Home The Library Notable Creators Roles/Occupations Eras Powers/Abilities Typologies Clubs All A Entries All B Entries All C Entries All D Entries All E Entries All F Entries All G Entries All H Entries All I Entries All J Entries All K Entries All L Entries All M Entries All N Entries All O Entries All P Entries All Q Entries All R Entries All S Entries All T Entries All U Entries All V Entries All W Entries All X Entries All Y Entries All Z Entries
 
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 

Entries Starting with R

Quick View

Ra

Image of Ra
Category Ra
Includes 

Ra is a character in Frederic Arnold Kummer’s 1922 educational children’s book, The First Days of Man. Alias Ra Real Names/Alt Names Ra Characteristics Literary Characters, Stone Age Creators/Key Contributors Frederic Arnold Kummer First Appearance […]
Entry Ra
Description 

Ra is a character in Frederic Arnold Kummer’s 1922 educational children’s book, The First Days of Man. Alias Ra Real Names/Alt Names Ra Characteristics Literary Characters, Stone Age Creators/Key Contributors Frederic Arnold Kummer First Appearance […]
Quick View

Rabbit

Image of Rabbit
Category Rabbit
Includes 

Professor Ernest Hare was nicknamed the Rabbit by his students, due to his meek personality and hairstyle. He was ridiculed by his students and peers, and then fired by the Dean. Fascinated with predictions, he […]
Entry Rabbit
Description 

Professor Ernest Hare was nicknamed the Rabbit by his students, due to his meek personality and hairstyle. He was ridiculed by his students and peers, and then fired by the Dean. Fascinated with predictions, he […]
Quick View

Rackman

Image of Rackman
Category Rackman
Includes 

Rackman, Craig Mansfield, lived off the Atlantic coast on his own private island. He was born with dwarfism, but he used telescopic stilts (“racks”) to become tall. The stilts extended, which he used as weapons […]
Entry Rackman
Description 

Rackman, Craig Mansfield, lived off the Atlantic coast on his own private island. He was born with dwarfism, but he used telescopic stilts (“racks”) to become tall. The stilts extended, which he used as weapons […]
Quick View

Rad Omeron

Image of Rad Omeron
Category Rad Omeron
Includes 

Rad Omeron was a Martian space pirate who kidnapped Gloria Carter and attempted to hold her for ransom. The plot was foiled by Dan Hastings. Alias Rad Omeron Real Names/Alt Names Rad Omeron Characteristics Villain, […]
Entry Rad Omeron
Description 

Rad Omeron was a Martian space pirate who kidnapped Gloria Carter and attempted to hold her for ransom. The plot was foiled by Dan Hastings. Alias Rad Omeron Real Names/Alt Names Rad Omeron Characteristics Villain, […]
Quick View

Rada the Valdan

Image of Rada the Valdan
Category Rada the Valdan
Includes 

Captain Brett Crockett of the Space Busters leads a mission to take and hold the asteroid Valda. The Belzarians want Valda and the Earthians must stop them, as Crockett says to Sergeant Bolo. Lieutenant April […]
Entry Rada the Valdan
Description 

Captain Brett Crockett of the Space Busters leads a mission to take and hold the asteroid Valda. The Belzarians want Valda and the Earthians must stop them, as Crockett says to Sergeant Bolo. Lieutenant April […]
Quick View

Radar

Image of Radar
Category Radar
Includes 

Timothy Pepper, a.k.a Radar, was a special operative of the U.S. State Department. He inherited telepathic powers from his circus performer parents. He used these powers to fight criminals, and teamed up with Captain Marvel […]
Entry Radar
Description 

Timothy Pepper, a.k.a Radar, was a special operative of the U.S. State Department. He inherited telepathic powers from his circus performer parents. He used these powers to fight criminals, and teamed up with Captain Marvel […]
Quick View

Radio King

Image of Radio King
Category Radio King
Includes 

Brad Lane was a brilliant, muscle-bound inventor and detective, who used radios and radio technology to fight crime. His weapons included bugs, microphones, wiretaps, and other technology that was virtually unheard of at the time. […]
Entry Radio King
Description 

Brad Lane was a brilliant, muscle-bound inventor and detective, who used radios and radio technology to fight crime. His weapons included bugs, microphones, wiretaps, and other technology that was virtually unheard of at the time. […]
Quick View

Radior

Image of Radior
Category Radior
Includes 

After his mother died, Radior’s father, Dr. Kennedy, decided to raise his son in a remote mountain location where he could experiment on him, inundating him with radium. Radior developed tremendous powers as a result of […]
Entry Radior
Description 

After his mother died, Radior’s father, Dr. Kennedy, decided to raise his son in a remote mountain location where he could experiment on him, inundating him with radium. Radior developed tremendous powers as a result of […]
Quick View

Radium King

Image of Radium King
Category Radium King
Includes 

The pulp vigilante The Radium King mete out cruel justice to members of a criminal organization called Z in the single issue of his eponymous magazine. The Radium King wore a fedora, a cloak over […]
Entry Radium King
Description 

The pulp vigilante The Radium King mete out cruel justice to members of a criminal organization called Z in the single issue of his eponymous magazine. The Radium King wore a fedora, a cloak over […]
Quick View

Radium King (MLJ)

Image of Radium King (MLJ)
Category Radium King (MLJ)
Includes 

The Black Knight was a villain with a mountain top castle armed with archers, gangsters, rabbit-sized rats, and trap doors. The crime boss robbed banks to finance his plans of world domination. His plans are […]
Entry Radium King (MLJ)
Description 

The Black Knight was a villain with a mountain top castle armed with archers, gangsters, rabbit-sized rats, and trap doors. The crime boss robbed banks to finance his plans of world domination. His plans are […]
Quick View

Radium Roy

Image of Radium Roy
Category Radium Roy
Includes 

Radium Roy (or Radium Ray) was an atomic-powered superhero who fought the Axis forces in the Philippines during WWII. His civilian identity was Roy Bianchi, journalist of Malay descent. Note: Radium Reyna appeared flying alongside […]
Entry Radium Roy
Description 

Radium Roy (or Radium Ray) was an atomic-powered superhero who fought the Axis forces in the Philippines during WWII. His civilian identity was Roy Bianchi, journalist of Malay descent. Note: Radium Reyna appeared flying alongside […]
Quick View

Ragman

Image of Ragman
Category Ragman
Includes 

Dressed to blend in with the legion of homeless wandering the streets, Daily Times reporter Jay Garson, Jr. was in reality the city’s foremost avenger The Ragman. In the course of his crusade The Ragman […]
Entry Ragman
Description 

Dressed to blend in with the legion of homeless wandering the streets, Daily Times reporter Jay Garson, Jr. was in reality the city’s foremost avenger The Ragman. In the course of his crusade The Ragman […]
Quick View

Ragtime Goblin Man

Image of Ragtime Goblin Man
Category Ragtime Goblin Man
Includes 

The song Ragtime Goblin Man describes a person with a “hook in his hand… softly humming a ragtime tune”. He follows his victim, sometimes killing them and eating their flesh. The Ragtime Goblin Man has […]
Entry Ragtime Goblin Man
Description 

The song Ragtime Goblin Man describes a person with a “hook in his hand… softly humming a ragtime tune”. He follows his victim, sometimes killing them and eating their flesh. The Ragtime Goblin Man has […]
Quick View

Raijin

Image of Raijin
Category Raijin
Includes 

Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto and buddhism religion. He is typically depicted with fierce and aggressive facial expressions, standing atop a cloud, beating on den-den […]
Entry Raijin
Description 

Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto and buddhism religion. He is typically depicted with fierce and aggressive facial expressions, standing atop a cloud, beating on den-den […]
Quick View

Rainbow (Centaur)

Image of Rainbow (Centaur)
Category Rainbow (Centaur)
Includes 

College graduate Jim Travis was sitting at home and reading an “Acme Comics” comic book. He suddenly came up with the idea that he could be just as good a superhero as anyone in the […]
Entry Rainbow (Centaur)
Description 

College graduate Jim Travis was sitting at home and reading an “Acme Comics” comic book. He suddenly came up with the idea that he could be just as good a superhero as anyone in the […]
Quick View

Rainbow Boy

Image of Rainbow Boy
Category Rainbow Boy
Includes 

Having somehow gained superhuman “rainbow control” that only works when light is shining on him (but can be overcome through the use of an “ingenious solar battery”), Jay (later “Jack”) Walton, worker for the “Wizard […]
Entry Rainbow Boy
Description 

Having somehow gained superhuman “rainbow control” that only works when light is shining on him (but can be overcome through the use of an “ingenious solar battery”), Jay (later “Jack”) Walton, worker for the “Wizard […]
Quick View

Raja the Arabian Knight

Image of Raja the Arabian Knight
Category Raja the Arabian Knight
Includes 

“Prince of Araby… swordsman, crack-shot, acrobat… a fearless adventurer whose strength and skill are dedicated to helping his troubled fellowman… such is Raja… The Arabian Knight.” Raja studied in the schools of both the East […]
Entry Raja the Arabian Knight
Description 

“Prince of Araby… swordsman, crack-shot, acrobat… a fearless adventurer whose strength and skill are dedicated to helping his troubled fellowman… such is Raja… The Arabian Knight.” Raja studied in the schools of both the East […]
Quick View

Raja Yashi

Image of Raja Yashi
Category Raja Yashi
Includes 

Policewoman Sally O’Neil saves a hypnotized woman about to get hit by a car. She tracks the woman back to the offices of Raja Yashi, by his appearance an Eastern mystic, but in reality an […]
Entry Raja Yashi
Description 

Policewoman Sally O’Neil saves a hypnotized woman about to get hit by a car. She tracks the woman back to the offices of Raja Yashi, by his appearance an Eastern mystic, but in reality an […]
Quick View

Ralf Clifford

Image of Ralf Clifford
Category Ralf Clifford
Includes 

Ralf Clifford was an American who traveled to the East to learn the ways of mysticism. He was given the mummified head of a cobra by an Indian fakir. The fakir informed Clifford that if […]
Entry Ralf Clifford
Description 

