Wildcat
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Real Identity: Ted Grant
Affiliation(s): Justice Society of America
Skills: Hand to Hand Combat
Henry Grant swore to make his son Ted fearless and pushed him into participating in sports. During Ted's college years, both his parents died. This couldn't have come at a worse time, the Great Depression that left many penniless had struck. On one fateful night in New York, Grant saved a man from an attempted mugging. This man turned out to be heavyweight champion, "Socker" Smith. Smith was so impressed he took Grant under his tutelage and trained him to be a champion in his own right.
However, Grant became a victim of a plot weaved by Smith's managers. When Smith was killed by a posion overdose, Grant was framed and put up for a hit by the mob. He survived but his police escorts weren't so lucky. After coming upon a child whose Green Lantern comic was stolen, Grant was inspired to create his own identity, Wildcat and sought to exonerate his name. He soon joined the Justice Society of America.
In 1951, he joined most of his team mates in early retirement after communist fears swept the nation. Grant fell back on his boxing career despite being middle aged. In a prize fight in Las Vegas, Grant made a stunning comeback and knocked out the young challenger. This act conveyed the turbulent times, an older generation struggling to hold on as a period of great change approaches.