Mister E (Timely Comics)

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Mister E
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Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics Marvel Comics
First appearance	Daring Mystery Comics #2
In story information
Alter ego	Victor J. Goldstein
Team affiliations	The Twelve
Notable aliases	Victor Jay

Mister E (Victor J. Goldstein, also known as Victor Jay) was a Timely Comics Golden Age superhero. He appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #2, and reappears in 2008 in The Twelve.^{[1] [2]}

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Before he decided to fight crime as Mister E, Victor Jay was a wealthy sportsman. He has no superpowers beyond general intelligence and athletic talent.

Along with the other members of the group known as The Twelve, Mister E was frozen in suspended animation at the end of World War II. He and the others were discovered and awoken in the year 2008.

In the J. Michael Straczynski written series, The Twelve, Mr. E returned to his former home to find his wife dying of old age, and his now sixty-eight year old son. Rather than a happy reconciliation, his son accused Mr. E of changing his name from Victor J. Goldstein to Victor Jay in order to escape prevalent contemporaneous anti-Semetic attitudes that prevented him from climbing the social ladder, "because they didn't let Jews into the Country Club." His son later throws him out, saying:

“

Five minutes then you leave. Because this is a Jewish house. A proud Jewish house and you — don't belong here.[3]

”

Author J. Michael Straczynski explains that “Because many Jewish immigrants had to change their name and conceal their backgrounds in order to be accepted, this let me put a metaphor inside a metaphor." He plans to explore over the next issues of The Twelve, Mister E's “desire to fight the Nazis not only as an American but as a Jew."^[4]

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