Ralf Clifford was an American who traveled to the East to learn the ways of mysticism. He was given the mummified head of a cobra by an Indian fakir. The fakir informed Clifford that if […]
Quick View

Ralph 124c 41 +

Image of Ralph 124c 41 +
Category Ralph 124c 41 +
Includes 

Ralph 124c 41 + is a prolific inventor in the year 2660, one of the 10 greatest minds on Earth in his time. These ten are the only people allowed to use the “+” symbol […]
Entry Ralph 124c 41 +
Description 

Ralph 124c 41 + is a prolific inventor in the year 2660, one of the 10 greatest minds on Earth in his time. These ten are the only people allowed to use the “+” symbol […]
Quick View

Ralph Richards

Image of Ralph Richards
Category Ralph Richards
Includes 

Scientist Mark Dane is angered when his fiance, Wendy Travis, and his co-worker, Ralph Richards, beseech him to stop his mad experiments, which consist of placing an electronic brain in a bulldozer. Dane hits Travis. […]
Entry Ralph Richards
Description 

Scientist Mark Dane is angered when his fiance, Wendy Travis, and his co-worker, Ralph Richards, beseech him to stop his mad experiments, which consist of placing an electronic brain in a bulldozer. Dane hits Travis. […]
Quick View

Ralph the Elephant Boy

Image of Ralph the Elephant Boy
Category Ralph the Elephant Boy
Includes 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Ralph the […]
Entry Ralph the Elephant Boy
Description 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Ralph the […]
Quick View

Randolph Carter

Image of Randolph Carter
Category Randolph Carter
Includes 

Randolph Carter is an antiquarian and one-time student of the fictional Miskatonic University. Based on clues from various stories, he was probably born around 1874 and grew up in and around Boston. At the age […]
Entry Randolph Carter
Description 

Randolph Carter is an antiquarian and one-time student of the fictional Miskatonic University. Based on clues from various stories, he was probably born around 1874 and grew up in and around Boston. At the age […]
Quick View

Rang-A-Tang, the Wonder Dog

Image of Rang-A-Tang
Category Rang-A-Tang, the Wonder Dog
Includes 

Rang-A-Tang was a brave, loyal, and highly-talented German shepherd, who protected good humans and friendly animals from all manner of peril. Originally a circus dog, Rang-A-Tang escaped a cruel master and lived on the streets […]
Entry Rang-A-Tang, the Wonder Dog
Description 

Rang-A-Tang was a brave, loyal, and highly-talented German shepherd, who protected good humans and friendly animals from all manner of peril. Originally a circus dog, Rang-A-Tang escaped a cruel master and lived on the streets […]
Quick View

Ranger Girl

Image of Ranger Girl
Category Ranger Girl
Includes 

Ranger Girl was Gloria Travers, a Miss America 1941 title-holder turned WAAC-pilot. While she assisted the Rangers of Freedom beginning with their first appearance, she did not join the group until their third. She was […]
Entry Ranger Girl
Description 

Ranger Girl was Gloria Travers, a Miss America 1941 title-holder turned WAAC-pilot. While she assisted the Rangers of Freedom beginning with their first appearance, she did not join the group until their third. She was […]
Quick View

Rangers of Freedom

Image of Rangers of Freedom
Category Rangers of Freedom
Includes 

The Rangers of Freedom were “Biff” Barkley, “Tex” Russell, and Peter Cabot, three young men recruited by the FBI due to their physical and mental fortitude, “the best specimens of American youth.” They donned patriotically-themed […]
Entry Rangers of Freedom
Description 

The Rangers of Freedom were “Biff” Barkley, “Tex” Russell, and Peter Cabot, three young men recruited by the FBI due to their physical and mental fortitude, “the best specimens of American youth.” They donned patriotically-themed […]
Quick View

Rango

Image of Rango
Category Rango
Includes 

In his first adventure, the Master Mystic battled Rango, an evil Slovanian scientist who made himself a giant to exact revenge upon those who foiled his attempts at world domination. Master Mystic had a tower […]
Entry Rango
Description 

In his first adventure, the Master Mystic battled Rango, an evil Slovanian scientist who made himself a giant to exact revenge upon those who foiled his attempts at world domination. Master Mystic had a tower […]
Quick View

Ranijesti

Image of Ranijesti
Category Ranijesti
Includes 

A yogi advisor to Sâr Dubnotal. “This yogi, or Hindu mage, had once studied psychognosis in company with Sâr Dubnotal. Profoundly versed in that science, Ranijesti had had himself immured alive, without rice or water, […]
Entry Ranijesti
Description 

A yogi advisor to Sâr Dubnotal. “This yogi, or Hindu mage, had once studied psychognosis in company with Sâr Dubnotal. Profoundly versed in that science, Ranijesti had had himself immured alive, without rice or water, […]
Quick View

Rapid Fox

Image of Rapid Fox
Category Rapid Fox
Includes 

Queen Thula of Mars is discussing the forest of petrified trees with Spurs Jackson, Strong Bow, and Rapid Fox, a member of Strong Bow’s tribe of pueblo-dwelling Mayans, in the Painted Desert of Arizona. Thula […]
Entry Rapid Fox
Description 

Queen Thula of Mars is discussing the forest of petrified trees with Spurs Jackson, Strong Bow, and Rapid Fox, a member of Strong Bow’s tribe of pueblo-dwelling Mayans, in the Painted Desert of Arizona. Thula […]
Quick View

Ras Thavas

Image of Ras Thavas
Category Ras Thavas
Includes 

Ras Thavas first appears in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1927 novel The Master Mind of Mars. Within the narrative framework of the story he is an elderly Martian mad scientist of the city-state of Toonol, the […]
Entry Ras Thavas
Description 

Ras Thavas first appears in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1927 novel The Master Mind of Mars. Within the narrative framework of the story he is an elderly Martian mad scientist of the city-state of Toonol, the […]
Quick View

Rashomon no oni

Image of Rashomon no oni
Category Rashomon no oni
Includes 

Rashōmon no oni is an oni said to have nested at the front gate of Heian-kyō, Rashōmon. During a banquet after a battle, one samurai mentioned that there was an oni at Rashōmon. Another samurai, […]
Entry Rashomon no oni
Description 

Rashōmon no oni is an oni said to have nested at the front gate of Heian-kyō, Rashōmon. During a banquet after a battle, one samurai mentioned that there was an oni at Rashōmon. Another samurai, […]
Quick View

Rasputin

Image of Rasputin
Category Rasputin
Includes 

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus gaining considerable influence in late Imperial Russia. Rasputin was born to […]
Entry Rasputin
Description 

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus gaining considerable influence in late Imperial Russia. Rasputin was born to […]
Quick View

Rattler

Image of Rattler
Category Rattler
Includes 

Pig Pan Wood was an escapee from Alcatraz, wrongly declared dead when Twisto the Rubberman was shot while disguised as him. To continue his crimes uninhibited, he took on a new identity, the Rattler. His […]
Entry Rattler
Description 

Pig Pan Wood was an escapee from Alcatraz, wrongly declared dead when Twisto the Rubberman was shot while disguised as him. To continue his crimes uninhibited, he took on a new identity, the Rattler. His […]
Quick View

Raven (Ace)

Image of Raven (Ace)
Category Raven (Ace)
Includes 

Detective Sergeant Danny Dartin was frustrated by criminals who had enough money and influence to escape justice, so he put on a costume and became the Raven. He targeted the criminals’ cash and redistributed it […]
Entry Raven (Ace)
Description 

Detective Sergeant Danny Dartin was frustrated by criminals who had enough money and influence to escape justice, so he put on a costume and became the Raven. He targeted the criminals’ cash and redistributed it […]
Quick View

Raven (Folklore)

Image of Raven (Folklore)
Category Raven (Folklore)
Includes 

Many references to ravens exist in world lore and literature. Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking call, and diet of […]
Entry Raven (Folklore)
Description 

Many references to ravens exist in world lore and literature. Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking call, and diet of […]
Quick View

Raven (MLJ)

Image of Raven (MLJ)
Category Raven (MLJ)
Includes 

Paul Lerner, mad with grief from the loss of his wife, adopted the identity of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, including wearing a human-size raven costume, to exact revenge on the doctors responsible for her […]
Entry Raven (MLJ)
Description 

Paul Lerner, mad with grief from the loss of his wife, adopted the identity of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, including wearing a human-size raven costume, to exact revenge on the doctors responsible for her […]
Quick View

Raven (Poe)

Image of Raven (Poe)
Category Raven (Poe)
Includes 

“The Raven” is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a visit by a mysterious raven that repeatedly speaks a single word. The lover, often identified […]
Entry Raven (Poe)
Description 

“The Raven” is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a visit by a mysterious raven that repeatedly speaks a single word. The lover, often identified […]
Quick View

Raven (Quality)

Image of Raven (Quality)
Category Raven (Quality)
Includes 

The Raven saw an advertisement in a newspaper calling on the Spider Widow for aid, and went to the address listed. When he arrived, he witnessed Spider Widow walk into an ambush by Nazis. The […]
Entry Raven (Quality)
Description 

The Raven saw an advertisement in a newspaper calling on the Spider Widow for aid, and went to the address listed. When he arrived, he witnessed Spider Widow walk into an ambush by Nazis. The […]
Quick View

Raven (Tower)

Image of Raven (Tower)
Category Raven (Tower)
Includes 

After Menthor’s death, Craig Lawson, a skydiver and mercenary with a shady past, became the Raven, thanks to an experimental rocket pack. Note: Tower Comics did not include a correct copyright notice on their books […]
Entry Raven (Tower)
Description 

After Menthor’s death, Craig Lawson, a skydiver and mercenary with a shady past, became the Raven, thanks to an experimental rocket pack. Note: Tower Comics did not include a correct copyright notice on their books […]
Quick View

