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Hillman Universe

Club Hillman Universe
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Hillman Periodicals, Inc., was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher. It is best known for its true confession and true crime magazines; for the long-running general-interest magazine Pageant; and for comic books including Air Fighters Comics and its successor Airboy Comics, which launched the popular characters Airboy and The Heap. ~ Hillman Periodicals – Wikipedia
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Airboy

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Airboy was David Nelson II, the son of an expert pilot and an excellent young flyer himself. After becoming an orphan, Davy was raised in a monastery in Capistrano, California. He became friends with a […]

Entry Airboy
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Airboy was David Nelson II, the son of an expert pilot and an excellent young flyer himself. After becoming an orphan, Davy was raised in a monastery in Capistrano, California. He became friends with a […]

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Airmaidens

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The Airmaidens were Valkyrie’s All Girl Air Squadron. They were trained by Herr Oberst, a Nazi colonel. After training, they blasted their way through the Allied pilots until they ran into Airboy. When Valkyrie captured […]

Entry Airmaidens
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The Airmaidens were Valkyrie’s All Girl Air Squadron. They were trained by Herr Oberst, a Nazi colonel. After training, they blasted their way through the Allied pilots until they ran into Airboy. When Valkyrie captured […]

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Bald Eagle

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Jack Gatling was known as the best stunt flier in America, but he lost all of his hair flying through a fire earning the nickname of Bald Eagle. Jack worked as the head instructor and […]

Entry Bald Eagle
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Jack Gatling was known as the best stunt flier in America, but he lost all of his hair flying through a fire earning the nickname of Bald Eagle. Jack worked as the head instructor and […]

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Baroness Blood

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Baroness Blood was an ace Nazi fighter pilot with a sadistic personality. Her plane was shot down by Black Angel during World War II, but she survived the crash and continued to plague the hero […]

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Baroness Blood was an ace Nazi fighter pilot with a sadistic personality. Her plane was shot down by Black Angel during World War II, but she survived the crash and continued to plague the hero […]

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Big Boston

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Big Boston was known as the “policy king and emperor of organized crime.” He ran a numbers racket, in which his thugs killed police officers and used their badge numbers as lottery numbers. One day, his […]

Entry Big Boston
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Big Boston was known as the “policy king and emperor of organized crime.” He ran a numbers racket, in which his thugs killed police officers and used their badge numbers as lottery numbers. One day, his […]

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Black Ace (Hillman)

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The Black Ace was a disfigured Nazi fighter pilot who battled Airboy. Alias Black Ace Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Aviator, Nazi Party, Hillman Universe, Game-themed, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Fred Kida(?) […]

Entry Black Ace (Hillman)
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The Black Ace was a disfigured Nazi fighter pilot who battled Airboy. Alias Black Ace Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Aviator, Nazi Party, Hillman Universe, Game-themed, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors Fred Kida(?) […]

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Black Angel

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Sylvia Manners was a society lady sent to live in an ancient castle with her aunt in the wake of the London bombings. She acted demure and sickly in public, but when the Nazi agents […]

Entry Black Angel
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Sylvia Manners was a society lady sent to live in an ancient castle with her aunt in the wake of the London bombings. She acted demure and sickly in public, but when the Nazi agents […]

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Black Baron

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The Black Baron was the captain of a ship, who promised to take people to the New World in the mid 18th century, but then betrayed them, put them in chains and sold them as […]

Entry Black Baron
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The Black Baron was the captain of a ship, who promised to take people to the New World in the mid 18th century, but then betrayed them, put them in chains and sold them as […]

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Black Commander

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Barry Haynes was a pilot sentenced to death for treason. This is actually a cover up though to allow him to locate the real Nazi spy ring, but the only person who knows this is […]

Entry Black Commander
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Barry Haynes was a pilot sentenced to death for treason. This is actually a cover up though to allow him to locate the real Nazi spy ring, but the only person who knows this is […]

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Black Mail

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Black Mail was a robot built by two Nazi scientist, using a suit of armor that was made for the tallest knight of the 13th century. It defeated the Iron Ace in personal combat, and […]

Entry Black Mail
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Black Mail was a robot built by two Nazi scientist, using a suit of armor that was made for the tallest knight of the 13th century. It defeated the Iron Ace in personal combat, and […]

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Blanda

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Blanda is a jungle girl who rules over the animal worshiping Aza tribe. She fell in love with Greg Martin, a big game hunter the tribe had captured. She helped him escape from the Aza’s […]

