Stuff

Disambiguation: no secret identity; Vigilante's sidekick

First published in: 1942

Description:

Sidekick of The Vigilante (Greg Sanders).

Pre-Crisis Earth-One: Father of Stuff Jr. He was murdered by The Vigilante's old enemy, The Dummy.

Post-Crisis New Earth: Stuff was actually two brothers, Danny and Victor Leong. According to one story, Danny was murdered by Bugsy Siegel in November 1944. According to another story, he was murdered by The Dummy sometime prior to October 1948. See separate character records for more information.

Notes:

Golden Age: Stuff, the Chinatown Kid first appeared as a sidekick to the Vigilante in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #45 (February 1942). Stuff was never given any other name, however both his grandfathers were named: Lin Choo in issues #45 (February 1942) - #47 (April 1942), and Mi Tu Sing in issue #97 (June 1946).

Pre-Crisis Earth-One: First appearance and death in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #246 (August-September 1977).

Pre-Crisis Earth-Two: First appearance in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #38 (October 1981).

Post-Crisis New Earth: First appearance in Young All-Stars (DC, 1987 series) #27 (July 1989). It was later revealed that The Vigilante actually had two sidekicks named Stuff, the brothers Danny and Victor Leong. According to Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice (DC, 1995 series) #1 (November 1995), Danny was murdered at age 17 by Bugsy Siegel in November 1944. According to Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (DC, 1999 series) #9 (April 2000), Danny was murdered by The Dummy sometime prior to October 1948. According to El Diablo (DC, 1989 series) #12 (August 1990), Victor survived to the present day and became Greg Sanders' business partner. Based on on-sale dates, and assuming the November 1944 date, Danny was retroactively killed and replaced by his brother Vitor around Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #80 (January 1945).

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_the_Chinatown_Kid

Keywords

sidekicks

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Name:

Stuff

Additional Names:

1. Stuff, the Chinatown Kid

Appearances With a Character Origin Universe:

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Relations:

1. generalization of - Stuff *DO NOT USE* [Vigilante's sidekick, Pre-Crisis Earth-One] (p. 1977) - mainstream