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Dodomeki

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A dodomeki is a Japanese yōkai that’s depicted as a human woman who is cursed with having long arms covered with hundreds of bird eyes due to her habit of stealing money. It is also […]

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A dodomeki is a Japanese yōkai that’s depicted as a human woman who is cursed with having long arms covered with hundreds of bird eyes due to her habit of stealing money. It is also […]

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Doll Girl

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On a train carrying a shipment of “thorium,” Darrel Dane and Martha Roberts banter about a book on will power Roberts is reading. The train is raided by the Skull. Dane’s dog Elmo, kenneled with […]

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On a train carrying a shipment of “thorium,” Darrel Dane and Martha Roberts banter about a book on will power Roberts is reading. The train is raided by the Skull. Dane’s dog Elmo, kenneled with […]

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Doll Man

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Darrel Dane was a chemist who discovered a liquid that could shrink a human being to only six inches tall but still leave him or her with the strength of a full-grown human. His girlfriend, […]

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Darrel Dane was a chemist who discovered a liquid that could shrink a human being to only six inches tall but still leave him or her with the strength of a full-grown human. His girlfriend, […]

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Dolly O’Dare

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Policewoman Dolly O’Dare is a hard-boiled detective. Her nemesis is “the sinister Baron Blue and his subtle system of larceny and murder.” Blue, a gentleman thief, is initially successful in his crimes, but always driven […]

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Policewoman Dolly O’Dare is a hard-boiled detective. Her nemesis is “the sinister Baron Blue and his subtle system of larceny and murder.” Blue, a gentleman thief, is initially successful in his crimes, but always driven […]

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Domino Lady

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Ellen Patrick was much more than a University of California socialite – she led a double life as The Domino Lady. When District Attorney Owen Patrick, Ellen’s father, was killed, his daughter put on a […]

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Ellen Patrick was much more than a University of California socialite – she led a double life as The Domino Lady. When District Attorney Owen Patrick, Ellen’s father, was killed, his daughter put on a […]

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Domino Mask Club

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Club Domino Mask Club Total Entries 11 Representative Bogey Man This style of mask originated in Venice, Italy, for use during Carnival, but now is strongly associated with the superhero genre. Its usefulness as a […]

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Club Domino Mask Club Total Entries 11 Representative Bogey Man This style of mask originated in Venice, Italy, for use during Carnival, but now is strongly associated with the superhero genre. Its usefulness as a […]

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Domino the Miracle Boy

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After a young orphan had the misfortune of getting caught in an explosion meant for the Green Mask, the remorseful hero took the boy to Professor Lascomb, who used his “vita-ray” technology to heal his […]

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After a young orphan had the misfortune of getting caught in an explosion meant for the Green Mask, the remorseful hero took the boy to Professor Lascomb, who used his “vita-ray” technology to heal his […]

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Domitian Malgraff

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Eccentric millionaire with a dreamy disposition and impractical leanings, and something of a joker, travels to a far-off world in the two-fold labyrinth of time and space via a spherical, transparent time machine. With his […]

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Eccentric millionaire with a dreamy disposition and impractical leanings, and something of a joker, travels to a far-off world in the two-fold labyrinth of time and space via a spherical, transparent time machine. With his […]

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Domokomo

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Dōmokōmo are mysterious, two-faced yōkai who wear kimono. They appear in numerous yōkai scrolls, however there are no folk tales detailing their history or origins. No story or explanation was written when dōmokōmo was first […]

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Dōmokōmo are mysterious, two-faced yōkai who wear kimono. They appear in numerous yōkai scrolls, however there are no folk tales detailing their history or origins. No story or explanation was written when dōmokōmo was first […]

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Don Quixote

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After reading one too many chivalric novels, Alonso Quijano, citizen of a small town in La Mancha, Spain, is inspired to take the name Don Quixote and become a knight, a new champion of honor […]

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After reading one too many chivalric novels, Alonso Quijano, citizen of a small town in La Mancha, Spain, is inspired to take the name Don Quixote and become a knight, a new champion of honor […]

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Don Winslow of the Navy

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Don Winslow was a veteran of the first World War and a member of the agency of naval intelligence. The agency had Don handle threats by spies, the Axis, and villains such as Dr. Centaur, […]

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Don Winslow was a veteran of the first World War and a member of the agency of naval intelligence. The agency had Don handle threats by spies, the Axis, and villains such as Dr. Centaur, […]

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Donna Wayne

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Professional model Donna Wayne is awoken by an apparition of a frightful man. She immediately calls police detective Allen Carlton. He shrugs it off, telling Donna to not worry about it. Until he sees an […]

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Professional model Donna Wayne is awoken by an apparition of a frightful man. She immediately calls police detective Allen Carlton. He shrugs it off, telling Donna to not worry about it. Until he sees an […]

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Dorian Gray

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Dorian Gray was a very handsome young Englishman who had his image painted by a man named Basil Hallward. Under the influence of an intellectual named Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian decides that the only thing […]

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Dorian Gray was a very handsome young Englishman who had his image painted by a man named Basil Hallward. Under the influence of an intellectual named Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian decides that the only thing […]

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Dorotabo

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Dorotabō are the transformed ghosts of old men who toiled hard on their rice fields, only to see them lie in waste by neglectful owners after their death. They appear as one-eyed, three-fingered humanoid figures […]

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Dorotabō are the transformed ghosts of old men who toiled hard on their rice fields, only to see them lie in waste by neglectful owners after their death. They appear as one-eyed, three-fingered humanoid figures […]

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Dorothy Collier

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After mustering out of the French Foreign Legion, Gypsy Johnson helps rescues Dorothy Collier from bandits that plan to kidnap her and sell her into slavery. After she explains her situation, Gypsy helps her find […]

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After mustering out of the French Foreign Legion, Gypsy Johnson helps rescues Dorothy Collier from bandits that plan to kidnap her and sell her into slavery. After she explains her situation, Gypsy helps her find […]

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Dorozhand

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Sitting above the lives of the people, and looking, doth Dorozhand see that which is to be. The god of Destiny is Dorozhand. Upon whom have looked the eyes of Dorozhand he goeth forward to […]

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Sitting above the lives of the people, and looking, doth Dorozhand see that which is to be. The god of Destiny is Dorozhand. Upon whom have looked the eyes of Dorozhand he goeth forward to […]

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Dorset Monster

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The Dorset Monster was killing people near the town of Dorset. Doctor Christopher Fenn is called in by the local law enforcement to look into the case. Fenn brings his female companion Wendy along with […]

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The Dorset Monster was killing people near the town of Dorset. Doctor Christopher Fenn is called in by the local law enforcement to look into the case. Fenn brings his female companion Wendy along with […]

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Double-Up

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This character only appeared on the cover of Double-Up Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue. Alias Double-Up Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Number-themed, World War II Era, Public […]

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This character only appeared on the cover of Double-Up Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue. Alias Double-Up Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Number-themed, World War II Era, Public […]

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Downbeat

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Downbeat was the non-powered sidekick of Music Master who assisted him in his war against crime. He was clumsy and whiny sometimes, but he always would do his best to help his mentor. Alias Downbeat […]

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Downbeat was the non-powered sidekick of Music Master who assisted him in his war against crime. He was clumsy and whiny sometimes, but he always would do his best to help his mentor. Alias Downbeat […]

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Dr. Acid

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The character on the cover of Rucker Publications Weekender vol. 2 #1 appeared to be a mad scientist who could either make people shrink and then destroy them with an acid-like substance, or was a […]

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The character on the cover of Rucker Publications Weekender vol. 2 #1 appeared to be a mad scientist who could either make people shrink and then destroy them with an acid-like substance, or was a […]

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Dr. Artuk

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Jason Casan is rescued from his wrecked spaceship when it crash lands on an asteroid named Vulca. His rescuers are the aged Dr. Artuk and the young and beautiful blonde woman named Clio. Clio nurses […]

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Jason Casan is rescued from his wrecked spaceship when it crash lands on an asteroid named Vulca. His rescuers are the aged Dr. Artuk and the young and beautiful blonde woman named Clio. Clio nurses […]

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Dr. Bertoff

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Dr. Bertoff was the preeminent scientist of the city of Deltos. When Fred Parish crashed his plane near the city, Bertoff brought him to his lab and saved his life using radium deposits which gave […]

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Dr. Bertoff was the preeminent scientist of the city of Deltos. When Fred Parish crashed his plane near the city, Bertoff brought him to his lab and saved his life using radium deposits which gave […]

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Dr. Bio and his Spider-men

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Dr. Bio was a mad scientist with a huge ego that planned on taking over America with his army of Spider-men, who look like giant spiders with human heads. However, Captain Future stopped them and […]

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Dr. Bio was a mad scientist with a huge ego that planned on taking over America with his army of Spider-men, who look like giant spiders with human heads. However, Captain Future stopped them and […]

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Dr. Buckingham

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Reporter Lucky Coyne investigates a State Sanatorium. He’s immediately attacked by a “Mr. Buckingham”, a patient looking for blood. An unnamed doctor intercedes. The next day, Coyne, Kitty, and Terry head out to give blood […]

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Reporter Lucky Coyne investigates a State Sanatorium. He’s immediately attacked by a “Mr. Buckingham”, a patient looking for blood. An unnamed doctor intercedes. The next day, Coyne, Kitty, and Terry head out to give blood […]

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Dr. Darkness

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Dr. Cambridge, a physician by day, is secretly the crime fighter known as Dr. Darkness. During his crime-fighting career, Dr. Darkness helped capture a butler who was murdering wealthy businessmen. While having no superhuman abilities, […]

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Dr. Cambridge, a physician by day, is secretly the crime fighter known as Dr. Darkness. During his crime-fighting career, Dr. Darkness helped capture a butler who was murdering wealthy businessmen. While having no superhuman abilities, […]

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Dr. Death (Fawcett)

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Mr. Ravelle was formerly a concert pianist, who, after being let go from the orchestra, discovered the symphony of death, which would kill all who played to it. He decided to exact his revenge on […]

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Mr. Ravelle was formerly a concert pianist, who, after being let go from the orchestra, discovered the symphony of death, which would kill all who played to it. He decided to exact his revenge on […]

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Dr. Death (Fawcett/Charlton)

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Dr. Death was a horror host, similar to Harvey’s Man in Black, who frequently orchestrated the events that he narrated. While the Doctor acted mainly in an observational role, he was also known to drive […]

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Dr. Death was a horror host, similar to Harvey’s Man in Black, who frequently orchestrated the events that he narrated. While the Doctor acted mainly in an observational role, he was also known to drive […]

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Dr. Destine

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

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

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Dr. Diablo

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Professional model Donna Wayne is awoken by an apparition of a frightful man. She immediately calls police detective Allen Carlton. He shrugs it off, telling Donna to not worry about it. Until he sees an […]

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Professional model Donna Wayne is awoken by an apparition of a frightful man. She immediately calls police detective Allen Carlton. He shrugs it off, telling Donna to not worry about it. Until he sees an […]

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Dr. Diabole

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Dr. Diabole was self-billed as “the world’s greatest scientist.” However, while searching for radium in the jungles of the Amazon, he contracted a rare flesh-eating virus that removed half of his face, leaving a skull, […]

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Dr. Diabole was self-billed as “the world’s greatest scientist.” However, while searching for radium in the jungles of the Amazon, he contracted a rare flesh-eating virus that removed half of his face, leaving a skull, […]

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Dr. Diamond

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Dr. Drake Gorden was a passenger on a freighter bound for the South Seas, but his ship was hit by a typhoon. He gets swept off to an uncharted island, which turns out to be […]

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Dr. Drake Gorden was a passenger on a freighter bound for the South Seas, but his ship was hit by a typhoon. He gets swept off to an uncharted island, which turns out to be […]

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Dr. Dolittle

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John Dolittle was a medical doctor and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister, Sarah, in the little town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country of England. His love for animals resulted in his household […]

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John Dolittle was a medical doctor and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister, Sarah, in the little town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country of England. His love for animals resulted in his household […]

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Dr. Doom

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Dr. Doom was a mad scientist who worked “day and night perfecting his fiendish experiments to wreck the peace of the world”, machines to make him a dictator. Various heroic aviators, such as Jan, Wanda, […]

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Dr. Doom was a mad scientist who worked “day and night perfecting his fiendish experiments to wreck the peace of the world”, machines to make him a dictator. Various heroic aviators, such as Jan, Wanda, […]

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Dr. Dracula

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The death-ray wielding enemy of Captain Battle. Dr. Dracula and his minions have flying bat-wing suits. Alias Dr. Dracula Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Dracula Characteristics Villain, Lev Gleason Universe, Bat-themed, Flight, World War II Era, […]

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The death-ray wielding enemy of Captain Battle. Dr. Dracula and his minions have flying bat-wing suits. Alias Dr. Dracula Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Dracula Characteristics Villain, Lev Gleason Universe, Bat-themed, Flight, World War II Era, […]

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Dr. Dread

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Dr. Dread was a brilliant scientist who created an army of zombies to serve him. He lived in a large mansion, which was booby-trapped to dispose of unwanted visitors. Dr. Dread was a killer and […]

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Dr. Dread was a brilliant scientist who created an army of zombies to serve him. He lived in a large mansion, which was booby-trapped to dispose of unwanted visitors. Dr. Dread was a killer and […]

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Dr. Drew

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Dr. Drew is an occult investigator. He uses deduction as well as “East Indian Spirit Trances” to solve mysteries and oppose dark occult forces. He solved cases that baffled local police investigator Sgt. Dawson. Drew […]

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Dr. Drew is an occult investigator. He uses deduction as well as “East Indian Spirit Trances” to solve mysteries and oppose dark occult forces. He solved cases that baffled local police investigator Sgt. Dawson. Drew […]

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Dr. Eric Bruno

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Dr. Eric Bruno worked on a remote island with his assistant, Norman Durocher. Supplies were delivered by boat to the island. The sailors delivering the items didn’t care for Bruno’s aggressive demeanor, leaving as soon […]

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Dr. Eric Bruno worked on a remote island with his assistant, Norman Durocher. Supplies were delivered by boat to the island. The sailors delivering the items didn’t care for Bruno’s aggressive demeanor, leaving as soon […]

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Dr. Fear

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I.M. Fear was a doctor working at a West Coast Hospital, who developed a gas that caused men to go mad with fear, to the point that they would do irrational things such as leaping […]

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I.M. Fear was a doctor working at a West Coast Hospital, who developed a gas that caused men to go mad with fear, to the point that they would do irrational things such as leaping […]

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Dr. Fission

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Doctor Fission was scientist who invented a time machine driven by atomic power and invited the Black Terror and his sidekick, the Kid Terror, to test it out. They landed thousands of years in the […]

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Doctor Fission was scientist who invented a time machine driven by atomic power and invited the Black Terror and his sidekick, the Kid Terror, to test it out. They landed thousands of years in the […]

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Dr. Frost

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Hailing from the great Arctic north, Doctor Frost could project cold beams from his hands, freezing objects (such as an opponents weapon), creating ice sleds on water, or enveloping himself in a sheet of ice […]

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Hailing from the great Arctic north, Doctor Frost could project cold beams from his hands, freezing objects (such as an opponents weapon), creating ice sleds on water, or enveloping himself in a sheet of ice […]

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Dr. Fung

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Dr. Fung was an older scientist and detective who traveled the world solving crimes, with the aid of his young American assistant, Dan Barrister. His enemies included Khan Gen-Kee and Karno the Chessman. Dr. Fung […]

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Dr. Fung was an older scientist and detective who traveled the world solving crimes, with the aid of his young American assistant, Dan Barrister. His enemies included Khan Gen-Kee and Karno the Chessman. Dr. Fung […]

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Dr. Gaunt

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Dr. Gaunt started activity in 1720 as a practitioner in the dark arts. For 50 years he drew off the evil for his own purposes, keeping all crime in Creekmore County non-existent. In 1770, lightning […]

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Dr. Gaunt started activity in 1720 as a practitioner in the dark arts. For 50 years he drew off the evil for his own purposes, keeping all crime in Creekmore County non-existent. In 1770, lightning […]

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Dr. Ghoul

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Dr. Ghoul was a mad scientist who had invented a machine that transformed men into ghoulish superhuman beings. The machine resembled an iron lung in appearance and used electricity to trigger the transformation. As ghouls […]

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Dr. Ghoul was a mad scientist who had invented a machine that transformed men into ghoulish superhuman beings. The machine resembled an iron lung in appearance and used electricity to trigger the transformation. As ghouls […]

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Dr. Haunt

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“You have seen me! You mistook me for a furtive blob of darkness, strangely darker than the other shadows, and for a split-second you found yourself staring puzzledly. But then the form quickly faded… and […]

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“You have seen me! You mistook me for a furtive blob of darkness, strangely darker than the other shadows, and for a split-second you found yourself staring puzzledly. But then the form quickly faded… and […]

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Dr. Hess

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Space Patrol Security Chief, Major Robbie Robertson, informs Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry of eleven incidents of space freighters disappearing. The freighters are loaded with “tellerium”, the “most precious metal in the universe”. Corry takes a space […]

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Space Patrol Security Chief, Major Robbie Robertson, informs Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry of eleven incidents of space freighters disappearing. The freighters are loaded with “tellerium”, the “most precious metal in the universe”. Corry takes a space […]

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Dr. Hormone

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Doctor Hormone, a man who appeared to be 25, but was really 75, was a scientist who, having discovered the secret of life itself, was injected with his own “youth hormone”, which successfully restored his […]

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Doctor Hormone, a man who appeared to be 25, but was really 75, was a scientist who, having discovered the secret of life itself, was injected with his own “youth hormone”, which successfully restored his […]

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Dr. Horror

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Created by three witches who control the elements. He wreaks havoc on Earth, then nature takes over and puts him down. Alias Dr. Horror Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Horror Characteristics Villain, Lev Gleason Universe, Monster […]

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Created by three witches who control the elements. He wreaks havoc on Earth, then nature takes over and puts him down. Alias Dr. Horror Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Horror Characteristics Villain, Lev Gleason Universe, Monster […]

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Dr. Hypno

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Dr. Hypno, a psychologist, had the ability to transfer his mind into animals such as his parrot, a zoo gorilla, and a dog. He used his powers to spy on criminals and solve crimes. He […]

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Dr. Hypno, a psychologist, had the ability to transfer his mind into animals such as his parrot, a zoo gorilla, and a dog. He used his powers to spy on criminals and solve crimes. He […]

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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The dual title character is a doctor who has covered up a secret life full of cruel deeds. Henry Jekyll feels as if he is constantly battling within himself, between what is good and what […]

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The dual title character is a doctor who has covered up a secret life full of cruel deeds. Henry Jekyll feels as if he is constantly battling within himself, between what is good and what […]

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Dr. Lerne

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When Nicolas Vermont entered the greenhouse, he would make a gruesome discovery. It was the early 20th century in rural France, and Nicolas was visiting his uncle – a scientist and surgeon called Dr. Frédéric […]

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When Nicolas Vermont entered the greenhouse, he would make a gruesome discovery. It was the early 20th century in rural France, and Nicolas was visiting his uncle – a scientist and surgeon called Dr. Frédéric […]

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Dr. Mabuse

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Dr. Mabuse is a doctor of psychology who moonlights as a criminal mastermind, manipulating people into cooperating with his schemes through hypnosis, blackmail and trickery. Mabuse’s ability to hypnotize people seems to be telepathic in […]

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Dr. Mabuse is a doctor of psychology who moonlights as a criminal mastermind, manipulating people into cooperating with his schemes through hypnosis, blackmail and trickery. Mabuse’s ability to hypnotize people seems to be telepathic in […]

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Dr. Macabre

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Dr. Macabre was a criminal mastermind who was highly respected in the criminal community. He possessed a powerful form of hypnosis and at one point had a death touch. The doctor had a ward named […]

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Dr. Macabre was a criminal mastermind who was highly respected in the criminal community. He possessed a powerful form of hypnosis and at one point had a death touch. The doctor had a ward named […]

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Dr. Magno

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Dr. Magno was a veteran of World War II, which mostly took place during the 1950s in his timeline. During the conflict, he lost his hands and had them replaced with steel hands, which gave […]

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Dr. Magno was a veteran of World War II, which mostly took place during the 1950s in his timeline. During the conflict, he lost his hands and had them replaced with steel hands, which gave […]

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Dr. Manusala

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In 1506, Dr. Manusala designed a batwing flying device designed to permit its wearer to fly. Bill and Trudy fly to Transylvania, to the Doma Castle where Dr. Manusala lived. Bill reads some of Dr. […]

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In 1506, Dr. Manusala designed a batwing flying device designed to permit its wearer to fly. Bill and Trudy fly to Transylvania, to the Doma Castle where Dr. Manusala lived. Bill reads some of Dr. […]

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Dr. Martinious

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Dr. Martinious was an Earth man who travelled to Mars and conquered the inhabitants, declaring himself the new Warlord of Mars. He then used the Brain Men of Mars to come up with a plan […]

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Dr. Martinious was an Earth man who travelled to Mars and conquered the inhabitants, declaring himself the new Warlord of Mars. He then used the Brain Men of Mars to come up with a plan […]

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Dr. Mephisto

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Dr. Mephisto is a criminal mastermind and scientific genius. He killed Police Captain Drake inside police headquarters at the moment he warned that he would, and performed many other daring crimes. He sometimes used a […]

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Dr. Mephisto is a criminal mastermind and scientific genius. He killed Police Captain Drake inside police headquarters at the moment he warned that he would, and performed many other daring crimes. He sometimes used a […]

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Dr. Mercy

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Dr. Mercy was the head surgeon of his hospital. He encountered many strange cases. His ambulance driver was the fun-loving Stompy Lion. His enemies included Dr. Cadaver, a murderous impostor doctor, who would use monstrous […]

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Dr. Mercy was the head surgeon of his hospital. He encountered many strange cases. His ambulance driver was the fun-loving Stompy Lion. His enemies included Dr. Cadaver, a murderous impostor doctor, who would use monstrous […]

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Dr. Miracle

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Dr. Miracle was the Master of Magic. He used his “miraculous” powers, called “white magic” to differentiate it from “black magic”, to fight crime and the Axis powers during World War II. His magic powers […]

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Dr. Miracle was the Master of Magic. He used his “miraculous” powers, called “white magic” to differentiate it from “black magic”, to fight crime and the Axis powers during World War II. His magic powers […]

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Dr. Mood

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Employed by the Secret Service, Dr. Mood was a double-agent working for the Nazis who was kidnapping and interrogating government officials before organizing a raid of tanks on a major American city. His plans were […]

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Employed by the Secret Service, Dr. Mood was a double-agent working for the Nazis who was kidnapping and interrogating government officials before organizing a raid of tanks on a major American city. His plans were […]

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Dr. Mortal

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Dr. Mortal was an elderly, brilliant mad scientist who lived outside the city with Marlene, his attractive young niece. Marlene discovers her uncle is creating monsters such as his Super Automaton, Man-Ape, and the Infra-Red […]