Ravenna UFO

Image of Ravenna UFO
Category Ravenna UFO
Includes 

From the Project Blue Book report: “A report of a UFO was received from Mr. Dale F. Spaur, Badge #15, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Ravenna, Ohio., 17 Apr 66. Sighting between 0300 and 0600 hours. […]
Entry Ravenna UFO
Description 

From the Project Blue Book report: “A report of a UFO was received from Mr. Dale F. Spaur, Badge #15, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Ravenna, Ohio., 17 Apr 66. Sighting between 0300 and 0600 hours. […]
Quick View

Raxun

Image of Raxun
Category Raxun
Includes 

Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, respond to a report of troubles in a village on Jupiter’s South Pole. Landing near the village, the Patrolmen put on protective gear to aid […]
Entry Raxun
Description 

Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, respond to a report of troubles in a village on Jupiter’s South Pole. Landing near the village, the Patrolmen put on protective gear to aid […]
Quick View

Ray

Image of Ray
Category Ray
Includes 

The Ray was reporter Hubert “Happy” Terrill. He was covering a science and technology beat for The New York Star in a high-flying “strato-balloon” tasked with exploring the upper atmosphere. He rode along with the […]
Entry Ray
Description 

The Ray was reporter Hubert “Happy” Terrill. He was covering a science and technology beat for The New York Star in a high-flying “strato-balloon” tasked with exploring the upper atmosphere. He rode along with the […]
Quick View

Reanimator

Image of Reanimator
Category Reanimator
Includes 

“Herbert West–Reanimator” consists of six chapters, beginning with “From the Dark”, which introduces Dr. West through the writings of a medical student at Miskatonic University who becomes fascinated by West’s theories, which postulated that the […]
Entry Reanimator
Description 

“Herbert West–Reanimator” consists of six chapters, beginning with “From the Dark”, which introduces Dr. West through the writings of a medical student at Miskatonic University who becomes fascinated by West’s theories, which postulated that the […]
Quick View

Reckoner and Chipper

Image of Reckoner and Chipper
Category Reckoner and Chipper
Includes 

A cab driver named Matty Martin (or, depending on the story, Michael Shayne) becomes the costumed crime-fighter Reckoner. He wears a top hat, cloak, and sometimes a black mask. None of the stories ever explained […]
Entry Reckoner and Chipper
Description 

A cab driver named Matty Martin (or, depending on the story, Michael Shayne) becomes the costumed crime-fighter Reckoner. He wears a top hat, cloak, and sometimes a black mask. None of the stories ever explained […]
Quick View

Red Ann

Image of Red Ann
Category Red Ann
Includes 

The woman who would become Red Ann was happily married to a man named Bart, a man she had chosen over her friend Trent, who also loved her. As an act of concession, Trent paid […]
Entry Red Ann
Description 

The woman who would become Red Ann was happily married to a man named Bart, a man she had chosen over her friend Trent, who also loved her. As an act of concession, Trent paid […]
Quick View

Red Bee

Image of Red Bee
Category Red Bee
Includes 

Wishing to do more to combat the criminals of Superior City, Oregon, than he could as assistant district attorney Rick Raleigh, Raleigh created the costumed identity of the Red Bee. During his adventures, he battled […]
Entry Red Bee
Description 

Wishing to do more to combat the criminals of Superior City, Oregon, than he could as assistant district attorney Rick Raleigh, Raleigh created the costumed identity of the Red Bee. During his adventures, he battled […]
Quick View

Red Blaze

Image of Red Blaze
Category Red Blaze
Includes 

Red Blaze was a Native American college student and All-American athlete. At university, he broke every athletic record, and once ran two days without stopping. He was summoned home to the wicked western town of […]
Entry Red Blaze
Description 

Red Blaze was a Native American college student and All-American athlete. At university, he broke every athletic record, and once ran two days without stopping. He was summoned home to the wicked western town of […]
Quick View

Red Blazer

Image of Red Blazer
Category Red Blazer
Includes 

In 1940, Jack Dawson (later “Ted”) was horseback riding in the Wyoming prairie when he noticed Dr. Morgan (later “Dr. Martin”) burying an alien near his spaceship. Dawson offered to help Morgan, who told Dawson […]
Entry Red Blazer
Description 

In 1940, Jack Dawson (later “Ted”) was horseback riding in the Wyoming prairie when he noticed Dr. Morgan (later “Dr. Martin”) burying an alien near his spaceship. Dawson offered to help Morgan, who told Dawson […]
Quick View

Red Comet

Image of Red Comet
Category Red Comet
Includes 

Red Comet worked as the “mystery man of the universe” in the year 2040. He fought criminals using his magical abilities. His enemies included Golo, the Jovian giant J.G., the Stickers, the Tyrant of Mysto […]
Entry Red Comet
Description 

Red Comet worked as the “mystery man of the universe” in the year 2040. He fought criminals using his magical abilities. His enemies included Golo, the Jovian giant J.G., the Stickers, the Tyrant of Mysto […]
Quick View

Red Cross (Holyoke)

Image of Red Cross (Holyoke)
Category Red Cross (Holyoke)
Includes 

Dr. Peter Hall was an army captain and a doctor. He fought the Axis powers in occupied France, and later in the Pacific, as the heroic Red Cross. He had no powers, but used firearms […]
Entry Red Cross (Holyoke)
Description 

Dr. Peter Hall was an army captain and a doctor. He fought the Axis powers in occupied France, and later in the Pacific, as the heroic Red Cross. He had no powers, but used firearms […]
Quick View

Red Death (Ace)

Image of Red Death (Ace)
Category Red Death (Ace)
Includes 

Red Death only appeared on the cover of Four Favorites #5. He was shown as a foe to Magno, Lash Lightning, Captain Courageous, and Unknown Soldier. Alias Red Death Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, […]
Entry Red Death (Ace)
Description 

Red Death only appeared on the cover of Four Favorites #5. He was shown as a foe to Magno, Lash Lightning, Captain Courageous, and Unknown Soldier. Alias Red Death Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, […]
Quick View

Red Death (Fawcett)

Image of Red Death (Fawcett)
Category Red Death (Fawcett)
Includes 

The Red Death was a Nazi agent who planned to bomb the major cities of the United States with a deadly gas of his own creation. Although he was able to capture Spy Smasher, the […]
Entry Red Death (Fawcett)
Description 

The Red Death was a Nazi agent who planned to bomb the major cities of the United States with a deadly gas of his own creation. Although he was able to capture Spy Smasher, the […]
Quick View

Red Death (Poe)

Image of Red Death (Poe)
Category Red Death (Poe)
Includes 

“The Masque of the Red Death” follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade […]
Entry Red Death (Poe)
Description 

“The Masque of the Red Death” follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade […]
Quick View

Red Demon

Image of Red Demon
Category Red Demon
Includes 

Judge Straight started out as an all-star lawyer, becoming the youngest jurist in the state. After the wife of a man he sentenced to death criticized him for too closely following the letter of the […]
Entry Red Demon
Description 

Judge Straight started out as an all-star lawyer, becoming the youngest jurist in the state. After the wife of a man he sentenced to death criticized him for too closely following the letter of the […]
Quick View

Red Fox

Image of Red Fox
Category Red Fox
Includes 

Jeff Veeley, also called the Red Fox and the Scarlet Rider, was a brave Mountie in RCMP assisted by his intelligent sled dog, Shaggy. Alias Red Fox, Scarlet Rider Real Names/Alt Names Jeff Veeley Characteristics […]
Entry Red Fox
Description 

Jeff Veeley, also called the Red Fox and the Scarlet Rider, was a brave Mountie in RCMP assisted by his intelligent sled dog, Shaggy. Alias Red Fox, Scarlet Rider Real Names/Alt Names Jeff Veeley Characteristics […]
Quick View

Red Gaucho

Image of Red Gaucho
Category Red Gaucho
Includes 

Red Gaucho became a famous crime fighter in South America. He fought Communists as well as enemies such as Furfooz, Tad Cromer, Punchez, and Don Bacco. He had a habit of laughing when he fought, […]
Entry Red Gaucho
Description 

Red Gaucho became a famous crime fighter in South America. He fought Communists as well as enemies such as Furfooz, Tad Cromer, Punchez, and Don Bacco. He had a habit of laughing when he fought, […]
Quick View

Red Hawk

Image of Red Hawk
Category Red Hawk
Includes 

Major Red Hawk was a Native American mercenary fighter pilot, skilled combatant, and disguise artist. He would volunteer frequently to use his skills to go on missions against the Japanese army that others would deem […]
Entry Red Hawk
Description 

Major Red Hawk was a Native American mercenary fighter pilot, skilled combatant, and disguise artist. He would volunteer frequently to use his skills to go on missions against the Japanese army that others would deem […]
Quick View

Red Knight (Holyoke)

Image of Red Knight (Holyoke)
Category Red Knight (Holyoke)
Includes 

Sir Miles of Lorraine was a young prince, but he lost his throne to his uncle Sir Baldric. He left his homeland, seeking his fortune fighting in the army of Godefrey of Bouillon, one of […]
Entry Red Knight (Holyoke)
Description 

Sir Miles of Lorraine was a young prince, but he lost his throne to his uncle Sir Baldric. He left his homeland, seeking his fortune fighting in the army of Godefrey of Bouillon, one of […]
Quick View

Red Knight (Villain)

Image of Red Knight (Villain)
Category Red Knight (Villain)
Includes 

According to legend, the Red Knight was a great champion who fought beside King Richard, The Lion-Hearted, in the Crusades. He journeyed back to England with a beautiful emerald from the helmet of Saladin himself. […]
Entry Red Knight (Villain)
Description 

According to legend, the Red Knight was a great champion who fought beside King Richard, The Lion-Hearted, in the Crusades. He journeyed back to England with a beautiful emerald from the helmet of Saladin himself. […]
Quick View

Red Lash

Image of Red Lash
Category Red Lash
Includes 

The Red Lash was an enemy interrogator who kidnapped and tortured US military personnel during World War II. He managed to knock out the hero The Hood in their first meeting, but was defeated in […]
Entry Red Lash
Description 