Entry Blanda
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Blanda is a jungle girl who rules over the animal worshiping Aza tribe. She fell in love with Greg Martin, a big game hunter the tribe had captured. She helped him escape from the Aza’s […]

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Bomber Burns

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Jack “Bomber” Burns was a US stunt pilot, but after his co-pilot, Dave Matten, was killed by Germans who almost killed Burns as well, he steals a Lockheed XP-38 fighter, the fastest plane in the […]

Entry Bomber Burns
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Jack “Bomber” Burns was a US stunt pilot, but after his co-pilot, Dave Matten, was killed by Germans who almost killed Burns as well, he steals a Lockheed XP-38 fighter, the fastest plane in the […]

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Boy King

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David was the young King of Swisslakia, a Central European kingdom somewhere in the Alps. the map in Clue Comics #1 puts it about where Switzerland should be. When Nazi forces attacked his kingdom, he […]

Entry Boy King
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David was the young King of Swisslakia, a Central European kingdom somewhere in the Alps. the map in Clue Comics #1 puts it about where Switzerland should be. When Nazi forces attacked his kingdom, he […]

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Boy Rangers

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Five boys: Jackie Law, Buck, Corny, Gorilla and Froggy form a kid-gang who fought crime. Alias Boy Rangers Real Names/Alt Names Jackie Law, Buck, Corny, Gorilla and Froggy Characteristics Hillman Universe, World War II Era, […]

Entry Boy Rangers
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Five boys: Jackie Law, Buck, Corny, Gorilla and Froggy form a kid-gang who fought crime. Alias Boy Rangers Real Names/Alt Names Jackie Law, Buck, Corny, Gorilla and Froggy Characteristics Hillman Universe, World War II Era, […]

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Checker

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Hendricks and his brothers tried extorting Mayor Garda and Perfect Town, but were stopped by Nightmare and Sleepy. He was a master of checkers. He also commanded a small gang. Alias Checker Real Names/Alt Names […]

Entry Checker
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Hendricks and his brothers tried extorting Mayor Garda and Perfect Town, but were stopped by Nightmare and Sleepy. He was a master of checkers. He also commanded a small gang. Alias Checker Real Names/Alt Names […]

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Conqueror

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The Conqueror was Daniel Lyons, an American pilot. While flying across the country, he crashed in the Rocky Mountains. Luckily for him, he landed near the hidden laboratory of James Norton, a reclusive scientist. Norton […]

Entry Conqueror
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The Conqueror was Daniel Lyons, an American pilot. While flying across the country, he crashed in the Rocky Mountains. Luckily for him, he landed near the hidden laboratory of James Norton, a reclusive scientist. Norton […]

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Crane

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The Crane was a high ranking Nazi agent who reported directly to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He came into conflict with Boy King & Giant on a number of occasions. He once fought […]

Entry Crane
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The Crane was a high ranking Nazi agent who reported directly to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He came into conflict with Boy King & Giant on a number of occasions. He once fought […]

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Crusader (Hillman)

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The Crusader was a detective who had no superpowers and fought Nazis. He was also called the “Man in Black.” Alias Crusader (Hillman) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Detective, Hillman Universe, World War II […]

Entry Crusader (Hillman)
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The Crusader was a detective who had no superpowers and fought Nazis. He was also called the “Man in Black.” Alias Crusader (Hillman) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Detective, Hillman Universe, World War II […]

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Dash Dixon

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While aiding Dr. Lorenz in an experiment, Dash Dixon allowed the doctor to inject him with “perpetual life rays”. An injection made Dash immortal, gave him superhuman leaps, super strength, and indestructibility. Normally, those powers […]

Entry Dash Dixon
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While aiding Dr. Lorenz in an experiment, Dash Dixon allowed the doctor to inject him with “perpetual life rays”. An injection made Dash immortal, gave him superhuman leaps, super strength, and indestructibility. Normally, those powers […]

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Deathless Brain

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The Deathless Brain was a Japanese military commander, who had his brain removed from his body and placed in a jar when his body died. He spoke through a speaker in the base of the […]

Entry Deathless Brain
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The Deathless Brain was a Japanese military commander, who had his brain removed from his body and placed in a jar when his body died. He spoke through a speaker in the base of the […]

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Defender

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As a child, Robert Larson’s face was mutilated by an explosion in a grocery caused by criminals. His disfigurement leads him to become the crime fighter the Defender. He was assisted by Lucky and J. […]