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Dr. Mortal was an elderly, brilliant mad scientist who lived outside the city with Marlene, his attractive young niece. Marlene discovers her uncle is creating monsters such as his Super Automaton, Man-Ape, and the Infra-Red […]

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Dr. Mystery

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After his family was massacred by the traitorous Arkabad, Dr. Mystery sought his revenge. He traveled the world, fighting evil, especially in Paris, where he met the young orphan, Cigale, who gave him the nickname […]

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After his family was massacred by the traitorous Arkabad, Dr. Mystery sought his revenge. He traveled the world, fighting evil, especially in Paris, where he met the young orphan, Cigale, who gave him the nickname […]

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Dr. Mystic

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Dr. Mystic is a powerful magician and occult detective who, after responding to to an attack from a masked giant, uses his magic to grow to the giant’s size and do battle. However, when he […]

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Dr. Mystic is a powerful magician and occult detective who, after responding to to an attack from a masked giant, uses his magic to grow to the giant’s size and do battle. However, when he […]

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Dr. Nemesis

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Dr. James Bradley works at Mercy Hospital, treating victims of crime day-in and day-out. He decides to become a crime fighter and disguises himself with a surgical mask and trench-coat. He is not afraid to […]

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Dr. James Bradley works at Mercy Hospital, treating victims of crime day-in and day-out. He decides to become a crime fighter and disguises himself with a surgical mask and trench-coat. He is not afraid to […]

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Dr. Nika

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Amazing Man’s personal guardian on the Council of Seven. He is the master of many ancient secrets, both scientific and mystical. He is the inventor of the Green Mist formula. He has the ability to […]

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Amazing Man’s personal guardian on the Council of Seven. He is the master of many ancient secrets, both scientific and mystical. He is the inventor of the Green Mist formula. He has the ability to […]

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Dr. Nikola

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Dr. Nikola is a mad genius and criminal mastermind who has two major goals: immortality and world domination. He is hunted by Richard Hatteras and a Mongolian assassin with half of one ear missing. Nikola […]

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Dr. Nikola is a mad genius and criminal mastermind who has two major goals: immortality and world domination. He is hunted by Richard Hatteras and a Mongolian assassin with half of one ear missing. Nikola […]

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Dr. Omega

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Doctor Omega is the mysterious inventor of a spacecraft called the Cosmos, which left Earth from Normandy, France, and made it to the planet Mars in 1906. Doctor Omega is accompanied on his journey by […]

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Doctor Omega is the mysterious inventor of a spacecraft called the Cosmos, which left Earth from Normandy, France, and made it to the planet Mars in 1906. Doctor Omega is accompanied on his journey by […]

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Dr. Pain

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Dr. Pain is an evil doctor with a secret… he can create life. Two treasure hunters stumble upon Dr. Pain’s underground laboratory while digging near a cemetary. Dr. Pain requires body parts, and immediately takes […]

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Dr. Pain is an evil doctor with a secret… he can create life. Two treasure hunters stumble upon Dr. Pain’s underground laboratory while digging near a cemetary. Dr. Pain requires body parts, and immediately takes […]

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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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Dr. Quartz

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While Dr. Quartz is suave, charming and sophisticated, he is also a raging psychopath who revels in death, blood, torture and atrocity. He enjoys cutting people up, especially beautiful women, and creating grotesque art out […]

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While Dr. Quartz is suave, charming and sophisticated, he is also a raging psychopath who revels in death, blood, torture and atrocity. He enjoys cutting people up, especially beautiful women, and creating grotesque art out […]

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Dr. Riddle

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Dr. Riddle was apparently only a doctor in the sense of his ability to “cure” his own poverty through criminal activity. He was, however, very good at riddles. He gave the police clues about where […]

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Dr. Riddle was apparently only a doctor in the sense of his ability to “cure” his own poverty through criminal activity. He was, however, very good at riddles. He gave the police clues about where […]

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Dr. Savage

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Dr. Savage invents a helmet that permits its user to travel through time. He insists his assistant, Miss Arkady, be the first test subject for the helmet. She reluctantly agrees. He places the helmet on […]

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Dr. Savage invents a helmet that permits its user to travel through time. He insists his assistant, Miss Arkady, be the first test subject for the helmet. She reluctantly agrees. He places the helmet on […]

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Dr. Sigi

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Dr. Sigi was Hanfred Sapp, a mad Nazi scientist in a green skull mask, who planned on injecting a rabies germ into Americans to turn them into madmen. Alias Dr. Sigi Real Names/Alt Names Hanfred […]

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Dr. Sigi was Hanfred Sapp, a mad Nazi scientist in a green skull mask, who planned on injecting a rabies germ into Americans to turn them into madmen. Alias Dr. Sigi Real Names/Alt Names Hanfred […]

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Dr. Sivana

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Dr. Sivana was a brilliant scientist, far ahead of his time, who wished to benefit humanity with his genius. Unfortunately, no one took his theories seriously, and after being laughed at most of his life, […]

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Dr. Sivana was a brilliant scientist, far ahead of his time, who wished to benefit humanity with his genius. Unfortunately, no one took his theories seriously, and after being laughed at most of his life, […]

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Dr. Skull

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Dr. Skull was apparently an alien scientist who wished to conquer the Earth, and commanded a fleet of spaceships that was successful in bombing Washington D.C. He was a recurring enemy of The Red Blazer, […]

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Dr. Skull was apparently an alien scientist who wished to conquer the Earth, and commanded a fleet of spaceships that was successful in bombing Washington D.C. He was a recurring enemy of The Red Blazer, […]

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Dr. Styx

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Dr. Styx was a mysterious undead human who used his knowledge of the occult to reverse the damage done by humans who unleashed terrible supernatural forces. He patrolled the city at midnight, and claimed to […]

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Dr. Styx was a mysterious undead human who used his knowledge of the occult to reverse the damage done by humans who unleashed terrible supernatural forces. He patrolled the city at midnight, and claimed to […]

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Dr. Syn

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Dr. Syn is the kindly vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in England. Syn seems like a pleasant fellow, but he is a man with a sinister past. At one time he was the […]

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Dr. Syn is the kindly vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in England. Syn seems like a pleasant fellow, but he is a man with a sinister past. At one time he was the […]

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Dr. Synthe

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Dr. Synthe was an enormous energy-based alien from Mo, a planet located a million light years from Earth. Like the rest of his species, he possessed the ability to create and destroy any object by […]

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Dr. Synthe was an enormous energy-based alien from Mo, a planet located a million light years from Earth. Like the rest of his species, he possessed the ability to create and destroy any object by […]

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Dr. Taboo

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Dr. Taboo was a scientist who worked in a castle on the banks of the Hudson River. He figured out a way to scientifically attune voodoo dolls to the bodies of real people, allowing him […]

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Dr. Taboo was a scientist who worked in a castle on the banks of the Hudson River. He figured out a way to scientifically attune voodoo dolls to the bodies of real people, allowing him […]

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Dr. Thirteen

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Dr. Thirteen was a notorious killer for hire, who enjoyed inspiring fear in his victims by making their superstitions come true. He usually did his killing on Friday the 13th. He was hired by Martin […]

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Dr. Thirteen was a notorious killer for hire, who enjoyed inspiring fear in his victims by making their superstitions come true. He usually did his killing on Friday the 13th. He was hired by Martin […]

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Dr. Triple

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Receiving transmissions from a distant planet, Commander Krait wishes to communicate with the intelligent society on the planet designated X-3-Z. Arn assists Dr. Triple when the doctor interprets the language. The society on X-3-Z is […]

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Receiving transmissions from a distant planet, Commander Krait wishes to communicate with the intelligent society on the planet designated X-3-Z. Arn assists Dr. Triple when the doctor interprets the language. The society on X-3-Z is […]

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Dr. Tsarka

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Dr. Teroni Tsarka is a nerve specialist and criminal mastermind who steals, with the help of a trained rat named Kezzio, a valuable cache of pure radium from a neighboring scientist, Prof. Eugene Moritz. The […]

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Dr. Teroni Tsarka is a nerve specialist and criminal mastermind who steals, with the help of a trained rat named Kezzio, a valuable cache of pure radium from a neighboring scientist, Prof. Eugene Moritz. The […]

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Dr. Vampire

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“Shocked by civilization’s failure to stamp out the curse that causes the lust to kill, young Dr. Rogers deserted his profitable practice to rid humanity of its mad murderers. As Dr. Vampire he casts a […]

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“Shocked by civilization’s failure to stamp out the curse that causes the lust to kill, young Dr. Rogers deserted his profitable practice to rid humanity of its mad murderers. As Dr. Vampire he casts a […]

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Dr. Vance

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Dr. Vance hunts down the Hanuman Ape in the jungles of Bengal. Assisted by a man named Link and a woman named Jean, he captures the legendary ape. In the process, Vance is bitten by […]

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Dr. Vance hunts down the Hanuman Ape in the jungles of Bengal. Assisted by a man named Link and a woman named Jean, he captures the legendary ape. In the process, Vance is bitten by […]

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Dr. Vandyke

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After Tony Brand finds that Gail Leslie has been kidnapped by The Living Ghost, he goes to Dr. Vandyke for help. The doctor tells him of The Living Ghost and gives him an ancient church […]

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After Tony Brand finds that Gail Leslie has been kidnapped by The Living Ghost, he goes to Dr. Vandyke for help. The doctor tells him of The Living Ghost and gives him an ancient church […]

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Dr. Voltz

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Dr. Voltz the Human Generator was a re-colored and re-named version of Volton. Alias Dr. Voltz Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Voltz Characteristics Hero, Electricity Manipulator, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Charles Quinlan […]

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Dr. Voltz the Human Generator was a re-colored and re-named version of Volton. Alias Dr. Voltz Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Voltz Characteristics Hero, Electricity Manipulator, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Charles Quinlan […]

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Dr. Von Thorp

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Dr. Von Thorp was a mad scientist who built a mighty robot to help him with his criminal deeds. The doctor sent the iron monster on a crime spree and the police were unable to […]

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Dr. Von Thorp was a mad scientist who built a mighty robot to help him with his criminal deeds. The doctor sent the iron monster on a crime spree and the police were unable to […]

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Dr. Voodoo (Fawcett)

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Dr. Hal Carey’s parents lost their lives working in the jungles of Brazil tending to the natives, a tribe called the Blancas (because they were “White Indians.”) The Blancas raised their son Hal after his […]

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Dr. Hal Carey’s parents lost their lives working in the jungles of Brazil tending to the natives, a tribe called the Blancas (because they were “White Indians.”) The Blancas raised their son Hal after his […]

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Dr. Voodoo (Nedor)

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Dr. Voodoo was a scientist who wished to conquer the universe and allied himself with Lilith and the Immortal Emperor to accomplish this task. Their efforts were constantly stymied by Wonder Man. Alias Dr. Voodoo […]

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Dr. Voodoo was a scientist who wished to conquer the universe and allied himself with Lilith and the Immortal Emperor to accomplish this task. Their efforts were constantly stymied by Wonder Man. Alias Dr. Voodoo […]

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Dr. Walker

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Studying India’s landscape, Dr. Walker runs across a feral child being raised by wolves. The locals tell him to leave her alone, as she is marked. Dr. Walker passes off the warning as local superstition. […]

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Studying India’s landscape, Dr. Walker runs across a feral child being raised by wolves. The locals tell him to leave her alone, as she is marked. Dr. Walker passes off the warning as local superstition. […]

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Dr. Watson

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John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, along with Sherlock Holmes, first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). Part one of A Study in Scarlet is subtitled “Being a reprint from the […]

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John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, along with Sherlock Holmes, first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). Part one of A Study in Scarlet is subtitled “Being a reprint from the […]

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Dr. X

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The Mysterious Dr. X was a master of the occult sciences, who conducted experiments in an observatory high in the Andes. He was assisted by his niece, Cynthia, and her heroic fiance Bob Stone.  Dr. […]

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The Mysterious Dr. X was a master of the occult sciences, who conducted experiments in an observatory high in the Andes. He was assisted by his niece, Cynthia, and her heroic fiance Bob Stone.  Dr. […]

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Dr. Z

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Dr. Z, or, as he calls himself, the “great Dr. Z”, was an elderly international spy and a mad scientist. The doctor lived in a large mansion equipped with death traps and a lab. He […]

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Dr. Z, or, as he calls himself, the “great Dr. Z”, was an elderly international spy and a mad scientist. The doctor lived in a large mansion equipped with death traps and a lab. He […]

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Dr. Zarkov

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Flash Gordon first appeared as a Sunday strip in 1934, following the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale University graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, when the […]

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Flash Gordon first appeared as a Sunday strip in 1934, following the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale University graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, when the […]

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Dracula

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Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. […]

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Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. […]

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Dracula Family

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Club Dracula Family Total Entries 20 Representative Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single […]

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Club Dracula Family Total Entries 20 Representative Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single […]

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Dragon

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US Marine “Red” McGraw lead Chinese locals in a guerrilla campaign against the invading Japanese. He was given the nickname “the Dragon” by his soldiers. Alias Dragon Real Names/Alt Names “Red” McGraw Characteristics Marine, Quality […]

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US Marine “Red” McGraw lead Chinese locals in a guerrilla campaign against the invading Japanese. He was given the nickname “the Dragon” by his soldiers. Alias Dragon Real Names/Alt Names “Red” McGraw Characteristics Marine, Quality […]

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Dragon (Beowulf)

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The final act of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf includes Beowulf’s fight with a dragon, the third monster he encounters in the epic. On his return from Heorot, where he killed Grendel and Grendel’s mother, Beowulf […]

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The final act of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf includes Beowulf’s fight with a dragon, the third monster he encounters in the epic. On his return from Heorot, where he killed Grendel and Grendel’s mother, Beowulf […]

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Dragon (Folklore)

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A dragon is a large magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have […]

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A dragon is a large magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have […]

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Dragon (Japanese)

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Like these other East Asian dragons, most Japanese dragons are water deities or kami, associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The c. […]

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Like these other East Asian dragons, most Japanese dragons are water deities or kami, associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The c. […]

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Dragon (Red Nails)

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The dragon of “Red Nails” has usually been rendered by artists as a dinosaur. The creature traps Conan and Valeria on a cliffside after killing their horses. The two find the skeleton of some other […]

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The dragon of “Red Nails” has usually been rendered by artists as a dinosaur. The creature traps Conan and Valeria on a cliffside after killing their horses. The two find the skeleton of some other […]

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Dragon King

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The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification […]

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The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification […]

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Dreamer

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“I am Dr. Kent Marlow… I’m a psychiatrist, a doctor who heals the mind… I specialise in dreams.” A psychiatrist by day, Dr. Kent Marlow set out by night to solve the problems of his […]

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“I am Dr. Kent Marlow… I’m a psychiatrist, a doctor who heals the mind… I specialise in dreams.” A psychiatrist by day, Dr. Kent Marlow set out by night to solve the problems of his […]

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Droon

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In the kingdom of Noom on the planet Neptune is the evil scientist known as Droon. In order to gain control of the Valley of Ojah, Droon uses Queen Haba’s feelings for the hero Spacehawk […]

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In the kingdom of Noom on the planet Neptune is the evil scientist known as Droon. In order to gain control of the Valley of Ojah, Droon uses Queen Haba’s feelings for the hero Spacehawk […]

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Drox

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The New York City of the 26th century hasn’t changed since the 1950s. It acts as a museum of sorts, to remind future generations of how great the era of the 1950s was. Drox, Viceroy […]

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The New York City of the 26th century hasn’t changed since the 1950s. It acts as a museum of sorts, to remind future generations of how great the era of the 1950s was. Drox, Viceroy […]

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Drum

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Drum was Christopher Fenn’s dog. When Fenn goes to help Lady Debra Seeley with an infestation of ghost druids, he takes the loyal Drum along. Fenn temporarily turns himself, Drum, and Lady Seeley into “ghosts” […]

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Drum was Christopher Fenn’s dog. When Fenn goes to help Lady Debra Seeley with an infestation of ghost druids, he takes the loyal Drum along. Fenn temporarily turns himself, Drum, and Lady Seeley into “ghosts” […]

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Dryak

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Following their escape from the lair of the Mercurian, Nick Nelson and Kodi of Space Patrol battle with a Dryak. The reptilian creature is akin to a dinosaur on Earth. It is very large and […]

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Following their escape from the lair of the Mercurian, Nick Nelson and Kodi of Space Patrol battle with a Dryak. The reptilian creature is akin to a dinosaur on Earth. It is very large and […]

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Duban

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Duban or Douban (Arabic: “golden jackal” or “wolves”), who appears in “The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban”, is a man of extraordinary talent with the ability to read Arabic, Greek, Persian, Turkish, […]

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Duban or Douban (Arabic: “golden jackal” or “wolves”), who appears in “The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban”, is a man of extraordinary talent with the ability to read Arabic, Greek, Persian, Turkish, […]

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Duchess (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)

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The Duchess is a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865. Carroll does not describe her physically in much detail, although as stated in Chapter 9, “Alice did not much like […]

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The Duchess is a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865. Carroll does not describe her physically in much detail, although as stated in Chapter 9, “Alice did not much like […]

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Dude

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“He’s a fashionplate…he’s suave, he’s sleek, he’s slick…in fact, he’s dressed to kill!” The Dude was a rather dapper and well-manicured criminal, with a sense of style. He was an enemy of Bulletman who nearly […]

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“He’s a fashionplate…he’s suave, he’s sleek, he’s slick…in fact, he’s dressed to kill!” The Dude was a rather dapper and well-manicured criminal, with a sense of style. He was an enemy of Bulletman who nearly […]

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Duke Kelly, Ace Investigator

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“The Duke” was a highly regarded police detective, called in to solve cases that few would dare to tackle. The Duke was a talented detective, a crack shot with his pistol, and good with his […]

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“The Duke” was a highly regarded police detective, called in to solve cases that few would dare to tackle. The Duke was a talented detective, a crack shot with his pistol, and good with his […]

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Duke of Darkness

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The Duke of Darkness was Paddy Sullivan, a police officer from an unnamed American city. When he was killed in the line of duty, Danny discovered that he continued to exist as an “Earth-bound spirit.” […]

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The Duke of Darkness was Paddy Sullivan, a police officer from an unnamed American city. When he was killed in the line of duty, Danny discovered that he continued to exist as an “Earth-bound spirit.” […]

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Duke Peters

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“Duke” Peters was the he-man in charge of an expedition to Gorilla Land. His mission was to protect the lovely Joan and her scientist father Professor Wright in the jungles of Gorilla Land. He is […]

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“Duke” Peters was the he-man in charge of an expedition to Gorilla Land. His mission was to protect the lovely Joan and her scientist father Professor Wright in the jungles of Gorilla Land. He is […]

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Dunyazad

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Dunyazad is the younger sister of Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who—at Scheherazade’s instruction—initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister’s execution by Shahryar. Dunyazad, brought to her sister’s […]

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Dunyazad is the younger sister of Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who—at Scheherazade’s instruction—initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister’s execution by Shahryar. Dunyazad, brought to her sister’s […]

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Dusty, the Boy Detective

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After his father’s death at the hands of foreign agents, Dusty is adopted by Joe Higgins, aka the Shield, and begins to fight crime as Dusty the Boy Detective. He later formed the team known […]

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After his father’s death at the hands of foreign agents, Dusty is adopted by Joe Higgins, aka the Shield, and begins to fight crime as Dusty the Boy Detective. He later formed the team known […]

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Dwarfs of Belzar

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The Belzarian “Pigmy” [sic] Soldiers serve the Empress of Belzar as a fighting force. Lieutenant April Wing argues with Captain Brett Crockett over the fact she should be on the front lines attending to the […]

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The Belzarian “Pigmy” [sic] Soldiers serve the Empress of Belzar as a fighting force. Lieutenant April Wing argues with Captain Brett Crockett over the fact she should be on the front lines attending to the […]

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Dybbuk

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In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being […]

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In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being […]

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Dynamic Boy (Chesler 1)

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Orphan Kent Banning, the Dynamic Boy, was dying after risking his life to save the daughter of Dr. Brown. In order to save him, Brown realizes his own medical knowledge is useless, but he has […]

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Orphan Kent Banning, the Dynamic Boy, was dying after risking his life to save the daughter of Dr. Brown. In order to save him, Brown realizes his own medical knowledge is useless, but he has […]

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Dynamic Boy (Chesler 2)

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Ricky McQuade is the younger brother of Bert McQuade, Dynamic Man. He undergoes the same treatments as Dynamic Man and becomes Dynamic Boy and fights crime with his older brother. He has the same powers […]

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Ricky McQuade is the younger brother of Bert McQuade, Dynamic Man. He undergoes the same treatments as Dynamic Man and becomes Dynamic Boy and fights crime with his older brother. He has the same powers […]

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Dynamic Man (Chesler)

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Originally, wise-cracking Dynamic Man was an android, robot, or some kind of synthetic humanoid without a human backstory, created by Dr. Moore to fight the forces of darkness, personified by the Yellow Spot. The Spot […]

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Originally, wise-cracking Dynamic Man was an android, robot, or some kind of synthetic humanoid without a human backstory, created by Dr. Moore to fight the forces of darkness, personified by the Yellow Spot. The Spot […]

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Dynamite Thor

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Peter Thor becomes Dynamite Thor, an adventurer who wears a costume that allows him to propel himself through the air by blowing up sticks of dynamite located in his belt. Thor had the power of […]

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Peter Thor becomes Dynamite Thor, an adventurer who wears a costume that allows him to propel himself through the air by blowing up sticks of dynamite located in his belt. Thor had the power of […]

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Dynamo (Fox)

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Jim Andrews, a research scientist, is caught between two giant electrodes while conducting an experiment. The accident gives him the power to control electricity, using it to create force fields, shoot bolts of electricity from […]

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Jim Andrews, a research scientist, is caught between two giant electrodes while conducting an experiment. The accident gives him the power to control electricity, using it to create force fields, shoot bolts of electricity from […]

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Dynamo (Tower)

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Formerly a corporal in the U.S. Army, Leonard “Len” Brown was an employee of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. who was stuck in a desk job and not happy about it. But T.H.U.N.D.E.R.’s inner council called upon him to […]

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Formerly a corporal in the U.S. Army, Leonard “Len” Brown was an employee of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. who was stuck in a desk job and not happy about it. But T.H.U.N.D.E.R.’s inner council called upon him to […]

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Dynamo Hill

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Bart Hill works at Crambell Industries, where he’s teased by his coworkers for working too much. Another coworker, Betty, implores him to stick up for himself, but he backs down again. Worried about his timidity, […]

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Bart Hill works at Crambell Industries, where he’s teased by his coworkers for working too much. Another coworker, Betty, implores him to stick up for himself, but he backs down again. Worried about his timidity, […]

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Dzartz

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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 […]

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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 […]

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E. Williams Jackson

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A member of a quartet of space explorers from Earth who utilize a cube-shaped vehicle called the Sky Cube and astral projection. Doctor Kinney, a trained medical doctor, is the leader of the group. The […]

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A member of a quartet of space explorers from Earth who utilize a cube-shaped vehicle called the Sky Cube and astral projection. Doctor Kinney, a trained medical doctor, is the leader of the group. The […]

