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Zippo
Name:
Zippo
Publisher:
Real name:
Joe Blair
Aliases:
- Joe Blair
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Escape Artist
- Power Suit
- Super Speed
First issue:
Clue Comics (1943) #1 The Boy King and The Giant
![cover](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/2/27783/1490283-zippo.jpg)
Joe Blair was a private detective whose superhero alter ego was named
![](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1/19772/676437-dynamic1.jpg)
Instead, he had an armored suit with motorized pistons which operated wheeled boots that enabled him to travel as fast as a speeding automobile, usually around 65 MPH. The wheels also included razor sharp treads which enabled him to cut through metal.
The character is also considered Public Domain as the original publisher went out of business and the copyrights were never renewed prior to 1977.