The Lobster's origin

[Kees_L]

I'm told that for a funky pulpy name nothing can hold a candle to Lobster Johnson.
Not even the stiffest competition.

I cannot recall whether it was the Internet or an amused Englishman making me aware of what a 'Johnson' could be to mean.
Or either a 'John Thomas'.

A Lobster Johnson no less. With headstrap. And goggles. Aero-jacket complete with puffy pantaloons.

Even as merely a nickname such would have to entail just quite the story.

And among such titles as "The Iron Prometheus", "The Burning Hand" or "The Conqueror Worm", there definitely seems a ring to it, captivatingly and brimming with mystery...

[zerodemon]

This post wasn't bringing anything new, so I deleted it, but the fact I came to the same conclusions as Middenway independently suggests something.