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Jovian

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Typology Jovian Total Entries 12 Representative Balloon Men of Jupiter Lightweight, floating creatures are a great way to dress up your “Alien Sky”, populate a gas giant or add to the curious fauna in a […]
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Typology Jovian Total Entries 12 Representative Balloon Men of Jupiter Lightweight, floating creatures are a great way to dress up your “Alien Sky”, populate a gas giant or add to the curious fauna in a […]
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Jovian Invaders

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In the 21st century, a military force from Jupiter attacks the allied worlds of Earth, Mars, and Venus. The Allied World Forces use A.W. Meteorjets to battle the Jovejets of the Jovian Invaders. Captain Jax, […]
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In the 21st century, a military force from Jupiter attacks the allied worlds of Earth, Mars, and Venus. The Allied World Forces use A.W. Meteorjets to battle the Jovejets of the Jovian Invaders. Captain Jax, […]
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Jovians

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

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Joyce Lawrence is a prominent biologist who heads a mission to the planet Aldebaran to find the source of a recording of mysterious and hypnotic music. Lieutenant Commander Bruce Hunter, the commanding officer of the […]
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Joyce Lawrence is a prominent biologist who heads a mission to the planet Aldebaran to find the source of a recording of mysterious and hypnotic music. Lieutenant Commander Bruce Hunter, the commanding officer of the […]
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Juan-José Moréno (Gaumont)

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Juan-José Moréno is head of a ring of crooks rival to the Vampires. Moréno possesses a hypnotic gaze that he uses to control people. Alias Moréno Real Names/Alt Names Juan-José Moréno Characteristics Villain, Criminal Mastermind, […]
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Juan-José Moréno is head of a ring of crooks rival to the Vampires. Moréno possesses a hypnotic gaze that he uses to control people. Alias Moréno Real Names/Alt Names Juan-José Moréno Characteristics Villain, Criminal Mastermind, […]
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Judex

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After his father was killed, Judex set out on a crusade against crime, assisted by his mother, his younger brother, circus folk and redeemed criminals. He was skilled in fighting, was a master of disguise […]
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After his father was killed, Judex set out on a crusade against crime, assisted by his mother, his younger brother, circus folk and redeemed criminals. He was skilled in fighting, was a master of disguise […]
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Judge (MLJ)

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The Judge was thought to be a respectable man in the small town of Doughty’s Island. However, he was somewhat of a pirate, and would send his henchmen to steal from ships about to dock. […]
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The Judge was thought to be a respectable man in the small town of Doughty’s Island. However, he was somewhat of a pirate, and would send his henchmen to steal from ships about to dock. […]
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Judge (Rural Home)

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Jim Lawson not only witnesses his father’s murder, but he also has to watch the murderer go unpunished thanks to frightened witnesses. Lawson devotes himself to the law and becomes a judge. When the law […]
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Jim Lawson not only witnesses his father’s murder, but he also has to watch the murderer go unpunished thanks to frightened witnesses. Lawson devotes himself to the law and becomes a judge. When the law […]
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Judge Lynch

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A wealthy man, Mr. Voss tried to run for office as a judge, but a psychiatric report declared him mentally unstable and his political party refused to endorse him. In retaliation, he took on the […]
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A wealthy man, Mr. Voss tried to run for office as a judge, but a psychiatric report declared him mentally unstable and his political party refused to endorse him. In retaliation, he took on the […]
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Judgement (Tarot)

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The picture on the Tarot Judgement card makes no secret of what judgment it refers to: the Last Judgment, when all the people who ever lived are awakened and sent either to Heaven or to […]
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The picture on the Tarot Judgement card makes no secret of what judgment it refers to: the Last Judgment, when all the people who ever lived are awakened and sent either to Heaven or to […]
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Judges of the Dead

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The Judges of the Dead, also known as the Lords of Judgement, were a trio of supernatural characters that occasionally appeared in Fawcett’s early 1950s horror line. According to at least two sources, they held […]
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The Judges of the Dead, also known as the Lords of Judgement, were a trio of supernatural characters that occasionally appeared in Fawcett’s early 1950s horror line. According to at least two sources, they held […]
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Judo Joe

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Joe Smith, whom most everyone called “Judo Joe” because he had learned self-defense during his childhood in Japan, was a sophomore at Mid-City High. His origin revealed that his father, John Smith, was a doctor […]
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Joe Smith, whom most everyone called “Judo Joe” because he had learned self-defense during his childhood in Japan, was a sophomore at Mid-City High. His origin revealed that his father, John Smith, was a doctor […]
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Judomaster

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Rip Jagger was a skilled boxer who joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor and was sent to the Pacific. There, he encountered a group of Japanese refugees who had fled from the mainland rather than […]
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Rip Jagger was a skilled boxer who joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor and was sent to the Pacific. There, he encountered a group of Japanese refugees who had fled from the mainland rather than […]
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Judy of the Jungle

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Judy of the Jungle was raised by her naturalist father in the isolation of the African jungles. Her father encountered a band of international criminals, who killed him. When Judy found her dying father, he […]
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Judy of the Jungle was raised by her naturalist father in the isolation of the African jungles. Her father encountered a band of international criminals, who killed him. When Judy found her dying father, he […]
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Juggernaut

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Juggernaut, the Giant of Justice, was a non-costumed adventurer whose creed was to protect the weak, defend the helpless, to promote the cause of justice, and strike fear into the hearts of evildoers. He earned […]
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Juggernaut, the Giant of Justice, was a non-costumed adventurer whose creed was to protect the weak, defend the helpless, to promote the cause of justice, and strike fear into the hearts of evildoers. He earned […]
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Jughead Jones

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Jughead is a friend of Archie Andrews who resides in the town of Riverdale where he attends Riverdale High. Unlike Archie, Jughead is usually not interested in girls, and usually advises Archie to stay away […]
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Jughead is a friend of Archie Andrews who resides in the town of Riverdale where he attends Riverdale High. Unlike Archie, Jughead is usually not interested in girls, and usually advises Archie to stay away […]
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Jujo Shakuhachi

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Jūjō Shakuhachi is an antagonist in Nansō Satomi Hakkenden. Alias Jūjō Shakuhachi (Eight Dog Warriors) Real Names/Alt Names Jūjō Shakuhachi (十条 灯八) Characteristics Villain, Eight Dog Warriors, Japanese Mythos, Medieval Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]
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Jūjō Shakuhachi is an antagonist in Nansō Satomi Hakkenden. Alias Jūjō Shakuhachi (Eight Dog Warriors) Real Names/Alt Names Jūjō Shakuhachi (十条 灯八) Characteristics Villain, Eight Dog Warriors, Japanese Mythos, Medieval Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]
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Jules Verne

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Creator Jules Verne (1828-1905) Profession Novelist, Poet, Playwright Total Entries 6 Articles Jules Verne – Fantastic Fiction Jules Verne – Wikipedia The Impossible Voyages of Jules Verne – The Guardian Perhaps a better title for […]
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Creator Jules Verne (1828-1905) Profession Novelist, Poet, Playwright Total Entries 6 Articles Jules Verne – Fantastic Fiction Jules Verne – Wikipedia The Impossible Voyages of Jules Verne – The Guardian Perhaps a better title for […]
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Julia

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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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Juliet

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Juliet Capulet is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with […]
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Juliet Capulet is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with […]
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Julius Caesar

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. […]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. […]
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Jumping Jacks

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Modo, Master of Mercury, invades Earth during a mummer’s parade on December 31, 1952. Modo is a Mercurian Mud Man. He brings with him one of the Jupiter Jumping Jacks, a Stone Men from Saturn, […]
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Modo, Master of Mercury, invades Earth during a mummer’s parade on December 31, 1952. Modo is a Mercurian Mud Man. He brings with him one of the Jupiter Jumping Jacks, a Stone Men from Saturn, […]
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June Rogers

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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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June Tarpe Mills

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Creator June Tarpe Mills (1918-1988) Profession Artist, Writer Total Entries 20 Articles Tarpe Mills – Lambiek Comiclopedia June Tarpé Mills – Wikipedia Miss Fury and Miss Mills Miss Fury exists in that interesting era between […]
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Creator June Tarpe Mills (1918-1988) Profession Artist, Writer Total Entries 20 Articles Tarpe Mills – Lambiek Comiclopedia June Tarpé Mills – Wikipedia Miss Fury and Miss Mills Miss Fury exists in that interesting era between […]
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Jungle Action

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Club Jungle Action Total Entries 141 Representative Kaanga Tarzanesque (in French: Tarzanide) is a term created by Frenchman Francis Lacassin used to describe characters in comic books inspired by Tarzan. A tarzanesque character resembles Tarzan […]
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Club Jungle Action Total Entries 141 Representative Kaanga Tarzanesque (in French: Tarzanide) is a term created by Frenchman Francis Lacassin used to describe characters in comic books inspired by Tarzan. A tarzanesque character resembles Tarzan […]
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Jungle Boy (Dell)

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Keeto is a boy who lives in an unspecified jungle. Like Tarzan and Mowgli, Keeto can talk to animals. Alias Jungle Boy (Dell) Real Names/Alt Names Keeto Characteristics Jungle Action, World War II Era, Public […]
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Keeto is a boy who lives in an unspecified jungle. Like Tarzan and Mowgli, Keeto can talk to animals. Alias Jungle Boy (Dell) Real Names/Alt Names Keeto Characteristics Jungle Action, World War II Era, Public […]
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Jungle Boy (Nedor)

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After the loss of his parents, Prof. and Mrs. Knight, the young Mr. Knight grew up orphaned in the jungle and became Zudo the Jungle Boy. Alias Jungle Boy (Nedor) Real Names/Alt Names Zudo Knight […]
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After the loss of his parents, Prof. and Mrs. Knight, the young Mr. Knight grew up orphaned in the jungle and became Zudo the Jungle Boy. Alias Jungle Boy (Nedor) Real Names/Alt Names Zudo Knight […]
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Jungle Empress

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Tegra, the Jungle Empress, dealt with sci-fi threats such as the Soldiers from Saturn and their leader, Queen Zanto. She commanded native warriors and various animals, with her weapon of choice being her dagger. She […]
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Tegra, the Jungle Empress, dealt with sci-fi threats such as the Soldiers from Saturn and their leader, Queen Zanto. She commanded native warriors and various animals, with her weapon of choice being her dagger. She […]
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Jungle Girl (Fawcett)

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Nyoka’s father, Dr. John Meredith, came to Africa with his daughter to escape the shame brought upon their family by his criminal twin Bradley. Dr. Meredith uses his medical skills to help the native Masamba […]
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Nyoka’s father, Dr. John Meredith, came to Africa with his daughter to escape the shame brought upon their family by his criminal twin Bradley. Dr. Meredith uses his medical skills to help the native Masamba […]
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Jungle Girl (Fiction House)

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Jessie was a re-printed and re-named version of Camilla taken from Jungle Comics #55. Many sites claim Ann Mason was replaced as Kaänga’s mate by a new character named “Jessie”. Some even state this happened […]
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Jessie was a re-printed and re-named version of Camilla taken from Jungle Comics #55. Many sites claim Ann Mason was replaced as Kaänga’s mate by a new character named “Jessie”. Some even state this happened […]
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Jungle Jo

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Jungle Jo was the monarch of the Tangane people, keeping them safe from threats such as the monsters of Forbidden Valley. His first mate was named Lura, who, more often than not, played the damsel-in-distress. […]
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Jungle Jo was the monarch of the Tangane people, keeping them safe from threats such as the monsters of Forbidden Valley. His first mate was named Lura, who, more often than not, played the damsel-in-distress. […]
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Jungle King

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Lee Granger, aka Jungle King, was sort of a Tarzan character with a twist. Instead of being a “noble savage,” Jungle King is a scientist by the name of Lee Granger who used his genius […]
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Lee Granger, aka Jungle King, was sort of a Tarzan character with a twist. Instead of being a “noble savage,” Jungle King is a scientist by the name of Lee Granger who used his genius […]
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Jungle Lil

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The Kombe tribe adopted the young daughter of an archaeologist after his death. She was called Jungle Lil by the tribe because they found a picture of her with the name written on it. She […]
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The Kombe tribe adopted the young daughter of an archaeologist after his death. She was called Jungle Lil by the tribe because they found a picture of her with the name written on it. She […]
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Jungle Prince (Centaur)

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Prince Kelo, the Jungle Prince, was the adopted white son of King Banok of Balkania, in the Siamese jungles. His adopted father was killed by Carnov in an attempt to take over the throne. Kelo […]
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Prince Kelo, the Jungle Prince, was the adopted white son of King Banok of Balkania, in the Siamese jungles. His adopted father was killed by Carnov in an attempt to take over the throne. Kelo […]
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Jungle Queen

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Lothel is a white woman regarded as a queen by the natives of the jungle in the middle of the continent of Africa. She is a mysterious and seemingly benevolent creature who appears and disappears […]
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Lothel is a white woman regarded as a queen by the natives of the jungle in the middle of the continent of Africa. She is a mysterious and seemingly benevolent creature who appears and disappears […]
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Jungle Siren

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Kuhlaya was a jungle girl who helped American Captain Gary Hart and his friends foil a Nazi plot to get the local natives to disrupt the construction of an important bridge project. She is a […]
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Kuhlaya was a jungle girl who helped American Captain Gary Hart and his friends foil a Nazi plot to get the local natives to disrupt the construction of an important bridge project. She is a […]
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Jungleman

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Jungleman was a White savage who lived in the jungles near Angkor in Cambodia. He was friends with all the animals of the jungle, particularly an albino tiger that he called Keeta. In addition to […]
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Jungleman was a White savage who lived in the jungles near Angkor in Cambodia. He was friends with all the animals of the jungle, particularly an albino tiger that he called Keeta. In addition to […]
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Junius B. Jethro

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Dr. Junius B. Jethro treats a musical comedy star named Ruth Morton after she is attacked in her dressing room by what she thinks is just a strange man. Ruth’s husband Bill contacts Dr. Jethro […]
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Dr. Junius B. Jethro treats a musical comedy star named Ruth Morton after she is attacked in her dressing room by what she thinks is just a strange man. Ruth’s husband Bill contacts Dr. Jethro […]
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Jupiter

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Jupiter was a master magician, from the planet Jupiter, who combats evil on Earth, especially in the form of his arch-foe, Racko, and later Racko’s brother Murdo. He was allied with ace reporter Jim Johnson, […]
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Jupiter was a master magician, from the planet Jupiter, who combats evil on Earth, especially in the form of his arch-foe, Racko, and later Racko’s brother Murdo. He was allied with ace reporter Jim Johnson, […]
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Just ‘N’ Right

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An orphan who had been shuffled from one relative to the next while growing up, Justin Wright was a lumberjack who, on his 26th birthday, received a telegram from the law offices of Cronin, Fox, […]
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An orphan who had been shuffled from one relative to the next while growing up, Justin Wright was a lumberjack who, on his 26th birthday, received a telegram from the law offices of Cronin, Fox, […]
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Justice (Tarot)