Entry Defender
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As a child, Robert Larson’s face was mutilated by an explosion in a grocery caused by criminals. His disfigurement leads him to become the crime fighter the Defender. He was assisted by Lucky and J. […]

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Dr. Plasma

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Dr. Plasma was an evil tattoo artist from the Boy King’s homeland of Swisslakia, who is recruited by the Nazis to tattoo secret financial information on the backs of their agents to keep the information […]

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Dr. Plasma was an evil tattoo artist from the Boy King’s homeland of Swisslakia, who is recruited by the Nazis to tattoo secret financial information on the backs of their agents to keep the information […]

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Electro Man

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Red Roberts was a crime fighter also known as the Electro Man. His powers allowed him to transmit his body through wires by changing into electricity and to fire electric stun or death blasts. The […]

Entry Electro Man
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Red Roberts was a crime fighter also known as the Electro Man. His powers allowed him to transmit his body through wires by changing into electricity and to fire electric stun or death blasts. The […]

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Firebug

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After his face was burned in a fire, this Nazi agent became an arsonist, wielding a torch weapon. He battled the Iron Ace. Alias Firebug Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Nazi Party, Hillman Universe, […]

Entry Firebug
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After his face was burned in a fire, this Nazi agent became an arsonist, wielding a torch weapon. He battled the Iron Ace. Alias Firebug Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Nazi Party, Hillman Universe, […]

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Flying Cadet

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Jack Dale, “the Flying Cadet,” was in the Army Air Force Academy, but encountered Germans during his training. Alias Flying Cadet Real Names/Alt Names Jack Dale Characteristics Hero, Aviator, Hillman Universe, World War II Era […]

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Jack Dale, “the Flying Cadet,” was in the Army Air Force Academy, but encountered Germans during his training. Alias Flying Cadet Real Names/Alt Names Jack Dale Characteristics Hero, Aviator, Hillman Universe, World War II Era […]

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Flying Dutchman (Hillman)

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The Flying Dutchman was an aviator from the Netherlands whose family was killed by Nazis. He takes revenge for his family by killing the murderers and then flying as an air mercenary for the Allies. […]

Entry Flying Dutchman (Hillman)
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The Flying Dutchman was an aviator from the Netherlands whose family was killed by Nazis. He takes revenge for his family by killing the murderers and then flying as an air mercenary for the Allies. […]

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Flying Fool (Hillman)

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Link Thorne, the “Flying Fool,” was a tough guy pilot with the motto “Will fly anything, anywhere, anytime–if it’s worth my time…I’ll go for a golden opportunity–if there’s enough gold in it!” He ran Blockbuster […]

Entry Flying Fool (Hillman)
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Link Thorne, the “Flying Fool,” was a tough guy pilot with the motto “Will fly anything, anywhere, anytime–if it’s worth my time…I’ll go for a golden opportunity–if there’s enough gold in it!” He ran Blockbuster […]

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Giant of Swisslakia

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David was the young King of Swisslakia, a Central European kingdom somewhere in the Alps. the map in Clue Comics #1 puts it about where Switzerland should be. When Nazi forces attacked his kingdom, he […]

Entry Giant of Swisslakia
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David was the young King of Swisslakia, a Central European kingdom somewhere in the Alps. the map in Clue Comics #1 puts it about where Switzerland should be. When Nazi forces attacked his kingdom, he […]

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Gunmaster (Hillman)

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Dumas Poe was a descendant of Kattak Po, a Tibetan monk who supposedly invented firearms. Feeling remorseful over all the death guns caused, Kattak made it his life’s mission to stop their spread and prevent […]

Entry Gunmaster (Hillman)
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Dumas Poe was a descendant of Kattak Po, a Tibetan monk who supposedly invented firearms. Feeling remorseful over all the death guns caused, Kattak made it his life’s mission to stop their spread and prevent […]

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Half-Man

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Half-Man was a ruthless Nazi cyborg whose left side, after being shot down in a dogfight by the hero Skywolf, was completely replaced by steel, robotic parts. He reported directly to Adolf Hitler. At one […]

Entry Half-Man
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Half-Man was a ruthless Nazi cyborg whose left side, after being shot down in a dogfight by the hero Skywolf, was completely replaced by steel, robotic parts. He reported directly to Adolf Hitler. At one […]

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Heap

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Baron Eric von Emmelman was a German flying ace under the command of the Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofenshot) who was shot down on October 12, 1918, while fighting in World War I. He crashed […]