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Eager Beaver Detective Agency

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The detectives Fred Eager and Benny Beaver comprise the Eager Beaver Detective Agency. Fred’s girlfriend, Lorna, stands to inherit a million dollars from Horace Brent, her deceased uncle. The stipulation is that she must spend […]

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The detectives Fred Eager and Benny Beaver comprise the Eager Beaver Detective Agency. Fred’s girlfriend, Lorna, stands to inherit a million dollars from Horace Brent, her deceased uncle. The stipulation is that she must spend […]

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Eagle (Fox)

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Wealthy scientist and American patriot, Bill Powers first fought the Nazis as a spy, and then put on a patriotic costume and battled them as the Eagle. He was assisted by his sidekick, Buddy, aka […]

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Wealthy scientist and American patriot, Bill Powers first fought the Nazis as a spy, and then put on a patriotic costume and battled them as the Eagle. He was assisted by his sidekick, Buddy, aka […]

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Eaglet (Nedor)

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Eaglet is in reality Bud Pierce, assistant to scientist Tom Standish who works for the U.S. government. In the city looking for work, Pierce saves Tom’s life. They decide to pool their resources to find […]

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Eaglet is in reality Bud Pierce, assistant to scientist Tom Standish who works for the U.S. government. In the city looking for work, Pierce saves Tom’s life. They decide to pool their resources to find […]

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Earth Fleet

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Princess Elda and Dr. Joel Meade go to explore some strange asteroids. When they do not return in a timely manner, Scott Rand sends out a message by radio. Instead of hearing from them, he […]

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Princess Elda and Dr. Joel Meade go to explore some strange asteroids. When they do not return in a timely manner, Scott Rand sends out a message by radio. Instead of hearing from them, he […]

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Easter Island

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui; Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern-most point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island […]

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui; Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern-most point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island […]

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Ebony (Fox)

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Assisted by his pet jaguar, Jaguar Man fought crime. Alias Ebony (Fox) Real Names/Alt Names Ebony/Ja-Go (see “Notes” section) Characteristics Hero, Sidekick, Fox Feature Universe, Feline, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack […]

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Assisted by his pet jaguar, Jaguar Man fought crime. Alias Ebony (Fox) Real Names/Alt Names Ebony/Ja-Go (see “Notes” section) Characteristics Hero, Sidekick, Fox Feature Universe, Feline, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack […]

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Echo

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Jim Carson was both a professional ventriloquist and an amateur detective. He fights crime by throwing his voice. His assistants included his sister, Cora, and his older brother, chemist Dr. Doom. Besides his ventriloquism, Echo […]

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Jim Carson was both a professional ventriloquist and an amateur detective. He fights crime by throwing his voice. His assistants included his sister, Cora, and his older brother, chemist Dr. Doom. Besides his ventriloquism, Echo […]

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Echo (Folklore)

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In Greek mythology, Echo was an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron. Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus’s wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mount Olympus […]

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In Greek mythology, Echo was an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron. Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus’s wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mount Olympus […]

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Echo Delane

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“Hands Up!” was a federal agent or police officer who was assigned to protect the journalist Echo Delane on her trip to South America. While there, she was abducted by the high priest of an […]

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“Hands Up!” was a federal agent or police officer who was assigned to protect the journalist Echo Delane on her trip to South America. While there, she was abducted by the high priest of an […]

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Ed Curren

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“In the year 2042, the world no longer knew war and violence…man lived wisely and happily in a new golden era!” “World scientist” Doctor Dino Lavelle is experimenting successfully to restore dead bodies to life. […]

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“In the year 2042, the world no longer knew war and violence…man lived wisely and happily in a new golden era!” “World scientist” Doctor Dino Lavelle is experimenting successfully to restore dead bodies to life. […]

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Ed Wheelan

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Creator Ed Wheelan (1888-1966) Profession Cartoonist Total Entries 21 Articles Edgar Wheelan – Lambiek Comiclopedia Ed Wheelan – Wikipedia Minute Movies: Ed Wheelan – Toonopedia Many cartoonists have achieved good results by adapting cinema techniques […]

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Creator Ed Wheelan (1888-1966) Profession Cartoonist Total Entries 21 Articles Edgar Wheelan – Lambiek Comiclopedia Ed Wheelan – Wikipedia Minute Movies: Ed Wheelan – Toonopedia Many cartoonists have achieved good results by adapting cinema techniques […]

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Creator Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) Profession Short Story Writer, Poet Total Entries 18 Articles Edgar Allen Poe – Wikipedia Hitchcock and Poe: the Legacy of Delight and Terror Nevermore, Ever More: How Poe Lives in […]

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Creator Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) Profession Short Story Writer, Poet Total Entries 18 Articles Edgar Allen Poe – Wikipedia Hitchcock and Poe: the Legacy of Delight and Terror Nevermore, Ever More: How Poe Lives in […]

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Edgar Cayce

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Edgar Cayce (18 March 1877 – 3 January 1945) was an American clairvoyant who claimed to channel his higher self while in a trance-like state. His words were recorded by his friend, Al Layne; his wife, […]

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Edgar Cayce (18 March 1877 – 3 January 1945) was an American clairvoyant who claimed to channel his higher self while in a trance-like state. His words were recorded by his friend, Al Layne; his wife, […]

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Creator Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) Profession Novelist Total Entries 20 Articles Racism and stereotypes: how the Tarzan dynamic still infiltrates cinema Edgar Rice Burroughs – Wikipedia Bearing in mind that Burroughs lived in the “sundown […]

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Creator Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) Profession Novelist Total Entries 20 Articles Racism and stereotypes: how the Tarzan dynamic still infiltrates cinema Edgar Rice Burroughs – Wikipedia Bearing in mind that Burroughs lived in the “sundown […]

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Edison Bell

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Edison “Eddie” Bell was an American teenage inventor and builder. He was assisted by his pal Jerry, who was something of an inventor in his own right. When they were younger, the boys invented robots, […]

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Edison “Eddie” Bell was an American teenage inventor and builder. He was assisted by his pal Jerry, who was something of an inventor in his own right. When they were younger, the boys invented robots, […]

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Edmund

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Edmund is a fictional character and the main antagonist in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger brother of Edgar, the Earl’s legitimate son. In […]

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Edmund is a fictional character and the main antagonist in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger brother of Edgar, the Earl’s legitimate son. In […]

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Edpo

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Edpo is a trained ape who served Ramun, an evil magician and foe of Marvelo. Alias Edpo Real Names/Alt Names Edpo Characteristics Henchman, Ape, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Gardner Fox ?, […]

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Edpo is a trained ape who served Ramun, an evil magician and foe of Marvelo. Alias Edpo Real Names/Alt Names Edpo Characteristics Henchman, Ape, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Gardner Fox ?, […]

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Edward Pickman Derby

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Edward Pickman Derby, the protagonist of “The Thing on the Doorstep”, is a poet and husband of Asenath Waite. He is described by H. P. Lovecraft as “the most phenomenal child scholar I have ever […]

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Edward Pickman Derby, the protagonist of “The Thing on the Doorstep”, is a poet and husband of Asenath Waite. He is described by H. P. Lovecraft as “the most phenomenal child scholar I have ever […]

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Edward Prendick

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Edward Prendick is a young scientist from Victorian England who survives a shipwreck of his boat, the Lady Vain, in the southern Pacific Ocean. A passing ship called Ipecacuanha takes him aboard and a man […]

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Edward Prendick is a young scientist from Victorian England who survives a shipwreck of his boat, the Lady Vain, in the southern Pacific Ocean. A passing ship called Ipecacuanha takes him aboard and a man […]

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Eel

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The Eel was once a carnival sideshow freak known as Professor Aqua who demonstrated the ability to stay under water for a nearly indefinite amount of time. After years of being stared at, Aqua became […]

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The Eel was once a carnival sideshow freak known as Professor Aqua who demonstrated the ability to stay under water for a nearly indefinite amount of time. After years of being stared at, Aqua became […]

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Eel (Eclair)

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The Commissioner of Police at Gottenberg, Messenia, is informed that a treaty is about to be completed between the two neighboring states, Keltia and Slavonia, which is in opposition to the interests of Gottenberg. Protea, […]

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The Commissioner of Police at Gottenberg, Messenia, is informed that a treaty is about to be completed between the two neighboring states, Keltia and Slavonia, which is in opposition to the interests of Gottenberg. Protea, […]

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Eelo

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Eelo was an amphibian man who intended to raise an army of amphibian men like himself to conquer the world. He led a small band of amphibian men who commanded a small fleet of submarines. […]

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Eelo was an amphibian man who intended to raise an army of amphibian men like himself to conquer the world. He led a small band of amphibian men who commanded a small fleet of submarines. […]

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Efígie da República (Brazil)

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The Efígie da República (Portuguese for Effigy of the Republic) is used as a national personification in Brazil. The effigy is a representation of a young woman wearing a crown of bay leaves in Roman […]

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The Efígie da República (Portuguese for Effigy of the Republic) is used as a national personification in Brazil. The effigy is a representation of a young woman wearing a crown of bay leaves in Roman […]

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Efígie da República (Portugal)

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The Efígie da República (Portuguese for Effigy of the Republic) is used as a national personification in Portugal. The Portuguese Efígie da República is represented as a young woman wearing the phrygian cap, modeled after […]

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The Efígie da República (Portuguese for Effigy of the Republic) is used as a national personification in Portugal. The Portuguese Efígie da República is represented as a young woman wearing the phrygian cap, modeled after […]

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Egaeus and Berenice

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“Berenice” is a short horror story narrated by Egaeus, who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice. He tends to fall into periods of intense focus, during which he seems to separate himself from the […]

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“Berenice” is a short horror story narrated by Egaeus, who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice. He tends to fall into periods of intense focus, during which he seems to separate himself from the […]

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Eight Dog Warriors

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Club Eight Dog Warriors Total Entries 12 Representative Inukawa Sosuke Nansō Satomi Hakkenden is a Japanese epic novel (yomihon) by Kyokutei Bakin, originally published over the course of twenty-eight years (1814–42). Set in the Muromachi […]

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Club Eight Dog Warriors Total Entries 12 Representative Inukawa Sosuke Nansō Satomi Hakkenden is a Japanese epic novel (yomihon) by Kyokutei Bakin, originally published over the course of twenty-eight years (1814–42). Set in the Muromachi […]

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Eimes, Zanes and Segastrion

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“There be three broad rivers of the plain, born before memory or fable, whose mothers are three grey peaks and whose father was the storm. There names be Eimës, Zänës, and Segástrion. And Eimës is […]

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“There be three broad rivers of the plain, born before memory or fable, whose mothers are three grey peaks and whose father was the storm. There names be Eimës, Zänës, and Segástrion. And Eimës is […]

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Eisner & Iger Studio

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Creator Eisner & Iger Studio (1903-1990) Profession Cartoonist, Writer, Editor, Publisher Total Entries 34 Articles Eisner & Iger – Wikipedia Jerry Iger – Wikipedia Shady Schemes and Superhero Scams: Victor Fox’s Cunning Comic Empire – […]

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Creator Eisner & Iger Studio (1903-1990) Profession Cartoonist, Writer, Editor, Publisher Total Entries 34 Articles Eisner & Iger – Wikipedia Jerry Iger – Wikipedia Shady Schemes and Superhero Scams: Victor Fox’s Cunning Comic Empire – […]

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El Borak

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El Borak, originally Francis Xavier Gordon, was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is known in Asia for his exploits in that continent. The El Borak […]

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El Borak, originally Francis Xavier Gordon, was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is known in Asia for his exploits in that continent. The El Borak […]

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El Carim

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El Carim was a master of the mystical arts. He was visited by the spirit of Wizzar, the father of all magic, who gives him a magic cloak. He uses his cloak and backwards-recited magic […]

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El Carim was a master of the mystical arts. He was visited by the spirit of Wizzar, the father of all magic, who gives him a magic cloak. He uses his cloak and backwards-recited magic […]

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El Cuchillo

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El Cuchillo was a seperatist, who assassinated several government officals in San Pablo, the capital of a small South American nation, with the intention of installing a gypsy named Marco as the new dictator. He […]

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El Cuchillo was a seperatist, who assassinated several government officals in San Pablo, the capital of a small South American nation, with the intention of installing a gypsy named Marco as the new dictator. He […]

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El Kuraan

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An American engineer discovered oil in the Santar region, but he is taken advantage of by a nefarious Egyptian pasha who capitalized on his lack of knowledge of the region and drove the Santar tribe […]

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An American engineer discovered oil in the Santar region, but he is taken advantage of by a nefarious Egyptian pasha who capitalized on his lack of knowledge of the region and drove the Santar tribe […]

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El-Clani

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El-Clani is a ruthless military leader responsible for causing a war in a 50,000-year-old advanced civilization of giants. He is opposed by El-Rano, another giant who travels back in time to stop the war. El-Rano […]

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El-Clani is a ruthless military leader responsible for causing a war in a 50,000-year-old advanced civilization of giants. He is opposed by El-Rano, another giant who travels back in time to stop the war. El-Rano […]

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El-Rano

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Tom Andrews has his assistant Betty examine old manuscripts from ancient Egypt. She discovers records for a tomb of a god. Andrews gets Edward Clinton to fund an expedition to find the tomb. They discover […]

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Tom Andrews has his assistant Betty examine old manuscripts from ancient Egypt. She discovers records for a tomb of a god. Andrews gets Edward Clinton to fund an expedition to find the tomb. They discover […]

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Elda

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Scott Rand pilots the Time Car, a vehicle designed by its inventor, Dr. Joel Meade. The purpose of the vehicle is to travel through time. On its maiden voyage, they take the Time Car to […]

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Scott Rand pilots the Time Car, a vehicle designed by its inventor, Dr. Joel Meade. The purpose of the vehicle is to travel through time. On its maiden voyage, they take the Time Car to […]

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Elder Things

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According to H. P. Lovecraft’s novella At the Mountains of Madness (published in 1936, but written in 1931), the Elder Things are the first extraterrestrial species to come to the Earth, colonizing the planet about […]

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According to H. P. Lovecraft’s novella At the Mountains of Madness (published in 1936, but written in 1931), the Elder Things are the first extraterrestrial species to come to the Earth, colonizing the planet about […]

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Elder Vite

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Elder Vite released Lovecraftian horrors on the world through ancient ritual. He was pursued by Dr. Styx, a mysterious undead human who used his knowledge of the occult to reverse the damage done by humans […]

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Elder Vite released Lovecraftian horrors on the world through ancient ritual. He was pursued by Dr. Styx, a mysterious undead human who used his knowledge of the occult to reverse the damage done by humans […]

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Electric Ray

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Ray worked in a factory making parts vital for the war effort, but when he discovered that the FBI suspected saboteurs had infiltrated the plant, he decided to investigate. During his inpsection he was shoved […]

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Ray worked in a factory making parts vital for the war effort, but when he discovered that the FBI suspected saboteurs had infiltrated the plant, he decided to investigate. During his inpsection he was shoved […]

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Electricity Manipulator

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Power Electricity Manipulator Total Entries 51 Representative Thor (Norse God) The use of lightning, huge electrical discharges, and stuff resembling them as a weapon to fry things with. This is one of the most common […]

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Power Electricity Manipulator Total Entries 51 Representative Thor (Norse God) The use of lightning, huge electrical discharges, and stuff resembling them as a weapon to fry things with. This is one of the most common […]

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Electro (Fox 2)

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Richard Darrow, famous inventor, can become Electro, the master of electricity! Alias Electro (Fox 2) Real Names/Alt Names Richard Darrow Characteristics Hero, Scientist, Fox Feature Universe, Electricity Manipulator, Flight, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

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Richard Darrow, famous inventor, can become Electro, the master of electricity! Alias Electro (Fox 2) Real Names/Alt Names Richard Darrow Characteristics Hero, Scientist, Fox Feature Universe, Electricity Manipulator, Flight, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

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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 […]

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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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Electronic Robot Dogs

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“After the devastating atomic war that ravaged Earth from 2248 to 2250, a group of veterans, tired of war, colonized an asteroid and named it Pax…they were determined to live in peace, but had not […]

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“After the devastating atomic war that ravaged Earth from 2248 to 2250, a group of veterans, tired of war, colonized an asteroid and named it Pax…they were determined to live in peace, but had not […]

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Electru

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Electru was a giant of a man, standing at least 8 feet tall, who somehow acquired the ability to shoot deadly bolts of lightning from his fingers. He used his strength and lightning ability to […]

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Electru was a giant of a man, standing at least 8 feet tall, who somehow acquired the ability to shoot deadly bolts of lightning from his fingers. He used his strength and lightning ability to […]

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Elfreda

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Elfreda is initially described as a beautiful circus performer with a love of snakes. Jeff Loundes, a man who has had a life-long hatred for snakes, to the point of killing any snake he sees, […]

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Elfreda is initially described as a beautiful circus performer with a love of snakes. Jeff Loundes, a man who has had a life-long hatred for snakes, to the point of killing any snake he sees, […]

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Elizabeth Báthory

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). […]

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). […]

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Elizabeth Bennet

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Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family. Elizabeth is the second child in […]

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Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family. Elizabeth is the second child in […]

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Ellan

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Space Marshal Mike Banner observes his “telescreen” as an “Earth-bound convoy of space freighters” is escorted to Earth by pilot Ellan in Flight Seven. Ellan reports that a group of spaceships are attacking. She attempts […]

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Space Marshal Mike Banner observes his “telescreen” as an “Earth-bound convoy of space freighters” is escorted to Earth by pilot Ellan in Flight Seven. Ellan reports that a group of spaceships are attacking. She attempts […]

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Ellen Hutter

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Ellen Hutter replaced Mina Murray in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias Ellen Hutter Real Names/Alt Names Mina Murray Characteristics Monster Hunter, Dracula Family, Film Characters, Realism and Victorian Age, Public Domain Creators/Key […]

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Ellen Hutter replaced Mina Murray in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias Ellen Hutter Real Names/Alt Names Mina Murray Characteristics Monster Hunter, Dracula Family, Film Characters, Realism and Victorian Age, Public Domain Creators/Key […]

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Elmer Dowd

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Elmer the Hunter is a werewolf, hunting Little Red Riding Hood in the Okefenokee Swamps of Georgia. Red’s grandmother is the Old Crone, the Horror Host of the story and a witch to whom Red […]

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Elmer the Hunter is a werewolf, hunting Little Red Riding Hood in the Okefenokee Swamps of Georgia. Red’s grandmother is the Old Crone, the Horror Host of the story and a witch to whom Red […]

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Elmus

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Earth Commander Elmus of the Sky Police was saddened and angry to hear that E-Ship 72 has been attacked and destroyed. Elmus’ granddaughter was on the ship. Elmus assigns the investigation to Rod Rian and […]

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Earth Commander Elmus of the Sky Police was saddened and angry to hear that E-Ship 72 has been attacked and destroyed. Elmus’ granddaughter was on the ship. Elmus assigns the investigation to Rod Rian and […]

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Emmet Blake

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Detective Emmet Blake, his father, Inspector Blake, and his female companion, Sally, are on vacation. They decide to stop at a seaside hotel located in a sleepy town called Cliffside. They are greeted by Tom […]

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Detective Emmet Blake, his father, Inspector Blake, and his female companion, Sally, are on vacation. They decide to stop at a seaside hotel located in a sleepy town called Cliffside. They are greeted by Tom […]

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Emperor

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The Emperor was a mad man who wished to destroy the United States with his advanced technology. He was confronted by Doc Strange. The Emperor possessed a holograph projector, a burrowing vehicle called “The Glowworm”, […]

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The Emperor was a mad man who wished to destroy the United States with his advanced technology. He was confronted by Doc Strange. The Emperor possessed a holograph projector, a burrowing vehicle called “The Glowworm”, […]

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Emperor (Tarot)

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The Tarot Emperor has real concrete power in abundance. He’s no politician in need of allies and careful diplomacy. He’s raw force. Anybody dealing with him should yield or else perish. On the Tarot Emperor […]

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The Tarot Emperor has real concrete power in abundance. He’s no politician in need of allies and careful diplomacy. He’s raw force. Anybody dealing with him should yield or else perish. On the Tarot Emperor […]

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Empress (Tarot)

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The Tarot Empress is a ruler, make no mistake about that, but a gentle one getting her will by peaceful means. She suggests and convinces, making her choices seem like the only reasonable ones. Quite […]

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The Tarot Empress is a ruler, make no mistake about that, but a gentle one getting her will by peaceful means. She suggests and convinces, making her choices seem like the only reasonable ones. Quite […]

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Empress of Belzar

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The Empress of Belzar sends her Battle Women against the Earthian Space Busters stationed on Mars, where they attempt to hold firm against the Belzarian forces. The Battle Women attack and capture a large group […]

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The Empress of Belzar sends her Battle Women against the Earthian Space Busters stationed on Mars, where they attempt to hold firm against the Belzarian forces. The Battle Women attack and capture a large group […]

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Empyrean

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In ancient cosmologies, the Empyrean Heaven, or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven, which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire (or aether in Aristotle’s natural philosophy). The […]

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In ancient cosmologies, the Empyrean Heaven, or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven, which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire (or aether in Aristotle’s natural philosophy). The […]

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Enchanted Dagger

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Roger’s father Henry Chalmers once saved the chief of the African Mountain Men from a jungle beast. The chief was grateful and promised to give Chalmers the “enchanted dagger” when he returned. However, he does […]

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Roger’s father Henry Chalmers once saved the chief of the African Mountain Men from a jungle beast. The chief was grateful and promised to give Chalmers the “enchanted dagger” when he returned. However, he does […]

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Enenra

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Enenra is a yōkai made up of wisps of smoke, which rise up into the sky from a fires, such as the takibi bonfires which farmers light to dispose of the remains of their harvests. […]

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Enenra is a yōkai made up of wisps of smoke, which rise up into the sky from a fires, such as the takibi bonfires which farmers light to dispose of the remains of their harvests. […]

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Enkidu

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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Shamhat, and Humbaba were characters in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. Gilgamesh was possibly a historical king of […]

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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Shamhat, and Humbaba were characters in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. Gilgamesh was possibly a historical king of […]

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Enlightenment and Neoclassicism

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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]

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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]

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Enrico Bagnoli

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Creator Enrico Bagnoli (1925-2012) Profession Artist Total Entries 7 Articles Enrico Bagnoli – Lambiek Comiclopedia Enrico Bagnoli – Wikipedia Italy Milanese comic artist Enrico Bagnoli created his first comic stories at age 15 for publisher […]

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Creator Enrico Bagnoli (1925-2012) Profession Artist Total Entries 7 Articles Enrico Bagnoli – Lambiek Comiclopedia Enrico Bagnoli – Wikipedia Italy Milanese comic artist Enrico Bagnoli created his first comic stories at age 15 for publisher […]

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Eon Tempus

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Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, travels through time in his “Year in an Instant” yacht, a spherical time conveyance providing past and future time travel. Professor Eon Tempus assisted with design and construction of the yacht, […]