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The Justice of the Tarot is not blind. There’s the sword representing the sharp firmness of the law, and the scales by which to judge the actions of men, as carried by every image of […]
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The Justice of the Tarot is not blind. There’s the sword representing the sharp firmness of the law, and the scales by which to judge the actions of men, as carried by every image of […]
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K-51

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Ken Flynn was the childhood friend of Rick Anthony. Flynn became a secret service agent originally known as K-5. Anthony became a mercenary. He was so well known as such that he even wrote a […]
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Ken Flynn was the childhood friend of Rick Anthony. Flynn became a secret service agent originally known as K-5. Anthony became a mercenary. He was so well known as such that he even wrote a […]
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Ka-Zhan (II)

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Ka-Zhan is a vizier for the queen of Moon Mountain. He attempts to take the throne from Moon Girl’s mother by claiming her sacrifice will appease a volcanic eruption, thus saving Moon Mountain and asserting […]
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Ka-Zhan is a vizier for the queen of Moon Mountain. He attempts to take the throne from Moon Girl’s mother by claiming her sacrifice will appease a volcanic eruption, thus saving Moon Mountain and asserting […]
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Kaanga

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Kaänga was a White boy who was orphaned when his explorer family and other members of their expedition were slaughtered in the Congo. The boy, whose real name was never revealed, ran away. He was […]
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Kaänga was a White boy who was orphaned when his explorer family and other members of their expedition were slaughtered in the Congo. The boy, whose real name was never revealed, ran away. He was […]
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Kabar Tardor

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

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Kage onna are the shadows of women projected onto windows and doors when there is no one around to cast them. They usually take the form of young ladies, and occasionally they are accompanied by […]
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Kage onna are the shadows of women projected onto windows and doors when there is no one around to cast them. They usually take the form of young ladies, and occasionally they are accompanied by […]
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Kai the Sentinel

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[The King said unto Syrahn, the prophet]: “I have a need.” And Syrahn answered: “Thou art a man.” And the King said: “Where lie the days that were and certain hours?” And Syrahn answered: “These […]
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[The King said unto Syrahn, the prophet]: “I have a need.” And Syrahn answered: “Thou art a man.” And the King said: “Where lie the days that were and certain hours?” And Syrahn answered: “These […]
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Kaichigo

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Kaichigo is the spirit of a shell box come to life. It takes the form of a small, doll-like boy in a kimono. Kaichigo haunt the shell boxes used to store beautiful and expensive painted […]
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Kaichigo is the spirit of a shell box come to life. It takes the form of a small, doll-like boy in a kimono. Kaichigo haunt the shell boxes used to store beautiful and expensive painted […]
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Kal

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Space Pilot Colonel Rulak serves the totalitarian nation of Europa in the year 2200. Rulak is caught reading books from the 20th century, with stories of a “world of freedom, men unwatched by thought control!” […]
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Space Pilot Colonel Rulak serves the totalitarian nation of Europa in the year 2200. Rulak is caught reading books from the 20th century, with stories of a “world of freedom, men unwatched by thought control!” […]
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Kalkor

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Kalkor was to be a high priest of Isis in Ancient Egypt, but a high priestess named Nagana, later known as the Queen of Evil, wanted him to forego his vows and rule Thebes by […]
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Kalkor was to be a high priest of Isis in Ancient Egypt, but a high priestess named Nagana, later known as the Queen of Evil, wanted him to forego his vows and rule Thebes by […]
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Kalthar

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Kalthar the Giant Man was chief of the Urgana tribe and protector of the jungle. He was adopted by the tribe after his father died to save the Urganas from Arab slave traders. The Urganas […]
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Kalthar the Giant Man was chief of the Urgana tribe and protector of the jungle. He was adopted by the tribe after his father died to save the Urganas from Arab slave traders. The Urganas […]
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Kamaitachi

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Kamaitachi is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin’etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes. They appear riding on dust devils and cut people using […]
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Kamaitachi is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin’etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes. They appear riding on dust devils and cut people using […]
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Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa

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Shibaraku, one of the most widely recognized of all kabuki and one most associated with the form… centers around the figure of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, who has become the stereotypical bombastic hero of the kabuki […]
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Shibaraku, one of the most widely recognized of all kabuki and one most associated with the form… centers around the figure of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, who has become the stereotypical bombastic hero of the kabuki […]
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Kameosa

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Kameosa are old earthenware jugs used to hold water or sake that have changed into tsukumogami—objects that have been around for so long that they develop a spirit. They look like ordinary jugs, except that […]
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Kameosa are old earthenware jugs used to hold water or sake that have changed into tsukumogami—objects that have been around for so long that they develop a spirit. They look like ordinary jugs, except that […]
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Kami-oni

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For the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien depicts a woman before a mirror. After cutting off a large amount of hair, she is seemingly watching new hair grow back in. Is she a spirit (kami) […]
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For the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien depicts a woman before a mirror. After cutting off a large amount of hair, she is seemingly watching new hair grow back in. Is she a spirit (kami) […]
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Kamikiri

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Kamikiri, the “hair-cutter”, is a Japanese yōkai said to secretly cut people’s hair on the head. They were rumored from time to time in the urban areas of the Edo Period, and can sporadically be […]
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Kamikiri, the “hair-cutter”, is a Japanese yōkai said to secretly cut people’s hair on the head. They were rumored from time to time in the urban areas of the Edo Period, and can sporadically be […]
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Kanbari nyudo

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Kanbari nyūdō is a perverted ghost-like yōkai which lurks outside of bathrooms on New Year’s Eve. It has a roughly priest-like appearance, with robes and a tonsured haircut. Its body is covered in thick hairs. […]
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Kanbari nyūdō is a perverted ghost-like yōkai which lurks outside of bathrooms on New Year’s Eve. It has a roughly priest-like appearance, with robes and a tonsured haircut. Its body is covered in thick hairs. […]
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Kappa

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In traditional Japanese folklore a kappa, “river-child”… is a reptiloid kami with similarities to yōkai. Kappa can become harmful when not respected as gods. Accounts typically depict them as green, human-like beings with webbed hands […]
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In traditional Japanese folklore a kappa, “river-child”… is a reptiloid kami with similarities to yōkai. Kappa can become harmful when not respected as gods. Accounts typically depict them as green, human-like beings with webbed hands […]
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Kara Lane

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The year is 2103. Lieutenant Steve Halden, on duty at the “magnetoscope space scanner” with his fiance, “code analyst” Kara Lane, tells her his two weeks leave is approved. This pleases Kara, as now the […]
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The year is 2103. Lieutenant Steve Halden, on duty at the “magnetoscope space scanner” with his fiance, “code analyst” Kara Lane, tells her his two weeks leave is approved. This pleases Kara, as now the […]
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Kara the Jungle Princess

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Jane Howell was on a plane piloted by Major Christopher “Kit” Kendall, when it crashed into a lake in the jungles of Nairobi. The native, Baldayo, was killed in the crash, but gave Jane and […]
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Jane Howell was on a plane piloted by Major Christopher “Kit” Kendall, when it crashed into a lake in the jungles of Nairobi. The native, Baldayo, was killed in the crash, but gave Jane and […]
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Kara Zoq

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Zoq, the Calliph of Callisto, steals unmanned cargo vessels bearing methane shipments from Jupiter through the asteroid belt by creating explosions, making it seem like the ships have been destroyed by accidental impacts. The explosive […]
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Zoq, the Calliph of Callisto, steals unmanned cargo vessels bearing methane shipments from Jupiter through the asteroid belt by creating explosions, making it seem like the ships have been destroyed by accidental impacts. The explosive […]
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Kardak

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John Cardy was an American adventurer and a professional magician popularly known as Kardak the Mystic. He traveled the world doing magic shows and fighting whatever crime he ran into along the way. He was […]
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John Cardy was an American adventurer and a professional magician popularly known as Kardak the Mystic. He traveled the world doing magic shows and fighting whatever crime he ran into along the way. He was […]
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Karin

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Karin is the granddaughter of Earth Commander Elmus of the Sky Patrol. She was aboard E-Ship 72 when it was attacked by Mephisians, and Elmus presumes her dead. While a captive on the planet Mephistos, […]
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Karin is the granddaughter of Earth Commander Elmus of the Sky Patrol. She was aboard E-Ship 72 when it was attacked by Mephisians, and Elmus presumes her dead. While a captive on the planet Mephistos, […]
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Karl Crowder

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Karl Crowder owns a flea circus and is obsessed with studying the dramatic interplay between three of his fleas, Rosa, Felix, and Herman. He explains to his skeptical friends that Rosa loves Herman. A friend […]
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Karl Crowder owns a flea circus and is obsessed with studying the dramatic interplay between three of his fleas, Rosa, Felix, and Herman. He explains to his skeptical friends that Rosa loves Herman. A friend […]
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Karna

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Princess Karna was lost hundreds of years before, last seen at the base of a Mayan pyramid temple in Mexico. Strong Bow goes to the pyramid with Laughing Frog and another of their tribe to […]
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Princess Karna was lost hundreds of years before, last seen at the base of a Mayan pyramid temple in Mexico. Strong Bow goes to the pyramid with Laughing Frog and another of their tribe to […]
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Karnock

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Protector Karnock rules the planet Sirion at the “rim of the system” while his older brother, King Stephan, battles a five-year war against alien invaders. Unfortunately for Sirion’s populace, Karnock is a ruthless dictator. Karnock […]
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Protector Karnock rules the planet Sirion at the “rim of the system” while his older brother, King Stephan, battles a five-year war against alien invaders. Unfortunately for Sirion’s populace, Karnock is a ruthless dictator. Karnock […]
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Karnock’s Henchmen

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Karnock’s henchmen work for Karnock as body guards, executioners, soldiers, jailers, and space fighter pilots against King Stephan and his forces. They work in an instrumental fashion to aid Karnock in his bid to take […]
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Karnock’s henchmen work for Karnock as body guards, executioners, soldiers, jailers, and space fighter pilots against King Stephan and his forces. They work in an instrumental fashion to aid Karnock in his bid to take […]
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Karragon, Tyrant of Mars

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Greg Zhor is a member of the copper-skinned Rihns, a peaceful people descended from the aboriginal Martians and the first terrestrials from Earth to settle on Mars. Zhor rose to prominence due to his research […]
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Greg Zhor is a member of the copper-skinned Rihns, a peaceful people descended from the aboriginal Martians and the first terrestrials from Earth to settle on Mars. Zhor rose to prominence due to his research […]
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Kasha

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The kasha is a Japanese yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds. Kasha are yōkai that would steal corpses from funerals and cemeteries, and what […]
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The kasha is a Japanese yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds. Kasha are yōkai that would steal corpses from funerals and cemeteries, and what […]
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Katawaguruma

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Instead of a giant monk’s head stuck in a wheel, katawaguruma appear as tormented, naked women riding single, flaming, ox-cart wheels. They suffer eternally, burning in pain. Katawaguruma look and act in much the same […]
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Instead of a giant monk’s head stuck in a wheel, katawaguruma appear as tormented, naked women riding single, flaming, ox-cart wheels. They suffer eternally, burning in pain. Katawaguruma look and act in much the same […]
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Kathleen Ni Houlihan

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Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Irish: Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure […]
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Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Irish: Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure […]
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Kathulos of Atlantis

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“Skull-Face” unfolds within the grim and shadowy realms of opium dreams and ancient secrets. Written by Robert E. Howard and published as a serial in the pages of Weird Tales, beginning in October 1929, and […]
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“Skull-Face” unfolds within the grim and shadowy realms of opium dreams and ancient secrets. Written by Robert E. Howard and published as a serial in the pages of Weird Tales, beginning in October 1929, and […]
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Katy Keene

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Katy Keene was a glamorous brunette college student when she was first discovered as a potential fashion model at age 21. After a brief stint as an aspiring Broadway performer, Katy rose to stardom as […]
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Katy Keene was a glamorous brunette college student when she was first discovered as a potential fashion model at age 21. After a brief stint as an aspiring Broadway performer, Katy rose to stardom as […]
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Kawauso

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In Japanese, otters are called “kawauso”. In Japanese folklore, they fool humans in the same way as foxes (kitsune) and tanuki. In the Noto region, Ishikawa Prefecture, there are stories where they shapeshift into beautiful […]
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In Japanese, otters are called “kawauso”. In Japanese folklore, they fool humans in the same way as foxes (kitsune) and tanuki. In the Noto region, Ishikawa Prefecture, there are stories where they shapeshift into beautiful […]
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Kay

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In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay is King Arthur’s foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue […]
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In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay is King Arthur’s foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue […]
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Kay McKay, Air Hostess

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Kay McKay was an air hostess for World Wide Airlines and was stationed in Mexico City. She had a knack of finding trouble and getting into various adventures, such as confronting spies or escaping from […]
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Kay McKay was an air hostess for World Wide Airlines and was stationed in Mexico City. She had a knack of finding trouble and getting into various adventures, such as confronting spies or escaping from […]
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Kayimo

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

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Kayo Kirby was a champion boxer. He lost his title when he was drugged during a match but, motivated by his love for Mary Harden, he came back to win the title again, and to […]
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Kayo Kirby was a champion boxer. He lost his title when he was drugged during a match but, motivated by his love for Mary Harden, he came back to win the title again, and to […]
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Kayo Ward

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Kayo Ward was known for his Herculean strength and nearly superhuman stamina when he worked in a steel mill in New York, as well as his good nature and heroic inclinations. While walking home from […]
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Kayo Ward was known for his Herculean strength and nearly superhuman stamina when he worked in a steel mill in New York, as well as his good nature and heroic inclinations. While walking home from […]
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Kaza

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Kaza was a jungle hero who attracted the attention of a rich old woman from New York named Matilda Marshall, who had fallen in love with him. She goes to the jungle with her attractive […]
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Kaza was a jungle hero who attracted the attention of a rich old woman from New York named Matilda Marshall, who had fallen in love with him. She goes to the jungle with her attractive […]
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Kazanda

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Kazanda was the “Queen of the Lost Continent,” a landmass in uncharted waters. She promised to help Sylf, the Subtle, find a blood sacrifice for his altar, but instead she protects Paul and the Professor […]
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Kazanda was the “Queen of the Lost Continent,” a landmass in uncharted waters. She promised to help Sylf, the Subtle, find a blood sacrifice for his altar, but instead she protects Paul and the Professor […]
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Kazenbo

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Kazenbō is a ghostly apparition which resembles a monk wreathed in flames, being burnt alive. They appear on a mountain in Kyoto called Toribeyama, which has been used as a grave site for many centuries. […]
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Kazenbō is a ghostly apparition which resembles a monk wreathed in flames, being burnt alive. They appear on a mountain in Kyoto called Toribeyama, which has been used as a grave site for many centuries. […]
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Kazmar

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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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Kecksburg UFO

