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Songwriter-turned-mad murderer in the "The Swing King" story of ''Master Comics'' #31 (October 1942). His real name is Jimmy Shay.
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[[Image:Shay_Jimmy_Master_Comics.png|right]]Songwriter-turned-mad murderer in the "The Swing King" story of ''Master Comics'' #31 (October 1942). His real name is Jimmy Shay. An impoverished songwriter, he is forced to sell his sure-fire hit "You Gotta Be Neat," to crooked publisher Max Curt. Soon it's a national hit, everyone is playing it, and Shay, still poor, goes mad hearing it everywhere. Vowing revenge, he murders Curt by hanging him, and leaves a note signed "the Swing King." He kills bandleader [[Jay Jones and His Band|Jay Jones]] the same way, and attacks singer [[Adoree Daye]], who's starring in a new musical comedy based on his song, also titled ''You Gotta Be Neat''. Fortunately, hero Bulletman tracks him down and stops him in time, but Shay escapes. Bulletgirl and Bulletman finally stop him for good while he's attacking radio crooner [[Singing Sanders]].
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==See also==
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*[[Benny Borsey and His Band]]
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*[[Jay Jones and His Band]]
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*[[Adoree Daye]]
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*[[Singing Sanders]]
  
Superheroes Bulletman and Bulletgirl track him down and stop him.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 10:41, 27 July 2018

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Songwriter-turned-mad murderer in the "The Swing King" story of Master Comics #31 (October 1942). His real name is Jimmy Shay. An impoverished songwriter, he is forced to sell his sure-fire hit "You Gotta Be Neat," to crooked publisher Max Curt. Soon it's a national hit, everyone is playing it, and Shay, still poor, goes mad hearing it everywhere. Vowing revenge, he murders Curt by hanging him, and leaves a note signed "the Swing King." He kills bandleader Jay Jones the same way, and attacks singer Adoree Daye, who's starring in a new musical comedy based on his song, also titled You Gotta Be Neat. Fortunately, hero Bulletman tracks him down and stops him in time, but Shay escapes. Bulletgirl and Bulletman finally stop him for good while he's attacking radio crooner Singing Sanders.


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