The Red Lash was an enemy interrogator who kidnapped and tortured US military personnel during World War II. He managed to knock out the hero The Hood in their first meeting, but was defeated in […]
Quick View

Red Mask (Nedor)

Image of Red Mask (Nedor)
Category Red Mask (Nedor)
Includes 

The Red Mask is a deposed ruler over an island jungle kingdom. He’s a wanted man by the new rulers, so he dons the mask while he tries to marshal his forces to regain power. […]
Entry Red Mask (Nedor)
Description 

The Red Mask is a deposed ruler over an island jungle kingdom. He’s a wanted man by the new rulers, so he dons the mask while he tries to marshal his forces to regain power. […]
Quick View

Red Panther

Image of Red Panther
Category Red Panther
Includes 

The Red Panther gets his uniform, which supposedly comes from the skin of the mythical “red panther”, from a tribal chief. He chooses to represent the Red Panther’s “stay” in the mortal world, as protector […]
Entry Red Panther
Description 

The Red Panther gets his uniform, which supposedly comes from the skin of the mythical “red panther”, from a tribal chief. He chooses to represent the Red Panther’s “stay” in the mortal world, as protector […]
Quick View

Red Plague

Image of Red Plague
Category Red Plague
Includes 

A doctor spreads fear of a red plague to acquire real estate at a drastically reduced price. He uses a harmless rash powder. He’s foiled by Dynamic Man. Alias Red Plague Real Names/Alt Names Unknown […]
Entry Red Plague
Description 

A doctor spreads fear of a red plague to acquire real estate at a drastically reduced price. He uses a harmless rash powder. He’s foiled by Dynamic Man. Alias Red Plague Real Names/Alt Names Unknown […]
Quick View

Red Reeves

Image of Red Reeves
Category Red Reeves
Includes 

Thomas “Red” Reeves was a young boy living in an unnamed American city. When his mother grounded him for a day for playing marbles in the street, he went to explore the basement. He found […]
Entry Red Reeves
Description 

Thomas “Red” Reeves was a young boy living in an unnamed American city. When his mother grounded him for a day for playing marbles in the street, he went to explore the basement. He found […]
Quick View

Red Robbins

Image of Red Robbins
Category Red Robbins
Includes 

In his first adventure, risk-taking aviator Red Robbins, “the young hero of democracy fighting for his country in the mysterious frozen wastelands of the uncharted, distant Arctic”, discovered a hidden city and liberated it from […]
Entry Red Robbins
Description 

In his first adventure, risk-taking aviator Red Robbins, “the young hero of democracy fighting for his country in the mysterious frozen wastelands of the uncharted, distant Arctic”, discovered a hidden city and liberated it from […]
Quick View

Red Robe of Death

Image of Red Robe of Death
Category Red Robe of Death
Includes 

The Red Robe was a Nazi agent in a green skull mask, which hid his identity as “Otto Bohm, head of the Nazi Gestapo here in America”. He and his gang were out to steal […]
Entry Red Robe of Death
Description 

The Red Robe was a Nazi agent in a green skull mask, which hid his identity as “Otto Bohm, head of the Nazi Gestapo here in America”. He and his gang were out to steal […]
Quick View

Red Rocket

Image of Red Rocket
Category Red Rocket
Includes 

Rod Page was a science fiction hero who put on a costume and fought crime as the Red Rocket in the year 2042. Rod Page had the ability of telepathy. Alias Red Rocket Real Names/Alt Names […]
Entry Red Rocket
Description 

Rod Page was a science fiction hero who put on a costume and fought crime as the Red Rocket in the year 2042. Rod Page had the ability of telepathy. Alias Red Rocket Real Names/Alt Names […]
Quick View

Red Rogue

Image of Red Rogue
Category Red Rogue
Includes 

Private detective Rod Rooney had a reputation for solving impossible and bizarre crimes, and much to the dismay of the police force, he kept showing them up. For the most bizarre crimes, he did his […]
Entry Red Rogue
Description 

Private detective Rod Rooney had a reputation for solving impossible and bizarre crimes, and much to the dismay of the police force, he kept showing them up. For the most bizarre crimes, he did his […]
Quick View

Red Rover

Image of Red Rover
Category Red Rover
Includes 

Red Rover was an adventurer who sailed around the South Seas with his friend, Knuckles, lending a hand to those in need. He was a skilled fighter and an excellent swimmer. Alias Red Rover, Hero […]
Entry Red Rover
Description 

Red Rover was an adventurer who sailed around the South Seas with his friend, Knuckles, lending a hand to those in need. He was a skilled fighter and an excellent swimmer. Alias Red Rover, Hero […]
Quick View

Red Rube

Image of Red Rube
Category Red Rube
Includes 

Rueben Rueben was a young orphan who ran away from the orphanage. He hid out in an old castle, and then discovered it was his ancestor’s home. His ancestors still haunted the castle as ghosts, […]
Entry Red Rube
Description 

Rueben Rueben was a young orphan who ran away from the orphanage. He hid out in an old castle, and then discovered it was his ancestor’s home. His ancestors still haunted the castle as ghosts, […]
Quick View

Red Seal

Image of Red Seal
Category Red Seal
Includes 

The mysterious Red Seal was the sidekick of Manowar, a.k.a. the White Streak. He first appeared when the White Streak was killed in the destruction of a waterfront warehouse and the pier it sat on. […]
Entry Red Seal
Description 

The mysterious Red Seal was the sidekick of Manowar, a.k.a. the White Streak. He first appeared when the White Streak was killed in the destruction of a waterfront warehouse and the pier it sat on. […]
Quick View

Red Seal Giant

Image of Red Seal Giant
Category Red Seal Giant
Includes 

This fearsome giant held hostages in one hand while battling the combined might of Master Key and Black Dwarf with the other, armed with a large spiked club. Appears on the cover only. Alias Red […]
Entry Red Seal Giant
Description 

This fearsome giant held hostages in one hand while battling the combined might of Master Key and Black Dwarf with the other, armed with a large spiked club. Appears on the cover only. Alias Red […]
Quick View

Red Sonya

Image of Red Sonya
Category Red Sonya
Includes 

In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The […]
Entry Red Sonya
Description 

In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The […]
Quick View

Red Star

Image of Red Star
Category Red Star
Includes 

This character only appeared on the cover of Roly-Poly Comics #10, which featured reprints of MLJ stories that were different with each issue, and covers with characters who did not appear in the interior. The […]
Entry Red Star
Description 

This character only appeared on the cover of Roly-Poly Comics #10, which featured reprints of MLJ stories that were different with each issue, and covers with characters who did not appear in the interior. The […]
Quick View

Red Torpedo

Image of Red Torpedo
Category Red Torpedo
Includes 

U.S. Navy man Jim Lockhart designed a one-man submarine he called “The Red Torpedo”. His superior officer Captain Wells dismissed the idea. Lockhart resigned from the Navy and built the sub anyway, with the help […]
Entry Red Torpedo
Description 

U.S. Navy man Jim Lockhart designed a one-man submarine he called “The Red Torpedo”. His superior officer Captain Wells dismissed the idea. Lockhart resigned from the Navy and built the sub anyway, with the help […]
Quick View

Red-Tentacled Thing

Image of Red-Tentacled Thing
Category Red-Tentacled Thing
Includes 

In his lab, Professor Jason Arnold shows his prized pupil, Tom Graves, an experiment for prolonging life. Professor Arnold injects a serum into lab animals, but the animals fade and disappear. Overly excited, Arnold accidentally […]
Entry Red-Tentacled Thing
Description 

In his lab, Professor Jason Arnold shows his prized pupil, Tom Graves, an experiment for prolonging life. Professor Arnold injects a serum into lab animals, but the animals fade and disappear. Overly excited, Arnold accidentally […]
Quick View

Reef Ryan

Image of Reef Ryan
Category Reef Ryan
Includes 

Reef Ryan was a space explorer who believed there was life under the surface of Neptune. When he arrived, he discovered a feudal civilization living more than 10 miles below the surface. He was welcomed […]
Entry Reef Ryan
Description 

Reef Ryan was a space explorer who believed there was life under the surface of Neptune. When he arrived, he discovered a feudal civilization living more than 10 miles below the surface. He was welcomed […]
Quick View

Reefer King

Image of Reefer King
Category Reefer King
Includes 

Jake King was a grower and distributor of marijuana. Along with his partner Murray Kreeper, they grew the plants in a farm outside town, and after harvesting and rolling them into cigarettes, Reefer King would […]
Entry Reefer King
Description 

Jake King was a grower and distributor of marijuana. Along with his partner Murray Kreeper, they grew the plants in a farm outside town, and after harvesting and rolling them into cigarettes, Reefer King would […]
Quick View

Reggie Mantle

Image of Reggie Mantle
Category Reggie Mantle
Includes 

Reggie Mantle is wealthy teenager who resides in the town of Riverdale where he attends Riverdale High. His friends and classmates include Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews, Lottie Little, and Moose McGee. […]
Entry Reggie Mantle
Description 

Reggie Mantle is wealthy teenager who resides in the town of Riverdale where he attends Riverdale High. His friends and classmates include Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews, Lottie Little, and Moose McGee. […]
Quick View

Renfield

Image of Renfield
Category Renfield
Includes 

R. M. Renfield is a deranged, fanatically devoted servant and familiar, helping Count Dracula in his plan to turn Mina Harker into a vampire in return for a continuous supply of insects to consume and […]
Entry Renfield
Description 

R. M. Renfield is a deranged, fanatically devoted servant and familiar, helping Count Dracula in his plan to turn Mina Harker into a vampire in return for a continuous supply of insects to consume and […]
Quick View

Renny (Doc Savage)

Image of Renny (Doc Savage)
Category Renny (Doc Savage)
Includes 

Colonel John “Renny” Renwick, a construction engineer. Renny is a giant of a man, with “fists like buckets of gristle and bone.” His favorite pastime is knocking the panels out of heavy wooden doors. He […]
Entry Renny (Doc Savage)
Description 

