Like author Jonathan Law aka Tarantula of Earth-Two... another hero cut from the same mold of a costumed bug boy was Vince Harley, as crime fiction writer that needed inspiration for his latest masterpiece.
Thankfully, it arrived right on his doorstep when he soon learned that from adversity comes opportunity, particularly when you have a rare immunity and mastery over something which most men dread.
This would create an opportunity to become something more, a costumed avengers known as the Yellowjacket. This caped crusader would be among the first chronicled costumed crime fighters who would appear on Earth-Four during the 1940's. Another bug-themed mystery man named Blue Beetle would also operate during this time period, although no mention was ever made of the two men ever meeting nor interacting.
After discovering that he had a mutant ability to mentally control the insects he named himself after, Yellowjacket began a brief career during the period of 1944 to 1946 utilizing this ability. While creating a yellow and black spandex uniform for alter ego, Harley decided there was no need to wear a mask to conceal his identity.
Perhaps this is why he forsook his mystery man alias after less than a dozen adventures as Yellowjacket, reverting to his civilian lifestyle once more. Similarly, Jonathan Law retired from superheroics around this same time on his world, while Law and Harley's Earth-One doppleganger Tommy Tomorrow would remain a Planeteer for a lengthier career, albeit centuries in the future when his activities were sanctioned by interstellar government. Yellowjacket and Tarantula, as vigilantes, didn't have quite the same sanction with the authorities of their time.
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