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Baron Eric von Emmelman was a German flying ace under the command of the Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofenshot) who was shot down on October 12, 1918, while fighting in World War I. He crashed […]

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Hitler’s Rex

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Hitler’s Rex was a giant mechanical dinosaur built by the Nazis for Adolf Hitler in order to combat Boy King & Giant. The robot was controlled by a Nazi officer, Crane, who had a score […]

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Hitler’s Rex was a giant mechanical dinosaur built by the Nazis for Adolf Hitler in order to combat Boy King & Giant. The robot was controlled by a Nazi officer, Crane, who had a score […]

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Hogin

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Hogin owned and operated Hogin’s Junkyard. He and two hired goons ran an operation in which they stole cars via a giant floating parking lot. The parking lot rested atop a huge zeppelin, while a […]

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Hogin owned and operated Hogin’s Junkyard. He and two hired goons ran an operation in which they stole cars via a giant floating parking lot. The parking lot rested atop a huge zeppelin, while a […]

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Iron Ace

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Centuries ago, a legendary warrior called “Iron Ace” fought by Charlemagne’s side for France. When Iron Ace died, Charlemagne predicted that he would return as “the champion of freedom.” During World War Two, Captain Robert […]

Entry Iron Ace
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Centuries ago, a legendary warrior called “Iron Ace” fought by Charlemagne’s side for France. When Iron Ace died, Charlemagne predicted that he would return as “the champion of freedom.” During World War Two, Captain Robert […]

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Iron Lady (Hillman)

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Metal gloves made in Switzerland become relics passed down to different wearers over the years and sought after by many parties. The tobacco king Walter Parker, also a collector of relics, purchased the metal gloves […]

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Metal gloves made in Switzerland become relics passed down to different wearers over the years and sought after by many parties. The tobacco king Walter Parker, also a collector of relics, purchased the metal gloves […]

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Kid Cop

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Pinkie Parker is a kid detective, ably assisted by plain clothes policeman Mr. Shayne, spelled Shane in Miracle Comics #2-3. Alias Kid Cop Real Names/Alt Names Pinkie Parker Characteristics Detective, Hillman Universe, World War II […]

Entry Kid Cop
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Pinkie Parker is a kid detective, ably assisted by plain clothes policeman Mr. Shayne, spelled Shane in Miracle Comics #2-3. Alias Kid Cop Real Names/Alt Names Pinkie Parker Characteristics Detective, Hillman Universe, World War II […]

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Loco

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Loco was a giant robot created by a scientist to be used for America during the war. German saboteurs killed him. As he lay dying, the man was found by the Boy Rangers and told […]

Entry Loco
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Loco was a giant robot created by a scientist to be used for America during the war. German saboteurs killed him. As he lay dying, the man was found by the Boy Rangers and told […]

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Lynx (Hillman)

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Lynx ran a criminal operation in which he sold steel reserved for the war effort to illegal buyers under the guise of selling dolls. His operation was discovered and foiled by Zippo. Alias Lynx Real […]

Entry Lynx (Hillman)
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Lynx ran a criminal operation in which he sold steel reserved for the war effort to illegal buyers under the guise of selling dolls. His operation was discovered and foiled by Zippo. Alias Lynx Real […]

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Madame Claw

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Madame Claw was a cruel but cunning Japanese assassin aided by her slave, Mia Kah, whom she personally lobotomized. She battled Black Angel in Tokyo, but apparently killed herself to avoid capture. Madame Claw’s left […]

Entry Madame Claw
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Madame Claw was a cruel but cunning Japanese assassin aided by her slave, Mia Kah, whom she personally lobotomized. She battled Black Angel in Tokyo, but apparently killed herself to avoid capture. Madame Claw’s left […]

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Masked Angel

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Steve Oakes’ father, John, was killed by gangsters. He becomes the Masked Angel, a crime fighting vigilante. He was hunted by both the authorities and criminals. Jack Quinn, an ex-war buddy assisted him. Alias Masked […]

Entry Masked Angel
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Steve Oakes’ father, John, was killed by gangsters. He becomes the Masked Angel, a crime fighting vigilante. He was hunted by both the authorities and criminals. Jack Quinn, an ex-war buddy assisted him. Alias Masked […]

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Micro-Face

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Tom Wood was a factory worker and a failed inventor. When his brother, Jim, was killed by Big Boston’s gangsters, Tom promised to avenge Jim’s death. He invented a “Micro-Mask,” a full face-mask that contained […]