Colonel John “Renny” Renwick, a construction engineer. Renny is a giant of a man, with “fists like buckets of gristle and bone.” His favorite pastime is knocking the panels out of heavy wooden doors. He […]
Quick View

Renzi

Image of Renzi
Category Renzi
Includes 

From his private satellite base, Vulcan leads a band of space pirates intent on raiding shipments of supplies to colonies on the Moon, turning the cargo fleet into dust, leaving no trace. The space pirates […]
Entry Renzi
Description 

From his private satellite base, Vulcan leads a band of space pirates intent on raiding shipments of supplies to colonies on the Moon, turning the cargo fleet into dust, leaving no trace. The space pirates […]
Quick View

Reptile Man

Image of Reptile Man
Category Reptile Man
Includes 

The Reptile Man is a stowaway on a ship that docks in New York. In his first adventure, “Flash” Lightning is waiting for the passengers to disembark when the Reptile Man, led off the boat […]
Entry Reptile Man
Description 

The Reptile Man is a stowaway on a ship that docks in New York. In his first adventure, “Flash” Lightning is waiting for the passengers to disembark when the Reptile Man, led off the boat […]
Quick View

Resurrection Mary

Image of Resurrection Mary
Category Resurrection Mary
Includes 

Resurrection Mary is a well-known Chicago area ghost story, or urban legend, of the “vanishing hitchhiker” type, a type of folklore that is known in many cultures. According to the story, the ghost resides in […]
Entry Resurrection Mary
Description 

Resurrection Mary is a well-known Chicago area ghost story, or urban legend, of the “vanishing hitchhiker” type, a type of folklore that is known in many cultures. According to the story, the ghost resides in […]
Quick View

Retribution

Image of Retribution
Category Retribution
Includes 

Retribution appears to be the spirit of retribution. When an act needs retaliation, Retribution is there. He semi-narrated horror/suspense stories, acting as retribution for those needing retaliation but could not do it themselves. He achieved […]
Entry Retribution
Description 

Retribution appears to be the spirit of retribution. When an act needs retaliation, Retribution is there. He semi-narrated horror/suspense stories, acting as retribution for those needing retaliation but could not do it themselves. He achieved […]
Quick View

Revenge Syndicate

Image of Revenge Syndicate
Category Revenge Syndicate
Includes 

The Revenge Syndicate was a group of Bulletman’s greatest foes: the Black Rat, the Murder Prophet, and the Weeper. The villains united to eliminate their common nemesis who stood in the way of their crime […]
Entry Revenge Syndicate
Description 

The Revenge Syndicate was a group of Bulletman’s greatest foes: the Black Rat, the Murder Prophet, and the Weeper. The villains united to eliminate their common nemesis who stood in the way of their crime […]
Quick View

Rex Clive

Image of Rex Clive
Category Rex Clive
Includes 

Commodore Rex Clive is the leader of the Space Rangers, a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of Rex Clive, Speed Lansing, Jim Jones, Bob Barry, and Stella Dawn. Alias Rex Clive […]
Entry Rex Clive
Description 

Commodore Rex Clive is the leader of the Space Rangers, a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of Rex Clive, Speed Lansing, Jim Jones, Bob Barry, and Stella Dawn. Alias Rex Clive […]
Quick View

Rex Costello

Image of Rex Costello
Category Rex Costello
Includes 

Major Rex Costello of the “U.S. Army Outerspace Reserve” goes on a secret mission to the Moon. His missile/rocket leaves on April 12, 1967, launched from a uninhabited location in New Mexico. He reaches his […]
Entry Rex Costello
Description 

Major Rex Costello of the “U.S. Army Outerspace Reserve” goes on a secret mission to the Moon. His missile/rocket leaves on April 12, 1967, launched from a uninhabited location in New Mexico. He reaches his […]
Quick View

Rex Dexter

Image of Rex Dexter
Category Rex Dexter
Includes 

In 1939, Montague Dexter built a rocket ship for that year’s World Fair. To demonstrate that it worked, he and his wife flew it to Mars, where it unfortunately crash-landed. They spent the next sixty […]
Entry Rex Dexter
Description 

In 1939, Montague Dexter built a rocket ship for that year’s World Fair. To demonstrate that it worked, he and his wife flew it to Mars, where it unfortunately crash-landed. They spent the next sixty […]
Quick View

Rex Elliot

Image of Rex Elliot
Category Rex Elliot
Includes 

Rex Elliott was an officer in the US Air Force who worked out of a secret Army Air Base near Australia and fought the Japanese. Alias Rex Elliot Real Names/Alt Names Rex Elliot Characteristics Aviator, […]
Entry Rex Elliot
Description 

Rex Elliott was an officer in the US Air Force who worked out of a secret Army Air Base near Australia and fought the Japanese. Alias Rex Elliot Real Names/Alt Names Rex Elliot Characteristics Aviator, […]
Quick View

Rex the Seeing Eye Dog

Image of Rex the Seeing Eye Dog
Category Rex the Seeing Eye Dog
Includes 

Hero canine. “Blind Dan Baxter, veteran circus owner, was guided by the uncanny brain of his seeing eye dog, Rex… as his master’s devoted companion and fearless bodyguard, Rex fought a sinister plot that threatened […]
Entry Rex the Seeing Eye Dog
Description 

Hero canine. “Blind Dan Baxter, veteran circus owner, was guided by the uncanny brain of his seeing eye dog, Rex… as his master’s devoted companion and fearless bodyguard, Rex fought a sinister plot that threatened […]
Quick View

Rhoa

Image of Rhoa
Category Rhoa
Includes 

Rhoa was the daughter of Dr. Gregg and his wife, who, disgusted with humanity, traveled back in time to the prehistoric age, where they founded a kingdom called Athala. Rhoa was born in this prehistoric […]
Entry Rhoa
Description 

Rhoa was the daughter of Dr. Gregg and his wife, who, disgusted with humanity, traveled back in time to the prehistoric age, where they founded a kingdom called Athala. Rhoa was born in this prehistoric […]
Quick View

Richard at the Lee

Image of Richard at the Lee
Category Richard at the Lee
Includes 

Richard at the Lee is a major character in the early medieval ballads of Robin Hood, especially the lengthy ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode, and has reappeared in Robin Hood tales throughout the centuries. […]
Entry Richard at the Lee
Description 

Richard at the Lee is a major character in the early medieval ballads of Robin Hood, especially the lengthy ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode, and has reappeared in Robin Hood tales throughout the centuries. […]
Quick View

Richard Hannay

Image of Richard Hannay
Category Richard Hannay
Includes 

The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of tricky situations. In late May 1914, […]
Entry Richard Hannay
Description 

The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of tricky situations. In late May 1914, […]
Quick View

Richard Seaton

Image of Richard Seaton
Category Richard Seaton
Includes 

In “The Skylark of Space”, the idealistic protagonist Dick Seaton is pitted against the mercantile antagonist Marc “Blackie” DuQuesne. At the beginning of the story, Seaton accidentally discovers a workable space drive in combining pure […]
Entry Richard Seaton
Description 

In “The Skylark of Space”, the idealistic protagonist Dick Seaton is pitted against the mercantile antagonist Marc “Blackie” DuQuesne. At the beginning of the story, Seaton accidentally discovers a workable space drive in combining pure […]
Quick View

Richard the Lionheart

Image of Richard the Lionheart
Category Richard the Lionheart
Includes 

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count […]
Entry Richard the Lionheart
Description 

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count […]
Quick View

Rick Evans

Image of Rick Evans
Category Rick Evans
Includes 

Rick Evans was a young space explorer who lived in Future City. He commanded his own rocketship and saved Earth and other planets from the evil schemes of criminals and pirates. He was accompanied by […]
Entry Rick Evans
Description 

Rick Evans was a young space explorer who lived in Future City. He commanded his own rocketship and saved Earth and other planets from the evil schemes of criminals and pirates. He was accompanied by […]
Quick View

Rick Horne

Image of Rick Horne
Category Rick Horne
Includes 

Rick Horne is a reporter and love interest of Linda Turner. Initially, Horne is employed as a reporter for the Los Angeles Globe. In later appearances, he works for a Hollywood trade paper as a […]
Entry Rick Horne
Description 

Rick Horne is a reporter and love interest of Linda Turner. Initially, Horne is employed as a reporter for the Los Angeles Globe. In later appearances, he works for a Hollywood trade paper as a […]
Quick View

Ricky Davis

Image of Ricky Davis
Category Ricky Davis
Includes 

Ricky Davis was a son of a professor who worked in an atomic lab in Atom City. He was present with his father and other professors when Professor Keith Spencer demonstrated a “cobalt containment” procedure. […]
Entry Ricky Davis
Description 

Ricky Davis was a son of a professor who worked in an atomic lab in Atom City. He was present with his father and other professors when Professor Keith Spencer demonstrated a “cobalt containment” procedure. […]
Quick View

Rima

Image of Rima
Category Rima
Includes 

Rima, or her true name Riolama, was a small (4′-6”), demure, and dark-haired 17-year-old girl who wore a smock made of spiderwebs and could communicate with birds, earning her the nickname “Bird Girl.” She lived […]
Entry Rima
Description 

Rima, or her true name Riolama, was a small (4′-6”), demure, and dark-haired 17-year-old girl who wore a smock made of spiderwebs and could communicate with birds, earning her the nickname “Bird Girl.” She lived […]
Quick View

Rip Van Winkle

Image of Rip Van Winkle
Category Rip Van Winkle
Includes 

Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American man with a habit of avoiding useful work, lives in a village at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains in the years before the American Revolution. One autumn day, […]
Entry Rip Van Winkle
Description 

Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American man with a habit of avoiding useful work, lives in a village at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains in the years before the American Revolution. One autumn day, […]
Quick View

Rita Gray

Image of Rita Gray
Category Rita Gray
Includes 

Air-Sub “DX”, a flying submarine equipped with a “dissolving gun”, was the invention of Professor Gray. Professor Gray, his lovely daughter Rita Gray, and his strapping lab assistant Captain Tim, crew the sub. Captain Tim […]
Entry Rita Gray
Description 