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Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, travels through time in his “Year in an Instant” yacht, a spherical time conveyance providing past and future time travel. Professor Eon Tempus assisted with design and construction of the yacht, […]

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Epod

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Epod was a jack of all trades and also a master of them! At least, he thought he was… Being the last known survivor of Atlantis. He had a bit of a problem applying his […]

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Epod was a jack of all trades and also a master of them! At least, he thought he was… Being the last known survivor of Atlantis. He had a bit of a problem applying his […]

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Era

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Miss Fury’s friend, Era, was a night club entertainer who fell for one of two seemingly young and handsome men who actually were 200 years old, and had been drinking an elixir to stay young! […]

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Miss Fury’s friend, Era, was a night club entertainer who fell for one of two seemingly young and handsome men who actually were 200 years old, and had been drinking an elixir to stay young! […]

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Eras

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These 17 Eras serve as a timeline for the many stories represented by the 3997 Eidolon Station entries. Starting with the standard divisions of prehistory (Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, plus the Lovecraftian […]

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These 17 Eras serve as a timeline for the many stories represented by the 3997 Eidolon Station entries. Starting with the standard divisions of prehistory (Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, plus the Lovecraftian […]

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Erda

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Investigating a huge, strange spacecraft, Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing of the Space Rangers encounter a space-suited figure in the darkness. The figure’s “solidium” armor makes him immune to their “sun-bolt” pistols. The […]

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Investigating a huge, strange spacecraft, Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing of the Space Rangers encounter a space-suited figure in the darkness. The figure’s “solidium” armor makes him immune to their “sun-bolt” pistols. The […]

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Eric Van Doorn

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Eric Van Doorn was an adventurer who searched for and observed the rites of the Haitian tiger worshipers. When the worshipers discovered him spying on them, they attacked. Van Doorn shot their priest, who cursed […]

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Eric Van Doorn was an adventurer who searched for and observed the rites of the Haitian tiger worshipers. When the worshipers discovered him spying on them, they attacked. Van Doorn shot their priest, who cursed […]

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Erica von Kampf

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Baroness Erica Von Kampf was the arch-nemesis of Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury. One ongoing plotline was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Erica Von Kampf and Gary Hale, Marla’s former fiancé, who […]

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Baroness Erica Von Kampf was the arch-nemesis of Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury. One ongoing plotline was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Erica Von Kampf and Gary Hale, Marla’s former fiancé, who […]

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Erick Rogats

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Erick Rogats was an evil foreign agent who had kidnapped Professor Taft. Taft had developed a formula that could petrify any living object, as well as an antidote to reverse the effect. Rogats sent his […]

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Erick Rogats was an evil foreign agent who had kidnapped Professor Taft. Taft had developed a formula that could petrify any living object, as well as an antidote to reverse the effect. Rogats sent his […]

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Erik

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In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, detective C. Auguste Dupin concludes that an “Ourang-Outang” (orangutan) is the killer of two women. He places an advertisement in the newspaper asking if anyone has lost such […]

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In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, detective C. Auguste Dupin concludes that an “Ourang-Outang” (orangutan) is the killer of two women. He places an advertisement in the newspaper asking if anyone has lost such […]

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Erloors

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This novel constitutes the first part of Robert Darvel’s adventures on the planet Mars, the rest of which was published the following year under the title The Vampire Wars. Engineer Robert Darvel joins forces with […]

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This novel constitutes the first part of Robert Darvel’s adventures on the planet Mars, the rest of which was published the following year under the title The Vampire Wars. Engineer Robert Darvel joins forces with […]

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Erzulie Bocor

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An illustrator named Bill is in need of material for a story about Haiti. He asks Sheila to help him out. Sheila suggests going to the museum to take photos of a Haitian display there, […]

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An illustrator named Bill is in need of material for a story about Haiti. He asks Sheila to help him out. Sheila suggests going to the museum to take photos of a Haitian display there, […]

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Esméralda

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Esméralda’s birth-name was Agnes. She is the illegitimate daughter of Paquette Guybertaut, nicknamed ‘la Chantefleurie’, an orphaned minstrel’s daughter who lives in Rheims. Paquette has become a prostitute after being seduced by a young nobleman, […]

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Esméralda’s birth-name was Agnes. She is the illegitimate daughter of Paquette Guybertaut, nicknamed ‘la Chantefleurie’, an orphaned minstrel’s daughter who lives in Rheims. Paquette has become a prostitute after being seduced by a young nobleman, […]

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Ethel King

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Ethel King was a skilled detective from Philadelphia, who had a professional relationship with detective Nick Carter. On one of her cases, she tracked down Jack the Ripper. She was good with her fists, and […]

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Ethel King was a skilled detective from Philadelphia, who had a professional relationship with detective Nick Carter. On one of her cases, she tracked down Jack the Ripper. She was good with her fists, and […]

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Ethel Vance

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A police officer, Ethel Vance is put on duty by Bill White as a decoy to capture the murderous monster known as the Kemaha. Ethel is murdered by the creature in the course of events. […]

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A police officer, Ethel Vance is put on duty by Bill White as a decoy to capture the murderous monster known as the Kemaha. Ethel is murdered by the creature in the course of events. […]

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Etidorhpa

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Character in Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey; As Communicated in Manuscript to Llewellyn Drury, Who Promised to Print the Same, […]

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Character in Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey; As Communicated in Manuscript to Llewellyn Drury, Who Promised to Print the Same, […]

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Euphemus (Folklore)

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In Greek mythology, Euphemus was counted among the Calydonian hunters and the Argonauts, and was connected with the legend of the foundation of Cyrene. Euphemus was a son of Poseidon, granted by his father the […]

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In Greek mythology, Euphemus was counted among the Calydonian hunters and the Argonauts, and was connected with the legend of the foundation of Cyrene. Euphemus was a son of Poseidon, granted by his father the […]

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Europa Regina

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Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen being introduced and made popular during the mannerist period. Europa regina is a young, graceful woman. Her crown, […]

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Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen being introduced and made popular during the mannerist period. Europa regina is a young, graceful woman. Her crown, […]

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Eutopas

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Galada Eutopas was a ruthless tyrant who ruled the small planet of Mexady, 160 million miles from Earth. Eutopas planned to conquer Earth next, since it had been weakened by another world war. His leading […]

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Galada Eutopas was a ruthless tyrant who ruled the small planet of Mexady, 160 million miles from Earth. Eutopas planned to conquer Earth next, since it had been weakened by another world war. His leading […]

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Executioner (Lev Gleason)

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The Executioner was a Nazi soldier working the gallows in Berlin. He was set to execute the British spy Leslie, but the costumed spy London punched out the villain and rescued her. Alias The Executioner […]

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The Executioner was a Nazi soldier working the gallows in Berlin. He was set to execute the British spy Leslie, but the costumed spy London punched out the villain and rescued her. Alias The Executioner […]

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Executioner (MLJ)

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The Executioner was a Japanese agent who battled The Hangman. The Executioner was incredibly strong, and a completely ruthless killer. He preferred the use of his personalized battle axe, which he often threw, but he […]

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The Executioner was a Japanese agent who battled The Hangman. The Executioner was incredibly strong, and a completely ruthless killer. He preferred the use of his personalized battle axe, which he often threw, but he […]

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Explorer

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Role/Occupation Explorer Total Entries 28 Representative Anne Martin The urge to explore is as old as Mankind, and in every generation, there are those who feel compelled to explore strange new worlds; to seek out […]

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Role/Occupation Explorer Total Entries 28 Representative Anne Martin The urge to explore is as old as Mankind, and in every generation, there are those who feel compelled to explore strange new worlds; to seek out […]

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Explorer Joe

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Explorer Joe was a world traveler, adventurer and treasure hunter, who worked for hire. He was usually accompanied by his old friend, Gadabout Swanson. Joe had a wide array of skills, wore whatever kind of […]

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Explorer Joe was a world traveler, adventurer and treasure hunter, who worked for hire. He was usually accompanied by his old friend, Gadabout Swanson. Joe had a wide array of skills, wore whatever kind of […]

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Express Man

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Max Murphy invented a super-speed formula, to be ingested in the form of little pills. He soon tests his speed by outrunning a deer, an automobile, and a train going 90 miles-per-hour. He calls himself […]

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Max Murphy invented a super-speed formula, to be ingested in the form of little pills. He soon tests his speed by outrunning a deer, an automobile, and a train going 90 miles-per-hour. He calls himself […]

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Extra-Dimensional

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Typology Extra-Dimensional Total Entries 9 Representative Scrambler A dimensional traveler is any character who can (more or less) freely travel between various planes of existence (“Another Dimension”), like parallel universes (“Alternative Universe”), etc. Their ability […]

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Typology Extra-Dimensional Total Entries 9 Representative Scrambler A dimensional traveler is any character who can (more or less) freely travel between various planes of existence (“Another Dimension”), like parallel universes (“Alternative Universe”), etc. Their ability […]

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Extra-terrestrial

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Typology Extra-terrestrial Total Entries 115 Representative Asteroid Witch The search for life beyond the planet often takes looking beyond the Sun’s reach, to distant stars. But sometimes extraterrestrials are a lot close than even the […]

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Typology Extra-terrestrial Total Entries 115 Representative Asteroid Witch The search for life beyond the planet often takes looking beyond the Sun’s reach, to distant stars. But sometimes extraterrestrials are a lot close than even the […]

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Eye (Centaur)

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The strange being known as The Eye appeared as a speaking, flaming eyeball in the sky. It had the power to generate deadly rays of heat, expand and shrink, fly and hover, project a searchlight […]

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The strange being known as The Eye appeared as a speaking, flaming eyeball in the sky. It had the power to generate deadly rays of heat, expand and shrink, fly and hover, project a searchlight […]

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Eye (Holyoke)

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The Eye was a German agent who came into conflict with the Blue Beetle, when he used his power of hypnotism to incite a rash of violent crimes in the United States. The Eye’s right […]

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The Eye was a German agent who came into conflict with the Blue Beetle, when he used his power of hypnotism to incite a rash of violent crimes in the United States. The Eye’s right […]

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Eye of God

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When Georgiana Houghton first exhibited her paintings at a London gallery in 1871, their wild eddies of colour and line were unlike anything the public had seen before — nor would see again until the […]

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When Georgiana Houghton first exhibited her paintings at a London gallery in 1871, their wild eddies of colour and line were unlike anything the public had seen before — nor would see again until the […]

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F6

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Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry takes Cadet Happy for a ride in Buzz’s spaceship to the planet Terra, to visit Space Patrol headquarters. Happy won the “Corry Scholarship”, making him a full cadet in the Space Patrol. […]

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Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry takes Cadet Happy for a ride in Buzz’s spaceship to the planet Terra, to visit Space Patrol headquarters. Happy won the “Corry Scholarship”, making him a full cadet in the Space Patrol. […]

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Fabius Molinas

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In the first of a trilogy titled Le Vingtième Siècle (1883), or The Twentieth Century, author Albert Robida describes the daily life of Parisians from 1952 to 1959 and exposes the numerous inventions that revolutionized […]

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In the first of a trilogy titled Le Vingtième Siècle (1883), or The Twentieth Century, author Albert Robida describes the daily life of Parisians from 1952 to 1959 and exposes the numerous inventions that revolutionized […]

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Face

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Tony Trent, a newscaster for the radio station WBSC, witnesses a murder committed by gangsters disguised as cops. Consequently, he decides to fight crime. Having no innate superpowers, he instead uses a mask to scare […]

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Tony Trent, a newscaster for the radio station WBSC, witnesses a murder committed by gangsters disguised as cops. Consequently, he decides to fight crime. Having no innate superpowers, he instead uses a mask to scare […]

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Face in the Clouds

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The “Face in the Clouds” were really two blimps controlled by a mobster in Florida. One blimp projected a monster’s face on the clouds and a bellowing loudspeaker would threaten the people below. The second […]

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The “Face in the Clouds” were really two blimps controlled by a mobster in Florida. One blimp projected a monster’s face on the clouds and a bellowing loudspeaker would threaten the people below. The second […]

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Faceless Phantom

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The Faceless Phantom was the first opponent of the hero Doc Strange. Like Strange, the Phantom created a formula that gave him super strength and durability, although to a lesser degree than Strange. He coveted […]

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The Faceless Phantom was the first opponent of the hero Doc Strange. Like Strange, the Phantom created a formula that gave him super strength and durability, although to a lesser degree than Strange. He coveted […]

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Faerie Queen

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Though never appearing as a character, Gloriana/Tanaquill is the focus of “The Faerie Queene,” an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Her castle is the ultimate destination of the poem’s various characters. She represents Queen […]

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Though never appearing as a character, Gloriana/Tanaquill is the focus of “The Faerie Queene,” an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Her castle is the ultimate destination of the poem’s various characters. She represents Queen […]

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Fagin

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Fagin is the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens’s 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Originally depicted by Dickens as explicitly Jewish, in the preface to the novel, he is alleged to be a “crafty old Jew” and […]

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Fagin is the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens’s 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Originally depicted by Dickens as explicitly Jewish, in the preface to the novel, he is alleged to be a “crafty old Jew” and […]

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Fairy King & Queen

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○ Alias Fairy King & Queen Real Names/Alt Names Queen: Gloriana, Tanaquill, Titania, Mab, Una, Oonagh, Oona, Uonaidh; King: Oberon, Auberon Characteristics Classical Antiquity, ○ Creators/Key Contributors First Appearance ○ First Publisher ○ Appearance List […]

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○ Alias Fairy King & Queen Real Names/Alt Names Queen: Gloriana, Tanaquill, Titania, Mab, Una, Oonagh, Oona, Uonaidh; King: Oberon, Auberon Characteristics Classical Antiquity, ○ Creators/Key Contributors First Appearance ○ First Publisher ○ Appearance List […]

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Falkar of the Hawkmen

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Prince Falkar is the crown prince of the Hawkmen, a race of winged beings that live on the same planet as the Queen of Diamonds and her people. He first appeared in Pep Comics #4, under attack […]

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Prince Falkar is the crown prince of the Hawkmen, a race of winged beings that live on the same planet as the Queen of Diamonds and her people. He first appeared in Pep Comics #4, under attack […]

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Famine

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“Then the men of Yarnith when they knew that the Famine came not from the gods, arose and strove against [Yarni Zai]. They dug deep for wells, and slew goats for food high up on […]

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“Then the men of Yarnith when they knew that the Famine came not from the gods, arose and strove against [Yarni Zai]. They dug deep for wells, and slew goats for food high up on […]

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Fang (Baily)

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The Fang was one of several people imprisoned on Desolation Island, the last refuge on Earth for the humans society had cast off. When its other evil inhabitants decided he was even too evil for […]

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The Fang was one of several people imprisoned on Desolation Island, the last refuge on Earth for the humans society had cast off. When its other evil inhabitants decided he was even too evil for […]

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Fang (Fiction House)

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Talmar the Fang, also known as Talmar of the Tusks, was a warlord in northern plains of the Lost Continent, a landmass in uncharted waters. He was a tusked man who commanded a tribe of […]

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Talmar the Fang, also known as Talmar of the Tusks, was a warlord in northern plains of the Lost Continent, a landmass in uncharted waters. He was a tusked man who commanded a tribe of […]

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Fang (MLJ)

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The Fang was a Japanese villain who fought the Shield and the Boy Detective. Alias Fang (MLJ) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Irv Novick, […]

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The Fang was a Japanese villain who fought the Shield and the Boy Detective. Alias Fang (MLJ) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Irv Novick, […]

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Fangs the Wolf Boy

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Fangs was a boy who lived with the wolves in the Matto Grasso jungles of Brazil and did not remember his own past. He was feared by the natives of the region, who called him […]

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Fangs was a boy who lived with the wolves in the Matto Grasso jungles of Brazil and did not remember his own past. He was feared by the natives of the region, who called him […]

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Fantom of the Fair

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This unnamed hero operated from underneath the 1939 New York World’s Fair, in an underground lab connected to an underground river. He guarded the Fair and fought the criminals and racketeers who threatened it. He […]

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This unnamed hero operated from underneath the 1939 New York World’s Fair, in an underground lab connected to an underground river. He guarded the Fair and fought the criminals and racketeers who threatened it. He […]

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Fantomah

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Fantomah, the “Mystery Woman of the Jungle,” is a mysterious goddess-like being who protects the jungles of Africa. She has vast magical power, to the point of being practically omnipotent, and can transform herself into […]

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Fantomah, the “Mystery Woman of the Jungle,” is a mysterious goddess-like being who protects the jungles of Africa. She has vast magical power, to the point of being practically omnipotent, and can transform herself into […]

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Fantômas

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Fantômas is a highly elusive criminal mastermind and one of the earliest costumed villains. He was tracked by his great nemesis, Inspector Juve, but each time Juve thought he had the crime master, Fantômas managed […]

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Fantômas is a highly elusive criminal mastermind and one of the earliest costumed villains. He was tracked by his great nemesis, Inspector Juve, but each time Juve thought he had the crime master, Fantômas managed […]

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Fascinax

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Fascinax! A name synonymous with overpowering will! Supreme good! Superhuman power! Fascinax! Protector of the weak, avenger of the oppressed, terror of villains and evil-doers! Such was the introduction to Fascinax, a lesser-known French crime […]

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Fascinax! A name synonymous with overpowering will! Supreme good! Superhuman power! Fascinax! Protector of the weak, avenger of the oppressed, terror of villains and evil-doers! Such was the introduction to Fascinax, a lesser-known French crime […]

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Fat Connoisseur

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Ambrose Bell was a wealthy art collector who hatched a scheme to increase the value of the artwork of a street artist named Fraser. He kidnapped Fraser, holding him hostage, and forced him to create […]

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Ambrose Bell was a wealthy art collector who hatched a scheme to increase the value of the artwork of a street artist named Fraser. He kidnapped Fraser, holding him hostage, and forced him to create […]

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Fat Fury

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Herbie Popnecker was the antithesis of superheroes. He was short, fat, emotionless, terse, young, but also one of the most powerful and well-known beings in the universe! He was irresistible to women, consulted by world […]

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Herbie Popnecker was the antithesis of superheroes. He was short, fat, emotionless, terse, young, but also one of the most powerful and well-known beings in the universe! He was irresistible to women, consulted by world […]

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Fate

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“I am the eternal record of each man’s twistings and turnings through life… Men call me Fate!” Fate is a powerful embodiment of fate and destiny, describing himself as “the eternal record of each man’s […]

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“I am the eternal record of each man’s twistings and turnings through life… Men call me Fate!” Fate is a powerful embodiment of fate and destiny, describing himself as “the eternal record of each man’s […]

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Father Brown

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Father Brown was a British Catholic priest who frequently aided in the investigation of gruesome crimes. He was a small man, not much larger than a child, with a round face and brown hair. He […]

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Father Brown was a British Catholic priest who frequently aided in the investigation of gruesome crimes. He was a small man, not much larger than a child, with a round face and brown hair. He […]

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Father Knickerbocker

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Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving’s first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809). […]

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Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving’s first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809). […]

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Father Patriot

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When a nameless American soldier was killed trying to defuse a bomb, spirits took his remains to Father Patriot, who restored his body and brought him back to life with the ringing of the Liberty […]

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When a nameless American soldier was killed trying to defuse a bomb, spirits took his remains to Father Patriot, who restored his body and brought him back to life with the ringing of the Liberty […]

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Father Time

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Father Time is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping devices (which represent time’s constant one-way movement, and more generally and […]

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Father Time is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping devices (which represent time’s constant one-way movement, and more generally and […]

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Faust

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Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). Faust is bored and depressed with his life as a scholar. After an attempt to take his […]

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Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). Faust is bored and depressed with his life as a scholar. After an attempt to take his […]

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Fawcett Universe

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Club Fawcett Universe Total Entries 133 Representative Captain Marvel (Fawcett) Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. […]

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Club Fawcett Universe Total Entries 133 Representative Captain Marvel (Fawcett) Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. […]

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Fawn Carroll

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Fawn was the girlfriend of Allan Turner, who was secretly the hero, Skyman! Common for girlfriends of the time, Fawn was in love with both Allan and Skyman, not knowing they were one and the […]

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Fawn was the girlfriend of Allan Turner, who was secretly the hero, Skyman! Common for girlfriends of the time, Fawn was in love with both Allan and Skyman, not knowing they were one and the […]

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FBI

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Role/Occupation FBI Total Entries 22 Representative Buck Brady of the FBI From the late 1920s through the 1950s; “G-Men” (Government Men) were seen in fiction as incorruptible forces for law and order and American values, […]

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Role/Occupation FBI Total Entries 22 Representative Buck Brady of the FBI From the late 1920s through the 1950s; “G-Men” (Government Men) were seen in fiction as incorruptible forces for law and order and American values, […]

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Fear

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Fear was the daughter of the slain leader of an obscure nation in central Asia. When Blackhawk and his men arrived to investigate the murder, they found Fear always a half-step ahead on her vendetta, […]

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Fear was the daughter of the slain leader of an obscure nation in central Asia. When Blackhawk and his men arrived to investigate the murder, they found Fear always a half-step ahead on her vendetta, […]

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Felifax

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Félifax, the Tiger-Man, is a character created by Paul Féval fils in his 1929 novel Félifax, l’homme-tigre. Unlike many Tarzan imitations, Félifax is not a feral child but the result of a biological experiment. In […]

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Félifax, the Tiger-Man, is a character created by Paul Féval fils in his 1929 novel Félifax, l’homme-tigre. Unlike many Tarzan imitations, Félifax is not a feral child but the result of a biological experiment. In […]

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Feline

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Typology Feline Total Entries 13 Representative Simba Sometimes “Cats Are Mean”, sometimes cats are cute, and sometimes they’re both, but if there’s one thing all cats exude, it’s cool. Cats stride around with a collected […]

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Typology Feline Total Entries 13 Representative Simba Sometimes “Cats Are Mean”, sometimes cats are cute, and sometimes they’re both, but if there’s one thing all cats exude, it’s cool. Cats stride around with a collected […]

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Feline-themed

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Typology Feline-themed Total Entries 53 Representative Tiger Lady When it comes to animal symbolism, a major association of felines is with sex. Any feline-themed character is likely to be very sexually attractive and probably the […]

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Typology Feline-themed Total Entries 53 Representative Tiger Lady When it comes to animal symbolism, a major association of felines is with sex. Any feline-themed character is likely to be very sexually attractive and probably the […]

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Fenrir

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Alan Moore is sent to the moon piloting an atomic powered space ship designed by Professor Manheim. This trip marks mankind’s first foray into space travel. Amazed at the high rate of speed, Alan is […]

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Alan Moore is sent to the moon piloting an atomic powered space ship designed by Professor Manheim. This trip marks mankind’s first foray into space travel. Amazed at the high rate of speed, Alan is […]

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Fermi Paradox

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The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high a priori likelihood of its existence, and by extension of obtaining such evidence. Italian-American physicist […]

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The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high a priori likelihood of its existence, and by extension of obtaining such evidence. Italian-American physicist […]

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Fero, Interplanetary Detective