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The Kecksburg UFO incident occurred on December 9, 1965, at Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, United States, when a fireball was reported by citizens of six U.S. states and Canada over Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. Astronomers said […]
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The Kecksburg UFO incident occurred on December 9, 1965, at Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, United States, when a fireball was reported by citizens of six U.S. states and Canada over Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. Astronomers said […]
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Kees Van Ruyters

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Kees Van Ruyters was an artist who lived in the 15th century. He was known for his horrific depictions of monstrous creatures before his suicide in 1495. Van Ruyters killed himself by thrusting his arms […]
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Kees Van Ruyters was an artist who lived in the 15th century. He was known for his horrific depictions of monstrous creatures before his suicide in 1495. Van Ruyters killed himself by thrusting his arms […]
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Kejoro

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Kejōrō are prostitutes whose face and body are hidden behind a curtain of disturbingly thick, long, disheveled black hair. From behind they look just like normal women with their hair hanging down loosely. They appear […]
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Kejōrō are prostitutes whose face and body are hidden behind a curtain of disturbingly thick, long, disheveled black hair. From behind they look just like normal women with their hair hanging down loosely. They appear […]
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Kelly-Hopkinsville UFO

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On the evening of August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children arrived at the Hopkinsville police station claiming that small alien creatures from a spaceship were attacking their farmhouse, and that they had been […]
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On the evening of August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children arrived at the Hopkinsville police station claiming that small alien creatures from a spaceship were attacking their farmhouse, and that they had been […]
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Kemaha

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Bill White was Detective, First Class, in the homicide division of a unnamed city’s homicide division. Investigating some brutal murders, he discovers they are being committed not by a human, but by a monster called […]
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Bill White was Detective, First Class, in the homicide division of a unnamed city’s homicide division. Investigating some brutal murders, he discovers they are being committed not by a human, but by a monster called […]
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Ken Keen

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Ken Keen was a captain of the Planet Patrol around the year 2065. Ken rescued Nirma, daughter of the president of Mars and self-described “Amazon” from the Tree-Men of Uranus. After that, Ken took the […]
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Ken Keen was a captain of the Planet Patrol around the year 2065. Ken rescued Nirma, daughter of the president of Mars and self-described “Amazon” from the Tree-Men of Uranus. After that, Ken took the […]
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Kenny Carr

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Kenny Carr was a British soldier, originally from London, who signed on with the Martian Lancers, a force that protected the British settlement of Kakar on Mars. With the rank of Captain, he was stationed […]
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Kenny Carr was a British soldier, originally from London, who signed on with the Martian Lancers, a force that protected the British settlement of Kakar on Mars. With the rank of Captain, he was stationed […]
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Kensington Slade

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Kensington Slade was an investigator who specialized in dealing with weird phenomena. Slade and his assistant Mike were asked by Jane Edmonds, niece and sole heir of the recently deceased newspaper tycoon Madison Hawkes, to […]
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Kensington Slade was an investigator who specialized in dealing with weird phenomena. Slade and his assistant Mike were asked by Jane Edmonds, niece and sole heir of the recently deceased newspaper tycoon Madison Hawkes, to […]
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Kenton of the Star Patrol

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Dave Kenton was a captain of the Star Patrol who kept the peace throughout the solar system around the year 3750. He was sometimes aided by Maeve Malloy, a dancer and undercover reporter for the […]
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Dave Kenton was a captain of the Star Patrol who kept the peace throughout the solar system around the year 3750. He was sometimes aided by Maeve Malloy, a dancer and undercover reporter for the […]
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Kerakera onna

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Kerakera onna are gigantic, horrid yōkai found in red light districts. Their name comes from the cackling sound of their laughter. Kerakera onna appear as enormous, middle-aged women in colorful brothel kimonos, with thick make-up […]
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Kerakera onna are gigantic, horrid yōkai found in red light districts. Their name comes from the cackling sound of their laughter. Kerakera onna appear as enormous, middle-aged women in colorful brothel kimonos, with thick make-up […]
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Kern’l Kilgore

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Kern’l Kilgore tried to solve a mystery in the country of Slivonia, but was confused by the unseen “Phantom Princess”. Note: Most sites claim the Phantom Princess was believed to be “Princess Tatanova,” a member […]
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Kern’l Kilgore tried to solve a mystery in the country of Slivonia, but was confused by the unseen “Phantom Princess”. Note: Most sites claim the Phantom Princess was believed to be “Princess Tatanova,” a member […]
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Keukegen

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Keukegen are filthy monsters commonly found in populated areas. They are the size of a small dog and appear as a mass of long, dirty hair. Keukegen make their homes in cool, damp, dark places; […]
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Keukegen are filthy monsters commonly found in populated areas. They are the size of a small dog and appear as a mass of long, dirty hair. Keukegen make their homes in cool, damp, dark places; […]
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Kevitt Standish

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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Kharlsen

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On the third moon of Jupiter, the tyrant Kharlsen holds the fabulous opal named “Jewel of Morn”. The pirate Haneesh tasks Tara, Malo, and Robin with stealing the jewel. The trio infiltrate Kharlsen’s slave blocks, […]
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On the third moon of Jupiter, the tyrant Kharlsen holds the fabulous opal named “Jewel of Morn”. The pirate Haneesh tasks Tara, Malo, and Robin with stealing the jewel. The trio infiltrate Kharlsen’s slave blocks, […]
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Khemsa

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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Ki-Gor

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Ki-Gor the Jungle Lord began life as the son of a missionary. After the Wunguba tribe killed his father, the boy survived in the jungle with the help of his elephant friend, Marmo. Later, an […]
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Ki-Gor the Jungle Lord began life as the son of a missionary. After the Wunguba tribe killed his father, the boy survived in the jungle with the help of his elephant friend, Marmo. Later, an […]
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Kib

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“Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib […]
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“Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib […]
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Kid Conqueror

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“Comics” McCormick was “The World’s #1 Comic Book Fan.” He lived with his mother, Mary, a factory worker, and his older sister, Connie, a secretary. His friends included his girlfriend, Rosalie Brown, and fellow comics […]
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“Comics” McCormick was “The World’s #1 Comic Book Fan.” He lived with his mother, Mary, a factory worker, and his older sister, Connie, a secretary. His friends included his girlfriend, Rosalie Brown, and fellow comics […]
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Kid Cop

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

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The Kid was working on his grandfather’s merchant marine ship. However, it was sunk by a German U-boat’s torpedo. The Kid has a near death experience at the Pearly Gates and meets the angel Mr. […]
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The Kid was working on his grandfather’s merchant marine ship. However, it was sunk by a German U-boat’s torpedo. The Kid has a near death experience at the Pearly Gates and meets the angel Mr. […]
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Kid Fury

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John Perry works for the Daily Clarion as a gossip columnist and writes crime reports. He decides that he can get the best reports by doing a little undercover journalism, so he puts on a […]
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John Perry works for the Daily Clarion as a gossip columnist and writes crime reports. He decides that he can get the best reports by doing a little undercover journalism, so he puts on a […]
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Kid Kane

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Kid Kane was a boxing G.I. who fought corrupt men whenever he came across them. Alias Kid Kane Real Names/Alt Names Kid Kane Characteristics Hero, Boxer, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Matt Baker First […]
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Kid Kane was a boxing G.I. who fought corrupt men whenever he came across them. Alias Kid Kane Real Names/Alt Names Kid Kane Characteristics Hero, Boxer, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Matt Baker First […]
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Kid Muscles

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Kid Muscles was really Kip Muscles, a teenager who worked out at the gym Brett Carson, a.k.a. Mr. Muscles, taught physical fitness. He became Mr. Muscles’ sidekick and helped him fight crime. Alias Kid Muscles […]
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Kid Muscles was really Kip Muscles, a teenager who worked out at the gym Brett Carson, a.k.a. Mr. Muscles, taught physical fitness. He became Mr. Muscles’ sidekick and helped him fight crime. Alias Kid Muscles […]
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Kid Terror

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After being taken on as pharmacist Bob Benton’s assistant, ten year old Tim Roland accidentally adds formic acid to an experiment Benton is working on. The resulting “formic ethers” gave Benton super strength and invulnerability. […]
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After being taken on as pharmacist Bob Benton’s assistant, ten year old Tim Roland accidentally adds formic acid to an experiment Benton is working on. The resulting “formic ethers” gave Benton super strength and invulnerability. […]
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Kid Tyrant

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Ragsy Murphy was a streetwise Jersey City orphan who earned his living as a newspaper boy. He was born in Albany, New York to a family of hard-working Irish immigrants. Ragsy’s father earned a comfortable […]
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Ragsy Murphy was a streetwise Jersey City orphan who earned his living as a newspaper boy. He was born in Albany, New York to a family of hard-working Irish immigrants. Ragsy’s father earned a comfortable […]
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Kidomaru

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Kidōmaru is an “oni”, a kind of yōkai, demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. As described in the Kokon Chomonjū, Minamoto no Yorimitsu is known for the slaying of Shuten-dōji. When he went […]
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Kidōmaru is an “oni”, a kind of yōkai, demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. As described in the Kokon Chomonjū, Minamoto no Yorimitsu is known for the slaying of Shuten-dōji. When he went […]
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Kigah

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Sheah was the leader of a hidden tribe in Africa. She lived in a subterranean temple, where she served as priestess to Kigah, a saber-toothed tiger worshiped as a god. She was believed to be […]
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Sheah was the leader of a hidden tribe in Africa. She lived in a subterranean temple, where she served as priestess to Kigah, a saber-toothed tiger worshiped as a god. She was believed to be […]
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Kijo

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In Japanese lore, shadows and reflections show the true nature of a supernatural creature. In this design, a beautiful princess is revealed to be a hideous demon. Alias Kijo, Demon of Mount Togakushi Real Names/Alt […]
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In Japanese lore, shadows and reflections show the true nature of a supernatural creature. In this design, a beautiful princess is revealed to be a hideous demon. Alias Kijo, Demon of Mount Togakushi Real Names/Alt […]
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Killer Dawson

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Killer Dawson was a ruthless criminal who was active in the 1940s. He was locked in prison for murder, but escaped. He was soon captured by Detective Carey. Carey’s car broke down on a country […]
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Killer Dawson was a ruthless criminal who was active in the 1940s. He was locked in prison for murder, but escaped. He was soon captured by Detective Carey. Carey’s car broke down on a country […]
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Killer Plant

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Lenore was the secretary, lab assistant, and girlfriend of Dr. Lewis Parker, a scientist who sought to turn plants into people. His theory was to feed human blood to young plants. He started with Lenore’s […]
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Lenore was the secretary, lab assistant, and girlfriend of Dr. Lewis Parker, a scientist who sought to turn plants into people. His theory was to feed human blood to young plants. He started with Lenore’s […]
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Killraye

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Killraye was a warlord who lived in a palace on the planet Jupiter. After capturing Mars Mason, his palace was destroyed by earth ships. Killraye himself was kicked off Jupiter into space. Killraye managed to […]
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Killraye was a warlord who lived in a palace on the planet Jupiter. After capturing Mars Mason, his palace was destroyed by earth ships. Killraye himself was kicked off Jupiter into space. Killraye managed to […]
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Kilooloogung

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“There is also Kilooloogung, the lord of arising smoke, who taketh the smoke from the hearth and sendeth it to the sky, who is pleased if it reacheth Pegana, so that the gods of Pegana, […]
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“There is also Kilooloogung, the lord of arising smoke, who taketh the smoke from the hearth and sendeth it to the sky, who is pleased if it reacheth Pegana, so that the gods of Pegana, […]
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Kincaid’s Cave

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Did Egyptians cross the Pacific Ocean and wander the American Southwest thousands of years ago? In the early 20th century, claims of such a discovery were made by two Smithsonian-funded archaeologists, who spoke of a […]
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Did Egyptians cross the Pacific Ocean and wander the American Southwest thousands of years ago? In the early 20th century, claims of such a discovery were made by two Smithsonian-funded archaeologists, who spoke of a […]
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King Cobra

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King Cobra was the commander of the Hooded Cobras, a heavily armed terrorist gang that took over a small town in order to loot all of its banks. The soldiers in the gang wore identical […]
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King Cobra was the commander of the Hooded Cobras, a heavily armed terrorist gang that took over a small town in order to loot all of its banks. The soldiers in the gang wore identical […]
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King Frio

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Rolf Mansted was a brilliant scientist and explorer who disappeared during an arctic expedition. In fact, he built himself a headquarters in Northern Alaska from which he planned to destroy civilization by causing Earth to […]
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Rolf Mansted was a brilliant scientist and explorer who disappeared during an arctic expedition. In fact, he built himself a headquarters in Northern Alaska from which he planned to destroy civilization by causing Earth to […]
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King Killer

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When Dr. Link and Dr. Blink set out to create the most powerful criminal mastermind of all time, they could not decide which of them should be the subject of the experiment, so they found […]
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When Dr. Link and Dr. Blink set out to create the most powerful criminal mastermind of all time, they could not decide which of them should be the subject of the experiment, so they found […]
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King Kolah

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Mr. “E” found a statue in the ruins of a prehistoric city. He housed the statue, which represented an ancient tribal god named King Kolah, in a hidden subterranean temple beneath his home, and appealed […]
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Mr. “E” found a statue in the ruins of a prehistoric city. He housed the statue, which represented an ancient tribal god named King Kolah, in a hidden subterranean temple beneath his home, and appealed […]
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King Kong

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King Kong was a giant gorilla-like creature worshiped by the natives of Skull Island. When filmmaker Carl Denham, actress Ann Darrow, and crew-member Jack Driscoll traveled to Skull Island to shoot a film, Ann was […]
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King Kong was a giant gorilla-like creature worshiped by the natives of Skull Island. When filmmaker Carl Denham, actress Ann Darrow, and crew-member Jack Driscoll traveled to Skull Island to shoot a film, Ann was […]
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King Lear

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Leir was a legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. According to Geoffrey’s genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir […]
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Leir was a legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. According to Geoffrey’s genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir […]
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King Mark

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Mark of Cornwall was a sixth-century King of Cornwall, possibly identical with King Conomor… In most versions of the story of Tristan and Iseult, King Mark of Cornwall is Tristan’s uncle… Mark sends Tristan as […]
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Mark of Cornwall was a sixth-century King of Cornwall, possibly identical with King Conomor… In most versions of the story of Tristan and Iseult, King Mark of Cornwall is Tristan’s uncle… Mark sends Tristan as […]
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King O’Leary

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King O’Leary was a newspaper editor and reporter for the Daily Sentinel who solved crimes, as well as reported about them, including Nazi agents such as the Human Fly and racketeers. He was aided by […]
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King O’Leary was a newspaper editor and reporter for the Daily Sentinel who solved crimes, as well as reported about them, including Nazi agents such as the Human Fly and racketeers. He was aided by […]
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King of Beasts