Air-Sub “DX”, a flying submarine equipped with a “dissolving gun”, was the invention of Professor Gray. Professor Gray, his lovely daughter Rita Gray, and his strapping lab assistant Captain Tim, crew the sub. Captain Tim […]
Quick View

Ritty

Image of Ritty
Category Ritty
Includes 

Ritty was permanently reduced to 6 inches tall by a mad scientist’s shrinking ray, along with her boyfriend and crime-fighting partner Minimidget. She retained some of her original mass and strength. The duo are freed […]
Entry Ritty
Description 

Ritty was permanently reduced to 6 inches tall by a mad scientist’s shrinking ray, along with her boyfriend and crime-fighting partner Minimidget. She retained some of her original mass and strength. The duo are freed […]
Quick View

Riverman

Image of Riverman
Category Riverman
Includes 

Riverman was a undersea monster who attacked and killed workers on the South River Tunnel because he felt they were invading his territory. The F.B.I. sent Plastic Man to investigate why the workers were disappearing, […]
Entry Riverman
Description 

Riverman was a undersea monster who attacked and killed workers on the South River Tunnel because he felt they were invading his territory. The F.B.I. sent Plastic Man to investigate why the workers were disappearing, […]
Quick View

Robbing Robot

Image of Robbing Robot
Category Robbing Robot
Includes 

The Robbing Robot was a robot created by the criminal called the Dome that was an analytical “thinking machine”. Information could be fed into its mouth on pieces of paper, and detailed plans would be […]
Entry Robbing Robot
Description 

The Robbing Robot was a robot created by the criminal called the Dome that was an analytical “thinking machine”. Information could be fed into its mouth on pieces of paper, and detailed plans would be […]
Quick View

Rober Mannling

Image of Tyna Starr
Category Rober Mannling
Includes 

Tyna Starr is a lab assistant working for Professor Hal Garth. Professor Garth is developing robots, which he thinks usurp the position of dogs to become “man’s best friend”. Tyna is a thrill-seeker, quitting her […]
Entry Rober Mannling
Description 

Tyna Starr is a lab assistant working for Professor Hal Garth. Professor Garth is developing robots, which he thinks usurp the position of dogs to become “man’s best friend”. Tyna is a thrill-seeker, quitting her […]
Quick View

Robert Crane

Image of Shar-La of Atlantis
Category Robert Crane
Includes 

When U.S. Navy submarine R-93 dives past a safe depth and begins to fail, Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by the Atlantean Fishmen Ssil-Il, Lor-Shim, and Fen-Ac. The surface dwellers are taken […]
Entry Robert Crane
Description 

When U.S. Navy submarine R-93 dives past a safe depth and begins to fail, Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by the Atlantean Fishmen Ssil-Il, Lor-Shim, and Fen-Ac. The surface dwellers are taken […]
Quick View

Robert Grandon

Image of Robert Grandon
Category Robert Grandon
Includes 

Planet of Peril is the first volume in Kline’s “Grandon” trilogy. It is a planetary romance, telling the story of Robert Grandon, who exchanges his mind with an inhabitant of Venus, finds himself a slave, […]
Entry Robert Grandon
Description 

Planet of Peril is the first volume in Kline’s “Grandon” trilogy. It is a planetary romance, telling the story of Robert Grandon, who exchanges his mind with an inhabitant of Venus, finds himself a slave, […]
Quick View

Robert Olmstead

Image of Robert Olmstead
Category Robert Olmstead
Includes 

The unnamed narrator of The Shadow over Innsmouth, by H. P. Lovecraft, is called “Robert Olmstead” in the author’s original notes for the story. He discovers Innsmouth on a tour of New England while seeking […]
Entry Robert Olmstead
Description 

The unnamed narrator of The Shadow over Innsmouth, by H. P. Lovecraft, is called “Robert Olmstead” in the author’s original notes for the story. He discovers Innsmouth on a tour of New England while seeking […]
Quick View

Robert the Doll

Image of Robert the Doll
Category Robert the Doll
Includes 

Robert the Doll is an allegedly haunted doll exhibited at the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. Robert was once owned by painter, author, and Key West resident Robert Eugene Otto. According to legend, […]
Entry Robert the Doll
Description 

Robert the Doll is an allegedly haunted doll exhibited at the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. Robert was once owned by painter, author, and Key West resident Robert Eugene Otto. According to legend, […]
Quick View

Roberta & Ray

Image of Roberta & Ray
Category Roberta & Ray
Includes 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Roberta & […]
Entry Roberta & Ray
Description 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Roberta & […]
Quick View

Robin Hood (Harvey)

Image of Robin Hood (Harvey)
Category Robin Hood (Harvey)
Includes 

Dr. Fairbanks, a famous, young surgeon, dons the guise of a “modern Robin Hood”, and sets out to strike terror in the hearts of the wicked, and bring hope to the poor and the wronged. […]
Entry Robin Hood (Harvey)
Description 

Dr. Fairbanks, a famous, young surgeon, dons the guise of a “modern Robin Hood”, and sets out to strike terror in the hearts of the wicked, and bring hope to the poor and the wronged. […]
Quick View

Robin Hood (Legend)

Image of Robin Hood (Legend)
Category Robin Hood (Legend)
Includes 

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the […]
Entry Robin Hood (Legend)
Description 

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the […]
Quick View

Robinson Crusoe

Image of Robinson Crusoe
Category Robinson Crusoe
Includes 

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work’s protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real […]
Entry Robinson Crusoe
Description 

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work’s protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real […]
Quick View

Robur the Conqueror

Image of Robur the Conqueror
Category Robur the Conqueror
Includes 

The mysterious and belligerent Robur is the main character of Jules Verne’s science fiction novel Robur the Conqueror (French: Robur-le-Conquérant), with illustrations by Léon Benett. The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring […]
Entry Robur the Conqueror
Description 

The mysterious and belligerent Robur is the main character of Jules Verne’s science fiction novel Robur the Conqueror (French: Robur-le-Conquérant), with illustrations by Léon Benett. The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring […]
Quick View

Rocambole

Image of Rocambole
Category Rocambole
Includes 

Rocambole is a fictional adventurer created by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail for Les Drames de Paris (1857, a.k.a. L’Héritage Mystérieux). The word “rocambolesque” has become common in French and other languages to label any […]
Entry Rocambole
Description 

Rocambole is a fictional adventurer created by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail for Les Drames de Paris (1857, a.k.a. L’Héritage Mystérieux). The word “rocambolesque” has become common in French and other languages to label any […]
Quick View

Rock Raymond

Image of Rock Raymond
Category Rock Raymond
Includes 

Rock Raymond was an American pilot of an interplanetary transport rocket that flew both military and non-military missions, including missions to Venus, Pluto, and Saturn, in the year 25,000. His allies included King Satius of […]
Entry Rock Raymond
Description 

Rock Raymond was an American pilot of an interplanetary transport rocket that flew both military and non-military missions, including missions to Venus, Pluto, and Saturn, in the year 25,000. His allies included King Satius of […]
Quick View

Rocket

Image of Rocket
Category Rocket
Includes 

Rocket was a brave adventurer whose rocket crashed into the Diamond Empire, “a hidden wonder of the world,” which was hidden behind an impenetrable barrier. The empire’s ruler was the Queen of Diamonds, who fell […]
Entry Rocket
Description 

Rocket was a brave adventurer whose rocket crashed into the Diamond Empire, “a hidden wonder of the world,” which was hidden behind an impenetrable barrier. The empire’s ruler was the Queen of Diamonds, who fell […]
Quick View

Rocket Boy

Image of Rocket Boy
Category Rocket Boy
Includes 

Young Billy Wood received a jetpack sent to him by Rocketman and Rocketgirl. He used it to fight crime as Rocket Boy, and to search for his missing father. In his first adventure, Billy was […]
Entry Rocket Boy
Description 

Young Billy Wood received a jetpack sent to him by Rocketman and Rocketgirl. He used it to fight crime as Rocket Boy, and to search for his missing father. In his first adventure, Billy was […]
Quick View

Rocket Kelly

Image of Rocket Kelly
Category Rocket Kelly
Includes 

Patrick Kelly, from Brooklyn, was originally an ace fighter pilot in World War II who fought in the Pacific Theater under General Stilwell, as a member of the Avenger Corp. He was transported to the […]
Entry Rocket Kelly
Description 

Patrick Kelly, from Brooklyn, was originally an ace fighter pilot in World War II who fought in the Pacific Theater under General Stilwell, as a member of the Avenger Corp. He was transported to the […]
Quick View

Rocket Riley

Image of Rocket Riley
Category Rocket Riley
Includes 

Rocket Riley was the assistant and rocket pilot for Professor Sterling, who was the father of Riley’s fiancee Griselda Sterling. The Professor was creating experimental rocket ships powered by atomic energy. He feared that the […]
Entry Rocket Riley
Description 

Rocket Riley was the assistant and rocket pilot for Professor Sterling, who was the father of Riley’s fiancee Griselda Sterling. The Professor was creating experimental rocket ships powered by atomic energy. He feared that the […]
Quick View

Rocketgirl

Image of Rocketman
Category Rocketgirl
Includes 

Doris Dalton was the fiancée of Cal Martin, an inventor and adventurer. Cal created a “three-cartridge rocket pack” for himself and Doris. Together they fought crime and the Nazis as Rocketman and Rocketgirl. Their enemies […]
Entry Rocketgirl
Description 

Doris Dalton was the fiancée of Cal Martin, an inventor and adventurer. Cal created a “three-cartridge rocket pack” for himself and Doris. Together they fought crime and the Nazis as Rocketman and Rocketgirl. Their enemies […]
Quick View

Rocketman

Image of Rocketman
Category Rocketman
Includes 

Cal (or Carl) Martin, an inventor and adventurer, created a “three-cartridge rocket pack.” He created a duplicate device for his fiancée Doris Dalton. Together they fought crime and the Nazis as Rocketman and Rocketgirl. Their […]
Entry Rocketman
Description 