Entry Micro-Face
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Tom Wood was a factory worker and a failed inventor. When his brother, Jim, was killed by Big Boston’s gangsters, Tom promised to avenge Jim’s death. He invented a “Micro-Mask,” a full face-mask that contained […]

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Misery

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In 1738, Pierre Duray was a French inventor who created a pair of artificial wings that enabled him to fly. He tested his invention off the cliffs of Calcutta in India. Those who witnessed this […]

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In 1738, Pierre Duray was a French inventor who created a pair of artificial wings that enabled him to fly. He tested his invention off the cliffs of Calcutta in India. Those who witnessed this […]

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Mosquito

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Steve Stanton was formerly a pilot for US Border patrol. He was raised 20,000 feet above sea level on Mt. Aconcagua in Chile by his father, an American scientist. Living high in the mountains gave […]

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Steve Stanton was formerly a pilot for US Border patrol. He was raised 20,000 feet above sea level on Mt. Aconcagua in Chile by his father, an American scientist. Living high in the mountains gave […]

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Muggsy

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Boy King had a twin brother named Richard who was kidnapped and put up for ransom. Richard lost his memory. The kidnappers took him from Swisslakia to the United States. Years later, Boy King and […]

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Boy King had a twin brother named Richard who was kidnapped and put up for ransom. Richard lost his memory. The kidnappers took him from Swisslakia to the United States. Years later, Boy King and […]

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Nightmare

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Nightmare and Sleepy are wrestler Bob White and his teenage manager, Terry Wake. They are just regular Joes who put on costumes and fight crime without super powers or gadgets. Most of their superhero careers […]

Entry Nightmare
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Nightmare and Sleepy are wrestler Bob White and his teenage manager, Terry Wake. They are just regular Joes who put on costumes and fight crime without super powers or gadgets. Most of their superhero careers […]

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Paris

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Paris was an androgynous android created in France to demonstrate advances in robotics by playing chess with humans. Paris was later modified by a criminal named Melton to commit crimes. Originally, Paris moved with a […]

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Paris was an androgynous android created in France to demonstrate advances in robotics by playing chess with humans. Paris was later modified by a criminal named Melton to commit crimes. Originally, Paris moved with a […]

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Pirate (Hillman)

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The Pirate was a brutal labor racketeer, hired to lure workers from the Du Port Munitions Plant to go to work for the competing Pittsfield Machine Works, who agreed to pay him a for a […]

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The Pirate was a brutal labor racketeer, hired to lure workers from the Du Port Munitions Plant to go to work for the competing Pittsfield Machine Works, who agreed to pay him a for a […]

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Porcupine (Hillman)

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The Porcupine broke into a museum and attempted to steal a taxidermy porcupine, which he had precious jewels hidden inside. He was foiled by Twilight and Snoopy. His suit is covered in thousands of needle-like […]

Entry Porcupine (Hillman)
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The Porcupine broke into a museum and attempted to steal a taxidermy porcupine, which he had precious jewels hidden inside. He was foiled by Twilight and Snoopy. His suit is covered in thousands of needle-like […]

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Rackman

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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
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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 […]

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Rocket Riley

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Rubberman (Hillman)

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Scorpion (Hillman)

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The Scorpion was a curly-haired crime fighter named Hal Ward (though in the second issue his name was Rex Gray). He was assisted in his war on crime by his friend Judd. His enemies were […]

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The Scorpion was a curly-haired crime fighter named Hal Ward (though in the second issue his name was Rex Gray). He was assisted in his war on crime by his friend Judd. His enemies were […]

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Sky Wizard

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Called the world’s greatest inventor, Sky Wizard, the Master of Space, built a “stratosphere plane”, an enormous flying island. He hired Captain Dare to test fly it to China, but when Dare was kidnapped by […]

Entry Sky Wizard
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Called the world’s greatest inventor, Sky Wizard, the Master of Space, built a “stratosphere plane”, an enormous flying island. He hired Captain Dare to test fly it to China, but when Dare was kidnapped by […]

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Skywolf

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As Skywolf, Larry Wolfe wore a white wolf pelt into battle and headed a three-man flier team. Members of the team include Cocky Roche, who was a Cockney, and the Judge, an old Englishman turned […]

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As Skywolf, Larry Wolfe wore a white wolf pelt into battle and headed a three-man flier team. Members of the team include Cocky Roche, who was a Cockney, and the Judge, an old Englishman turned […]

