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| Blue Tracer |
Dunn and "Boomerang" Jones, inside the Blue Tracer, on one of their missions
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| Characteristics |
| Alter ego |
William Dunn |
| Affiliations |
"Boomerang" Jones |
| Abilities |
The vehicle could deflect small arms fire and travel on land, sea, or air |
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Blue Tracer was a Golden Age of comics superhero, created by Fred Guardineer and published by Quality Comics. His first appearance was in Military Comics #1 and lasted until number #16. The character was acquired by DC, along with the rest of Quality Comics' properties in the 1950s. However, the character lapsed into public domain before that. Either way, he has not been used by any company since his original publication, nor have his original adventures been reprinted, other than a Millennium Edition of his first appearance.
[edit] Origin
William "Wild Bill" Dunn was a British engineer who was working with the army in a secluded section of Ethiopia. While working, his team was attacked by a group of supernatural beings named the M'bujies. The M'bujies wounded Dunn and killed his teammates. Dunn was able to escape, because of the help of "Boomerang" Jones, an Australian soldier, who nursed him back to health. After Dunn regained his strength, the two men found the remains of some vehicles and morphed them together to create one vehicle which could become and tank, airplane, or submarine. The two named it the Blue Tracer. They then used it to destroy the M'bujies and escaped the jungle. The two traveled the world and fought the Axis forces during the rest of the war, with Dunn at he head and Jones as his sidekick. The Blue Tracer has not had any recorded adventures after 1942.
[edit] Powers
Dunn was a good fighter and great engineer. The Blue Tracer could travel on land, under the sea, and in the air. It had many weapons, and could deflect small arms fire easily.