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In his first appearance, Fero is described as a scientist of the occult, a super-detective of the nether world, who is the one man who can thwart the evil doings of vampires and werewolves that […]

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In his first appearance, Fero is described as a scientist of the occult, a super-detective of the nether world, who is the one man who can thwart the evil doings of vampires and werewolves that […]

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Ferrers Locke

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Ferrers Locke was a “Master Detective” who operated in England around the early 20th century. He investigated cases involving an international cadre of criminals, and he was responsible for saving several school boy adventurers, including […]

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Ferrers Locke was a “Master Detective” who operated in England around the early 20th century. He investigated cases involving an international cadre of criminals, and he was responsible for saving several school boy adventurers, including […]

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Ferret (Centaur)

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Police commissioner Calvin Dalton felt unsatisfied with his job, so he became a costumed vigilante to “ferret” out the criminals that eluded the police. His powers included the skills of a ferret and the ability […]

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Police commissioner Calvin Dalton felt unsatisfied with his job, so he became a costumed vigilante to “ferret” out the criminals that eluded the police. His powers included the skills of a ferret and the ability […]

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Ferret (MLJ)

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The Ferret was the Hangman’s deadliest foe. Notes: Although his introductory panel described him as “the Hangman’s deadliest foe”, that can’t be true, as they had never met prior and it’s the Hangman who throws […]

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The Ferret was the Hangman’s deadliest foe. Notes: Although his introductory panel described him as “the Hangman’s deadliest foe”, that can’t be true, as they had never met prior and it’s the Hangman who throws […]

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Fibbers Club

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The Fibbers Club was a group that met to tell tall tales. The one who told the most outrageous story would win a trophy. Among its members was Bob Benton, secretly the Black Terror, who […]

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The Fibbers Club was a group that met to tell tall tales. The one who told the most outrageous story would win a trophy. Among its members was Bob Benton, secretly the Black Terror, who […]

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Fiction House Universe

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Club Fiction House Universe Total Entries 128 Representative Sheena Fiction House began in 1921 as a pulp-magazine publisher of primarily aviation, Western, and sports pulps. During its first decade, Fiction House produced pulp magazines such […]

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Club Fiction House Universe Total Entries 128 Representative Sheena Fiction House began in 1921 as a pulp-magazine publisher of primarily aviation, Western, and sports pulps. During its first decade, Fiction House produced pulp magazines such […]

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Fighting Yank

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Bruce Carter I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Given a special mission by General George Washington, Carter was killed by British spies, and the information he was carrying fell into enemy hands. His […]

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Bruce Carter I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Given a special mission by General George Washington, Carter was killed by British spies, and the information he was carrying fell into enemy hands. His […]

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Figure

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The Figure was a beautiful and intelligent young woman whose good looks made most people forget she was also very smart, much to her annoyance. She took over her ex-boyfriend Wishbone’s gang by threatening to […]

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The Figure was a beautiful and intelligent young woman whose good looks made most people forget she was also very smart, much to her annoyance. She took over her ex-boyfriend Wishbone’s gang by threatening to […]

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Filipino Kid

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During the Japanese siege of Manila, young Juan Manito is fleeing to the hills with his mother and sister when a Japanese plane strafes them. His mother and sister are killed. Manito swears, “I’ll make […]

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During the Japanese siege of Manila, young Juan Manito is fleeing to the hills with his mother and sister when a Japanese plane strafes them. His mother and sister are killed. Manito swears, “I’ll make […]

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Film Characters

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Club Film Characters Total Entries 133 Representative Rotwang The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the “silent era” (1894 – 1929). The height of the silent era was a particularly fruitful period, […]

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Club Film Characters Total Entries 133 Representative Rotwang The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the “silent era” (1894 – 1929). The height of the silent era was a particularly fruitful period, […]

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Finnish Maiden

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The Maiden of Finland is the national personification of Finland. She is a barefoot young woman in her mid-twenties with often braided blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or a […]

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The Maiden of Finland is the national personification of Finland. She is a barefoot young woman in her mid-twenties with often braided blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or a […]

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Fire Eater (Holyoke)

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○ Alias Voris the Fire-Eater Real Names/Alt Names Voris Characteristics Villain, Holyoke Universe, Firestarter, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack Alderman First Appearance Cat-Man Comics #26a (November 1944) First Publisher Holyoke Publishing […]

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○ Alias Voris the Fire-Eater Real Names/Alt Names Voris Characteristics Villain, Holyoke Universe, Firestarter, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack Alderman First Appearance Cat-Man Comics #26a (November 1944) First Publisher Holyoke Publishing […]

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Fire Fiend

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The Fire Fiend was the secret identity of Bill Wilcox, owner of several tenement slums in Gotham City, home of Mr. Scarlet. His goal was to burn down his property and collect on the insurance, […]

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The Fire Fiend was the secret identity of Bill Wilcox, owner of several tenement slums in Gotham City, home of Mr. Scarlet. His goal was to burn down his property and collect on the insurance, […]

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Fire-Eater

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Mike O’Malley, a fire eater at a circus, used his skills to fight crime with help from his nurse girlfriend, Louise Peters. He had the power to eat, breathe, and stop fire. He was also […]

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Mike O’Malley, a fire eater at a circus, used his skills to fight crime with help from his nurse girlfriend, Louise Peters. He had the power to eat, breathe, and stop fire. He was also […]

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Fireball (MLJ)

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Ted Tyler was a fireman who was left to die in a laboratory fire when he was knocked unconscious by an arsonist known as the Bug. Ted became coated in chemicals, allowing him to both […]

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Ted Tyler was a fireman who was left to die in a laboratory fire when he was knocked unconscious by an arsonist known as the Bug. Ted became coated in chemicals, allowing him to both […]

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Firebird

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Firebird was an American costumed hero operating in Germany during WWII. He was working with the German Underground to fight the Nazis. During his only published adventure, he was trying to discover the true identity […]

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Firebird was an American costumed hero operating in Germany during WWII. He was working with the German Underground to fight the Nazis. During his only published adventure, he was trying to discover the true identity […]

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Firebrand (Chesler)

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Ray O’Light, an electrical worker, was struck by lightning while working up a pole. By chance, Professor Rand, an electrical scientist, witnessed this and decided that, if the man lived, he could be a test […]

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Ray O’Light, an electrical worker, was struck by lightning while working up a pole. By chance, Professor Rand, an electrical scientist, witnessed this and decided that, if the man lived, he could be a test […]

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Firebrand (Quality)

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Rod Reilly, son of a millionaire steel tycoon Ed “Emerald” Reilly, was bored of his playboy lifestyle, so he decided to become a crime fighter. Assisted by Slugger Dunn, his ex-prize-fighter valet and best friend, […]

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Rod Reilly, son of a millionaire steel tycoon Ed “Emerald” Reilly, was bored of his playboy lifestyle, so he decided to become a crime fighter. Assisted by Slugger Dunn, his ex-prize-fighter valet and best friend, […]

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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, […]

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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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Firefighter

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Role/Occupation Firefighter Total Entries 2 Representative Danny Blaze Police, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians/Paramedics (which often overlap with firefighters; in many areas the EMTs work for the Fire Department, and in many more the firefighters are […]

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Role/Occupation Firefighter Total Entries 2 Representative Danny Blaze Police, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians/Paramedics (which often overlap with firefighters; in many areas the EMTs work for the Fire Department, and in many more the firefighters are […]

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Firefly (MLJ)

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Harley Hudson was driven to become a crime-fighter as a young boy. He studied a wide variety of disciplines, eventually becoming an entomologist and chemist. He discovered that insects such as ants have super strength […]

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Harley Hudson was driven to become a crime-fighter as a young boy. He studied a wide variety of disciplines, eventually becoming an entomologist and chemist. He discovered that insects such as ants have super strength […]

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Fireman

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Jim gained the abilities of flight, fire control, and heat resistance and could become flame-proof gas that was lighter than air. He acquired these abilities during a mad scientist’s crazed experiment and used them to […]

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Jim gained the abilities of flight, fire control, and heat resistance and could become flame-proof gas that was lighter than air. He acquired these abilities during a mad scientist’s crazed experiment and used them to […]

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Firestarter

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Power Firestarter Total Entries 43 Representative Wildfire A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is “pyrokinesis.” People who are literally packing heat also tend to be fireproof and have a […]

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Power Firestarter Total Entries 43 Representative Wildfire A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is “pyrokinesis.” People who are literally packing heat also tend to be fireproof and have a […]

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First Mate of the Empusa

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The First Mate of the Empusa replaced the First Mate of the Demeter in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias First Mate of the Empusa Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Sailor, Dracula Family, […]

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The First Mate of the Empusa replaced the First Mate of the Demeter in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias First Mate of the Empusa Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Sailor, Dracula Family, […]

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Fish Scale Man

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The Fish Scale Man is the central suspect in the disappearance of Eileen Warder. Human fish scales are found at the scene of the crime. Durrand Draw, “Tracer of Missing Persons”, is called in the […]

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The Fish Scale Man is the central suspect in the disappearance of Eileen Warder. Human fish scales are found at the scene of the crime. Durrand Draw, “Tracer of Missing Persons”, is called in the […]

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Fisherman (Arabian Nights)

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In “The Fisherman and the Jinni”, the second top-level story told by Sheherazade in the One Thousand and One Nights, an old, poor fisherman casts his net exactly four times a day. One day his […]

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In “The Fisherman and the Jinni”, the second top-level story told by Sheherazade in the One Thousand and One Nights, an old, poor fisherman casts his net exactly four times a day. One day his […]

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Fisherman of Space

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The Fisherman of Space was a massive demonic looking creature created in prehistoric times out of cosmic gasses. Being very sensitive about his appearance and bored with immortality, he gathered the most intelligent and strongest […]

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The Fisherman of Space was a massive demonic looking creature created in prehistoric times out of cosmic gasses. Being very sensitive about his appearance and bored with immortality, he gathered the most intelligent and strongest […]

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Fishmen of Atlantis

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During United States Navy submarine R-93’s dive, something goes wrong. The sub continues past a safe depth and begins to fail. Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by Atlantean Fishmen. Ssil-Il is one […]

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During United States Navy submarine R-93’s dive, something goes wrong. The sub continues past a safe depth and begins to fail. Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by Atlantean Fishmen. Ssil-Il is one […]

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Flag

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Jim Courtney was found as an infant on the doorstep of John Courtney, a crippled war veteran and flag maker. John discovered that Jim had an American flag birthmark. On his 21st birthday, Jim was […]

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Jim Courtney was found as an infant on the doorstep of John Courtney, a crippled war veteran and flag maker. John discovered that Jim had an American flag birthmark. On his 21st birthday, Jim was […]

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Flag-Man

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Captain (later Major) Hornet, Aide to the President, became a costumed, super-strong, killer vigilante known as Flagman. He fought the enemies who could not be dealt with by military regulations or the law. He was […]

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Captain (later Major) Hornet, Aide to the President, became a costumed, super-strong, killer vigilante known as Flagman. He fought the enemies who could not be dealt with by military regulations or the law. He was […]

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Flame (Ajax-Farrell)

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Kip Adams was a chemist and possessed superhuman strength, but he could not control fire. His girlfriend was reporter, Susan Page. Alias Flame (Ajax-Farrell) Real Names/Alt Names Kip Adams Characteristics Hero, Scientist, Ajax-Farrell Universe, Firestarter, […]

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Kip Adams was a chemist and possessed superhuman strength, but he could not control fire. His girlfriend was reporter, Susan Page. Alias Flame (Ajax-Farrell) Real Names/Alt Names Kip Adams Characteristics Hero, Scientist, Ajax-Farrell Universe, Firestarter, […]

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Flame (Fox)

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When Gary was a baby, his father, Charteris Preston, worked as a missionary in China. The elder Preston was washed away in a flood but managed to save baby Gary by placing him in a […]

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When Gary was a baby, his father, Charteris Preston, worked as a missionary in China. The elder Preston was washed away in a flood but managed to save baby Gary by placing him in a […]

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Flame (Quality)

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The body of the owner of a circus, Mr. Northcross, is found dead and mutilated, identified by his clothes. During that night’s performance, attended by Darrel Dane, a.k.a. Doll Man, the Flame interrupts Zeno the […]

Entry Flame (Quality)
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The body of the owner of a circus, Mr. Northcross, is found dead and mutilated, identified by his clothes. During that night’s performance, attended by Darrel Dane, a.k.a. Doll Man, the Flame interrupts Zeno the […]

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Flame (Spark)

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Kandy Wilson was a secretary to Don Wickett, a crime-busting radio announcer for WWGL. However, their jobs were not enough for them, so wanting to do more they put on masks and begin fighting crime […]

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Kandy Wilson was a secretary to Don Wickett, a crime-busting radio announcer for WWGL. However, their jobs were not enough for them, so wanting to do more they put on masks and begin fighting crime […]

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Flame Girl

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After Linda Dale’s boyfriend, the Flame, was injured battling the Octopus, he instructed her to use a secret formula that would give her the secret powers of the Flame People, transforming her into Flame Girl. […]

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After Linda Dale’s boyfriend, the Flame, was injured battling the Octopus, he instructed her to use a secret formula that would give her the secret powers of the Flame People, transforming her into Flame Girl. […]

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Flame Goddess

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Shelia Vernow was the sister of archaeologist Neal Vernow, who, with his friend Cliff Barron, was searching in Peru for the lost city of gold known as Chicalmo. Shelia dreamt that Cliff and Neal had […]

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Shelia Vernow was the sister of archaeologist Neal Vernow, who, with his friend Cliff Barron, was searching in Peru for the lost city of gold known as Chicalmo. Shelia dreamt that Cliff and Neal had […]

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Flamingo

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Colonel Moore Williams knows the enemy is easily terrified by the strange and unknown, so he becomes the superhero known as the Flamingo! He has no powers and is only armed with his intellect, his […]

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Colonel Moore Williams knows the enemy is easily terrified by the strange and unknown, so he becomes the superhero known as the Flamingo! He has no powers and is only armed with his intellect, his […]

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Flannan Isles Lighthouse

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Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is best known for the mysterious […]

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Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is best known for the mysterious […]

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Flash Gordon

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Flash Gordon first appeared as a Sunday strip in 1934, following the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale University graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, when the […]

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Flash Gordon first appeared as a Sunday strip in 1934, following the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale University graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, when the […]

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Flathead Lake Monster

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In Montana folklore, the Flathead Lake Monster is a lake monster located in Flathead Lake in Montana. The story of a monster in Flathead Lake originates in a Kutenai traditional legend. According to the story, […]

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In Montana folklore, the Flathead Lake Monster is a lake monster located in Flathead Lake in Montana. The story of a monster in Flathead Lake originates in a Kutenai traditional legend. According to the story, […]

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Flatwoods Monster

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The Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, Braxie, or the Phantom of Flatwoods), in West Virginia folklore, is an entity reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton […]

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The Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, Braxie, or the Phantom of Flatwoods), in West Virginia folklore, is an entity reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton […]

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Fleshless Ones

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The Fleshless Ones were a race of malevolent, skeletal beings first introduced in Fawcett’s horror line. Cruel, vicious and totally without mercy, they were bent on world domination, having succeeded in infiltrating human society at […]

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The Fleshless Ones were a race of malevolent, skeletal beings first introduced in Fawcett’s horror line. Cruel, vicious and totally without mercy, they were bent on world domination, having succeeded in infiltrating human society at […]

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Fletcher Hanks

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Creator Fletcher Hanks (1889-1976) Profession Cartoonist Total Entries 14 Articles Fletcher Hanks: The Most Bonkers Comic Book Creator of All–Time – Mark Peters for McSweeney’s Fletcher Hanks: The Most Twisted Comic Book Artist of All […]

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Creator Fletcher Hanks (1889-1976) Profession Cartoonist Total Entries 14 Articles Fletcher Hanks: The Most Bonkers Comic Book Creator of All–Time – Mark Peters for McSweeney’s Fletcher Hanks: The Most Twisted Comic Book Artist of All […]

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Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier

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Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier is a beautiful and wealthy socialite engaged to Phoebus. Phoebus’s attentions to Esméralda make her insecure and jealous, and she and her friends respond by treating Esméralda with contempt and spite. Fleur-de-Lys […]

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Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier is a beautiful and wealthy socialite engaged to Phoebus. Phoebus’s attentions to Esméralda make her insecure and jealous, and she and her friends respond by treating Esméralda with contempt and spite. Fleur-de-Lys […]

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Flight

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Power Flight Total Entries 230 Representative Icarus Flight has always possessed an inherent appeal for humans. Millennia of evolution into highly intelligent tool-users and a century of true aviation later and the appeal still remains—the […]

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Power Flight Total Entries 230 Representative Icarus Flight has always possessed an inherent appeal for humans. Millennia of evolution into highly intelligent tool-users and a century of true aviation later and the appeal still remains—the […]

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Flight 19

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Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five General Motors TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater […]

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Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five General Motors TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater […]

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Flint

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The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone is a classic heavily illustrated educational children’s novel aimed at a juvenile audience published in 1907 by author Margaret A. McIntyre and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux. The […]

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The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone is a classic heavily illustrated educational children’s novel aimed at a juvenile audience published in 1907 by author Margaret A. McIntyre and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux. The […]

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Flint Baker

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Flint Baker was the son of a scientist who built a rocket capable of traveling at 29,000 mph, and intended to take man to the planet Mars. After his father died, Flint vowed to make […]

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Flint Baker was the son of a scientist who built a rocket capable of traveling at 29,000 mph, and intended to take man to the planet Mars. After his father died, Flint vowed to make […]

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Flip Falcon

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Originally known as Flick Falcon, Flip Falcon was an American scientist and adventurer who invented a “Fourth Dimension Machine”, a computer-esque device that allowed him to travel to any point in space-time (the 4th Dimension), […]

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Originally known as Flick Falcon, Flip Falcon was an American scientist and adventurer who invented a “Fourth Dimension Machine”, a computer-esque device that allowed him to travel to any point in space-time (the 4th Dimension), […]

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Flor

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Flor was the queen of the underworld on Saturn’s moon, Titan. She had a large hidden headquarters there, where she plotted with the small army of hired killers that she had amassed. Her allies included […]

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Flor was the queen of the underworld on Saturn’s moon, Titan. She had a large hidden headquarters there, where she plotted with the small army of hired killers that she had amassed. Her allies included […]

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Florent Max

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La Rumeur dans la montagne follows Florent Max, a middle-aged painter who becomes obsessed with a mysterious sound in the mountains. While on a hike, Florent Max hears a faint “rumeur” (murmur). Returning the next […]

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La Rumeur dans la montagne follows Florent Max, a middle-aged painter who becomes obsessed with a mysterious sound in the mountains. While on a hike, Florent Max hears a faint “rumeur” (murmur). Returning the next […]

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Flower Lady & Walter

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The woman known as the Flower Lady was an expert of rare and exotic plants. She and her husband Walter lived in the jungle near the village of Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and built a collection […]

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The woman known as the Flower Lady was an expert of rare and exotic plants. She and her husband Walter lived in the jungle near the village of Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and built a collection […]

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Flower of Pharaoh

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Devastated by World War V, the people of Earth flee a dying sun to settle on an asteroid in another solar system. In the year 2701, this is called Earth-2 by the inhabitants. Dr. Jon […]

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Devastated by World War V, the people of Earth flee a dying sun to settle on an asteroid in another solar system. In the year 2701, this is called Earth-2 by the inhabitants. Dr. Jon […]

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Fly-Man

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Clip Foster is a heavyweight boxer who is shrunk to fly size by his father, an inventor and scientist. Before the process is reversed, gangsters enter the lab and kill Clip’s father. They also knock […]

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Clip Foster is a heavyweight boxer who is shrunk to fly size by his father, an inventor and scientist. Before the process is reversed, gangsters enter the lab and kill Clip’s father. They also knock […]

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Flyin’ Fool (Fawcett)

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Larry Dean is an American pilot with the R.A.F. He is foolhardy and borderline suicidal, earning him the nickname “the Flyin’ Fool.” He is active in Great Britain fighting against the Germans. Alias Flyin’ Fool […]

Entry Flyin’ Fool (Fawcett)
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Larry Dean is an American pilot with the R.A.F. He is foolhardy and borderline suicidal, earning him the nickname “the Flyin’ Fool.” He is active in Great Britain fighting against the Germans. Alias Flyin’ Fool […]

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Flyin’ Jenny

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Flyin’ Jenny was an ace pilot, who competed in aerial racing competitions and had many adventures along the way, often dealing with foreign spies and criminals. She worked as a test pilot at the Starcraft […]

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Flyin’ Jenny was an ace pilot, who competed in aerial racing competitions and had many adventures along the way, often dealing with foreign spies and criminals. She worked as a test pilot at the Starcraft […]

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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, […]

Entry 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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Flying Dutchman (Folklore)

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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the […]

Entry Flying Dutchman (Folklore)
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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the […]

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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 Dutchman (MLJ)

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The Flying Dutchman was really a gang of smugglers pretending to be sea monsters. Their hidden cove and underwater caves made the whole scam ghostly enough to scare people off their island headquarters. They were […]

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The Flying Dutchman was really a gang of smugglers pretending to be sea monsters. Their hidden cove and underwater caves made the whole scam ghostly enough to scare people off their island headquarters. They were […]

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Flying Fist

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The brothers, Freddy and Junior Tapps, became the Flying Fist and Bingo. They performed as “The Complete Vaudeville Show”, which included songs, dancing, juggling, ventriloquism, acrobatics, and more. In their spare time, they acted as […]

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The brothers, Freddy and Junior Tapps, became the Flying Fist and Bingo. They performed as “The Complete Vaudeville Show”, which included songs, dancing, juggling, ventriloquism, acrobatics, and more. In their spare time, they acted as […]

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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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Flying Girl

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Orissa Kane was seventeen years old, the sister of a young man who was building his own flying machine. Orissa provided financial support for brother, Stephen, and their invalid mother through her office job, while […]

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Orissa Kane was seventeen years old, the sister of a young man who was building his own flying machine. Orissa provided financial support for brother, Stephen, and their invalid mother through her office job, while […]

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Flying Phantom

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The mysterious superhero known as the green-clad Flying Phantom, who, with his ward Kenny, flew the Shark Plane into battle against a squadron of giant Nazi pilots, enlarged by a Nazi invention. He is a […]

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The mysterious superhero known as the green-clad Flying Phantom, who, with his ward Kenny, flew the Shark Plane into battle against a squadron of giant Nazi pilots, enlarged by a Nazi invention. He is a […]

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Fong Sai-yuk

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Fong Sai-yuk (or Fang Shiyu) is a semi-fictional Chinese martial artist and folk hero from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province of the Qing dynasty. Fong was also associated with Hung Hei-gun and the Five Elders of […]

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Fong Sai-yuk (or Fang Shiyu) is a semi-fictional Chinese martial artist and folk hero from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province of the Qing dynasty. Fong was also associated with Hung Hei-gun and the Five Elders of […]

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Fool (Shakespeare)

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The Shakespearean fool is a recurring character type in the works of William Shakespeare. They are usually clever peasants or commoners who use their wits to outdo people of higher social standing. In this sense, […]