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Sleepy

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Nightmare and Sleepy are wrestler Bob White and his teenage manager, Terry Wake. They are just regular Joes who put on costumes and fight crime without super powers or gadgets. Most of their superhero careers […]

Entry Sleepy
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Nightmare and Sleepy are wrestler Bob White and his teenage manager, Terry Wake. They are just regular Joes who put on costumes and fight crime without super powers or gadgets. Most of their superhero careers […]

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Spade of the Secret Service

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Spade was a secret agent and master of disguise. He defeated many enemies, including the Queen of Hearts, and saved the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He left his calling card, the Ace of Spades, […]

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Spade was a secret agent and master of disguise. He defeated many enemies, including the Queen of Hearts, and saved the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He left his calling card, the Ace of Spades, […]

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Steel Shark (Hillman 1)

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The Steel Shark was a deep-sea raider and pirate responsible for sinking and plundering ships near the island of Monango, as well as kidnapping Jane Wells, the daughter of the governor of Monongo. The Steel […]

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The Steel Shark was a deep-sea raider and pirate responsible for sinking and plundering ships near the island of Monango, as well as kidnapping Jane Wells, the daughter of the governor of Monongo. The Steel […]

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Steel Shark (Hillman 2)

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Lieut. Comm. Bob Steel was the commander of the submarine R-14, nicknamed the “Steel Shark”. Lt. Steel had learned that disguised Nazis were carrying explosives through the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. They learned […]

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Lieut. Comm. Bob Steel was the commander of the submarine R-14, nicknamed the “Steel Shark”. Lt. Steel had learned that disguised Nazis were carrying explosives through the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. They learned […]

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Twilight

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Marine Sergeant Terry Gardner, a former private detective and former champion wrestler, tangled with two Germans, Maxim and Nada, who sought to murder the “Slovic Minister” Wilmer, whom Gardner was ordered to protect. A parrot, […]

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Marine Sergeant Terry Gardner, a former private detective and former champion wrestler, tangled with two Germans, Maxim and Nada, who sought to murder the “Slovic Minister” Wilmer, whom Gardner was ordered to protect. A parrot, […]

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Undertaker (Hillman)

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Westly the Undertaker made a bet with several friends that he could outlive them all. He put up his personal fortune against the various businesses of the others. Nine days later Westly dies. Each of […]

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Westly the Undertaker made a bet with several friends that he could outlive them all. He put up his personal fortune against the various businesses of the others. Nine days later Westly dies. Each of […]

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Valkyrie (Hillman)

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Lisellotte von Schellendorf was raised by the Germans to be Valkyrie, the most alluring and evil woman of all, and the most skilled and deadly of all pilots. Valkyrie and her girl squadron, the Airmaidens, […]

Entry Valkyrie (Hillman)
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Lisellotte von Schellendorf was raised by the Germans to be Valkyrie, the most alluring and evil woman of all, and the most skilled and deadly of all pilots. Valkyrie and her girl squadron, the Airmaidens, […]

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Veiled Prophet

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Veiled Prophet was a student of oriental wisdom and science, making him a master of disguise. He initially appeared as a black slave, working for Arabs in the Sahara, but by the end of the […]

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Veiled Prophet was a student of oriental wisdom and science, making him a master of disguise. He initially appeared as a black slave, working for Arabs in the Sahara, but by the end of the […]

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Wing-Ding

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Wing-Ding was the smart, resourceful, brave, and ever put-upon secretary of American flier-for-hire Link Thorne, in Singapore just after World War II. Other than its owner, Link “The Flying Fool” Thorne, Wing-Ding is the only […]

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Wing-Ding was the smart, resourceful, brave, and ever put-upon secretary of American flier-for-hire Link Thorne, in Singapore just after World War II. Other than its owner, Link “The Flying Fool” Thorne, Wing-Ding is the only […]

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Zippo

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Joe Blair was a private detective. When a defense manufacturer hired him to investigate the inexplicable defections of his workers, he used it as an opportunity to test his new invention, super-speed wheels, eventually becoming […]

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Joe Blair was a private detective. When a defense manufacturer hired him to investigate the inexplicable defections of his workers, he used it as an opportunity to test his new invention, super-speed wheels, eventually becoming […]

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Zzed

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Zzed was an immortal who had been present at all the greatest human tragedies in history for the last 2000 years. It seems that he could not die until the world came to an end, […]

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Zzed was an immortal who had been present at all the greatest human tragedies in history for the last 2000 years. It seems that he could not die until the world came to an end, […]