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Danny, the King of Beasts, was a hero that had the ability to command animals to do his bidding. He worked in a circus and helped to solve crimes. Alias King of Beasts Real Names/Alt […]
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Danny, the King of Beasts, was a hero that had the ability to command animals to do his bidding. He worked in a circus and helped to solve crimes. Alias King of Beasts Real Names/Alt […]
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King of Darkness

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Radio engineer Bruce King stumbled across a strange phenomenon while working with ultra short radio waves. First, he neutralized heat waves, with intense cold resulting. Then, on a shorter wavelength, complete, impenetrable darkness, totally neutralizing […]
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Radio engineer Bruce King stumbled across a strange phenomenon while working with ultra short radio waves. First, he neutralized heat waves, with intense cold resulting. Then, on a shorter wavelength, complete, impenetrable darkness, totally neutralizing […]
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King of Futuria

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Dick, King of Futuria, fought Venusians and other aliens in the future (at the time of publication) – namely, the late 20th Century. Alias King of Futuria Real Names/Alt Names Richard ‘Dick’ Devens Characteristics Sci-Fi […]
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Dick, King of Futuria, fought Venusians and other aliens in the future (at the time of publication) – namely, the late 20th Century. Alias King of Futuria Real Names/Alt Names Richard ‘Dick’ Devens Characteristics Sci-Fi […]
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King of Hearts

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The King of Hearts is a character from the 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He is the husband of the Queen of Hearts… When compared to the Queen of Hearts, the […]
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The King of Hearts is a character from the 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He is the husband of the Queen of Hearts… When compared to the Queen of Hearts, the […]
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King of Minos

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John Seton, a marine pilot during World War II, had crashed his airplane. Physically he healed well. He couldn’t adjust to civilian life. His engagement to Marcia didn’t even hold his interest. Dozing off in […]
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John Seton, a marine pilot during World War II, had crashed his airplane. Physically he healed well. He couldn’t adjust to civilian life. His engagement to Marcia didn’t even hold his interest. Dozing off in […]
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King of the Living Dead

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The King of the Living Dead was an ancient man condemned for practicing black magic, buried alive. The caverns where he was buried had fumes from a pit, with blue flames which kept him alive […]
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The King of the Living Dead was an ancient man condemned for practicing black magic, buried alive. The caverns where he was buried had fumes from a pit, with blue flames which kept him alive […]
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King Pest

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“Fronting the entrance, and elevated a little above his companions, sat a personage who appeared to be the president of the table. His stature was gaunt and tall, and Legs was confounded to behold in […]
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“Fronting the entrance, and elevated a little above his companions, sat a personage who appeared to be the president of the table. His stature was gaunt and tall, and Legs was confounded to behold in […]
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King Questionmark

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The Questionmark was an insane, criminal mastermind with a hunchback who battled 13 and Jinx on a number of occasions. Carlos Sterns began his reign of terror by murdering his younger brother, Rudolph, who had […]
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The Questionmark was an insane, criminal mastermind with a hunchback who battled 13 and Jinx on a number of occasions. Carlos Sterns began his reign of terror by murdering his younger brother, Rudolph, who had […]
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Kinks Mason

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Kinks Mason was a deep-sea diver who, equipped with a special diving helmet, explores the wonders of the ocean. During his adventurers, Kinks encounters numerous undersea races, both hostile and friendly. Some of his enemies […]
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Kinks Mason was a deep-sea diver who, equipped with a special diving helmet, explores the wonders of the ocean. During his adventurers, Kinks encounters numerous undersea races, both hostile and friendly. Some of his enemies […]
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Kinutanuki

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Kinutanuki are silk products which have transformed into tsukumogami. They sprout heads, feet, and tails which resemble those of tanuki. Toriyama Sekien invented kinutanuki for his book Hyakki tsurezure bukuro. While tanuki are famous for […]
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Kinutanuki are silk products which have transformed into tsukumogami. They sprout heads, feet, and tails which resemble those of tanuki. Toriyama Sekien invented kinutanuki for his book Hyakki tsurezure bukuro. While tanuki are famous for […]
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Kip Keene

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Kip Keene was an RCMP officer known as “The Star Rookie of the Men of the Mounted.” Alias Kip Keene Real Names/Alt Names Kip Keene Characteristics World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown […]
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Kip Keene was an RCMP officer known as “The Star Rookie of the Men of the Mounted.” Alias Kip Keene Real Names/Alt Names Kip Keene Characteristics World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown […]
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Kirby

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A guy named Kirby has a friend, Professor Martyn, who is an inventor. Kirby enjoys volunteering to be an experimental subject for the professor’s experiments. In this story he’s invited over to test a machine […]
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A guy named Kirby has a friend, Professor Martyn, who is an inventor. Kirby enjoys volunteering to be an experimental subject for the professor’s experiments. In this story he’s invited over to test a machine […]
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Kirigakure Saizō

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Kirigakure Saizō (霧隠才蔵) was a legendary ninja of the final phase of the Sengoku period of Japan. In the folklore he is one of the Sanada Ten Braves, and next to Sarutobi Sasuke, he is […]
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Kirigakure Saizō (霧隠才蔵) was a legendary ninja of the final phase of the Sengoku period of Japan. In the folklore he is one of the Sanada Ten Braves, and next to Sarutobi Sasuke, he is […]
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Kismet

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Freedom fighter Kismet hides out in the forests of Southern France, battling the Nazis and his enemy the Rocketeer. He possesses no powers but is a good fighter. Kismet is one of the earliest Muslim […]
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Freedom fighter Kismet hides out in the forests of Southern France, battling the Nazis and his enemy the Rocketeer. He possesses no powers but is a good fighter. Kismet is one of the earliest Muslim […]
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Kit Carter

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Christopher “Kit” Carter Jr. was the son of Christopher Carter, a World War I veteran who served in the famous “Fighting 69th” Infantry regiment. Kit’s life began tragically, as his mother died in childbirth. The […]
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Christopher “Kit” Carter Jr. was the son of Christopher Carter, a World War I veteran who served in the famous “Fighting 69th” Infantry regiment. Kit’s life began tragically, as his mother died in childbirth. The […]
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Kit-E

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Space pilot Vince Darrow callously rebuffs Kit-E, a beautiful Martian maiden with whom he had a relationship. His brutal heartlessness continues as he observes her throw herself out of a window. He goes to a […]
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Space pilot Vince Darrow callously rebuffs Kit-E, a beautiful Martian maiden with whom he had a relationship. His brutal heartlessness continues as he observes her throw herself out of a window. He goes to a […]
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Kitsune

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The kitsune (狐, きつね) in popular Japanese tradition, are foxes or fox spirits that possess paranormal abilities such as shapeshifting, and capable of bewitching people. Kitsune, though literally a “fox”, becomes in folklore a “fox […]
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The kitsune (狐, きつね) in popular Japanese tradition, are foxes or fox spirits that possess paranormal abilities such as shapeshifting, and capable of bewitching people. Kitsune, though literally a “fox”, becomes in folklore a “fox […]
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Kitsunebi

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Kitsunebi is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture. Kimimori Sarashina, a researcher of local stories, summarizes the features of the kitsunebi as follows: in places where there […]
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Kitsunebi is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture. Kimimori Sarashina, a researcher of local stories, summarizes the features of the kitsunebi as follows: in places where there […]
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Kitten

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Katie Conn was a twelve-year-old girl whose parents were killed in a train wreck. After the accident, her unscrupulous uncle took her in and forced her to steal. When David Merrywether, Cat-Man, learned of her […]
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Katie Conn was a twelve-year-old girl whose parents were killed in a train wreck. After the accident, her unscrupulous uncle took her in and forced her to steal. When David Merrywether, Cat-Man, learned of her […]
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Kitty Kelly

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Kitty Kelly was an air hostess who wanted desperately to become a pilot. During the course of her appearances, she ran into Nazi spies, saboteurs and general criminal types, but, because she was a bit […]
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Kitty Kelly was an air hostess who wanted desperately to become a pilot. During the course of her appearances, she ran into Nazi spies, saboteurs and general criminal types, but, because she was a bit […]
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Kiyo hime

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Kiyo hime is one of the most famous antagonists in Japanese literature, and an example of a honnari hannya—a demon woman who has attained the maximum level of power. She appears in The Legend of […]
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Kiyo hime is one of the most famous antagonists in Japanese literature, and an example of a honnari hannya—a demon woman who has attained the maximum level of power. She appears in The Legend of […]
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Klegra

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Big-game hunter, Earthman Arthur Harris, has traveled to Mars to hunt down Martian Birdmen. Harris has brought the first dog ever seen on Mars, and a Venusian Ptero-Hawk, to assist him in the hunt. The […]
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Big-game hunter, Earthman Arthur Harris, has traveled to Mars to hunt down Martian Birdmen. Harris has brought the first dog ever seen on Mars, and a Venusian Ptero-Hawk, to assist him in the hunt. The […]
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Knights of the Golden Circle

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The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society founded in 1854 by American George W. L. Bickley, the objective of which was to create a new country, known as the Golden Circle […]
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The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society founded in 1854 by American George W. L. Bickley, the objective of which was to create a new country, known as the Golden Circle […]
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Knock

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Knock is a real estate agent who sent his employee Thomas Hutter to Transylvania to seal the deal with Count Orlok in purchasing a house in Wisborg. Unknown to Hutter, Knock is secretly working with […]
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Knock is a real estate agent who sent his employee Thomas Hutter to Transylvania to seal the deal with Count Orlok in purchasing a house in Wisborg. Unknown to Hutter, Knock is secretly working with […]
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Knuckles

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Knuckles was the sidekick of adventurer Red Rover who sailed around the South Seas lending a hand to those in need. In one adventure, Knuckles actually saves Red Rover, who had been taken hostage and […]
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Knuckles was the sidekick of adventurer Red Rover who sailed around the South Seas lending a hand to those in need. In one adventure, Knuckles actually saves Red Rover, who had been taken hostage and […]
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Kodama

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Kodama are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing […]
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Kodama are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing […]
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Kodi

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In their first adventure, Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian co-pilot, Kodi, track a notorious space criminal to Venus. They observe a spaceship in the Venusian clouds, and Kodi identifies it as […]
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In their first adventure, Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian co-pilot, Kodi, track a notorious space criminal to Venus. They observe a spaceship in the Venusian clouds, and Kodi identifies it as […]
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Koglok

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Bob Burke is a “lone castaway on Mars” after surviving a spaceship crash seven years earlier. Living in the Southern desert of Mars, he fashioned a shelter from the remnants of the spaceship. Food was […]
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Bob Burke is a “lone castaway on Mars” after surviving a spaceship crash seven years earlier. Living in the Southern desert of Mars, he fashioned a shelter from the remnants of the spaceship. Food was […]
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Kohada Koheiji

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This print shows a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was drowned in a swamp by his wife and her lover. Kohada Koheiji was a kabuki actor for the Morita-za theater; as […]
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This print shows a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was drowned in a swamp by his wife and her lover. Kohada Koheiji was a kabuki actor for the Morita-za theater; as […]
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Koinryo

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In a two-page spread starting off the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien drew three yokai: Yarikechō (槍毛長), Koinryō (虎隠良), and Zenfushō (禅釜尚). Zenfushō is a yokai with a pot on its head depicting the spirit […]
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In a two-page spread starting off the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien drew three yokai: Yarikechō (槍毛長), Koinryō (虎隠良), and Zenfushō (禅釜尚). Zenfushō is a yokai with a pot on its head depicting the spirit […]
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Koko and Zaq

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Koko and Zaq are two space smugglers evading capture by the Space Rangers through the use of Saturn’s rings and myriad moonlets composing the rings. Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing track them to […]
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Koko and Zaq are two space smugglers evading capture by the Space Rangers through the use of Saturn’s rings and myriad moonlets composing the rings. Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing track them to […]
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Kokuri baba

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A kokuri babā is an old hag which inhabits temples deep in the mountains. She hides herself away in the back of the temple and feeds off of human corpses. A kokuri babā was once […]
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A kokuri babā is an old hag which inhabits temples deep in the mountains. She hides herself away in the back of the temple and feeds off of human corpses. A kokuri babā was once […]
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Kolah

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Kolah was a re-printed and re-named Rulah. Alias Kolah Real Names/Alt Names Kolah Characteristics Hero, Ajax-Farrell Universe, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown First Appearance Voodoo #2 (July, 1952) First Publisher Ajax-Farrell […]
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Kolah was a re-printed and re-named Rulah. Alias Kolah Real Names/Alt Names Kolah Characteristics Hero, Ajax-Farrell Universe, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown First Appearance Voodoo #2 (July, 1952) First Publisher Ajax-Farrell […]
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Kona

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Kona saved the lives of Dr. Henry Todd, his daughter Mary, and her two children Mason and Lily from a dangerous T-Rex after their army surplus blimp crash landed on Kona’s prehistoric Pacific island. Kona […]
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Kona saved the lives of Dr. Henry Todd, his daughter Mary, and her two children Mason and Lily from a dangerous T-Rex after their army surplus blimp crash landed on Kona’s prehistoric Pacific island. Kona […]
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Konaki-jijii

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Konaki jijii are mountain-dwelling spirits who look like old human men. They carry walking sticks and wear straw raincoats on top of over-sized baby clothes. Konaki jijii get their name from their distinctive habit of […]
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Konaki jijii are mountain-dwelling spirits who look like old human men. They carry walking sticks and wear straw raincoats on top of over-sized baby clothes. Konaki jijii get their name from their distinctive habit of […]
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Konar the Macedonian

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Featured in a 4-part text story with illustrations, subtitled “A Tale of Sybaris and Macedon in the year 507”. Konar was the first barbarian character in American comic books. Alias Konar the Macedonian Real Names/Alt […]
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Featured in a 4-part text story with illustrations, subtitled “A Tale of Sybaris and Macedon in the year 507”. Konar was the first barbarian character in American comic books. Alias Konar the Macedonian Real Names/Alt […]
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Konga

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Konga was originally a monkey found by Professor Charles Decker. On the same expedition, the professor also acquired a chemical extract from a new species of plant. The chemical made living things grow. Professor Decker […]
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Konga was originally a monkey found by Professor Charles Decker. On the same expedition, the professor also acquired a chemical extract from a new species of plant. The chemical made living things grow. Professor Decker […]
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Kooba Kid

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In 1940, Victor Fox, publisher of Fox Syndicate comics, decided that he would cash in on the soda pop craze, Coke and Pepsi both being extremely popular at this time, by publishing ads for “Kooba […]
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In 1940, Victor Fox, publisher of Fox Syndicate comics, decided that he would cash in on the soda pop craze, Coke and Pepsi both being extremely popular at this time, by publishing ads for “Kooba […]
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Korak, Son of Tarzan

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Korak the Killer first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (later retitled The Eternal Savage), in which the […]
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Korak the Killer first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (later retitled The Eternal Savage), in which the […]
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Korok

