadership by making it appear that Earth had shifted out of its orbit; Edgar then planned to step in and take control. Emery unleashed an ebon cloud that shrouded the Earth and blotted out all light. The Grand Council was convened to identify why the Earth had been plunged into complete darkness, but Edgar declared his father unfit to command. Edgar then broadcast to the panicked public that only he could save them and fomented insurrection. Soon a mob stormed the steps of the Council building and Blast was forced to surrender with Edgar installed as new Chief, who then commanded that Dixon and the Solar I crew be imprisoned. Edgar left and secretly met Emery again, but the black cloud really had inadvertently shifted the Earth into space. Hearing of Edgar's coup, Dixon rushed back to Earth and stopped Emery's suicide attempt after his enormous failure. Dixon ordered Edgar end the coup and release Blast while scientist LLA 38 engineered the plan that returned Earth to its proper orbit. Dixon told Edgar that, because he was his fiancee's brother, he wouldn't be revealed for his treasonous and near-world-devastating behavior. The angered Max the Martian briefly throttled Edgar. Dixon covered for Edgar when the villain's father Blast came to apprehend him, but Edgar was temporarily unable to speak after Max's actions.

Comments: Created by uncredited writer & George Tuska.

    Space Squadron describes space a little differently, perhaps unique to that reality; "galaxy" refers to the solar system (and nearby space objects) while "universe" relates to the galaxy, and the Moon is even referred to as a "planet." There are inconsistencies too, for example, Earth's Moon has indigenous life in one story (#3/1) with a surface ruler (#5/1), but is lifeless in another story (#4/2) (perhaps they're referring to a different moon (or does Earth have two moons in Dixon's reality?) ... or perhaps it's just a different writer and an inattentive editor). Also, the Sun has an "orbit" within the solar system, perhaps this is more a type of unpredicted "wobble" that brought it closer to Mercury in story #3/1.

    George Tuska is the artist for the very first Jet Dixon story (Space Squadron#1/1), so I'll assume he's the co-creator/designer for the core cast of Space Squadron. Of note is that Tuska became the final artist for the 1960s Buck Rogers scifi comic strip (and soon after moved on to Marvel's Iron Man).

    Thanks to the Grand Comics Database for assistance with credits.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Edgar Revere has no known connections to:

Drag

Drag was caught by Jet Dixon for smuggling weapons to the militaristic Martians and was banished to Pluto to serve his sentence. Later released, he recognized Edgar Revere's dark ambitions against Dixon and the pair devised a plan to undermine the space hero. They stole the prototype strato-ray that Dixon and scientist LLA 38 had been working on to enhance spaceship engine range, and replaced it with a dud to embarrass the hero. Dixon's spaceship Solar I later flailed in space. Seeking personal glory, Drag knocked out Edgar and flew off with LLA 38's prototype, but the criminal was unable to steer his spaceship and instead continued into deep space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Space Squadron#2/6

Dr. Zane Emery

Space Squadron Chief Bennett "Blast" Revere had brilliant scientist Dr. Zane Emery banished to exile due to his dangerous ideas. However, Blast's unscrupulously ambitious son Edgar engaged Emery to make it appear that Earth had shifted out of its orbit and make his father's leadership appear lacking. Emery unleashed a thick black cloud that shrouded the Earth, but inadvertently also shunted the Earth into space. Meanwhile, Edgar initiated a successful coup and he demanded Emery lift the cloud, but realizing his failure, Emery tried to commit suicide. Dixon, who had returned to Earth after hearing of Edgar's insurrection, stopped Emery. Dixon had his crew's scientist LLA 38 devise a solution to return Earth to its correct orbit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Space Worlds#6/6

Ud

Ud was an outlaw Frogman and led a group of pirates who were engaged by the ambitious Edgar Revere to steal valuable atom dust as part of a side hustle of Edgar's. However, just as the exchange was taking place, heroic Jet Dixon of the Space Squadron and his crew arrived and stopped the pirates. Dixon threatened to turn in Edgar unless he took over the arrest of the pirates as Dixon was under the influence of unpredictable teleportation gas. Sure Enough, Dixon disappeared and informed his superiors. Edgar held Ud and the Frogmen at gunpoint as other Space Squadron quickly arrived and apprehended the pirates.

   Frogmen were from the "outer orbit"; so presumably a small planetoid beyond Pluto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Space Squadron#5/6

images: (without ads)
Space Squadron#3/4, p2, pan4 (main image)
Space Squadron#1/1, p3, pan5 (headshot)
Space Squadron#3/6, p1, pan3 (in spacesuit)
Space Worlds#6/6, p5, pan5 (in cape for coup)
Space Squadron#2/6, p1, pan3 (Drag)
Space Worlds#6/6, p1, pan2 (Emery)
Space Squadron#5/6, p4, pan1 (Ud)
Space Squadron#5/6, p6, pan5 (Frogman pirate)

Appearances:
Space Squadron#1/1 (June, 1951) - uncredited writer, George Tuska (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/1 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/6 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/1 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth(?) (pencils), Sol Brodsky(?) (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/4 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth(?) (pencils), Sol Brodsky(?) (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/6 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#4/1 (December, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#4/6 (December, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#5/6 (February, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Worlds#6/6 (April, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 02/20/2025
Last updated: 02/20/2025

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