The man known as Mr. Clean as been regarded as an urban legend, a myth, a hoax and just recently, the most important person of the 20th century. Proof of his existence is harder to find than big foot tracks, or yeti prints. Yet on July 14, 1998, he made himself known and saved the world.
The first known photograph of him was found, in of all places, a grocery store in Manila. Atlas Foods was a small chain owned by the
Timely Foundation.
Atlas Foods was a company that ran in the red for decades. It was a tax write off for the Timey Foundation. Atlas Foods was a Supermarket for third world nations. Every one could shop and pay less than market price at any Atlas Foods. Its representatives went all over the world seeking donations to keep Atlas Foods going. What does this have to do with Mr. Clean? Keep reading.
The photograph in question was a very odd picture. It was from publisher’s banquet in 1954. It featured famous Marvel Comics Publisher Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Sam Goldstein, and behind Kirby, a bald man with glasses thought to be Mr. Clean.
How this photo came to be hanging in the manager’s office of the Manila branch of Atlas Foods is still a mystery.
From extensive research, Mr. Clean’s first known move was purchasing land out side of Roswell, New Mexico in ’24. The deed is signed Mr. L. M. Clean. He purchased the land with money from a silver mine that he worked on for a few years. His next big move was in late ’28 when he founded the Timey Foundation. He patented many inventions the previous year and used the money for the Foundation’s start up. He used the Foundation to set up many smaller corporations to mask his doings. To list all the manipulations and maneuvers of this secret genius would take volumes. He is a brief list of some of his doings;
Timely Publishing; From here he invested in the fledgling industry of Comic Books.
Prometheus Publishing: His ‘legit’ Publishing arm. From here he signed and encouraged many starting authors including but not limited to Philip Wylie, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Robert E Howard.
20/20 Investments; an investment firm, one of the only to make money during the infamous stock market crash.
Money was no object to Mr. Clean, when in 52 he founded “the Secret Seven” the first super team in history. The Secret Seven were a covert team that battled invaders from space. From his remote New Mexico Estate, Clean enlisted beloved American hero
Johnny West, strong man Charles Atlas, the beautiful
Gina the Jungle Queen, Count Dante the most dangerous man on Earth, Jack Woo son of the Jade Claw, the enigmatic Mr. E man of mystery, and WW2 Russian pilot Ivan Zykov or Big Ivan.
The Secret Seven’s exploits’ have been purposely hidden. Bits and pieces have leaked out. They supposedly stopped an alien race from taking over the Soviet Union and starting a nuclear holocaust designed to make Earth uninhabitable for humans. They also reportedly built a base on the dark side of the moon to watch for future invaders. Johnny West joked about this on his last TV appearance on the Steve Allen show before he mysteriously vanished.
With the alien threat vanquished, Mr. Clean went back into seclusion. Gina the Jungle Queen, the only member of the Secret Seven to make public appearances says she has not seen Mr. Clean since 63. Rumors of his death have popped up every few years.
The entire ‘80s and 90’ ( until his very public emergence, more later) have been without a single sighting of this elusive figure. This changed in 98 when the
King of All Tears attacked Brazil. A mighty assemblage of super heroes arrived on the scene when the King of All Tears answered the summons by
Wargod and his cabal of acolytes from with the deepest layers of the Pentagon. The hideous alien then tried to devour the souls of all humans as they wallowed in suicidal despair generated by this foul giant malevolent space alien.
On the verge of defeat, Mr. Clean flew out of the sky holding the Warp Stone that contained Shamballa. Telling the inhabitants to of Shamballa to flee, Mr. Clean launched the warpstone into the heart of the Amorphous blob from space and forced it into the hyper node of the stone. He then flung the stone into the sun, killing the King of All Tears.
He revealed himself as Lance Muldoon, one of the first paranormals created by CHESS and thought dead. He was sent back in time after the battle with Dr Hiroshe, the battle that sent Marshal Strong into the future, and also killed Clarence Darbur, the giant super hero called Magnum.
He then flew back up to his home on a moon base hidden within
Mons Blanc. He has yet to make an other public appearance.
The few photographs taken that day confirm Lance Muldoon as Mr. Clean. He would be over a hundred years old, taking his time trip into account. CHESS analysis theorize that he would be the most experienced and therefore, most powerful paranormal on earth.