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Korok leads a force of Martian invaders to land on the Bar-Z ranch in Arizona, owned by Spurs Jackson. Korok mocks the archaic Earth weapons. He invites Jackson and ranch hands Strong Bow and Hank […]
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Korok leads a force of Martian invaders to land on the Bar-Z ranch in Arizona, owned by Spurs Jackson. Korok mocks the archaic Earth weapons. He invites Jackson and ranch hands Strong Bow and Hank […]
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Koroka

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A Will-o’-the-wisp of an old garden lantern, drawn by Toriyama Sekien for Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Volume 1 in 1781. Alias Korōka (古籠火) Real Names/Alt Names ○ Characteristics Japanese Mythos, Yōkai, Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, Public Domain […]
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A Will-o’-the-wisp of an old garden lantern, drawn by Toriyama Sekien for Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Volume 1 in 1781. Alias Korōka (古籠火) Real Names/Alt Names ○ Characteristics Japanese Mythos, Yōkai, Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, Public Domain […]
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Kosamebo

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Kosamebō are yōkai which look like Buddhist monks. They loiter about on empty mountain roads at night. As their name implies, they only appear during nights when light rain is falling. Kosamebō accost travelers and […]
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Kosamebō are yōkai which look like Buddhist monks. They loiter about on empty mountain roads at night. As their name implies, they only appear during nights when light rain is falling. Kosamebō accost travelers and […]
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Koschei the Deathless

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Koschei (Russian: Коще́й, tr. Koshchey, IPA: [kɐˈɕːej]), often given the epithet “the Immortal”, or “the Deathless” (Russian: Коще́й Бессме́ртный), is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore. The most common feature of tales involving Koschei […]
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Koschei (Russian: Коще́й, tr. Koshchey, IPA: [kɐˈɕːej]), often given the epithet “the Immortal”, or “the Deathless” (Russian: Коще́й Бессме́ртный), is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore. The most common feature of tales involving Koschei […]
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Kosode no te

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Kosode no te appear in short sleeved kimonos formerly owned by prostitutes. This yōkai manifests as a pair of ghostly hands that emerge from the sleeves and assault welching clients—or whoever happens to be nearby. […]
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Kosode no te appear in short sleeved kimonos formerly owned by prostitutes. This yōkai manifests as a pair of ghostly hands that emerge from the sleeves and assault welching clients—or whoever happens to be nearby. […]
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Koto furunushi

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The Koto furunushi looks like a koto—a long, harp-like instrument that is the national instrument of Japan—transformed into a wild beast. A koto which was once played frequently but later forgotten about and stored away […]
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The Koto furunushi looks like a koto—a long, harp-like instrument that is the national instrument of Japan—transformed into a wild beast. A koto which was once played frequently but later forgotten about and stored away […]
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Krampus

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The Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in Central and Eastern Alpine folklore who, during the Christmas season, scares children who have misbehaved. Assisting Saint Nicholas, the pair visit children on the night of 5 […]
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The Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in Central and Eastern Alpine folklore who, during the Christmas season, scares children who have misbehaved. Assisting Saint Nicholas, the pair visit children on the night of 5 […]
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Kraznoff

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Landing on Terra, the Lady of Diamonds watches as Commander Buzz Corry take Major Gorla and his lackey, F6, into the Space Patrol headquarters. She plans to dispose of Gorla before her involvement is revealed. […]
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Landing on Terra, the Lady of Diamonds watches as Commander Buzz Corry take Major Gorla and his lackey, F6, into the Space Patrol headquarters. She plans to dispose of Gorla before her involvement is revealed. […]
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Kroff

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Kroff was a Nazi agent who wore a rubber mask to disguise his face and whose headquarters was an abandoned brewery. His plan was to steal some government documents by arranging an attack by young […]
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Kroff was a Nazi agent who wore a rubber mask to disguise his face and whose headquarters was an abandoned brewery. His plan was to steal some government documents by arranging an attack by young […]
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Kroll Mull

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Kroll Mull was absolute Dictator in the year 9767. He kept his subjects under control by sending them to “dream palaces,” movie theaters which projected enticing images onto the screen (such as beautiful women) and […]
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Kroll Mull was absolute Dictator in the year 9767. He kept his subjects under control by sending them to “dream palaces,” movie theaters which projected enticing images onto the screen (such as beautiful women) and […]
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Kull of Atlantis

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Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. […]
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Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. […]
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Kumasaka the Robber

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Kumasaka (The Robber) is a Noh play from the 15th century… about the notable Heian period bandit Kumasaka no Chohan. The play takes the form of Mugen Noh – supernatural, or dream-time Noh. The samurai […]
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Kumasaka (The Robber) is a Noh play from the 15th century… about the notable Heian period bandit Kumasaka no Chohan. The play takes the form of Mugen Noh – supernatural, or dream-time Noh. The samurai […]
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Kura yaro

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Kura yarō are saddles whose masters have been slain. They take on lives of their own and act like warriors. The most famous kura yarō was once the saddle of Kamata Masakiyo, the first and […]
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Kura yarō are saddles whose masters have been slain. They take on lives of their own and act like warriors. The most famous kura yarō was once the saddle of Kamata Masakiyo, the first and […]
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Kurozome

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The evil Lord Kuronushi had a plan to usurp the power of the emperor. In order to ensure the success of his plan, he decided to build a shrine from the wood of an ancient […]
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The evil Lord Kuronushi had a plan to usurp the power of the emperor. In order to ensure the success of his plan, he decided to build a shrine from the wood of an ancient […]
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Kurozuka

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Kurozuka is the most well-known demon woman in Japanese folklore, and a very popular subject in the arts, starring in everything from paintings to ukiyoe prints to noh plays. She has gone by many names. […]
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Kurozuka is the most well-known demon woman in Japanese folklore, and a very popular subject in the arts, starring in everything from paintings to ukiyoe prints to noh plays. She has gone by many names. […]
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Kurtz

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Kurtz is an ivory trader, sent by a shadowy Belgian company into the heart of an unnamed place in Africa (generally regarded as the Congo Free State). With the help of his superior technology, Kurtz […]
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Kurtz is an ivory trader, sent by a shadowy Belgian company into the heart of an unnamed place in Africa (generally regarded as the Congo Free State). With the help of his superior technology, Kurtz […]
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Kuta

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Congo King lived in the jungle with his family which consisted of Tonda, his brunette mate, and Kuta, a blond-haired boy. Alias Kuta Real Names/Alt Names Kuta Characteristics Sidekick, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain […]
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Congo King lived in the jungle with his family which consisted of Tonda, his brunette mate, and Kuta, a blond-haired boy. Alias Kuta Real Names/Alt Names Kuta Characteristics Sidekick, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain […]
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Kutsutsura

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Kutsutsura are tsukumogami of shoes. They can take either a human form or an animal form. In human form, they look like a court noble wearing a shoe as a hat. In animal form, they […]
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Kutsutsura are tsukumogami of shoes. They can take either a human form or an animal form. In human form, they look like a court noble wearing a shoe as a hat. In animal form, they […]
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Kuzunoha

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Kuzunoha is the name of a popular kitsune character in Japanese folklore. Her name means leaf of arrowroot. Legend states that she is the mother of Abe no Seimei, the famous onmyōji. A young nobleman, […]
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Kuzunoha is the name of a popular kitsune character in Japanese folklore. Her name means leaf of arrowroot. Legend states that she is the mother of Abe no Seimei, the famous onmyōji. A young nobleman, […]
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Kwa Kung

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Kwa Kung is the King of the Monkeyfolk, a tribe of ape-like creatures with the intelligence of men living in the misty unknown of the Lost Lands. Atop great mastodon-like creatures called the Druthga, his […]
Entry Kwa Kung
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Kwa Kung is the King of the Monkeyfolk, a tribe of ape-like creatures with the intelligence of men living in the misty unknown of the Lost Lands. Atop great mastodon-like creatures called the Druthga, his […]
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Kyokotsu

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A kyōkotsu is a ghostly, skeletal spirit which rises out of wells to scare people. It is wrapped in a ragged shroud, with only its bleached skull and tangled hair emerging from its tattered clothes. […]
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A kyōkotsu is a ghostly, skeletal spirit which rises out of wells to scare people. It is wrapped in a ragged shroud, with only its bleached skull and tangled hair emerging from its tattered clothes. […]
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Kyorinrin

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Kyōrinrin is a spirit of knowledge formed from ancient scrolls, books, and scriptures which have been left unstudied by their owners and gathering dust. Kyōrinrin are often extravagant; they decorates themselves with the most ornate […]
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Kyōrinrin is a spirit of knowledge formed from ancient scrolls, books, and scriptures which have been left unstudied by their owners and gathering dust. Kyōrinrin are often extravagant; they decorates themselves with the most ornate […]
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Kyt

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Airman Andor is a policeman assigned as a “traffic cop in space”. His spacecraft is designated as Patrol Craft Double-Z. Infatuated with detective fiction of the 20th century, he dreams of one day leaving the […]
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Airman Andor is a policeman assigned as a “traffic cop in space”. His spacecraft is designated as Patrol Craft Double-Z. Infatuated with detective fiction of the 20th century, he dreams of one day leaving the […]
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L. B. Cole

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Creator L. B. Cole (1918-1995) Profession Artist Total Entries 11 Articles The Pop Art Power Comics Style of L.B. Cole L.B. Cole – Wikipedia Pulp Artists: L. B. Cole Ignored for decades, written off as […]
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Creator L. B. Cole (1918-1995) Profession Artist Total Entries 11 Articles The Pop Art Power Comics Style of L.B. Cole L.B. Cole – Wikipedia Pulp Artists: L. B. Cole Ignored for decades, written off as […]
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La of Opar

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La is a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s series of Tarzan novels, the queen and high priestess of Opar, a lost city located deep in the jungles of Africa. La is first encountered in The […]
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La is a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s series of Tarzan novels, the queen and high priestess of Opar, a lost city located deep in the jungles of Africa. La is first encountered in The […]
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Lad the Dog

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Lad: A Dog is a 1919 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by E. P. Dutton. Composed of twelve short stories first published in magazines, the novel is based on the life […]
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Lad: A Dog is a 1919 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by E. P. Dutton. Composed of twelve short stories first published in magazines, the novel is based on the life […]
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Lady Fairplay

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Professor Amazo gives school teacher Mary Lee powers through an experiment. Afterwards, she decides to battle the criminal underworld as Lady Fairplay, “Goddess of Chastisement.” Lady Fairplay possesses “unlimited energetic powers” which include strength, speed, […]
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Professor Amazo gives school teacher Mary Lee powers through an experiment. Afterwards, she decides to battle the criminal underworld as Lady Fairplay, “Goddess of Chastisement.” Lady Fairplay possesses “unlimited energetic powers” which include strength, speed, […]
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Lady Luck

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Nobody suspected that Lady Luck was actually Brenda Banks, a “debutante crime buster bored with social life” who decided to become a “modern lady Robin Hood.” She solved blackmail cases, spy cases, kidnappings, and any […]
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Nobody suspected that Lady Luck was actually Brenda Banks, a “debutante crime buster bored with social life” who decided to become a “modern lady Robin Hood.” She solved blackmail cases, spy cases, kidnappings, and any […]
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Lady Macbeth

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Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). As the wife of the play’s tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she […]
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Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). As the wife of the play’s tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she […]
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Lady of Lyonesse

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In Thomas Malory’s original story included in his medieval Arthurian compilation Le Morte d’Arthur, Lynette (alternatively known as Linet, Linnet, Linette, Lynet, Lyonet) is a haughty noble lady who travels to King Arthur’s court seeking […]
Entry Lady of Lyonesse
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In Thomas Malory’s original story included in his medieval Arthurian compilation Le Morte d’Arthur, Lynette (alternatively known as Linet, Linnet, Linette, Lynet, Lyonet) is a haughty noble lady who travels to King Arthur’s court seeking […]
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Lady of the Lake

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The Lady of the Lake is a name or a title used by several fairy-like enchantresses in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. […]
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The Lady of the Lake is a name or a title used by several fairy-like enchantresses in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. […]
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Lady of the Mountains

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The Lady of the Mountain (Icelandic: fjallkonan) is the female incarnation (national personification) of Iceland. The earliest image of Iceland personified as a woman seems to have appeared first in association with the poem Ofsjónir […]
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The Lady of the Mountain (Icelandic: fjallkonan) is the female incarnation (national personification) of Iceland. The earliest image of Iceland personified as a woman seems to have appeared first in association with the poem Ofsjónir […]
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Lady of the Si-Fan

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Fah Lo Suee is a character who was introduced in the series of novels Dr. Fu Manchu by the English author Sax Rohmer (1883-1959). She is the daughter of Dr. Fu Manchu and an unnamed […]
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Fah Lo Suee is a character who was introduced in the series of novels Dr. Fu Manchu by the English author Sax Rohmer (1883-1959). She is the daughter of Dr. Fu Manchu and an unnamed […]
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Lady Satan (Chesler)

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“Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of Black Magic. That is why I am called Lady Satan.” Lady Satan and her fiancé were victims […]
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“Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of Black Magic. That is why I am called Lady Satan.” Lady Satan and her fiancé were victims […]
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Lady Satan (Helnit)

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Lady Satan once fought the Hood. She could electrocute people. Alias Lady Satan (Helnit) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Skeletal, Power: Electricity Manipulation, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack Alderman, Jack Grogan […]
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Lady Satan once fought the Hood. She could electrocute people. Alias Lady Satan (Helnit) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Skeletal, Power: Electricity Manipulation, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack Alderman, Jack Grogan […]
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Lady Satan (Magazine Enterprises)

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James Fallon of the FBI once tracked down Lady Satan and her gang. Alias Lady Satan (Magazine Enterprises) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Fred Guardineer First Appearance Manhunt #1 […]
Entry Lady Satan (Magazine Enterprises)
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James Fallon of the FBI once tracked down Lady Satan and her gang. Alias Lady Satan (Magazine Enterprises) Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Fred Guardineer First Appearance Manhunt #1 […]
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Lady Satan (Quality)

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Lady Satan is a serial murderer. She eventually deduces that the Jester’s identity is Chuck Lane and attempts to blackmail him into helping her commit crimes. At first, he pretends to go along with her […]
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Lady Satan is a serial murderer. She eventually deduces that the Jester’s identity is Chuck Lane and attempts to blackmail him into helping her commit crimes. At first, he pretends to go along with her […]
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Lady Serpent

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Lady Serpent was a murderous female enemy of Black Terror who possessed hypnotic powers, owned several large and deadly snakes. Her weakness was her love of gems, which she stole. She managed to escape from […]
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Lady Serpent was a murderous female enemy of Black Terror who possessed hypnotic powers, owned several large and deadly snakes. Her weakness was her love of gems, which she stole. She managed to escape from […]
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Lady Wonder

