JONATHAN J. LITTLEJOHN

Real Name: Jonathan J. Littlejohn

Identity/Class: Normal human (late 1940s era)

Occupation: Patient, allegedly psychiatrist

Group Membership: Patients at the State Insane Asylum

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Blonde Phantom (Louise Grant), Mark Mason

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: State Insane Asylum, New York, USA

First Appearance: Blackstone the Magician#4/3 (September, 1948)

Powers/Abilities: Jonathan Littlejohn claims to be a psychiatrist but has shown to be sufficiently psychologically imbalanced to be interred at a mental health institution. He is nevertheless keenly observant and able to see past disguises to formulate psychological profiles.

Height: 5'4" (by approximation)
Weight: 110 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Bald (black mustache)

History:

(Blackstone the Magician#4/3 (fb) - BTS) - Jonathan J. Littlejohn escaped the State Insane Asylum and sought out the Blonde Phantom for her secret identity to blackmail her and prevent her thwarting his robberies.

(Blackstone the Magician#4/3) - Littlejohn approached Louise Grant in her secretary guise at her workplace. When she didn't respond as he had hoped, he left but faked a yell for help. Grant changed into Blonde Phantom and, with her unwitting boss Mark Mason, confronted Littlejohn, who threatened to reveal Blonde Phantom's true identity if she stopped him committing robberies. She still followed the fugitive and stopped his armed holdup of a jewelry store. Police arrived and tackled him; given his mentally unstable profile, the police dismissed his assertions that Blonde Phantom was Mason's secretary. Littlejohn was taken back to the Asylum.

Comments: Created by uncredited writer & artist (see comments).

Mr. Littlejohn claimed to be a psychiatrist and may well have been, but should've had the title of Dr. (unless perhaps he was struck off the medical register).

The introductory panel showed him handling an oversized magnifying glass, but this is the only time that's seen, so I consider that artistic license rather than something he carried with him.

The Grand Comics Database identifies the pencils and inks to be by Ken Bald.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Jonathan J. Littlejohn has no known connections to:

• Little John (Jesse Johns), a member of the Sky Wolves in WWII @ Marvel Fanfare I#16
• Little John, a superhumanly strong competitor in the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation @ Thing I#34
• Little John @ 1940s - costumed criminal aided Robin Hood in robbing banks @ Captain America Comics#59/2
• Little John - accomplice of Robin Hood of British legend encountered by Knights of Pendragon @ Knights of Pendragon I#18
  
• William Harper Littlejohn @ 1930s - team member with Doc Savage, expert geologist and archeologist @ Doc Savage I#1
  
• or any other "Jonathan" or. "Littlejohn" or similar sounding characters

images: (without ads)
Blackstone the Magician#4/3, p3, pan6 (main image)
   p1, pan2 (headshot)

Appearances:
Blackstone the Magician#4/3 (September, 1948) - uncredited writer & artist, Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 09/12/2020
Last updated: 09/12/2020

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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