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The Shakespearean fool is a recurring character type in the works of William Shakespeare. They are usually clever peasants or commoners who use their wits to outdo people of higher social standing. In this sense, […]

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Fool (Tarot)

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The Tarot Fool card is a jolly one, judging from the image on it. He may be a fool, but doesn’t he look happy? Maybe that’s what it takes to be joyous in this world. […]

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The Tarot Fool card is a jolly one, judging from the image on it. He may be a fool, but doesn’t he look happy? Maybe that’s what it takes to be joyous in this world. […]

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Foreign Correspondent

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Barry Stiles, a newspaper foreign correspondent, operates in “the Nazi-infested country of Spain,” breaking major scoops that hurt the fascists. He communicates with home via homing pigeons. He’s assisted by his clever photographer sidekick Tubby, […]

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Barry Stiles, a newspaper foreign correspondent, operates in “the Nazi-infested country of Spain,” breaking major scoops that hurt the fascists. He communicates with home via homing pigeons. He’s assisted by his clever photographer sidekick Tubby, […]

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Fortunato

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In “The Cask of Amontillado”, the story’s narrator, a nobleman named Montresor, describes his revenge against fellow noble Fortunato. Angry over numerous injuries and an unspecified insult, Montresor resolves to avenge himself without being caught, […]

Entry Fortunato
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In “The Cask of Amontillado”, the story’s narrator, a nobleman named Montresor, describes his revenge against fellow noble Fortunato. Angry over numerous injuries and an unspecified insult, Montresor resolves to avenge himself without being caught, […]

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Four Comrades

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The Four Comrades were Buzz Brandon, a juvenile boxing prodigy, Tommy Tompkins, an independently wealthy boy inventor, and Pudge O’Conner and Tip Addams, a pair of street urchins. They solved crimes in their spare time, […]

Entry Four Comrades
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The Four Comrades were Buzz Brandon, a juvenile boxing prodigy, Tommy Tompkins, an independently wealthy boy inventor, and Pudge O’Conner and Tip Addams, a pair of street urchins. They solved crimes in their spare time, […]

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Fox (MLJ)

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Paul Patton was a newspaper photographer for the Daily Globe, working for his editor and girlfriend Ruth Ransom. He became the costumed hero called the Fox to beat the competition to the crime scene. He […]

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Paul Patton was a newspaper photographer for the Daily Globe, working for his editor and girlfriend Ruth Ransom. He became the costumed hero called the Fox to beat the competition to the crime scene. He […]

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Fox (Prize)

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The Fox was actually a Japanese spy who disguised himself in a fox costume in order to wage a campaign of assassinations and sabotage in the United States. He spoke perfect English and defended himself […]

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The Fox was actually a Japanese spy who disguised himself in a fox costume in order to wage a campaign of assassinations and sabotage in the United States. He spoke perfect English and defended himself […]

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Fox (Worth)

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Sir Henry Reynard, who was called “the Fox,” was a knight active during the Third Crusade (1183 AD). He was a famous crusader and also second in command of a Christian stronghold east of the […]

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Sir Henry Reynard, who was called “the Fox,” was a knight active during the Third Crusade (1183 AD). He was a famous crusader and also second in command of a Christian stronghold east of the […]

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Fox Feature Universe

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Club Fox Feature Universe Total Entries 176 Representative Stardust the Super Wizard Victor S. Fox and business associate Bob Farrell launched Fox Feature Syndicate at 480 Lexington Avenue in New York City in the late […]

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Club Fox Feature Universe Total Entries 176 Representative Stardust the Super Wizard Victor S. Fox and business associate Bob Farrell launched Fox Feature Syndicate at 480 Lexington Avenue in New York City in the late […]

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Foxfire

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In the play Honcho Nijushiko, or Twenty-four Examples of Filial Piety (1766), “Princess Yaegaki learned of her lover’s danger but was prevented from warning him by an icy lake outside her father’s castle that she […]

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In the play Honcho Nijushiko, or Twenty-four Examples of Filial Piety (1766), “Princess Yaegaki learned of her lover’s danger but was prevented from warning him by an icy lake outside her father’s castle that she […]

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Fran Frazer

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Fran Frazer, photojournalist for Strife Magazine, lives in a constant whirl of romance, excitement, and danger. Caught in a maelstrom of Europe-At-War, Fran is given a roving assignment to cover the tumultuous events of history. […]

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Fran Frazer, photojournalist for Strife Magazine, lives in a constant whirl of romance, excitement, and danger. Caught in a maelstrom of Europe-At-War, Fran is given a roving assignment to cover the tumultuous events of history. […]

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Fran Hopper

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Creator Fran Hopper (1922-2017) Profession Artist Total Entries 3 Articles Fran Hopper – Lambiek Comiclopedia Fran Hopper – Wikipedia Remembering Golden Age Comic–Artist, Fran Hopper Hopper got into comic books during a fascinating point in […]

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Creator Fran Hopper (1922-2017) Profession Artist Total Entries 3 Articles Fran Hopper – Lambiek Comiclopedia Fran Hopper – Wikipedia Remembering Golden Age Comic–Artist, Fran Hopper Hopper got into comic books during a fascinating point in […]

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Frances Craig

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Frances Craig abandoned her career in business to pilot her own plane for the Civilian Air Patrol. In her first air adventure, she met Don Winston, Captain of an interceptor squadron on the Atlantic Coast. […]

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Frances Craig abandoned her career in business to pilot her own plane for the Civilian Air Patrol. In her first air adventure, she met Don Winston, Captain of an interceptor squadron on the Atlantic Coast. […]

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Francine

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Francine was the French maid who worked for Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury, and one of her closest confidants. It was Francine who suggested that Marla wear the African panther skin her uncle had left […]

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Francine was the French maid who worked for Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury, and one of her closest confidants. It was Francine who suggested that Marla wear the African panther skin her uncle had left […]

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Francis Hardant

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After traveling to Tibet, Francis Hardant, a young physician and explorer, becomes entangled in a perilous confrontation with Dr. Natas, a sinister mastermind. Natas, who has uncovered the secret of creating gold through nuclear fusion, […]

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After traveling to Tibet, Francis Hardant, a young physician and explorer, becomes entangled in a perilous confrontation with Dr. Natas, a sinister mastermind. Natas, who has uncovered the secret of creating gold through nuclear fusion, […]

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Frank Dumont

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“Big-game hunter and crack jungle guide” Frank Dumont is visited by Marta Svenstrom. Marta is seeking her father, Dr. Gunnar Svenstrom, a naturalist who disappeared in the wilds of Uganda. It’s been a year since […]

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“Big-game hunter and crack jungle guide” Frank Dumont is visited by Marta Svenstrom. Marta is seeking her father, Dr. Gunnar Svenstrom, a naturalist who disappeared in the wilds of Uganda. It’s been a year since […]

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Frank Frazetta

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Creator Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) Profession Painter, Illustrator Total Entries 11 Articles Blasphemy! (For Fun) – Muddy Colors Frank Frazetta – Wikipedia Goodbye To All That – The Comics Journal Frank Frazetta is probably the most […]

Entry Frank Frazetta
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Creator Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) Profession Painter, Illustrator Total Entries 11 Articles Blasphemy! (For Fun) – Muddy Colors Frank Frazetta – Wikipedia Goodbye To All That – The Comics Journal Frank Frazetta is probably the most […]

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Frank Giacoia

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Creator Frank Giacoia (1924-1988) Profession Inker, Penciller Total Entries 17 Articles Frank Giacoia – Lambiek Comiclopedia Frank Giacoia – Wikipedia Frank Giacoia – Inkwell Awards Open up any dozen Marvel comics from the mid-1960s to […]

Entry Frank Giacoia
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Creator Frank Giacoia (1924-1988) Profession Inker, Penciller Total Entries 17 Articles Frank Giacoia – Lambiek Comiclopedia Frank Giacoia – Wikipedia Frank Giacoia – Inkwell Awards Open up any dozen Marvel comics from the mid-1960s to […]

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Frank Merriwell

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Frank Merriwell was a highly intelligent, extremely athletic, and exceptionally well-mannered young man, who had many adventures while he was in school. He began as a student at Fardale Military Academy, and later attended Yale […]

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Frank Merriwell was a highly intelligent, extremely athletic, and exceptionally well-mannered young man, who had many adventures while he was in school. He began as a student at Fardale Military Academy, and later attended Yale […]

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Frank Reade Jr.

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Frank Reade was a great inventor, who gained immense fame and fortune for his miraculous steam powered inventions, including the Steam Man and the Steam Horse. He used his wealth to found Reade Iron Works […]

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Frank Reade was a great inventor, who gained immense fame and fortune for his miraculous steam powered inventions, including the Steam Man and the Steam Horse. He used his wealth to found Reade Iron Works […]

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Frank Thomas

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Creator Frank Thomas (1914-1968) Profession Writer, Artist Total Entries 10 Articles Frank Thomas Archives Volume 1: The Centaur Years Frank Thomas (Comics) – Wikipedia The unique sensibility of Frank Thomas graced comic book pages for […]

Entry Frank Thomas
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Creator Frank Thomas (1914-1968) Profession Writer, Artist Total Entries 10 Articles Frank Thomas Archives Volume 1: The Centaur Years Frank Thomas (Comics) – Wikipedia The unique sensibility of Frank Thomas graced comic book pages for […]

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Frankenstein (Magazine Enterprises)

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According to Mr. Wilcox, Frankenstein’s Monster came to America after escaping the fury of the local villagers who entrapped him in a windmill and then set fire to it. By tunneling under the windmill, the […]

Entry Frankenstein (Magazine Enterprises)
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According to Mr. Wilcox, Frankenstein’s Monster came to America after escaping the fury of the local villagers who entrapped him in a windmill and then set fire to it. By tunneling under the windmill, the […]

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Frankenstein (Prize)

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This Frankenstein was created in the mid-20th century by a villainous American scientist who drew inspiration from Mary Shelley’s classic novel. As the narrative captions point out several times, the monster was actually named Frankenstein, […]

Entry Frankenstein (Prize)
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This Frankenstein was created in the mid-20th century by a villainous American scientist who drew inspiration from Mary Shelley’s classic novel. As the narrative captions point out several times, the monster was actually named Frankenstein, […]

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Frankenstein’s Monster

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Victor Frankenstein builds the creature over a two-year period in the attic of his boarding house in Ingolstadt after discovering a scientific principle which allows him to create life from non-living matter. Frankenstein is disgusted […]

Entry Frankenstein’s Monster
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Victor Frankenstein builds the creature over a two-year period in the attic of his boarding house in Ingolstadt after discovering a scientific principle which allows him to create life from non-living matter. Frankenstein is disgusted […]

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Freckles Marvel

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Mary Dudley claims to be the niece of Uncle Dudley, alias Uncle Marvel. Under threat of revealing to the rest of the Marvel Family that he had no powers of any kind, she convinced Dudley to let […]

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Mary Dudley claims to be the niece of Uncle Dudley, alias Uncle Marvel. Under threat of revealing to the rest of the Marvel Family that he had no powers of any kind, she convinced Dudley to let […]

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Fred Fearnot

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Fred Fearnot’s first adventures occurred while he was a student at Avon Academy. Later, he went to college at Yale, and then went off to West Point. Fred eventually had amazing adventures all over the […]

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Fred Fearnot’s first adventures occurred while he was a student at Avon Academy. Later, he went to college at Yale, and then went off to West Point. Fred eventually had amazing adventures all over the […]

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Fred McCann

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Prison escapee Fred McCann accidentally hit a man with his green sedan. Fred is shocked to discover the man he struck is the spitting image of himself. Fred hears a strange noise in the woods […]

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Prison escapee Fred McCann accidentally hit a man with his green sedan. Fred is shocked to discover the man he struck is the spitting image of himself. Fred hears a strange noise in the woods […]

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Fred Shaw

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Dr. John Wytes relays the story, to his niece, Lillian Wytes, of a strange urn in his possession. While he was living in the jungle and studying voodoo, a man named Clifton Shaw asked for […]

Entry Fred Shaw
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Dr. John Wytes relays the story, to his niece, Lillian Wytes, of a strange urn in his possession. While he was living in the jungle and studying voodoo, a man named Clifton Shaw asked for […]

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Freddie Blake

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Jon Haljan pilots the Earth-Moon Mailship. While on vacation, he receives a startling message from Professor Grant requesting a meeting. When Jon arrives, he is greeted by Freddie Blake, and his sister, Linda Blake. Informing […]

Entry Freddie Blake
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Jon Haljan pilots the Earth-Moon Mailship. While on vacation, he receives a startling message from Professor Grant requesting a meeting. When Jon arrives, he is greeted by Freddie Blake, and his sister, Linda Blake. Informing […]

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Freddie Demon

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Freddie Demon is one of a group of narrators for the Horrific series of comics under the leadership of the Teller of Tales. The other narrators are Walter Werewolf, Garry Ghoul, and Victor Vampire. Notes: […]

Entry Freddie Demon
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Freddie Demon is one of a group of narrators for the Horrific series of comics under the leadership of the Teller of Tales. The other narrators are Walter Werewolf, Garry Ghoul, and Victor Vampire. Notes: […]

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Freddy Kirby

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Freddy Kirby, an adventurer in Mexico, escapes pursuit and finds an underground war between men and ape-men. Fortunately he finds some guns and ammo, too, to defeat the physically superior apes. He has to rescue […]

Entry Freddy Kirby
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Freddy Kirby, an adventurer in Mexico, escapes pursuit and finds an underground war between men and ape-men. Fortunately he finds some guns and ammo, too, to defeat the physically superior apes. He has to rescue […]

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Freder Fredersen

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Joh Fredersen is the city of Metropolis’ master. His son, Freder, becomes fascinated by a young teacher, Maria, and goes to the lower levels to find her. In the machine halls, he witnesses a huge […]

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Joh Fredersen is the city of Metropolis’ master. His son, Freder, becomes fascinated by a young teacher, Maria, and goes to the lower levels to find her. In the machine halls, he witnesses a huge […]

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Frederick, Baron of Metzengerstein

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“Metzengerstein: A Tale in Imitation of the German” follows the young Frederick, the last of the Metzengerstein family, who carries on a long-standing feud with the Berlifitzing family. Suspected of causing a fire that kills […]

Entry Frederick, Baron of Metzengerstein
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“Metzengerstein: A Tale in Imitation of the German” follows the young Frederick, the last of the Metzengerstein family, who carries on a long-standing feud with the Berlifitzing family. Suspected of causing a fire that kills […]

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Freezum

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Freezum is a young Inuit lad who joins Sub-Zero once he learns to control his powers, and opens a detective agency, becoming his crime fighting partner. Alias Freezum Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Sidekick, Icemaker, […]

Entry Freezum
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Freezum is a young Inuit lad who joins Sub-Zero once he learns to control his powers, and opens a detective agency, becoming his crime fighting partner. Alias Freezum Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Sidekick, Icemaker, […]

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Freya (Folklore)

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In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot […]

Entry Freya (Folklore)
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In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot […]

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Friar Tuck

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Friar Tuck is one of the legendary Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood. The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England […]

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Friar Tuck is one of the legendary Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood. The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England […]

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Fritz

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A Nazi spy was hiding out in what he believed was an abandoned residence, but turned out to be the house belonging to hero Shock Gibson. The Nazi sat in Gibson’s Electrical Energizer, mistaking it […]

Entry Fritz
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A Nazi spy was hiding out in what he believed was an abandoned residence, but turned out to be the house belonging to hero Shock Gibson. The Nazi sat in Gibson’s Electrical Energizer, mistaking it […]

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Frog

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Miller was a soldier serving in France who was given the nickname “Froggy” because of his frog-like appearance (popping eyes, big mouth, and bow legs), which he greatly resented. Eventually booted out of the army […]

Entry Frog
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Miller was a soldier serving in France who was given the nickname “Froggy” because of his frog-like appearance (popping eyes, big mouth, and bow legs), which he greatly resented. Eventually booted out of the army […]

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Front Page Peggy

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Peggy was known as “The Demon Girl Reporter” who worked for a paper called The Daily Ledger. She fearlessly chased down stories that consistently landed on the front page of the paper. Peggy was a […]

Entry Front Page Peggy
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Peggy was known as “The Demon Girl Reporter” who worked for a paper called The Daily Ledger. She fearlessly chased down stories that consistently landed on the front page of the paper. Peggy was a […]

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Frost

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Frost was a German saboteur who ingested a special pill which gave him ice powers. When Blue Fire intercedes, Frost tries to shoot Blue Fire, but the bullets phase through him. Fire then tries to […]

Entry Frost
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Frost was a German saboteur who ingested a special pill which gave him ice powers. When Blue Fire intercedes, Frost tries to shoot Blue Fire, but the bullets phase through him. Fire then tries to […]

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Frost King

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The Frost King, the Frost-King, or King Frost, is a personification of Autumn frost, or of cold, frosty weather in general, who is portrayed as a king. Beyond this basic description, public domain stories are […]

Entry Frost King
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The Frost King, the Frost-King, or King Frost, is a personification of Autumn frost, or of cold, frosty weather in general, who is portrayed as a king. Beyond this basic description, public domain stories are […]

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Frosty North

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Frosty North was an agent for the FBI stationed in Alaska, protecting it from the enemies of America. On two of his adventures, he teamed up with X-7 of British Intelligence, a beautiful female agent. […]

Entry Frosty North
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Frosty North was an agent for the FBI stationed in Alaska, protecting it from the enemies of America. On two of his adventures, he teamed up with X-7 of British Intelligence, a beautiful female agent. […]

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Ft. Worth UFO

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The case involves an Air Force RB-47 on a flight over four southern states (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma) during the pre-dawn hours of July 17, 1957. An account of the incident was published in […]

Entry Ft. Worth UFO
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The case involves an Air Force RB-47 on a flight over four southern states (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma) during the pre-dawn hours of July 17, 1957. An account of the incident was published in […]

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Fu Chang

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Fu Chang was a Chinese American magician living in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. As a devout worshiper of ancient Chinese gods, he was given a set of magic chessmen by the elderly magician […]

Entry Fu Chang
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Fu Chang was a Chinese American magician living in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. As a devout worshiper of ancient Chinese gods, he was given a set of magic chessmen by the elderly magician […]

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Fu Manchu

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Dr. Fu Manchu was a Chinese criminal mastermind who preferred arcane means rather than guns or explosives. He employed numerous thugs, robbers, and secret societies, such as the Si-Fan. Fu Manchu armed his forces with […]

Entry Fu Manchu
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Dr. Fu Manchu was a Chinese criminal mastermind who preferred arcane means rather than guns or explosives. He employed numerous thugs, robbers, and secret societies, such as the Si-Fan. Fu Manchu armed his forces with […]

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Fuguruma yohi

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Fuguruma yōhi is a spirit which resembles an ogre-like human woman in tattered clothing. She is a kind of tsukumogami—an artifact spirit—which manifests out of old-fashioned book carts called fuguruma. In particular, it is the […]

Entry Fuguruma yohi
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Fuguruma yōhi is a spirit which resembles an ogre-like human woman in tattered clothing. She is a kind of tsukumogami—an artifact spirit—which manifests out of old-fashioned book carts called fuguruma. In particular, it is the […]

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Fujiwara no Hidesato

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Fujiwara no Hidesato was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier, folk hero and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period. He is famous for his military exploits and courage, and is regarded as the […]

Entry Fujiwara no Hidesato
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Fujiwara no Hidesato was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier, folk hero and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period. He is famous for his military exploits and courage, and is regarded as the […]

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Fukuro mujina

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Fukuro mujina look like mujina (badgers; however this word sometimes refers to tanuki as well) dressed in human clothes and make-up resembling ancient noblewomen. A very large sack is slung over their shoulder. Mujina are […]

Entry Fukuro mujina
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Fukuro mujina look like mujina (badgers; however this word sometimes refers to tanuki as well) dressed in human clothes and make-up resembling ancient noblewomen. A very large sack is slung over their shoulder. Mujina are […]

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Funnibone

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Funnibone was a master criminal and a recurring enemy of Black Owl and Yank & Doodle. He laughed a lot (usually going “Ho! Ho! Ho!”) and carried around his lucky cane, which he frequently used […]

Entry Funnibone
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Funnibone was a master criminal and a recurring enemy of Black Owl and Yank & Doodle. He laughed a lot (usually going “Ho! Ho! Ho!”) and carried around his lucky cane, which he frequently used […]

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Furaribi

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The furaribi is a fire yōkai that appears in Japanese classical yōkai pictures such as in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama, the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi, and the Bakemonozukushi by an unknown […]

Entry Furaribi
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The furaribi is a fire yōkai that appears in Japanese classical yōkai pictures such as in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama, the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi, and the Bakemonozukushi by an unknown […]

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Furi

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Fūri are wild beasts from the mountains of China. They are about the size of a tanuki or a river otter, and their shapes resembles a monkey. They have red eyes, short tails, black fur […]

Entry Furi
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Fūri are wild beasts from the mountains of China. They are about the size of a tanuki or a river otter, and their shapes resembles a monkey. They have red eyes, short tails, black fur […]

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Furu-utsubo

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Furuutsubo are the beloved quivers of slain archers who died particularly tragic deaths. These quivers—along with other arms and armor—develop life force due to the residual energies left behind by their owners. They begin to […]

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Furuutsubo are the beloved quivers of slain archers who died particularly tragic deaths. These quivers—along with other arms and armor—develop life force due to the residual energies left behind by their owners. They begin to […]

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Futura

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Marcia Reynolds was a second-grade technical secretary living in Titan City of Earth, sometime in the late 21st century. She had no money and no family, and only a norm-plus ratings on the intelligence quota, […]

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Marcia Reynolds was a second-grade technical secretary living in Titan City of Earth, sometime in the late 21st century. She had no money and no family, and only a norm-plus ratings on the intelligence quota, […]

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Future Man

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The man known as Future Man is actually an average citizen of the year 3000, where crime appears to have been abolished. As a form of escapism from his terrible marriage, he idolized 1940s crime […]

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The man known as Future Man is actually an average citizen of the year 3000, where crime appears to have been abolished. As a form of escapism from his terrible marriage, he idolized 1940s crime […]

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Futuro

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Futuro was a hero of unknown origin who operated in Europe during World War II. He was aided by the Futurians. In his only appearance, he and the Futurians rescued European refugees, kidnapped Adolf Hitler, […]

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Futuro was a hero of unknown origin who operated in Europe during World War II. He was aided by the Futurians. In his only appearance, he and the Futurians rescued European refugees, kidnapped Adolf Hitler, […]

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G-2

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Don Leash was G-2, one of America’s top secret agents, and a costumed one at that. He worked across the U.S. with Army Intelligence to protect America from its enemies. He had no powers, but […]

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Don Leash was G-2, one of America’s top secret agents, and a costumed one at that. He worked across the U.S. with Army Intelligence to protect America from its enemies. He had no powers, but […]