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When Rosalie Brown is submitted for membership in the boys’ Little Conquerors Athletic and Reading Club, Wilbur Wiggins raises a fuss over admitting a girl to a boys club, but “Comics” McCormick, in defense of […]
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When Rosalie Brown is submitted for membership in the boys’ Little Conquerors Athletic and Reading Club, Wilbur Wiggins raises a fuss over admitting a girl to a boys club, but “Comics” McCormick, in defense of […]
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Lady Wonder (Horse)

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Lady Wonder (February 9, 1924 – March 19, 1957) was a mare some claimed to have psychic abilities and be able to perform intellectually demanding tasks such as arithmetic and spelling. Lady’s owner, Claudia E. […]
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Lady Wonder (February 9, 1924 – March 19, 1957) was a mare some claimed to have psychic abilities and be able to perform intellectually demanding tasks such as arithmetic and spelling. Lady’s owner, Claudia E. […]
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Lady Zina

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A master knife thrower who, along with Dr. Nika, is a member of the Council of Seven. She threw knives into Amazing Man, missing his vital organs by millimeters, in order to test his ability […]
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A master knife thrower who, along with Dr. Nika, is a member of the Council of Seven. She threw knives into Amazing Man, missing his vital organs by millimeters, in order to test his ability […]
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Laestrygonians

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In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians were a tribe of man-eating giants. They were said to have sprung from Laestrygon, son of Poseidon. Odysseus, the main character of Homer’s Odyssey, visited them during his journey back […]
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In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians were a tribe of man-eating giants. They were said to have sprung from Laestrygon, son of Poseidon. Odysseus, the main character of Homer’s Odyssey, visited them during his journey back […]
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Lambton Worm

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The Lambton Worm is a legend from County Durham in north-east England in the United Kingdom. The story takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area’s most famous pieces of folklore, […]
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The Lambton Worm is a legend from County Durham in north-east England in the United Kingdom. The story takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area’s most famous pieces of folklore, […]
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Lamorak

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Lamorak de Galis (of Wales) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Originally known as Lamorat le Gallois in French, he was introduced in the Prose Tristan as a son of […]
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Lamorak de Galis (of Wales) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Originally known as Lamorat le Gallois in French, he was introduced in the Prose Tristan as a son of […]
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Lance Bloodman

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Lance Bloodman was found in the ocean and rescued by a couple who had escaped in a lifeboat following the sinking of their cruise liner. The couple’s name were given as John Doe and his […]
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Lance Bloodman was found in the ocean and rescued by a couple who had escaped in a lifeboat following the sinking of their cruise liner. The couple’s name were given as John Doe and his […]
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Lance Cooper

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Lance Cooper was an orphan who had been living in the everglades by himself after the death of his father. He was kidnapped by a giant bat, which turned out to be a vampire. While […]
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Lance Cooper was an orphan who had been living in the everglades by himself after the death of his father. He was kidnapped by a giant bat, which turned out to be a vampire. While […]
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Lance Darrow

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Lance Darrow, Foreign Agent No. 1, was the chief of US agents stationed in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Alias Lance Darrow Real Names/Alt Names Lance Darrow Characteristics Spy, Centaur Universe, War Stories, Modernism […]
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Lance Darrow, Foreign Agent No. 1, was the chief of US agents stationed in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Alias Lance Darrow Real Names/Alt Names Lance Darrow Characteristics Spy, Centaur Universe, War Stories, Modernism […]
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Lance Gregg

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Lance Gregg is a crack space pilot and officer with the Inter-Planetary Security Police. Following his fourth crash, Gregg has his license revoked by his employer, Walters, until he reforms. Telling his fiance, Thura, of […]
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Lance Gregg is a crack space pilot and officer with the Inter-Planetary Security Police. Following his fourth crash, Gregg has his license revoked by his employer, Walters, until he reforms. Telling his fiance, Thura, of […]
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Lance Hale

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Lance Hale was a great white hunter and soldier of fortune who frequently ventured into the jungles of Africa. While looking for diamonds in the wilds of Rhodesia, using a map left to him by […]
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Lance Hale was a great white hunter and soldier of fortune who frequently ventured into the jungles of Africa. While looking for diamonds in the wilds of Rhodesia, using a map left to him by […]
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Lance O’Casey

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Lance O’Casey was an adventurous sailor in the South Seas. He was helped by his pet monkey Mr. Hogan and later a young first-mate named Mike Bellew. Lance and his crew would transport cargo, search […]
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Lance O’Casey was an adventurous sailor in the South Seas. He was helped by his pet monkey Mr. Hogan and later a young first-mate named Mike Bellew. Lance and his crew would transport cargo, search […]
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Lancelot

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Lancelot du Lac is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend, where he is typically depicted as King Arthur’s close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table. In the French-inspired […]
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Lancelot du Lac is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend, where he is typically depicted as King Arthur’s close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table. In the French-inspired […]
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Lancer

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When his friend Arthur Lake, the Sword, draws the sword Excalibur, Lance also transforms, becoming the Lancer, gaining superhuman strength and armed with a magical lance. He used the lance as a melee weapon, or […]
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When his friend Arthur Lake, the Sword, draws the sword Excalibur, Lance also transforms, becoming the Lancer, gaining superhuman strength and armed with a magical lance. He used the lance as a melee weapon, or […]
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Landor

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Landor, the Maker of Monsters, was a mad scientist obsessed with mastering the secrets of life. As the name indicates, he specialized in making monsters, mostly by combining body parts salvaged from various corpses and […]
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Landor, the Maker of Monsters, was a mad scientist obsessed with mastering the secrets of life. As the name indicates, he specialized in making monsters, mostly by combining body parts salvaged from various corpses and […]
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Lantida of Atlantis

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Queen Lantida was the ruler of Atlantis, and leader of the frog-men in the year 10,000. She went with Sub Sanders to seek the aid of other nations against the enemies of Atlantis, including Naulus […]
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Queen Lantida was the ruler of Atlantis, and leader of the frog-men in the year 10,000. She went with Sub Sanders to seek the aid of other nations against the enemies of Atlantis, including Naulus […]
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Larry Cotton

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Space Force is an Earth-based military force along the lines of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Cataclysmic events threaten to cause great damage on Earth. A disturbance originating on the Moon is the cause. […]
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Space Force is an Earth-based military force along the lines of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Cataclysmic events threaten to cause great damage on Earth. A disturbance originating on the Moon is the cause. […]
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Larry Davis

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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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Larry Winters

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A space prospector finds a remarkable metal on a devastated space-mining ship. The prospector dubs the metal asteroidium. The World Council studies the metal, discovering it is mined from one of Saturn’s moons. The race […]
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A space prospector finds a remarkable metal on a devastated space-mining ship. The prospector dubs the metal asteroidium. The World Council studies the metal, discovering it is mined from one of Saturn’s moons. The race […]
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Lars Kranston

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Anticipating an immanent nuclear war that would leave Earth incapable of supporting human life, Lars Kranston convinces a handful of colleagues to leave Earth to start again on Mars. His paramour, Betty Stone overhears the […]
Entry Lars Kranston
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Anticipating an immanent nuclear war that would leave Earth incapable of supporting human life, Lars Kranston convinces a handful of colleagues to leave Earth to start again on Mars. His paramour, Betty Stone overhears the […]
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Lars of Mars

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Lars of Mars was a law enforcement agent of the Supreme Council, the ruling body of Mars. When the Supreme Council learned that a hydrogen bomb was successfully tested on Earth, it became alarmed. The […]
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Lars of Mars was a law enforcement agent of the Supreme Council, the ruling body of Mars. When the Supreme Council learned that a hydrogen bomb was successfully tested on Earth, it became alarmed. The […]
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Lasko

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Lance Gregg is an officer with the Inter-Planetary Security Police. Three masked men, lead by Lasko, rob the Inter-Planetary Trade Bank. They abscond with 1,000,000 universal credits, also grabbing Lance’s paramour Thura in their escape. […]
Entry Lasko
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Lance Gregg is an officer with the Inter-Planetary Security Police. Three masked men, lead by Lasko, rob the Inter-Planetary Trade Bank. They abscond with 1,000,000 universal credits, also grabbing Lance’s paramour Thura in their escape. […]
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Laughing Frog

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Laughing Frog is a leader in Strong Bow’s tribe, descendants of Mayan Pueblo dwellers in the Southwestern part of the United States near or in Arizona. Laughing Frog helps defeat the Vulcan Aztecs. Alias Laughing […]
Entry Laughing Frog
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Laughing Frog is a leader in Strong Bow’s tribe, descendants of Mayan Pueblo dwellers in the Southwestern part of the United States near or in Arizona. Laughing Frog helps defeat the Vulcan Aztecs. Alias Laughing […]
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Laughing Mask

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The Laughing Mask was a hooded crime fighter who helped Margery Golden escape the clutches of the Iron Claw, and returned her to her father. Davey was Mr. Golden’s secretary, and became a suitor to […]
Entry Laughing Mask
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The Laughing Mask was a hooded crime fighter who helped Margery Golden escape the clutches of the Iron Claw, and returned her to her father. Davey was Mr. Golden’s secretary, and became a suitor to […]
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Laughing Puppeteer

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Bombasto was a talented puppeteer, well known for his extremely human-looking marionettes. His secret was that his marionettes were actually shrunken human corpses of people he had abducted and killed. He was eventually discovered and […]
Entry Laughing Puppeteer
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Bombasto was a talented puppeteer, well known for his extremely human-looking marionettes. His secret was that his marionettes were actually shrunken human corpses of people he had abducted and killed. He was eventually discovered and […]
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Laughing Skull

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John Dodd was a banker who was running out of money. He decided to start an extortion racket as The Laughing Skull. Those who failed to pay him protection money were buried alive with mocking […]
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John Dodd was a banker who was running out of money. He decided to start an extortion racket as The Laughing Skull. Those who failed to pay him protection money were buried alive with mocking […]
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Laura

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Laura was a love-interest of Jungle Jo. Alias Laura Real Names/Alt Names Laura Characteristics Hero, Congo King Consorts, Fox Feature Universe, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown First Appearance Jungle Jo #3 […]
Entry Laura
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Laura was a love-interest of Jungle Jo. Alias Laura Real Names/Alt Names Laura Characteristics Hero, Congo King Consorts, Fox Feature Universe, Jungle Action, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Unknown First Appearance Jungle Jo #3 […]
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Laura Towne

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Laura Towne lives with Stew Carey on their cattle ranch, the Rancho Oro, in Nevada. Jigg Larsen shows up with his gang of cattle rustlers. Jigg tells his men to take Stew to the ranch […]
Entry Laura Towne
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Laura Towne lives with Stew Carey on their cattle ranch, the Rancho Oro, in Nevada. Jigg Larsen shows up with his gang of cattle rustlers. Jigg tells his men to take Stew to the ranch […]
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Lawrence Dawson

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Lawrence Dawson lived his entire life with debilitating brittle bones. This turns his personality dour. When Dr. Boyle tires to cure Dawson, Dawson finds he can stretch and contort his body. Dawson murders Boyle, strangling […]
Entry Lawrence Dawson
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Lawrence Dawson lived his entire life with debilitating brittle bones. This turns his personality dour. When Dr. Boyle tires to cure Dawson, Dawson finds he can stretch and contort his body. Dawson murders Boyle, strangling […]
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Lawrence Mason

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Lawrence Mason resides on a secluded luxury island. The island is infested with snakes, which Lawrence tries his best to eliminate. Often using a revolver. One stormy night, a beautiful woman named Asptha arrives looking […]
Entry Lawrence Mason
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Lawrence Mason resides on a secluded luxury island. The island is infested with snakes, which Lawrence tries his best to eliminate. Often using a revolver. One stormy night, a beautiful woman named Asptha arrives looking […]
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Lawson Hunt

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Lawson Hunt was a re-named and re-printed Mr. E from a story originally published in Dynamic Comics #16. Alias Lawson Hunt Real Names/Alt Names Lawson Hunt Characteristics Hero, Reporter, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]
Entry Lawson Hunt
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Lawson Hunt was a re-named and re-printed Mr. E from a story originally published in Dynamic Comics #16. Alias Lawson Hunt Real Names/Alt Names Lawson Hunt Characteristics Hero, Reporter, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]
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Le Loup

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Meaning “The Wolf”, Le Loup is a French criminal mastermind whom Kane spent several years tracking down to avenge the murder of a dying girl he found, and her whole village. Kane eventually tracks Le […]
Entry Le Loup
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Meaning “The Wolf”, Le Loup is a French criminal mastermind whom Kane spent several years tracking down to avenge the murder of a dying girl he found, and her whole village. Kane eventually tracks Le […]
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Leader

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The newly-minted superhero duo Yankee Doodle Jones and Dandy were lounging around until they were approached by Uncle Sam, who ordered them to investigate the mysterious deaths of three of his “most valuable soldiers”. The […]
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The newly-minted superhero duo Yankee Doodle Jones and Dandy were lounging around until they were approached by Uncle Sam, who ordered them to investigate the mysterious deaths of three of his “most valuable soldiers”. The […]
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League of the Swastika

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“Now I show my cleverness… this is the secret Elsa would have told your government – my Legion of the Swastika! You are both going to die anyway… so it does not matter if you […]
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“Now I show my cleverness… this is the secret Elsa would have told your government – my Legion of the Swastika! You are both going to die anyway… so it does not matter if you […]
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League of Vampires

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

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Lechuza, a Spanish word for a type of owl, especially the barn owl, is a myth popular throughout northern Mexico and Texas. As the story goes, an old woman shape-shifts into a giant owl, La […]
Entry Lechuza
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Lechuza, a Spanish word for a type of owl, especially the barn owl, is a myth popular throughout northern Mexico and Texas. As the story goes, an old woman shape-shifts into a giant owl, La […]
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Lee Rover

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The carnival comes to town. Lee Rover and Clara Bell are an acrobatic trapeze duo. Clara’s father, Mr. Bell, is the owner of the carnival. He discusses the trapeze act with Mr. Neeley, the show’s […]
Entry Lee Rover
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The carnival comes to town. Lee Rover and Clara Bell are an acrobatic trapeze duo. Clara’s father, Mr. Bell, is the owner of the carnival. He discusses the trapeze act with Mr. Neeley, the show’s […]
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Lenore

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

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Leona is a maid employed by the hotel run by Tom Bridges in the sleepy town of Cliffside. Detective Emmet Blake, his father, Inspector Blake, and his female companion, Sally, are on vacation. They decide […]
Entry Leona
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Leona is a maid employed by the hotel run by Tom Bridges in the sleepy town of Cliffside. Detective Emmet Blake, his father, Inspector Blake, and his female companion, Sally, are on vacation. They decide […]
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Leonard 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 […]
Entry Leonard 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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Leonore Black

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Leonore Black was a beautiful woman who could transform into a giant black widow spider. Her love for spiders began when she was a little child. Leonore believed that a black widow spider heard her […]
Entry Leonore Black
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Leonore Black was a beautiful woman who could transform into a giant black widow spider. Her love for spiders began when she was a little child. Leonore believed that a black widow spider heard her […]
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Leopard Man (Fiction House)