Cal (or Carl) Martin, an inventor and adventurer, created a “three-cartridge rocket pack.” He created a duplicate device for his fiancée Doris Dalton. Together they fought crime and the Nazis as Rocketman and Rocketgirl. Their […]
Quick View

Rocketman (Ajax-Farrell)

Image of Rocketman (Ajax-Farrell)
Category Rocketman (Ajax-Farrell)
Includes 

In the year 25,000 AD, Lieutenant Rocketman, a young American astronaut, travels thoughtout the galaxy in his ship, the Solar Bird. He deals with Birdmen on Mercury, prevents Mars from enslaving Venus, and saves the […]
Entry Rocketman (Ajax-Farrell)
Description 

In the year 25,000 AD, Lieutenant Rocketman, a young American astronaut, travels thoughtout the galaxy in his ship, the Solar Bird. He deals with Birdmen on Mercury, prevents Mars from enslaving Venus, and saves the […]
Quick View

Rocky Hall

Image of Rocky Hall
Category Rocky Hall
Includes 

Rocky Hall is an explorer who lives and adventures in the African jungles with a sidekick named Gay-Ree. Alias Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker Real Names/Alt Names Rocky Hall Characteristics Hero, Explorer, Fiction House Universe, Jungle […]
Entry Rocky Hall
Description 

Rocky Hall is an explorer who lives and adventures in the African jungles with a sidekick named Gay-Ree. Alias Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker Real Names/Alt Names Rocky Hall Characteristics Hero, Explorer, Fiction House Universe, Jungle […]
Quick View

Rocky Jones

Image of Rocky Jones
Category Rocky Jones
Includes 

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger is a television program based on the exploits of clean-cut, square-jawed Rocky Jones, the best known of the Space Rangers, Earth-based space policemen who patrolled the United Worlds of the Solar […]
Entry Rocky Jones
Description 

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger is a television program based on the exploits of clean-cut, square-jawed Rocky Jones, the best known of the Space Rangers, Earth-based space policemen who patrolled the United Worlds of the Solar […]
Quick View

Rocky King

Image of Rocky King
Category Rocky King
Includes 

Rocky King Detective (also known as Inside Detective) is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast live on the DuMont Television Network on Sundays at 9pm ET for most of its run. The series […]
Entry Rocky King
Description 

Rocky King Detective (also known as Inside Detective) is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast live on the DuMont Television Network on Sundays at 9pm ET for most of its run. The series […]
Quick View

Rocky Stone

Image of Rocky Stone
Category Rocky Stone
Includes 

Rocky Stone was the star reporter of the Star-Ledger who depended on his fists and wits to gather front page stories. Stone and his pal Frank Doyle were asked by Helen Gordan to investigate Gordan […]
Entry Rocky Stone
Description 

Rocky Stone was the star reporter of the Star-Ledger who depended on his fists and wits to gather front page stories. Stone and his pal Frank Doyle were asked by Helen Gordan to investigate Gordan […]
Quick View

Rocky X

Image of Rocky X
Category Rocky X
Includes 

William “Rocky” Rockwell was an FBI agent who served as the leader of the Rocketeers, an elite 24-member group of space pilots that were originally assembled for the first American mission to the Moon. Shortly […]
Entry Rocky X
Description 

William “Rocky” Rockwell was an FBI agent who served as the leader of the Rocketeers, an elite 24-member group of space pilots that were originally assembled for the first American mission to the Moon. Shortly […]
Quick View

Rod Carter

Image of Rod Carter
Category Rod Carter
Includes 

Ben Damon and Rod Carter land on Jarga in the spaceship Futura. They are ordered by the commander of the ship to visit the chief city of Jarga and return to report. They run into […]
Entry Rod Carter
Description 

Ben Damon and Rod Carter land on Jarga in the spaceship Futura. They are ordered by the commander of the ship to visit the chief city of Jarga and return to report. They run into […]
Quick View

Rod Rian

Image of Rod Rian
Category Rod Rian
Includes 

Rod Rian of the Sky Police is a police officer in the year 2500. His friend and fellow officer is “Pilotar” Andres of the Moon Squadron. The pair are assigned a mission by Earth Commander […]
Entry Rod Rian
Description 

Rod Rian of the Sky Police is a police officer in the year 2500. His friend and fellow officer is “Pilotar” Andres of the Moon Squadron. The pair are assigned a mission by Earth Commander […]
Quick View

Rodent

Image of Rodent
Category Rodent
Includes 

A muscular, rat-like Nazi who is a foe of Crimebuster and also Iron Jaw. He controls a pack of rats he calls his sweethearts, who each wear different colored bows. He was sent by Adolf […]
Entry Rodent
Description 

A muscular, rat-like Nazi who is a foe of Crimebuster and also Iron Jaw. He controls a pack of rats he calls his sweethearts, who each wear different colored bows. He was sent by Adolf […]
Quick View

Roger Stanton

Image of Roger Stanton
Category Roger Stanton
Includes 

Scientist Bruce Kaine and his assistant Vina Talbot go to meet the President of the World, Roger Stanton. Roger was Bruce and Vina’s teacher before ascending to the position of high power. Arriving at the […]
Entry Roger Stanton
Description 

Scientist Bruce Kaine and his assistant Vina Talbot go to meet the President of the World, Roger Stanton. Roger was Bruce and Vina’s teacher before ascending to the position of high power. Arriving at the […]
Quick View

Rogul

Image of Rogul
Category Rogul
Includes 

Rogul shows up on Earth, a bit disoriented. He attempts to communicate, but his odd language is not understood by the people he encounters. Police officers look into the oddly-dressed man. When Rogul is afraid […]
Entry Rogul
Description 

Rogul shows up on Earth, a bit disoriented. He attempts to communicate, but his odd language is not understood by the people he encounters. Police officers look into the oddly-dressed man. When Rogul is afraid […]
Quick View

Roj

Image of Roj
Category Roj
Includes 

The Earth’s climate is freezing, caused by the sun’s inexplicable, sudden dying. Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing must solve the mystery. An alien race in the ionic atmosphere is responsible, focusing their “Black […]
Entry Roj
Description 

The Earth’s climate is freezing, caused by the sun’s inexplicable, sudden dying. Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing must solve the mystery. An alien race in the ionic atmosphere is responsible, focusing their “Black […]
Quick View

Rokurokubi

Image of Rokurokubi
Category Rokurokubi
Includes 

Rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The […]
Entry Rokurokubi
Description 

Rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The […]
Quick View

Roland

Image of Roland
Category Roland
Includes 

Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Characters based on him appear in The Song of Roland […]
Entry Roland
Description 

Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Characters based on him appear in The Song of Roland […]
Quick View

Roland Simmons

Image of Roland Simmons
Category Roland Simmons
Includes 

Captain Simmons and Lieutenant Roy in the U.N. Guard Patrol Ship No. 88 are contacted by Space-Admiral Jennings to check out an object believed to be a meteorite of considerable size that just entered their […]
Entry Roland Simmons
Description 

Captain Simmons and Lieutenant Roy in the U.N. Guard Patrol Ship No. 88 are contacted by Space-Admiral Jennings to check out an object believed to be a meteorite of considerable size that just entered their […]
Quick View

Rollicking Rogue

Image of Rollicking Rogue
Category Rollicking Rogue
Includes 

In Johnston McCulley’s “The Rollicking Rogue”, after timid James Peters’ father was ruined by a group ten years prior, and both parents are now dead, he seeks revenge in a colorful and outlandish outfit. His […]
Entry Rollicking Rogue
Description 

In Johnston McCulley’s “The Rollicking Rogue”, after timid James Peters’ father was ruined by a group ten years prior, and both parents are now dead, he seeks revenge in a colorful and outlandish outfit. His […]
Quick View

Rom Laro

Image of Rom Laro
Category Rom Laro
Includes 

Breaking in their new craft after having their previous vehicle destroyed on Mars, Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, land on one of the Pygmy Planets in the Solar System’s asteroid […]
Entry Rom Laro
Description 

Breaking in their new craft after having their previous vehicle destroyed on Mars, Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, land on one of the Pygmy Planets in the Solar System’s asteroid […]
Quick View

Ron Adams

Image of Ron Adams
Category Ron Adams
Includes 

Interplanetary Explorer, “Bring ‘Em Back Alive” Ron Adams, demands a half-million dollars from Halliday for the construction of a spaceship to travel to the planet Xarto and retrieve the giant man-eating Plant-Monster of Xarto. Halliday […]
Entry Ron Adams
Description 

Interplanetary Explorer, “Bring ‘Em Back Alive” Ron Adams, demands a half-million dollars from Halliday for the construction of a spaceship to travel to the planet Xarto and retrieve the giant man-eating Plant-Monster of Xarto. Halliday […]
Quick View

Ronjli

Image of Ronjli
Category Ronjli
Includes 

During a battle with a monster, Chet Fields’ Venusian assistant Ronjli informs him of a business call. Chet kills the beast quickly and answers the call from Wagner Duprey. Duprey wishes to hire Fields to […]
Entry Ronjli
Description 

During a battle with a monster, Chet Fields’ Venusian assistant Ronjli informs him of a business call. Chet kills the beast quickly and answers the call from Wagner Duprey. Duprey wishes to hire Fields to […]
Quick View

Rookie Rankin

Image of Rookie Rankin
Category Rookie Rankin
Includes 

Rookie Rankin was a brave cop on the beat, if none too bright, much to the annoyance of his commanding officer, Sgt. Burns. His “routine” patrols invariably uncovered major crimes. Most of the criminals he […]
Entry Rookie Rankin
Description 

Rookie Rankin was a brave cop on the beat, if none too bright, much to the annoyance of his commanding officer, Sgt. Burns. His “routine” patrols invariably uncovered major crimes. Most of the criminals he […]
Quick View

Roon

Image of Yoharneth-Lahai
Category Roon
Includes 

“Roon said: ‘There be gods of moving and gods of standing still, but I am the god of Going.’ It is because of Roon that the worlds are never still, for the moons and the […]
Entry Roon
Description 