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G-8

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G-8 was a heroic aviator and spy during World War I. He starred in his own title G-8 and His Battle Aces. While not as dramatic a pulp character as Doc Savage or the Shadow, […]

Entry G-8
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G-8 was a heroic aviator and spy during World War I. He starred in his own title G-8 and His Battle Aces. While not as dramatic a pulp character as Doc Savage or the Shadow, […]

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G.I. Jane (Fiction House)

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Jane Walters was a private in the US Army who was assigned to work at a secret atomic research laboratory, in a forest region somewhere in the Western United States, near fictional Corwin City. One […]

Entry G.I. Jane (Fiction House)
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Jane Walters was a private in the US Army who was assigned to work at a secret atomic research laboratory, in a forest region somewhere in the Western United States, near fictional Corwin City. One […]

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G.I. Jane (Stanhall)

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G.I. Jane Whirly was a female who worked with the U.S. Military (although she never really did any work). Her stories were a combination of romance, slapstick humor, and (extremely) minor crime solving. Not to […]

Entry G.I. Jane (Stanhall)
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G.I. Jane Whirly was a female who worked with the U.S. Military (although she never really did any work). Her stories were a combination of romance, slapstick humor, and (extremely) minor crime solving. Not to […]

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G.I. Joe

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Joe Burch was lazy and girl crazy, but he loved his country and he loved to fight, so he joined the army and shipped off to Korea. He frequently butted heads with his superior, Sgt. […]

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Joe Burch was lazy and girl crazy, but he loved his country and he loved to fight, so he joined the army and shipped off to Korea. He frequently butted heads with his superior, Sgt. […]

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Gaark

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Space-Corporal Bart Bonner of the Perimeter Patrol is charged and found guilty of cruelty to natives and subordinates and flagrant miscarriage of orders. Commandant Luther Mynot reads the sentence. Bonner places the blame on Captain […]

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Space-Corporal Bart Bonner of the Perimeter Patrol is charged and found guilty of cruelty to natives and subordinates and flagrant miscarriage of orders. Commandant Luther Mynot reads the sentence. Bonner places the blame on Captain […]

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Gaarlo

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“It is the year 2230 and science has triumphed over the baseness and depravity that caused the wars of the twenty-second century!” Dr. Mark Savant hears of incidents of human sacrifice permitted by the government […]

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“It is the year 2230 and science has triumphed over the baseness and depravity that caused the wars of the twenty-second century!” Dr. Mark Savant hears of incidents of human sacrifice permitted by the government […]

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Gabriel (Biblical)

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In Abrahamic religions (Judism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel is an archangel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his […]

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In Abrahamic religions (Judism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel is an archangel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his […]

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Gaffy

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Captain Bob Bright and his old space-salt friend Gaffy are seeking a cargo for their spaceship. They find a young woman being assaulted by ruffians and save her. The woman is June Rogers. She and […]

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Captain Bob Bright and his old space-salt friend Gaffy are seeking a cargo for their spaceship. They find a young woman being assaulted by ruffians and save her. The woman is June Rogers. She and […]

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Gagoze

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Gagō or Gagoze is a reiki, or demon ghost, which according to legend inhabited the bell tower of Gangō-ji, a temple in Nara Prefecture from which its name is derived. It wears a robe and […]

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Gagō or Gagoze is a reiki, or demon ghost, which according to legend inhabited the bell tower of Gangō-ji, a temple in Nara Prefecture from which its name is derived. It wears a robe and […]

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Gaikotsu

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Soldiers whose bodies rot in the fields and victims of famine who die unknown in the wilderness rarely receive proper funerary rites. Unable to pass on, their souls are reborn as ghosts, longing eternally for […]

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Soldiers whose bodies rot in the fields and victims of famine who die unknown in the wilderness rarely receive proper funerary rites. Unable to pass on, their souls are reborn as ghosts, longing eternally for […]

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Gail Ford, Girl Friday

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Gail was the assistant to Inspector Madson of the homicide division in a large American city. She was usually sent undercover on investigations, and almost always solved the cases herself. She carried a revolver in […]

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Gail was the assistant to Inspector Madson of the homicide division in a large American city. She was usually sent undercover on investigations, and almost always solved the cases herself. She carried a revolver in […]

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Gail Leslie

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Gail Leslie is a reporter for The Daily Bugle newspaper. Sent to investigate a train wreck, she encounters a familiar face in Tony Brand. As she continues the investigation, she catches the attention of The […]

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Gail Leslie is a reporter for The Daily Bugle newspaper. Sent to investigate a train wreck, she encounters a familiar face in Tony Brand. As she continues the investigation, she catches the attention of The […]

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Gail Porter, Girl Photographer

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Gail was a well-respected photojournalist who achieved national fame working for the Daily Chronicle, and later for the Daily Star. She often got involved in stories, investigating crimes and helping people in need. She even […]

Entry Gail Porter, Girl Photographer
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Gail was a well-respected photojournalist who achieved national fame working for the Daily Chronicle, and later for the Daily Star. She often got involved in stories, investigating crimes and helping people in need. She even […]

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Gail Richards

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Gail was the secretary and love interest of Grant Gardner, as well as the only one who knew his secret identity. Alias Gail Richards Real Names/Alt Names Gail Richards Characteristics Sidekick, Film Characters, World War […]

Entry Gail Richards
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Gail was the secretary and love interest of Grant Gardner, as well as the only one who knew his secret identity. Alias Gail Richards Real Names/Alt Names Gail Richards Characteristics Sidekick, Film Characters, World War […]

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Galahad

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Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. In his origin story, King Pelles, the Grail King, knows that his daughter, Elaine of Corbenic, is destined to give birth to the greatest knight […]

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Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. In his origin story, King Pelles, the Grail King, knows that his daughter, Elaine of Corbenic, is destined to give birth to the greatest knight […]

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Galaxy Gals

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The Galaxy Gals is a touring group of attractive women. Two of the group are undercover officers with the Space Rangers, Transport Auxiliary Reserve. One of them is Ensign Stella Dawn, while the others are […]

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The Galaxy Gals is a touring group of attractive women. Two of the group are undercover officers with the Space Rangers, Transport Auxiliary Reserve. One of them is Ensign Stella Dawn, while the others are […]

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Gale Allen

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Gale Allen was a Venusian princess, the direct descendant of King Rogert who was the first human to land on Venus. Gale went on to become an agent of the Universal Space Patrol, and traveled […]

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Gale Allen was a Venusian princess, the direct descendant of King Rogert who was the first human to land on Venus. Gale went on to become an agent of the Universal Space Patrol, and traveled […]

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Galigantus

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Galigantus is a giant that keeps many knights and ladies captive in his enchanted castle. Among them is the Duke’s daughter, who has been transformed into a white doe through the power of a sorcerer. […]

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Galigantus is a giant that keeps many knights and ladies captive in his enchanted castle. Among them is the Duke’s daughter, who has been transformed into a white doe through the power of a sorcerer. […]

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Game-themed

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Typology Game-themed Total Entries 73 Representative Puzzler Authors like to use themes to create a sense of unity or cohesiveness within their work. Some extend themes to the names of the characters, often beyond the […]

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Typology Game-themed Total Entries 73 Representative Puzzler Authors like to use themes to create a sense of unity or cohesiveness within their work. Some extend themes to the names of the characters, often beyond the […]

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Gangi kozo

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Gangi kozō are hairy, monkey-like water spirits which inhabit rivers. They live along the riverbanks, where they hunt fish. Their bodies are covered in hair, and the hair on their head resembles the bobbed okappa […]

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Gangi kozō are hairy, monkey-like water spirits which inhabit rivers. They live along the riverbanks, where they hunt fish. Their bodies are covered in hair, and the hair on their head resembles the bobbed okappa […]

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Ganymede Monster

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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 Ganymede Monster
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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 […]

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Ganymede Thugs

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Gardner Fox

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Creator Gardner Fox (1911-1986) Profession Writer Total Entries 17 Articles Gardner Fox – Lambiek Comiclopedia Gardner Fox – Wikipedia Fox wrote more than four thousand comic book stories, making him probably the most prodigious and […]

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Creator Gardner Fox (1911-1986) Profession Writer Total Entries 17 Articles Gardner Fox – Lambiek Comiclopedia Gardner Fox – Wikipedia Fox wrote more than four thousand comic book stories, making him probably the most prodigious and […]

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Gargantua

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The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua (French: Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roi […]

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The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua (French: Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roi […]

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Gargoyle (Holyoke)

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“I am the Gargoyle! I hunt the most dangerous game!—Men–in the shape of fiends.” When hard-boiled reporter for the Daily Star, Dan Collins, was framed for murder, he was forced to clear his name by […]

Entry Gargoyle (Holyoke)
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“I am the Gargoyle! I hunt the most dangerous game!—Men–in the shape of fiends.” When hard-boiled reporter for the Daily Star, Dan Collins, was framed for murder, he was forced to clear his name by […]

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Gargoyle (MLJ)

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“No earthly creature can withstand my stare!” When a group of German archaeologists entered a cave in Greece looking for artifacts, they discovered a hideous stone gargoyle. A band of armed guerrillas attacked the archaeologists. The Gargoyle […]

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“No earthly creature can withstand my stare!” When a group of German archaeologists entered a cave in Greece looking for artifacts, they discovered a hideous stone gargoyle. A band of armed guerrillas attacked the archaeologists. The Gargoyle […]

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Garry Ghoul

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Garry Ghoul is one of a group of narrators for the Horrific series of comics under the leadership of the Teller of Tales. The other narrators are Walter Werewolf, Freddie Demon, and Victor Vampire. Note: […]

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Garry Ghoul is one of a group of narrators for the Horrific series of comics under the leadership of the Teller of Tales. The other narrators are Walter Werewolf, Freddie Demon, and Victor Vampire. Note: […]

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Garth

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Garth was a captain of the guard in the city of Ormuz around 3000 BC. He attempted to return Princess Malu to her father, the king, after she was abducted and served as a slave […]

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Garth was a captain of the guard in the city of Ormuz around 3000 BC. He attempted to return Princess Malu to her father, the king, after she was abducted and served as a slave […]

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Garuda

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Garuda is a Hindu demigod and divine creature mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths. He is primarily depicted as the mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu. Garuda is described as the king […]

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Garuda is a Hindu demigod and divine creature mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths. He is primarily depicted as the mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu. Garuda is described as the king […]

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Gary Hale

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Gary Hale was the boyfriend of Marla Drake, who was secretly the costumed vigilante Miss Fury. While Hale loved Marla and asked her to marry him, he thought of Miss Fury as nothing more than […]

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Gary Hale was the boyfriend of Marla Drake, who was secretly the costumed vigilante Miss Fury. While Hale loved Marla and asked her to marry him, he thought of Miss Fury as nothing more than […]

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Gary Stark

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Gary was a young merchant marine who traveled the seas in the days following the second World War. He considered the sea his only true home. Gary’s older brother had given his life saving the […]

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Gary was a young merchant marine who traveled the seas in the days following the second World War. He considered the sea his only true home. Gary’s older brother had given his life saving the […]

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Gaston Max

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The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal similar to Rohmer’s earlier character Dr. Fu Manchu. Alias Gaston Max Real Names/Alt […]

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The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal similar to Rohmer’s earlier character Dr. Fu Manchu. Alias Gaston Max Real Names/Alt […]

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Gaumont Thrillers

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Club Gaumont Thrillers Total Entries 12 Representative Irma Vep The Gaumont Film Company, often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, […]

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Club Gaumont Thrillers Total Entries 12 Representative Irma Vep The Gaumont Film Company, often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, […]

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Gay-Ree

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Gary Murray (aka: Gay-Ree) is a jungle boy living and having adventures in the African jungles as the sidekick of Rocky Hall. Alias Gay-Ree Real Names/Alt Names Gary Murray Characteristics Sidekick, Fiction House Universe, Jungle […]

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Gary Murray (aka: Gay-Ree) is a jungle boy living and having adventures in the African jungles as the sidekick of Rocky Hall. Alias Gay-Ree Real Names/Alt Names Gary Murray Characteristics Sidekick, Fiction House Universe, Jungle […]

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Geesha

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Geesha was one of the love-interests of Jo-Jo the Congo King. Many claim the character Tonda was a re-colored, re-printed, and re-named version of Gwenna, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. However, Tonda debuted the year […]

Entry Geesha
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Geesha was one of the love-interests of Jo-Jo the Congo King. Many claim the character Tonda was a re-colored, re-printed, and re-named version of Gwenna, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. However, Tonda debuted the year […]

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General (Magazine Enterprises)

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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]

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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]

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General Carpenter

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When hydrogen bombs are sent on rocket-like spacecraft from Mars to hit major cities on Earth, General Carpenter calls on Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes to discover who is sending the bombs. Spurs departs […]

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When hydrogen bombs are sent on rocket-like spacecraft from Mars to hit major cities on Earth, General Carpenter calls on Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes to discover who is sending the bombs. Spurs departs […]

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General Joyce

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General Joyce is in charge of the incident with Aku, Chief of the Sun People. He arranges for resources for Professor Cray while investigating the energy source promised to Earth by Aku. After discovering the […]

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General Joyce is in charge of the incident with Aku, Chief of the Sun People. He arranges for resources for Professor Cray while investigating the energy source promised to Earth by Aku. After discovering the […]

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General Loki

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The year is 1998. Sergeant “Blast” Baker and Corporal Astra Adams of the Planet Police respond to an S.O.S. signal from a space liner. They encounter a giant Space Octopus destroying the spacecraft. They fire […]

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The year is 1998. Sergeant “Blast” Baker and Corporal Astra Adams of the Planet Police respond to an S.O.S. signal from a space liner. They encounter a giant Space Octopus destroying the spacecraft. They fire […]

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General Zaroff

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General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. A big game hunter from Russia, Zaroff fled to his own private island, called Ship-Trap Island, after the Russian Revolution, […]

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General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. A big game hunter from Russia, Zaroff fled to his own private island, called Ship-Trap Island, after the Russian Revolution, […]

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Genghis Khan

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Genghis Khan, born Temüjin c. 1162, died August 25, 1227, was the founder and first Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came […]

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Genghis Khan, born Temüjin c. 1162, died August 25, 1227, was the founder and first Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came […]

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Genie (Arabian Nights)

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Aladdin is an impoverished young ne’er-do-well, dwelling in “one of the cities of China”. He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin’s late father, Mustapha […]

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Aladdin is an impoverished young ne’er-do-well, dwelling in “one of the cities of China”. He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin’s late father, Mustapha […]

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Gentleman Laroque

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In Frank L. Packard’s Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue, Gentleman Laroque is a master criminal also called The Phantom by the Tocsin, Marie LaSalle, the Gray Seal’s love interest. He uses various disguises, some […]

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In Frank L. Packard’s Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue, Gentleman Laroque is a master criminal also called The Phantom by the Tocsin, Marie LaSalle, the Gray Seal’s love interest. He uses various disguises, some […]

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Geoffrey Garth

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In the modern day, Sandra Worth meets archaeologist Geoffrey Garth at a party. Geoffrey noticed the ring Sandra was wearing and inquired on how she acquired it. Sandra explained that the ring had been handed […]

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In the modern day, Sandra Worth meets archaeologist Geoffrey Garth at a party. Geoffrey noticed the ring Sandra was wearing and inquired on how she acquired it. Sandra explained that the ring had been handed […]

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George McWhirther Fotheringay

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In an English public house, George McWhirter Fotheringay vigorously asserts the impossibility of miracles during an argument. By way of demonstration, Fotheringay commands an oil lamp to flame upside down and it does so, to […]

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In an English public house, George McWhirter Fotheringay vigorously asserts the impossibility of miracles during an argument. By way of demonstration, Fotheringay commands an oil lamp to flame upside down and it does so, to […]

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George Tuska

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Creator George Tuska (1916-2009) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 26 Articles George Tuska – Lambiek Comiclopedia George Tuska – Wikipedia “I Didn’t Stay In One Place!” – Twomorrows I had filled out an application as […]

Entry George Tuska
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Creator George Tuska (1916-2009) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 26 Articles George Tuska – Lambiek Comiclopedia George Tuska – Wikipedia “I Didn’t Stay In One Place!” – Twomorrows I had filled out an application as […]

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George Washington

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George Washington (February 22, 1732[b] – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the 1st president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the […]

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George Washington (February 22, 1732[b] – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the 1st president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the […]

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Georges Meyral

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A phenomenon of unknown origin hits the Earth and affects the behavior of light… This terrible event leads to frenzied behavior, revolts, and riots… When the situation subsides, after a drastic drop in the world […]

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A phenomenon of unknown origin hits the Earth and affects the behavior of light… This terrible event leads to frenzied behavior, revolts, and riots… When the situation subsides, after a drastic drop in the world […]

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Georges Rambaud

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A young man named Georges becomes obsessed with uncovering the secret of a reclusive doctor and breaks into his abandoned villa, where he discovers a hidden laboratory filled with chemical apparatus and strange experiments. There […]

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A young man named Georges becomes obsessed with uncovering the secret of a reclusive doctor and breaks into his abandoned villa, where he discovers a hidden laboratory filled with chemical apparatus and strange experiments. There […]

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Germania

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Germania is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. Like many other national personification symbols, she appeared first during the Roman Era. During the Medieval, she was usually portrayed as […]

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Germania is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. Like many other national personification symbols, she appeared first during the Roman Era. During the Medieval, she was usually portrayed as […]

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Ghazia

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Ghazia was a Egyptian priestess who worshiped a vulture-headed deity. She wished to destroy Fantomah and seize control of her kingdom. She used an army of re-animated mummies and had a pet vulture. Ghazia also […]

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Ghazia was a Egyptian priestess who worshiped a vulture-headed deity. She wished to destroy Fantomah and seize control of her kingdom. She used an army of re-animated mummies and had a pet vulture. Ghazia also […]

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Ghost

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Typology Ghost Total Entries 57 Representative Dr. Haunt Ghosts in fiction are usually people who have died, but their spirits are still lingering around. Some are friendly, some are neutral, and some are scary and […]

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Typology Ghost Total Entries 57 Representative Dr. Haunt Ghosts in fiction are usually people who have died, but their spirits are still lingering around. Some are friendly, some are neutral, and some are scary and […]

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Ghost (Fawcett)

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Henry Sufferige was the president of the Orphan Society, a charity which collected money for orphaned children. He was secretly laundering money from the organization, and in order to throw off suspicion, he became the […]

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Henry Sufferige was the president of the Orphan Society, a charity which collected money for orphaned children. He was secretly laundering money from the organization, and in order to throw off suspicion, he became the […]

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Ghost (Hamlet)

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The ghost of Hamlet’s father is a character from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. In the stage directions, he is referred to as “Ghost”. His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as King […]

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The ghost of Hamlet’s father is a character from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. In the stage directions, he is referred to as “Ghost”. His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as King […]

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Ghost (Lev Gleason)

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Pilot Brad Hendricks wore the costume of the Ghost to fight against the Germans in occupied Europe. He also waged an ongoing war against the Claw, nearly killing the villain on at least one occasion. […]

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Pilot Brad Hendricks wore the costume of the Ghost to fight against the Germans in occupied Europe. He also waged an ongoing war against the Claw, nearly killing the villain on at least one occasion. […]

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Ghost (Nedor)

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George Chance, the Ghost, knows real magic, learning it in India as the adopted son of an immortal yogi teacher. A woman named Betty helped him. His archenemy was time traveler Professor Fenton. The Ghost […]

Entry Ghost (Nedor)
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George Chance, the Ghost, knows real magic, learning it in India as the adopted son of an immortal yogi teacher. A woman named Betty helped him. His archenemy was time traveler Professor Fenton. The Ghost […]

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Ghost Extinguisher

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Hoku Tamanochi was a Japanese occultist who used ancient Japanese formulas and his family’s traditional skills to exorcise the ghosts in San Francisco. Hoku sprays the ghosts with an ancient Japanese powder when he finds […]

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Hoku Tamanochi was a Japanese occultist who used ancient Japanese formulas and his family’s traditional skills to exorcise the ghosts in San Francisco. Hoku sprays the ghosts with an ancient Japanese powder when he finds […]

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Ghost from Algol

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Terry is a scientist working on a “spectroscope” with his assistant Nancy and a man named Ken. The spectroscope creates stellar rays. Ken aims the device at a planet named Algol. Terry wants to eliminate […]

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Terry is a scientist working on a “spectroscope” with his assistant Nancy and a man named Ken. The spectroscope creates stellar rays. Ken aims the device at a planet named Algol. Terry wants to eliminate […]

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Ghost Hunter

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Graves was the “Ghost Hunter,” who used his ghost dis-integrator ray to destroy evil ghosts. In his first and only published adventure, he fought the ghost of a shape-shifting witch who could become a cat. […]

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Graves was the “Ghost Hunter,” who used his ghost dis-integrator ray to destroy evil ghosts. In his first and only published adventure, he fought the ghost of a shape-shifting witch who could become a cat. […]

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Ghost of Albert Landers

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On their way to Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, Chris and Doris’ car stalled during a storm. Finding a stately, abandoned mansion, the pair settle in to wait until the engine dries out. The […]

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On their way to Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, Chris and Doris’ car stalled during a storm. Finding a stately, abandoned mansion, the pair settle in to wait until the engine dries out. The […]

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Ghost of Anne Boleyn

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Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading […]

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Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading […]

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Ghost of Flanders

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Rip Graves was a soldier wrongly believed to have died at Flanders during WWI. He discovered that he was honored as one of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington Cemetery. After America became involved with WWII, […]

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Rip Graves was a soldier wrongly believed to have died at Flanders during WWI. He discovered that he was honored as one of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington Cemetery. After America became involved with WWII, […]

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Ghost of Ivanhoe

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This character only appeared on the cover of Double Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue and covers with characters who did not appear in the interior. According to the […]

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This character only appeared on the cover of Double Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue and covers with characters who did not appear in the interior. According to the […]

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Ghost of Kiyotaka

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The ghost of Kiyotaka (a traitor to the emperor who had been ordered to commit seppuku) haunted the Imperial Palace at Yoshino. He terrorized the courtiers until the lady-in-waiting Iga-no Tsubone faced the ghost and […]

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The ghost of Kiyotaka (a traitor to the emperor who had been ordered to commit seppuku) haunted the Imperial Palace at Yoshino. He terrorized the courtiers until the lady-in-waiting Iga-no Tsubone faced the ghost and […]

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Ghost of the Deep

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Chief newscaster for the Monopoly Broadcasting Company, Spriggins, a budding fascist, donned a costume, amassed an organization of criminals and foreign agents, and began committing acts of terrorism, bragging about his exploits by cutting into […]

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Chief newscaster for the Monopoly Broadcasting Company, Spriggins, a budding fascist, donned a costume, amassed an organization of criminals and foreign agents, and began committing acts of terrorism, bragging about his exploits by cutting into […]

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Ghost Rider

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Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid. Rex would pretend to be a mild-mannered and wimpy traveling salesman, but he would change into the Calico Kid and become a colorfully-dressed hero. He was […]

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Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid. Rex would pretend to be a mild-mannered and wimpy traveling salesman, but he would change into the Calico Kid and become a colorfully-dressed hero. He was […]