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“A white giant stood, haughty as a god, on a ledge that overhung the battleground. Almost as tall as the seven-foot Masai, but of a fine white skin tanned to copper by the African sun, […]
Entry Leopard Man (Fiction House)
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“A white giant stood, haughty as a god, on a ledge that overhung the battleground. Almost as tall as the seven-foot Masai, but of a fine white skin tanned to copper by the African sun, […]
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Leopard Man (Quality)

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Haines was blackmailed for over 9 years by a man named Sanders who performed as Sandu, the Leopard Man. Haines couldn’t take it any more and decided to kill Sanders, using the leopard claws on […]
Entry Leopard Man (Quality)
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Haines was blackmailed for over 9 years by a man named Sanders who performed as Sandu, the Leopard Man. Haines couldn’t take it any more and decided to kill Sanders, using the leopard claws on […]
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Leopard Woman

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The Leopard Woman (known as Bibi-ya-chui by Africa natives) was a Hungarian spy for the German government. She spoke English, German, and Hungarian with perfect fluency, though slight inconsistencies made it clear that English was […]
Entry Leopard Woman
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The Leopard Woman (known as Bibi-ya-chui by Africa natives) was a Hungarian spy for the German government. She spoke English, German, and Hungarian with perfect fluency, though slight inconsistencies made it clear that English was […]
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Lepus

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Lepus the Fiend was a brilliant scientist who wished to destroy all civilized societies in the universe, allowing the universe to be wild again. He nearly succeeded in causing Earth and Venus to collide, but […]
Entry Lepus
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Lepus the Fiend was a brilliant scientist who wished to destroy all civilized societies in the universe, allowing the universe to be wild again. He nearly succeeded in causing Earth and Venus to collide, but […]
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Lev Gleason Universe

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Club Lev Gleason Universe Total Entries 74 Representative Mr. Crime Lev Gleason Publications was an influential comic book publisher active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Founded by Leverett Stone Gleason, a pioneer in […]
Entry Lev Gleason Universe
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Club Lev Gleason Universe Total Entries 74 Representative Mr. Crime Lev Gleason Publications was an influential comic book publisher active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Founded by Leverett Stone Gleason, a pioneer in […]
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Liberator

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The Liberator is the secret identity of Professor Nelson Drew, a chemistry teacher at Claflin University. He discovers an ancient Egyptian formula called Lamesis that temporarily transforms his body into his “ideal” form, giving him […]
Entry Liberator
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The Liberator is the secret identity of Professor Nelson Drew, a chemistry teacher at Claflin University. He discovers an ancient Egyptian formula called Lamesis that temporarily transforms his body into his “ideal” form, giving him […]
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Liberty Boy

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Liberty Comics was a title by Green Comics. The covers usually featured unnamed characters, while the interiors would feature reprint stories from other publishers. The name given in this article is a conjecture based on […]
Entry Liberty Boy
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Liberty Comics was a title by Green Comics. The covers usually featured unnamed characters, while the interiors would feature reprint stories from other publishers. The name given in this article is a conjecture based on […]
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Liberty Man

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Liberty Comics was a title by Green Comics. The covers usually featured unnamed characters, while the interiors would feature reprint stories from other publishers. Issue #14 featured the Prankster and other crime-style stories. The name […]
Entry Liberty Man
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Liberty Comics was a title by Green Comics. The covers usually featured unnamed characters, while the interiors would feature reprint stories from other publishers. Issue #14 featured the Prankster and other crime-style stories. The name […]
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Liberty Scouts

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An evil foreign power attacks American airplane factories amd munitions plants. Battleships are blown up. But when disaster strikes the Columbia Aircraft Co., a mysterious tank repels the attack. American soldiers find left behind only […]
Entry Liberty Scouts
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An evil foreign power attacks American airplane factories amd munitions plants. Battleships are blown up. But when disaster strikes the Columbia Aircraft Co., a mysterious tank repels the attack. American soldiers find left behind only […]
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Lieutenant Hercules

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Wilbur Klutz was given superhuman powers by Merlin the Wizard and decided to use them to make money as Lieutenant Hercules, a superhero for hire. Klutz set himself up in an office, taking out advertisements […]
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Wilbur Klutz was given superhuman powers by Merlin the Wizard and decided to use them to make money as Lieutenant Hercules, a superhero for hire. Klutz set himself up in an office, taking out advertisements […]
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Lieutenant Lank

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Lieutenant Lank causes the consternation of Queen Ursula of Castile d’Or when he battles for the nation of Attainia against her warring forces. He’s captured by Ursula’s men and he meets her alone. Overcome by […]
Entry Lieutenant Lank
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Lieutenant Lank causes the consternation of Queen Ursula of Castile d’Or when he battles for the nation of Attainia against her warring forces. He’s captured by Ursula’s men and he meets her alone. Overcome by […]
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Lieutenant Marvels

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Three boys all named Billy Batson meet the broadcaster Billy Batson in his recording studio after a regular nightly news review. The four boys organize the Billy Batson Club and choose nicknames. The first is […]
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Three boys all named Billy Batson meet the broadcaster Billy Batson in his recording studio after a regular nightly news review. The four boys organize the Billy Batson Club and choose nicknames. The first is […]
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Ligeia

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“Ligeia” follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes “The Conqueror Worm”, and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Glanvill (which suggest that life is sustainable […]
Entry Ligeia
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“Ligeia” follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes “The Conqueror Worm”, and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Glanvill (which suggest that life is sustainable […]
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Lightnin’ and Lone Rider

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Lone Rider put on a black mask and costume and rode his horse Lightnin’ to fight injustice in the American West. He was assisted by a Mexican guitar player named Diego, his son Pepito, and […]
Entry Lightnin’ and Lone Rider
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Lone Rider put on a black mask and costume and rode his horse Lightnin’ to fight injustice in the American West. He was assisted by a Mexican guitar player named Diego, his son Pepito, and […]
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Lightning (Ace)

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Robert Morgan was an American studying under an ancient Egyptian mystic called “The Old Man of the Pyramids”. It is unknown how they met, but perhaps the Old Man raised him after his parents died. […]
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Robert Morgan was an American studying under an ancient Egyptian mystic called “The Old Man of the Pyramids”. It is unknown how they met, but perhaps the Old Man raised him after his parents died. […]
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Lightning (Farrell)

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Lightning is Lone Rider’s Pinto horse. He has a distinctive lightning bolt design on his snout. Alias Lightning (Farrell) Real Names/Alt Names Lightning Characteristics Ajax-Farrell Universe, Horse, Realism and Victorian Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack […]
Entry Lightning (Farrell)
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Lightning is Lone Rider’s Pinto horse. He has a distinctive lightning bolt design on his snout. Alias Lightning (Farrell) Real Names/Alt Names Lightning Characteristics Ajax-Farrell Universe, Horse, Realism and Victorian Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Jack […]
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Lightning (Fiction House)

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Fred Larkin, son of General Larkin, possessed a belt that gave its wearer superpowers with the touch of a dial. These abilities included shooting electricity from his fingers, super strength, and (by turning into a […]
Entry Lightning (Fiction House)
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Fred Larkin, son of General Larkin, possessed a belt that gave its wearer superpowers with the touch of a dial. These abilities included shooting electricity from his fingers, super strength, and (by turning into a […]
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Lightning (Tower)

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Virgil “Guy” Gilbert was the leader of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad until he was given a uniform that gave him super-speed so he became the member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents known as Lightning. However, each time […]
Entry Lightning (Tower)
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Virgil “Guy” Gilbert was the leader of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad until he was given a uniform that gave him super-speed so he became the member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents known as Lightning. However, each time […]
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Lightning Girl

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Navy brat Isobel Blake was the daughter of Captain John Blake, who was assigned to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. He was brainwashed by the Teacher into becoming a traitor. The navy brought in Lash Lightning to […]
Entry Lightning Girl
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Navy brat Isobel Blake was the daughter of Captain John Blake, who was assigned to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. He was brainwashed by the Teacher into becoming a traitor. The navy brought in Lash Lightning to […]
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Lightning Man

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Murder Marton was on death row for payroll killings, but after he went to the electric chair, his coroners discovered that he was still alive, empowered by the excessive electricity he absorbed. One mortician was […]
Entry Lightning Man
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Murder Marton was on death row for payroll killings, but after he went to the electric chair, his coroners discovered that he was still alive, empowered by the excessive electricity he absorbed. One mortician was […]
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Lightning Man (Nedor)

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Mad Nazi scientist Demenscha, working in secret in America on orders from Adolf Hitler, creates pure lightning in the form of a man, “a creature of terror… nature perverted to a will of evil!” With […]
Entry Lightning Man (Nedor)
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Mad Nazi scientist Demenscha, working in secret in America on orders from Adolf Hitler, creates pure lightning in the form of a man, “a creature of terror… nature perverted to a will of evil!” With […]
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Lightning Raider

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A beautiful young master thief, who lives for the thrill of a heist. She is smart, resourceful, fearless and sarcastic, usually smiling when confronted with a perilous situation. She has demonstrated almost superhuman reflexes and […]
Entry Lightning Raider
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A beautiful young master thief, who lives for the thrill of a heist. She is smart, resourceful, fearless and sarcastic, usually smiling when confronted with a perilous situation. She has demonstrated almost superhuman reflexes and […]
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Lightning Woman (Nedor)

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Mad Nazi scientist Demenscha, working in secret in America on orders from Adolf Hitler, creates pure lightning in the form of a man, “a creature of terror… nature perverted to a will of evil!” With […]
Entry Lightning Woman (Nedor)
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Mad Nazi scientist Demenscha, working in secret in America on orders from Adolf Hitler, creates pure lightning in the form of a man, “a creature of terror… nature perverted to a will of evil!” With […]
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Lillian Wytes

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Doctor John Wytes relays the story of a strange urn in his possession to his niece, Lillian Wytes. He explains that, while he was living in the jungle and studying voodoo, he was asked for […]
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Doctor John Wytes relays the story of a strange urn in his possession to his niece, Lillian Wytes. He explains that, while he was living in the jungle and studying voodoo, he was asked for […]
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Lilliputians

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Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated by […]
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Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated by […]
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Lily Renee

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Creator Lily Renee (1921-2022) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 8 Articles Happy 100th birthday to Lily Renée – In My Not So Humble Opinion Lily Renée Phillips, 1921–2022 Robbins Salutes “Babes in Arms,” World War […]
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Creator Lily Renee (1921-2022) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 8 Articles Happy 100th birthday to Lily Renée – In My Not So Humble Opinion Lily Renée Phillips, 1921–2022 Robbins Salutes “Babes in Arms,” World War […]
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Limey Gubbins

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Congo Smith and his partner, Limey Gubbins, are ruthless illegal ivory hunters in Africa. Taking advantage of a native village in their hunt for ivory, they shoot some of the villagers they find harvesting ivory […]
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Congo Smith and his partner, Limey Gubbins, are ruthless illegal ivory hunters in Africa. Taking advantage of a native village in their hunt for ivory, they shoot some of the villagers they find harvesting ivory […]
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Limpang-Tung

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“And Limpang-Tung said: ‘The ways of the gods are strange.The flower groweth up and the flower fadeth away. This may be very clever of the gods. Man groweth from his infancy, and in a while […]
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“And Limpang-Tung said: ‘The ways of the gods are strange.The flower groweth up and the flower fadeth away. This may be very clever of the gods. Man groweth from his infancy, and in a while […]
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Linda

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Hugh Mason arrives on Mars with Peter Fresno. Mason is interested in the science of the mission. Fresno is looking for profit. They discover an ancient Martian city, and a museum left by the Martians. […]
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Hugh Mason arrives on Mars with Peter Fresno. Mason is interested in the science of the mission. Fresno is looking for profit. They discover an ancient Martian city, and a museum left by the Martians. […]
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Linda 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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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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Linda Lens

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Linda Lens was a skilled freelance photographer who took a job for Day Magazine at the suggestion of her boyfriend, Bob Crowley. The magazine sent her to France where she ended up catching spies and […]
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Linda Lens was a skilled freelance photographer who took a job for Day Magazine at the suggestion of her boyfriend, Bob Crowley. The magazine sent her to France where she ended up catching spies and […]
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Linda Reed

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Linda was an FBI agent who worked with Captain Flag. She was an exact carbon copy of Veronica Darnell, whom Captain Flag had previously worked with, and no explanation was given as to where Veronica […]
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Linda was an FBI agent who worked with Captain Flag. She was an exact carbon copy of Veronica Darnell, whom Captain Flag had previously worked with, and no explanation was given as to where Veronica […]
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Lion Boy

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Flying over the wilderness of the African jungle, a plantation owner named John, his wife, and infant son, their plane crashed. The baby miraculously crawls from the wreckage, the sole survivor. A lioness sees him. […]
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Flying over the wilderness of the African jungle, a plantation owner named John, his wife, and infant son, their plane crashed. The baby miraculously crawls from the wreckage, the sole survivor. A lioness sees him. […]
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Lion-Man

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This Tarzan-esque adventure story begins with this foreword: “American-born, college educated, Lion Man is a young scientist, sent by the United Nations to watch over the fearsome ‘Magic Mountain’ of the African Gold Coast. Within […]
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This Tarzan-esque adventure story begins with this foreword: “American-born, college educated, Lion Man is a young scientist, sent by the United Nations to watch over the fearsome ‘Magic Mountain’ of the African Gold Coast. Within […]
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Liquid Space Blobs

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“From out of the utter darkness, semi-transparent units appeared… formless, transparent shimmering blobs streaking toward their prey…” The Earth is at war with the Blue Men of Talus III. Dr. Meade, who appears to be […]
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“From out of the utter darkness, semi-transparent units appeared… formless, transparent shimmering blobs streaking toward their prey…” The Earth is at war with the Blue Men of Talus III. Dr. Meade, who appears to be […]
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Little Dynamite

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Rollo P. Quinn, nicknamed Little Dynamite because he was a strong fighter with a hair-trigger temper, was the leader of a kid gang. He lived in a slum in New York’s East Side. At first, […]
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Rollo P. Quinn, nicknamed Little Dynamite because he was a strong fighter with a hair-trigger temper, was the leader of a kid gang. He lived in a slum in New York’s East Side. At first, […]
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Little Giant

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Rusty was an orphaned newsboy when Professor Rednow asked him to be a guinea pig in an experiment. The professor injected him with a serum called “Impruvogen,” which gave Rusty the strength of a dozen […]
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Rusty was an orphaned newsboy when Professor Rednow asked him to be a guinea pig in an experiment. The professor injected him with a serum called “Impruvogen,” which gave Rusty the strength of a dozen […]
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Little John

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Little John is a companion of Robin Hood who serves as his chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men. He is one of only a handful of consistently named characters who relate to Robin […]
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Little John is a companion of Robin Hood who serves as his chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men. He is one of only a handful of consistently named characters who relate to Robin […]
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Little Leaders