“Roon said: ‘There be gods of moving and gods of standing still, but I am the god of Going.’ It is because of Roon that the worlds are never still, for the moons and the […]
Quick View

Rose Wayne

Image of Rose Wayne
Category Rose Wayne
Includes 

Rose Wayne, or “Rosie,” was a student in Professor John Raymond’s Criminology class. After she and John were assaulted by some Japanese spies, Rose noticed a spider clasp that was dropped by the professor and […]
Entry Rose Wayne
Description 

Rose Wayne, or “Rosie,” was a student in Professor John Raymond’s Criminology class. After she and John were assaulted by some Japanese spies, Rose noticed a spider clasp that was dropped by the professor and […]
Quick View

Rosie the Riveter

Image of Rosie the Riveter
Category Rosie the Riveter
Includes 

Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These […]
Entry Rosie the Riveter
Description 

Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These […]
Quick View

Roswell UFO

Image of Roswell UFO
Category Roswell UFO
Includes 

The 1947 flying disc craze was a rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States that were publicized in the summer of 1947. The craze began on June 24, when media nationwide reported […]
Entry Roswell UFO
Description 

The 1947 flying disc craze was a rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States that were publicized in the summer of 1947. The craze began on June 24, when media nationwide reported […]
Quick View

Rotwang

Image of Rotwang
Category Rotwang
Includes 

Rotwang is a brilliant scientist and inventor, whose greatest achievement is the creation of a robot made in the form of a woman (the Maschinenmensch, or Machine-Person). Originally, he intends to make a replacement for […]
Entry Rotwang
Description 

Rotwang is a brilliant scientist and inventor, whose greatest achievement is the creation of a robot made in the form of a woman (the Maschinenmensch, or Machine-Person). Originally, he intends to make a replacement for […]
Quick View

Rouletabille

Image of Rouletabille
Category Rouletabille
Includes 

Joseph Rouletabille is a journalist and amateur sleuth featured in several novels and other works, often presented as a more capable thinker than the police, by Gaston Leroux, a French writer and journalist. Rouletabille (literally […]
Entry Rouletabille
Description 

Joseph Rouletabille is a journalist and amateur sleuth featured in several novels and other works, often presented as a more capable thinker than the police, by Gaston Leroux, a French writer and journalist. Rouletabille (literally […]
Quick View

Roy Carlson

Image of Roy Carlson
Category Roy Carlson
Includes 

Nancy Lewis is sitting at home considering her engagement to Roy Carlson. Roy is a scientist too busy to spend time away from work, even for Nancy. An unexpected knock comes at her door. She […]
Entry Roy Carlson
Description 

Nancy Lewis is sitting at home considering her engagement to Roy Carlson. Roy is a scientist too busy to spend time away from work, even for Nancy. An unexpected knock comes at her door. She […]
Quick View

Roy Hamilton

Image of Roy Hamilton
Category Roy Hamilton
Includes 

The year is 2306. “Oriental Conqueror” Bajal, “who leapt out of Asia with hordes of mechanized troops,” stands victorious in New York, the “World Capital”. President of the Earth, Jackson Mason, tried to stop the […]
Entry Roy Hamilton
Description 

The year is 2306. “Oriental Conqueror” Bajal, “who leapt out of Asia with hordes of mechanized troops,” stands victorious in New York, the “World Capital”. President of the Earth, Jackson Mason, tried to stop the […]
Quick View

Roy, the Super-Boy

Image of Roy
Category Roy, the Super-Boy
Includes 

Roy Carter was formerly an orphaned shoeshine boy, but he was taken in by Blaine Whitney, secretly the crime fighter the Wizard. The Wizard saw potential in the boy and trained him as his sidekick. […]
Entry Roy, the Super-Boy
Description 

Roy Carter was formerly an orphaned shoeshine boy, but he was taken in by Blaine Whitney, secretly the crime fighter the Wizard. The Wizard saw potential in the boy and trained him as his sidekick. […]
Quick View

Royal Family of Crime

Image of Royal Family of Crime
Category Royal Family of Crime
Includes 

Stogie and his offspring, Cheroot and Upsweep, make up the Royal Family of Crime. In their lone appearance, they battled Capt. V, and were later apprehended. Upsweep uses a “knockout vapor” from her hair. Stogie […]
Entry Royal Family of Crime
Description 

Stogie and his offspring, Cheroot and Upsweep, make up the Royal Family of Crime. In their lone appearance, they battled Capt. V, and were later apprehended. Upsweep uses a “knockout vapor” from her hair. Stogie […]
Quick View

Rubberman (Hillman)

Image of Rubberman (Hillman)
Category Rubberman (Hillman)
Includes 

The head of a rubber factory in Nazi Germany, Herr Riktor’s plant is destroyed by a British bombing run. He falls into a vat of hot liquid rubber, which burns away his skin. Somehow, he […]
Entry Rubberman (Hillman)
Description 

The head of a rubber factory in Nazi Germany, Herr Riktor’s plant is destroyed by a British bombing run. He falls into a vat of hot liquid rubber, which burns away his skin. Somehow, he […]
Quick View

Rudolph

Image of Sâr Dubnotal
Category Rudolph
Includes 

Disciple of Sâr Dubnotal. A European youth rescued from traveling Romani and taught Sâr Dubnotal’s knowledge. “He offered, at first glance, a striking contrast to the imposing Severus. His navy blue suit, his Panama hat […]
Entry Rudolph
Description 

Disciple of Sâr Dubnotal. A European youth rescued from traveling Romani and taught Sâr Dubnotal’s knowledge. “He offered, at first glance, a striking contrast to the imposing Severus. His navy blue suit, his Panama hat […]
Quick View

Rudolph Sevarian

Image of Rudolph Sevarian
Category Rudolph Sevarian
Includes 

Rudolph Sevarian is a vampire hailing from Hungary. He travels to the “American West” where few people have heard of vampires and, thus, unfamiliar with their vulnerability to silver bullet or wooden stake. Sheriff Sam […]
Entry Rudolph Sevarian
Description 

Rudolph Sevarian is a vampire hailing from Hungary. He travels to the “American West” where few people have heard of vampires and, thus, unfamiliar with their vulnerability to silver bullet or wooden stake. Sheriff Sam […]
Quick View

Rufus

Image of Rufus
Category Rufus
Includes 

Rufus was an African American servant and friend to Johnny Rebel. He helped the boy hero fight crime, and tried his best to keep him out of trouble. Like most African-American characters created during this […]
Entry Rufus
Description 

Rufus was an African American servant and friend to Johnny Rebel. He helped the boy hero fight crime, and tried his best to keep him out of trouble. Like most African-American characters created during this […]
Quick View

Rugged

Image of Rugged
Category Rugged
Includes 

Assisted by Rugged, a muscular bruiser of a man, noted criminologist Dr. Destine traveled the world solving mysteries and murders. Alias Rugged Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Detective, Sidekick, World War II Era, Canadian […]
Entry Rugged
Description 

Assisted by Rugged, a muscular bruiser of a man, noted criminologist Dr. Destine traveled the world solving mysteries and murders. Alias Rugged Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Detective, Sidekick, World War II Era, Canadian […]
Quick View

Rujon

Image of Rujon
Category Rujon
Includes 

Rujon and Dzartz rob the Staritania of a trillion dollars worth of gold, intended to “establish the currency of outer planets!” as Rujon says. The planet Juno, situated between Mars and Jupiter, is far smaller […]
Entry Rujon
Description 

Rujon and Dzartz rob the Staritania of a trillion dollars worth of gold, intended to “establish the currency of outer planets!” as Rujon says. The planet Juno, situated between Mars and Jupiter, is far smaller […]
Quick View

Rulah

Image of Rulah
Category Rulah
Includes 

Her proper name is Jane Dodge (later changed to Joan Grayson). She was once a rich orphan and aviatrix whose plane crashed over an African jungle. She fashioned a bikini from a dead giraffe. After […]
Entry Rulah
Description 

Her proper name is Jane Dodge (later changed to Joan Grayson). She was once a rich orphan and aviatrix whose plane crashed over an African jungle. She fashioned a bikini from a dead giraffe. After […]
Quick View

Rusty

Image of Rusty
Category Rusty
Includes 

Rusty was sidekick to Flag-Man/Flagman, a.k.a. Captain (later Major) Hornet. They fought the enemies who could not be dealt with by military regulations or the law, and were active both on the home front as […]
Entry Rusty
Description 

Rusty was sidekick to Flag-Man/Flagman, a.k.a. Captain (later Major) Hornet. They fought the enemies who could not be dealt with by military regulations or the law, and were active both on the home front as […]
Quick View

Rusty Ryan

Image of Rusty Ryan
Category Rusty Ryan
Includes 

Rusty Ryan was an orphaned boy who lived on the streets until retired coastal guard “Cappy” Jenks took him in. Jenks ran Boyville, a charitable community for orphaned boys. As he grew older, Rusty became […]
Entry Rusty Ryan
Description 

Rusty Ryan was an orphaned boy who lived on the streets until retired coastal guard “Cappy” Jenks took him in. Jenks ran Boyville, a charitable community for orphaned boys. As he grew older, Rusty became […]
Quick View

Ruth the Acrobat

Image of Ruth the Acrobat
Category Ruth the Acrobat
Includes 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Ruth the […]
Entry Ruth the Acrobat
Description 

The Library of Congress started posting public domain images from a Coney Island Sideshow to Flickr in 2008. They are genuine color slides from the 1930s – 40s. One such photo was of Ruth the […]
Quick View

Ruth West

Image of Ruth West
Category Ruth West
Includes 

Ruth was the girlfriend of Zongar the Miracle Man. Alias Ruth West Real Names/Alt Names Ruth West Characteristics Lev Gleason Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Lev Gleason, Unknown First Appearance Silver Streak Comics […]
Entry Ruth West
Description 

Ruth was the girlfriend of Zongar the Miracle Man. Alias Ruth West Real Names/Alt Names Ruth West Characteristics Lev Gleason Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Lev Gleason, Unknown First Appearance Silver Streak Comics […]