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Sal Menkin

Sal Menkin

A gas-station attendant who works the "graveyard" shift. Menkin once encountered Preston Payne (The 3rd Clayface).

Name:
Sal Menkin
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Real name:
Sal Menkin
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Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
cover

Origin

At one-point, Sal Menkin began to work at Arnie's All-Night Gasarama. He would always work "the graveyard shift" and would grow to loathe his job, often neglecting his customers.

Creation

Menkin was created by Len Wein and Marshall Rogers for Detective Comics #478.

Major Story Arcs

If A Man be Made of Clay

As Sal approaches his current customer's car window to collect the payment, he sees Preston Payne inside and recoils in horror at the sight of his face. As Payne makes a getaway, Menkin phones The GCPD proclaiming that he's "seen a monster".

Issues

August 1978

Volumes

1937

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