G-2

"The U.S. Intelligence Department has many heroes among its members… but one outstanding individual, Don Leash, becomes the dreaded G-2, scourge of all enemies of America…"

“G-2” filled a void in National Comics after the cancellation of the “Merlin” and “Wonder Boy” features. The feature generally bore uncharacteristically poor artwork in comparison with its contemporaries. “G-2” was preceded at Quality by “G-5,” a feature which ran in Hit Comics #5–17. The G-5 character was never given a civilian name. The premise of the feature sort of begs the question: why would an agent with undercover resources choose to don an attention grabbing costume?

G-2 was Capt. Don Leash, an officer in the Army Intelligence department of the same name. In the real world, the Army G-2 was a division charged with operational and tactical intelligence. (Also, “G-Man” is slang for “government man.”) In Leash’s second case, he met up with an insidious duo of terrorists, Gothro and Dr. Agony. These enemy agents tortured a U.S. Naval officer, and plotted an attack on New York City. The villains possessed a submarine that housed planes ready to attack. Despite suffering a gunshot wound, G-2 managed to alert the U.S. military, and sink the Nazi vessel. (National #28)

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