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Ghost Roman Soldiers

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Investigating the murderous Dorset Monster, Doctor Christopher Fenn, with the aid of Wendy, uses the “Devil’s Catalog” to summon three ghosts of Roman soldiers to combat the beast. One ghost is Antonius, the leader. Another […]

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Investigating the murderous Dorset Monster, Doctor Christopher Fenn, with the aid of Wendy, uses the “Devil’s Catalog” to summon three ghosts of Roman soldiers to combat the beast. One ghost is Antonius, the leader. Another […]

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Ghost Spotter/Doctor

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Grimm, Ghost Spotter, investigates the death of the caretaker of Tuber Castle. The caretaker’s daughter was spurned by the Count of Tuber and died. The ghost returned to haunt the castle. Grimm is attacked by […]

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Grimm, Ghost Spotter, investigates the death of the caretaker of Tuber Castle. The caretaker’s daughter was spurned by the Count of Tuber and died. The ghost returned to haunt the castle. Grimm is attacked by […]

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Ghost Woman

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In the dead of night on a hazardous road, an unknown woman speeds through the countryside, on her way to catch John before he leaves the country, under the mistaken belief that his daughter is […]

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In the dead of night on a hazardous road, an unknown woman speeds through the countryside, on her way to catch John before he leaves the country, under the mistaken belief that his daughter is […]

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Ghost-Breaker

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In the year 1848, wealthy castle owner Henry Masters becomes jealous when Jane, his wife, goes off with a younger man named Robert. Henry’s jealousy is kindled by his friend Carter. When Jane fails to […]

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In the year 1848, wealthy castle owner Henry Masters becomes jealous when Jane, his wife, goes off with a younger man named Robert. Henry’s jealousy is kindled by his friend Carter. When Jane fails to […]

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Ghost-themed

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Typology Ghost-themed Total Entries 58 Representative Black Angel A name that has a direct, barely-hidden meaning to it. The first, second/third/middle/nth, last, or full name says something primal about the character. Often has multiple layers. […]

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Typology Ghost-themed Total Entries 58 Representative Black Angel A name that has a direct, barely-hidden meaning to it. The first, second/third/middle/nth, last, or full name says something primal about the character. Often has multiple layers. […]

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Ghoul

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The Ghoul is a supernatural creature, at least as old as the 15th century. The Ghoul appears to Betty Saunders, who is the world’s foremost expert on the artist Kees Van Ruyters. The Ghoul hires […]

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The Ghoul is a supernatural creature, at least as old as the 15th century. The Ghoul appears to Betty Saunders, who is the world’s foremost expert on the artist Kees Van Ruyters. The Ghoul hires […]

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Gianetti Annunciata

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Gianetti Annunciata is a “petticoated” medium for Sâr Dubnotal, who combined, in her manner, the “gay working girl” and the “high priestess” who could communicate with the dead, assisted by a small “spiritual telegraph” machine. […]

Entry Gianetti Annunciata
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Gianetti Annunciata is a “petticoated” medium for Sâr Dubnotal, who combined, in her manner, the “gay working girl” and the “high priestess” who could communicate with the dead, assisted by a small “spiritual telegraph” machine. […]

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Giant

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Typology Giant Total Entries 71 Representative Gargantua A minion or henchman too big, strong or tough to be an ordinary mook, but not interesting enough to be “The Dragon”, a member of the “Quirky Miniboss […]

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Typology Giant Total Entries 71 Representative Gargantua A minion or henchman too big, strong or tough to be an ordinary mook, but not interesting enough to be “The Dragon”, a member of the “Quirky Miniboss […]

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Giant (Arabian Nights)

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Sinbad sets sail again from Basra. But by ill chance, he and his companions are cast up on an island where they are captured by a “huge creature in the likeness of a man, black […]

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Sinbad sets sail again from Basra. But by ill chance, he and his companions are cast up on an island where they are captured by a “huge creature in the likeness of a man, black […]

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Giant Ants

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“Big-game hunter and crack jungle guide” Frank Dumont is visited by Marta Svenstrom. Marta is seeking her father, Dr. Gunnar Svenstrom, a naturalist who disappeared in the wilds of Uganda. It’s been a year since […]

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“Big-game hunter and crack jungle guide” Frank Dumont is visited by Marta Svenstrom. Marta is seeking her father, Dr. Gunnar Svenstrom, a naturalist who disappeared in the wilds of Uganda. It’s been a year since […]

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Giant Baby

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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 the Giant […]

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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 the Giant […]

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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 […]

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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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Giant Spiders

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The Lorelei is a barren, rocky planetoid with an enormous face of a beautiful woman carved on its surface. Captain Jark Hudson sees the monument, recalling the Greek legend of the Lorelei who lured Ulysses. […]

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The Lorelei is a barren, rocky planetoid with an enormous face of a beautiful woman carved on its surface. Captain Jark Hudson sees the monument, recalling the Greek legend of the Lorelei who lured Ulysses. […]

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Giant Swamp Spider of Venus

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Landing on Venus, the President of the Universal Botanical Gardens tells famous actress, Miss D’Argot, about rare flowers called “Sandflowers of Venus”. He says nobody is brave enough to recover one. Miss D’Argot cajoles her […]

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Landing on Venus, the President of the Universal Botanical Gardens tells famous actress, Miss D’Argot, about rare flowers called “Sandflowers of Venus”. He says nobody is brave enough to recover one. Miss D’Argot cajoles her […]

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Giants of the Elephant Grave Yard

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A race of literal giants, men big enough to straddle elephants like horses, made their kingdom near the “elephant grave yard” and kept numerous normal-sized humans as slaves. Rulah was aware of the danger the […]

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A race of literal giants, men big enough to straddle elephants like horses, made their kingdom near the “elephant grave yard” and kept numerous normal-sized humans as slaves. Rulah was aware of the danger the […]

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Gigantic Martian Beast

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Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, make a forced landing on Mars. As Nick and Kodi attempt to take off, a gigantic, Martian beast burrows out of the ground and […]

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Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, make a forced landing on Mars. As Nick and Kodi attempt to take off, a gigantic, Martian beast burrows out of the ground and […]

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Gilbert with the White Hand

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Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand) is in English folklore a less prominent member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. He was present in “A Gest of Robyn Hode”, an early Robin Hood ballad […]

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Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand) is in English folklore a less prominent member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. He was present in “A Gest of Robyn Hode”, an early Robin Hood ballad […]

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Gilgamesh

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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Shamhat, and Humbaba were characters in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. Gilgamesh was possibly a historical king of […]

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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Shamhat, and Humbaba were characters in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. Gilgamesh was possibly a historical king of […]

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Gimp

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The Gimp was a crime boss who lost his right leg, at the knee, and had it replaced with a metal prosthetic with a knife on the end. He could stab a man in the […]

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The Gimp was a crime boss who lost his right leg, at the knee, and had it replaced with a metal prosthetic with a knife on the end. He could stab a man in the […]

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Ginger Snapp

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Ginger Snapp was a teenage girl who lived in the fictional American town of Hilldale. In her early appearances, she was a shy, somewhat clumsy girl, but she got more confident, outgoing, and witty over […]

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Ginger Snapp was a teenage girl who lived in the fictional American town of Hilldale. In her early appearances, she was a shy, somewhat clumsy girl, but she got more confident, outgoing, and witty over […]

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Gingerbread Man (Tale)

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The Gingerbread Man (also known as The Gingerbread Boy) is a folktale about a gingerbread man’s escape from various pursuers until his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox. “The Gingerbread Boy” first appeared […]

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The Gingerbread Man (also known as The Gingerbread Boy) is a folktale about a gingerbread man’s escape from various pursuers until his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox. “The Gingerbread Boy” first appeared […]

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Girl Commandos

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Pat Parker, also known as War Nurse, formed an all-girl team known as the Girl Commandos. The original members included Pat Parker in her War Nurse identity, Ellen Billings, Pat’s friend, Tanya, an “official Soviet […]

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Pat Parker, also known as War Nurse, formed an all-girl team known as the Girl Commandos. The original members included Pat Parker in her War Nurse identity, Ellen Billings, Pat’s friend, Tanya, an “official Soviet […]

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Gladiator (Fox)

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Art connoisseur Dan Kenneth, the Gladiator, dressed as a Roman gladiator and fought criminals. Alias Gladiator (Fox) Real Names/Alt Names Dan Kenneth Characteristics Hero, Fox Feature Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

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Art connoisseur Dan Kenneth, the Gladiator, dressed as a Roman gladiator and fought criminals. Alias Gladiator (Fox) Real Names/Alt Names Dan Kenneth Characteristics Hero, Fox Feature Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

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Gladiator (Hugo Danner)

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Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an “alkaline free-radical” serum to “improve” humankind by granting the proportionate strength of […]

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Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an “alkaline free-radical” serum to “improve” humankind by granting the proportionate strength of […]

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Glistening Death

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When avoiding police scrutiny, Warren Arno goes to the home of his uncle, Robert Arno, deep in the Louisiana swamps. His uncle is reclusive, living without modern conveniences like electricity. Robert warns Warren of the […]

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When avoiding police scrutiny, Warren Arno goes to the home of his uncle, Robert Arno, deep in the Louisiana swamps. His uncle is reclusive, living without modern conveniences like electricity. Robert warns Warren of the […]

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Gloat

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Saturnia and her accomplice, the Gloat, were criminals who fled to Earth after they were exiled from the planet Saturn. As soon as they arrived, they made plans to conquer the Earth, but they were […]

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Saturnia and her accomplice, the Gloat, were criminals who fled to Earth after they were exiled from the planet Saturn. As soon as they arrived, they made plans to conquer the Earth, but they were […]

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Gloria Wheeler

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Captain Mark Henty of the Meteor Sweeper Service hunts down potentially hazardous meteorites. His meteor-busting spaceship is named “The Rammer”. Assisting him is the hearty Mc Bane. “Interplanetary girl reporter” Gloria Wheeler observes The Rammer […]

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Captain Mark Henty of the Meteor Sweeper Service hunts down potentially hazardous meteorites. His meteor-busting spaceship is named “The Rammer”. Assisting him is the hearty Mc Bane. “Interplanetary girl reporter” Gloria Wheeler observes The Rammer […]

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Glory Forbes

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Glory was the daughter of an engineer who was designing America’s newest bomber planes. She was kidnapped by The Scarlet Crab, a Japanese spy ring, who wanted her father’s secrets. They brainwashed Glory to kill […]

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Glory was the daughter of an engineer who was designing America’s newest bomber planes. She was kidnapped by The Scarlet Crab, a Japanese spy ring, who wanted her father’s secrets. They brainwashed Glory to kill […]

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Göbekli Tepe

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Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: “Potbelly Hill”) is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE, the site comprises a number of large circular […]

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Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: “Potbelly Hill”) is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE, the site comprises a number of large circular […]

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God (Biblical)

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In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived of as being omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent, as well as having an eternal […]

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In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived of as being omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent, as well as having an eternal […]

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Gods of Pegana

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Club Gods of Pegana Total Entries 34 Representative Mana-Yood-Sushai The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany, published in 1905. The fantasy book was reviewed favourably but as an unusual […]

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Club Gods of Pegana Total Entries 34 Representative Mana-Yood-Sushai The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany, published in 1905. The fantasy book was reviewed favourably but as an unusual […]

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Golden Archer

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Ned was a boy living in 12th century England working in the kitchen of the Sheriff of Nottingham’s castle. He adored Robin Hood so much that he made a suit like Robin Hood had and […]

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Ned was a boy living in 12th century England working in the kitchen of the Sheriff of Nottingham’s castle. He adored Robin Hood so much that he made a suit like Robin Hood had and […]

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Golden Eagle

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A professional American pilot and fighter, the Golden Eagle was one of the most brilliant pilots in World War I and fought the Axis in WWII. Alias Golden Eagle Real Names/Alt Names Dennis Quinn Characteristics […]

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A professional American pilot and fighter, the Golden Eagle was one of the most brilliant pilots in World War I and fought the Axis in WWII. Alias Golden Eagle Real Names/Alt Names Dennis Quinn Characteristics […]

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Golden Flower

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The Secret of the Golden Flower is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some Confucian thoughts. It was written by means of the spirit-writing (fuji) technique, […]

Entry Golden Flower
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The Secret of the Golden Flower is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some Confucian thoughts. It was written by means of the spirit-writing (fuji) technique, […]

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Golden Girl

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Peggy Shane finds a part of Golden Lad’s Heart of Gold, and she gains powers like Golden Lad’s when she utters the magic words “Heart of Gold”. She becomes crime fighting partners with Golden Lad. […]

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Peggy Shane finds a part of Golden Lad’s Heart of Gold, and she gains powers like Golden Lad’s when she utters the magic words “Heart of Gold”. She becomes crime fighting partners with Golden Lad. […]

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Golden Knight

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Sir Richard of Warwick, also known as the Golden Knight, was a loyal servant of King Richard, The Lionheart. One day, he saw a vision of a warrior woman who sprang from the flames of […]

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Sir Richard of Warwick, also known as the Golden Knight, was a loyal servant of King Richard, The Lionheart. One day, he saw a vision of a warrior woman who sprang from the flames of […]

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Golden Lad

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While working in his grandfather’s antique shop, Tommy Preston finds the Aztec “Heart of Gold,” an artifact empowered by “the blood of a thousand martyred Aztecs.” The object gives “strength and courage” to those pure […]

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While working in his grandfather’s antique shop, Tommy Preston finds the Aztec “Heart of Gold,” an artifact empowered by “the blood of a thousand martyred Aztecs.” The object gives “strength and courage” to those pure […]

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Golem

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A golem is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi […]

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A golem is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi […]

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Goliath (Biblical)

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Goliath is a character in the biblical Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified Saul’s unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have […]

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Goliath is a character in the biblical Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified Saul’s unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have […]

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Goliath the Gladiator

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Goliath the Gladiator was a giant clad in armor with a red skull insignia destroying skyscrapers and swatting down planes. Alias Goliath the Gladiator Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Fiction House Universe, Giant, World […]

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Goliath the Gladiator was a giant clad in armor with a red skull insignia destroying skyscrapers and swatting down planes. Alias Goliath the Gladiator Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Fiction House Universe, Giant, World […]

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Goneril

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Goneril is a character in William Shakespeare’s tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear’s three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a villain, obsessed with power and […]

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Goneril is a character in William Shakespeare’s tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear’s three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a villain, obsessed with power and […]

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Gool and Zorg

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While fishing, Tommy Jordan watches a spacecraft land. He observes a pair of aliens, and hears them communicate to each other by “thinking-aloud”. The two aliens, which Tommy thinks resemble bugs, are named Gool and […]

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While fishing, Tommy Jordan watches a spacecraft land. He observes a pair of aliens, and hears them communicate to each other by “thinking-aloud”. The two aliens, which Tommy thinks resemble bugs, are named Gool and […]

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Gord

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In the summer of 1953, Edmund Cranston presents his designs for a rocketship to Dr. Corning at a large aircraft corporation. Cranston’s only request is to be on the spacecraft’s maiden voyage to the moon. […]

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In the summer of 1953, Edmund Cranston presents his designs for a rocketship to Dr. Corning at a large aircraft corporation. Cranston’s only request is to be on the spacecraft’s maiden voyage to the moon. […]

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Gorgo

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After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean and almost destroyed a fishing village in Ireland. Fortunately for the village, the same quake that brought the 65-foot monster to land also […]

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After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean and almost destroyed a fishing village in Ireland. Fortunately for the village, the same quake that brought the 65-foot monster to land also […]

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Gorilla King

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Gor the Gorilla King was a six-hundred pound ape, who fiercely protected the jungle domain of his nomadic tribe of gorillas against all threats, such as the leopard who tried to kill Gor’s child and […]

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Gor the Gorilla King was a six-hundred pound ape, who fiercely protected the jungle domain of his nomadic tribe of gorillas against all threats, such as the leopard who tried to kill Gor’s child and […]

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Gorla

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Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry takes Cadet Happy for a ride in Buzz’s spaceship to the planet Terra, to visit Space Patrol headquarters. Happy won the “Corry Scholarship”, making him a full cadet in the Space Patrol. […]

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Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry takes Cadet Happy for a ride in Buzz’s spaceship to the planet Terra, to visit Space Patrol headquarters. Happy won the “Corry Scholarship”, making him a full cadet in the Space Patrol. […]

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Gorvak

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Gorvak is a martian space pirate who tried to escape from Spacehawk and hide his stolen loot in the Grax Mountains of Neptune. This was his usual hideout, and he had killed many of the […]

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Gorvak is a martian space pirate who tried to escape from Spacehawk and hide his stolen loot in the Grax Mountains of Neptune. This was his usual hideout, and he had killed many of the […]

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Gosho no Goromaru

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Gosho no Gorōmaru (御所 五郎丸) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura Shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He is best known for saving the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo […]

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Gosho no Gorōmaru (御所 五郎丸) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura Shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He is best known for saving the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo […]

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Gotoku neko

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Gotoku neko are a kind of nekomata–large yōkai cats with two tails. They wear an upside-down trivet on their heads like hats. The tips of their twin tails burn like torches. Just as ordinary cats […]

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Gotoku neko are a kind of nekomata–large yōkai cats with two tails. They wear an upside-down trivet on their heads like hats. The tips of their twin tails burn like torches. Just as ordinary cats […]

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Gourmet

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The Gourmet was an enemy of the Black Hood who committed food-related crimes. Alias Gourmet Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Irv Novick First Appearance […]

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The Gourmet was an enemy of the Black Hood who committed food-related crimes. Alias Gourmet Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Irv Novick First Appearance […]

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Grace Harlowe

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Grace Harlowe was an idealistic girl who attended Oakdale High School for Girls with her friends, where she played basketball and founded the Phi Sigma Tau sorority. After high school, she attended Overton College, where […]

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Grace Harlowe was an idealistic girl who attended Oakdale High School for Girls with her friends, where she played basketball and founded the Phi Sigma Tau sorority. After high school, she attended Overton College, where […]

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Grag

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Robot assistant to Major Mars in the 40th Century. Grag houses an artificial intelligence in its synthetic brain, has great physical strength, and a powerful, damage-resistant, shiny metal body. He was built by Major Mars […]

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Robot assistant to Major Mars in the 40th Century. Grag houses an artificial intelligence in its synthetic brain, has great physical strength, and a powerful, damage-resistant, shiny metal body. He was built by Major Mars […]

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Grand Vizier

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“It is the year 2230 and science has triumphed over the baseness and depravity that caused the wars of the twenty-second century!” Dr. Mark Savant hears of incidents of human sacrifice permitted by the government […]

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“It is the year 2230 and science has triumphed over the baseness and depravity that caused the wars of the twenty-second century!” Dr. Mark Savant hears of incidents of human sacrifice permitted by the government […]

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Grandon

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“The Planet of Peril” (Argosy All-Story Weekly July 20-August 24, 1929) by Otis Adelbert Kline is the first of a trilogy about the hero Grandon. This time, travel to Venus is done with mind-swapping (as […]

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“The Planet of Peril” (Argosy All-Story Weekly July 20-August 24, 1929) by Otis Adelbert Kline is the first of a trilogy about the hero Grandon. This time, travel to Venus is done with mind-swapping (as […]

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Granite Lady

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Sheila Sorrell was a singer at the Red Angel nightclub. Even though she had a voice like a frog, the singer’s good looks would bring in droves of men, hanging on her every move, mesmerized […]

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Sheila Sorrell was a singer at the Red Angel nightclub. Even though she had a voice like a frog, the singer’s good looks would bring in droves of men, hanging on her every move, mesmerized […]

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Granny Gumshoe

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“Somewhere in the suburbs of Weston lives a lovable old lady! No one would have believed that this quaint person had a secret passion for criminal investigation and invention… these hobbies came in handy when […]

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“Somewhere in the suburbs of Weston lives a lovable old lady! No one would have believed that this quaint person had a secret passion for criminal investigation and invention… these hobbies came in handy when […]

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Grant Gardner

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District Attorney Grant Gardner and Police Commissioner Dryden were asked by Mayor Randolph to investigate suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab. Gardner dons the costume of Captain America during […]

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District Attorney Grant Gardner and Police Commissioner Dryden were asked by Mayor Randolph to investigate suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab. Gardner dons the costume of Captain America during […]

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Grasshopper

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The Grasshopper was an armed jewel thief who had the good fortune of meeting an entomologist named Professor Chase. Looking for a better way to evade capture, the thief asked the professor what the secret […]

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The Grasshopper was an armed jewel thief who had the good fortune of meeting an entomologist named Professor Chase. Looking for a better way to evade capture, the thief asked the professor what the secret […]

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Gray Champion

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The Gray Champion appeared in an 1835 eponymous short story, collected in the two volume Twice-Told Tales published in 1837, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. When a New England community of Colonial Puritans in Boston are confronted […]

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The Gray Champion appeared in an 1835 eponymous short story, collected in the two volume Twice-Told Tales published in 1837, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. When a New England community of Colonial Puritans in Boston are confronted […]

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Gray Mask

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The wealthy Dr. Malcolm Muir was the secret identity of the Gray Mask. Assisted by his butler Dove, they fought devil worshipers and pseudo-supernatural creatures who were really Nazi agents or criminals out to steal […]

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The wealthy Dr. Malcolm Muir was the secret identity of the Gray Mask. Assisted by his butler Dove, they fought devil worshipers and pseudo-supernatural creatures who were really Nazi agents or criminals out to steal […]

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Gray Seal

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Jimmie Dale was a wealthy playboy and a master safe cracker, who committed crimes for the thrill. Jimmie’s father owned a company which produced safes and other locks, giving Jimmie a great familiarity with safe […]

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Jimmie Dale was a wealthy playboy and a master safe cracker, who committed crimes for the thrill. Jimmie’s father owned a company which produced safes and other locks, giving Jimmie a great familiarity with safe […]

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Great Defender

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Stormy Foster was a “soda jerk” and assistant clerk in a pharmacy, Vaughan’s Cut Rate Drugs, located in a city somewhere in California. The pharmacy was run by the elderly Dr. Vaughan. Stormy was his […]

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Stormy Foster was a “soda jerk” and assistant clerk in a pharmacy, Vaughan’s Cut Rate Drugs, located in a city somewhere in California. The pharmacy was run by the elderly Dr. Vaughan. Stormy was his […]

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Great One

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The Great One was the ruler of Eurania, the floating continent. After kidnapping several pilots from a Louisiana army base, the Great One’s plan was to hypnotize them into becoming his personal air force for […]

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The Great One was the ruler of Eurania, the floating continent. After kidnapping several pilots from a Louisiana army base, the Great One’s plan was to hypnotize them into becoming his personal air force for […]

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Great Question

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The Great Question was a member of the Council of Seven at the lamasery in Tibet where Amazing Man was raised and trained. He was the lama in charge of interrogations. With his incredible telepathic […]

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The Great Question was a member of the Council of Seven at the lamasery in Tibet where Amazing Man was raised and trained. He was the lama in charge of interrogations. With his incredible telepathic […]