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The Little Leaders were the Kitten and Mickey Matthews, young sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon, respectively. They first met when their mentors sent them to the same summer camp. They continued having adventures while […]
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The Little Leaders were the Kitten and Mickey Matthews, young sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon, respectively. They first met when their mentors sent them to the same summer camp. They continued having adventures while […]
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Little Miss Murder

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Little Miss Murder was already a skilled and experienced killer when she married Mike Mara, a notorious gangster. After poisoning her husband, she took over his gang and proved to be a cunning and ruthless […]
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Little Miss Murder was already a skilled and experienced killer when she married Mike Mara, a notorious gangster. After poisoning her husband, she took over his gang and proved to be a cunning and ruthless […]
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Little Nemo

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Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. He originated in an early comic strip by McCay, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, before receiving his own spin-off series, Little Nemo in […]
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Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. He originated in an early comic strip by McCay, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, before receiving his own spin-off series, Little Nemo in […]
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Little Red Riding Hood

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“Little Red Riding Hood” is a fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Some later versions include a woodsman. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales […]
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“Little Red Riding Hood” is a fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Some later versions include a woodsman. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales […]
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Little Wise Guys (Boy Comics)

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Little Wise Guys were Dodo, Muggsy, Frank, Gimp, and Specs. They lived in a working-class neighborhood in an unnamed American city. Dodo, the son of a fireworks store owner, was the leader of the group, […]
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Little Wise Guys were Dodo, Muggsy, Frank, Gimp, and Specs. They lived in a working-class neighborhood in an unnamed American city. Dodo, the son of a fireworks store owner, was the leader of the group, […]
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Little Wise Guys (Daredevil Comics)

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The second (and, by far, the most popular) incarnation of Little Wise Guys were a group of American kids who came together to help Daredevil apprehend The Wizard, the leader of a German-American cult. The […]
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The second (and, by far, the most popular) incarnation of Little Wise Guys were a group of American kids who came together to help Daredevil apprehend The Wizard, the leader of a German-American cult. The […]
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Living Ghost

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“According to ancient legends, The Living Ghost is an age-old apparition… the personification of black evil itself! Back in the beginning of the world, when Satan, the fallen angel, was driven into banishment… Malevo, his […]
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“According to ancient legends, The Living Ghost is an age-old apparition… the personification of black evil itself! Back in the beginning of the world, when Satan, the fallen angel, was driven into banishment… Malevo, his […]
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Lizard

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The Lizard was a monstrous murderer who appeared as a walking lizard, could scale walls, and carried a trained Gila monster, the “most deadly of all reptiles,” with which he assassinated his victims. The Lizard […]
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The Lizard was a monstrous murderer who appeared as a walking lizard, could scale walls, and carried a trained Gila monster, the “most deadly of all reptiles,” with which he assassinated his victims. The Lizard […]
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Lizardines

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Cosmium is a gravity-repelling metal mined on Pluto and reduced to a substance called Gravitex. Nucleo, the Mad Martian, is suspected to be responsible for the theft of large amounts of the Gravitex. Following Nucleo to […]
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Cosmium is a gravity-repelling metal mined on Pluto and reduced to a substance called Gravitex. Nucleo, the Mad Martian, is suspected to be responsible for the theft of large amounts of the Gravitex. Following Nucleo to […]
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Lizette

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Lizette was the owner of a waxworks show in a carnival. The waxworks featured unique statues which had actual blood from real monsters mixed into the wax. When Brett Hannigan and his partner-in-crime Nita Dell […]
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Lizette was the owner of a waxworks show in a carnival. The waxworks featured unique statues which had actual blood from real monsters mixed into the wax. When Brett Hannigan and his partner-in-crime Nita Dell […]
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Loa

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Voz is leader the Mechans on the lost world of Kalypso, somewhere in the asteroid belt. The Mechans are half-human, half-mechanical creatures planning to take over Mars and other planets. A spaceman named Van is […]
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Voz is leader the Mechans on the lost world of Kalypso, somewhere in the asteroid belt. The Mechans are half-human, half-mechanical creatures planning to take over Mars and other planets. A spaceman named Van is […]
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Loch Ness Monster

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The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one […]
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The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one […]
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Lochinvar

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Lochinvar is a brave knight who arrives unannounced at the bridal feast of Ellen, his beloved, who is about to be married to “a laggard in love and a dastard in war.” Lochinvar claims one […]
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Lochinvar is a brave knight who arrives unannounced at the bridal feast of Ellen, his beloved, who is about to be married to “a laggard in love and a dastard in war.” Lochinvar claims one […]
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Loco

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

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A massive locust swarm threatens Earth, causing mankind to drop a global amount of insecticide. In response, the locusts send out a signal to space. When the message reaches their locust brethren, the Invader Legion […]
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A massive locust swarm threatens Earth, causing mankind to drop a global amount of insecticide. In response, the locusts send out a signal to space. When the message reaches their locust brethren, the Invader Legion […]
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Loftus Hall

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Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the […]
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Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the […]
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Lois Blake

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After meeting Blue Bolt during his investigation of a ring of crooks selling fake citizenship papers, Lois Blake ventured underground with him and gained the same powers as he. She partnered with Blue Bolt, helping […]
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After meeting Blue Bolt during his investigation of a ring of crooks selling fake citizenship papers, Lois Blake ventured underground with him and gained the same powers as he. She partnered with Blue Bolt, helping […]
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Lois Cayley

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Lois is a smart, independent female adventurer and amateur detective from England, the daughter of a soldier named Captain Tom Cayley of the Forty-second Highlanders. After her father died, her mother married Colonel Watts-Morgan, who […]
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Lois is a smart, independent female adventurer and amateur detective from England, the daughter of a soldier named Captain Tom Cayley of the Forty-second Highlanders. After her father died, her mother married Colonel Watts-Morgan, who […]
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Loki (Norse Mythology)

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Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married […]
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Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married […]
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Lola

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Mabu was replaced by Lola (who, unlike her predecessors, was no damsel-in-distress). No super powers but had skills similar to Tarzan’s. Alias Lola Real Names/Alt Names Lola Characteristics Hero, Sidekick, Fox Feature Universe, Jungle Action, […]
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Mabu was replaced by Lola (who, unlike her predecessors, was no damsel-in-distress). No super powers but had skills similar to Tarzan’s. Alias Lola Real Names/Alt Names Lola Characteristics Hero, Sidekick, Fox Feature Universe, Jungle Action, […]
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Lola Barnes

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Sith Tal is an alien from a planet 1,000 light years away. He has traveled far to collect specimens from distant nebulae for his Zoo Ship. From Earth, he collects a human male, Paul Reynolds, […]
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Sith Tal is an alien from a planet 1,000 light years away. He has traveled far to collect specimens from distant nebulae for his Zoo Ship. From Earth, he collects a human male, Paul Reynolds, […]
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London

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Marc Holmes was a radio newscaster covering the Blitz. He realized the need to inspire his fellow Brits in their struggles against the Germans, so he became the costumed hero known as London. As London, […]
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Marc Holmes was a radio newscaster covering the Blitz. He realized the need to inspire his fellow Brits in their struggles against the Germans, so he became the costumed hero known as London. As London, […]
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Lone Eagle (Nedor)

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The Lone Eagle was an ace pilot in the US Air-force and an adventurer during WWII. Alias Lone Eagle Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Aviator, Standard Universe, War Stories, Bird-themed, World War II Era, Orphan […]
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The Lone Eagle was an ace pilot in the US Air-force and an adventurer during WWII. Alias Lone Eagle Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Aviator, Standard Universe, War Stories, Bird-themed, World War II Era, Orphan […]
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Lone Rider (Ajax-Farrell)

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In the American west of the 1880s, when criminals or danger threatened, rancher Jim Larrimore would become the Lone Rider. The Lone Rider had a Pinto horse called Lightning, named after the lightning-shaped blaze on […]
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In the American west of the 1880s, when criminals or danger threatened, rancher Jim Larrimore would become the Lone Rider. The Lone Rider had a Pinto horse called Lightning, named after the lightning-shaped blaze on […]
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Lone Warrior

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Before he died, Stan Carter’s scientist father injected Stan and his brother, Dicky, with an experimental “Power Elixir”. It left both the Carter boys with a W-shaped scar on each of their chests, along with […]
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Before he died, Stan Carter’s scientist father injected Stan and his brother, Dicky, with an experimental “Power Elixir”. It left both the Carter boys with a W-shaped scar on each of their chests, along with […]
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Long Bow

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Long Bow was a young Blackfoot Indian who was alive during the days of colonial America. He was orphaned when his parents, Great Bow and Looking Glass, were killed by members of the Crow tribe. […]
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Long Bow was a young Blackfoot Indian who was alive during the days of colonial America. He was orphaned when his parents, Great Bow and Looking Glass, were killed by members of the Crow tribe. […]
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Long John Silver

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Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Long John Silver is a cunning and opportunistic pirate who was quartermaster under the […]
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Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Long John Silver is a cunning and opportunistic pirate who was quartermaster under the […]
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Long Tom (Doc Savage)

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Major Thomas J. “Long Tom” Roberts, an electrical engineer. “Long Tom” got his nickname from using an antiquated cannon of that nickname in the successful defense of a French village in World War I. Long […]
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Major Thomas J. “Long Tom” Roberts, an electrical engineer. “Long Tom” got his nickname from using an antiquated cannon of that nickname in the successful defense of a French village in World War I. Long […]
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Loogaroo

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The soucouyant or soucriant in Dominica, St. Lucian, Trinidadian, Guadeloupean folklore, also known as Loogaroo or Lougarou in Haiti, Louisiana, Grenada and elsewhere in the Caribbean, or Ole-Higue (also Ole Haig) in Guyana, Belize, and […]
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The soucouyant or soucriant in Dominica, St. Lucian, Trinidadian, Guadeloupean folklore, also known as Loogaroo or Lougarou in Haiti, Louisiana, Grenada and elsewhere in the Caribbean, or Ole-Higue (also Ole Haig) in Guyana, Belize, and […]
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Lord Dunsany

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Creator Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) Profession Writer (short story writer, playwright, novelist, poet) Total Entries 35 Articles Lord Dunsany – TV Tropes Lord Dunsany – Wikipedia Dunsany’s most influential works relating to ancient myths are his […]
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Creator Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) Profession Writer (short story writer, playwright, novelist, poet) Total Entries 35 Articles Lord Dunsany – TV Tropes Lord Dunsany – Wikipedia Dunsany’s most influential works relating to ancient myths are his […]
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Lord John Roxton

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The narrator of The Lost World, Edward D. Malone, describes him as being tall and thin, with peculiarly rounded shoulders, “dark gingery hair,” skin which is “a rich flower-pot red from sun and wind” and […]
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The narrator of The Lost World, Edward D. Malone, describes him as being tall and thin, with peculiarly rounded shoulders, “dark gingery hair,” skin which is “a rich flower-pot red from sun and wind” and […]
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Lord Oro

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When adventurers Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot are marooned on a South Sea island, they discover two Atlanteans in a state of suspended animation. One of the awakened sleepers, Lord Oro, is a superman — the […]
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When adventurers Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot are marooned on a South Sea island, they discover two Atlanteans in a state of suspended animation. One of the awakened sleepers, Lord Oro, is a superman — the […]
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Lord Peter Wimsey

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Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey DSO (later 17th Duke of Denver) is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). […]
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Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey DSO (later 17th Duke of Denver) is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). […]
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Lord Redgrave

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Rollo Lenox Smeaton Aubrey, Earl of Redgrave, Baron Smeaton in the Peerage of England, and Viscount Aubrey in the Peerage of Ireland, known to most as Lord Redgrave and to his wife as Lenox, is […]
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Rollo Lenox Smeaton Aubrey, Earl of Redgrave, Baron Smeaton in the Peerage of England, and Viscount Aubrey in the Peerage of Ireland, known to most as Lord Redgrave and to his wife as Lenox, is […]
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Lord Ruthven

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Lord Ruthven appeared as the title character in the 1819 short story “The Vampyre”, written in 1816 by Dr. John William Polidori, the traveling doctor of Lord Byron. It was published in the April 1, […]
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Lord Ruthven appeared as the title character in the 1819 short story “The Vampyre”, written in 1816 by Dr. John William Polidori, the traveling doctor of Lord Byron. It was published in the April 1, […]
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Lords of Judgement

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“We Lords of Judgement have power only in the world of the dead!” When a recently-deceased spectre observes his body walking around in the world of the living, he brings the matter to the Lords […]
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“We Lords of Judgement have power only in the world of the dead!” When a recently-deceased spectre observes his body walking around in the world of the living, he brings the matter to the Lords […]
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Lorelei (Folklore)

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The Lorelei is a 132-metre-high (433 ft) steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany… The name comes from the […]
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The Lorelei is a 132-metre-high (433 ft) steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany… The name comes from the […]
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Lorenzo (The Merchant of Venice)

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Lorenzo is a character from The Merchant of Venice, a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. […]
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Lorenzo is a character from The Merchant of Venice, a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. […]
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Lost Colony of Roanoke

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Roanoke colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Lane’s colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations […]
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Roanoke colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Lane’s colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations […]
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Lotus-eaters

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In Greek mythology, lotophages or the lotus-eaters were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree off coastal Tunisia (Island of Djerba), a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. The […]
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In Greek mythology, lotophages or the lotus-eaters were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree off coastal Tunisia (Island of Djerba), a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. The […]
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Lou Fine

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Creator Lou Fine (1914-1971) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 23 Articles Lou Fine – Lambiek Comiclopedia Lou Fine – Wikipedia Lou Fine began his career in comics at the Esiner and Iger comics packaging shop […]
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Creator Lou Fine (1914-1971) Profession Penciller, Inker Total Entries 23 Articles Lou Fine – Lambiek Comiclopedia Lou Fine – Wikipedia Lou Fine began his career in comics at the Esiner and Iger comics packaging shop […]
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Lousac

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Lousac is a soldier guarding the slave labor on the Russian Lunar space station. When Spurs Jackson and Hank Roper infiltrate the base as slave-labor prisoners, they are sold out to Lousac by another prisoner […]
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Lousac is a soldier guarding the slave labor on the Russian Lunar space station. When Spurs Jackson and Hank Roper infiltrate the base as slave-labor prisoners, they are sold out to Lousac by another prisoner […]
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Love Robots

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Shlep and Blep, two of the planet Blyntzyn’s ace war scouts, worry that Earth is too violent to invade. As a solution, they create robots to subject Earthmen to the “paralyzing emotion known as love!” […]
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Shlep and Blep, two of the planet Blyntzyn’s ace war scouts, worry that Earth is too violent to invade. As a solution, they create robots to subject Earthmen to the “paralyzing emotion known as love!” […]
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Loveday Brooke

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Loveday Brooke was a private detective who operated in London. She had been an upper class lady until hard times left her penniless and without friends. She found employment with Ebenezer Dyer, the chief of […]
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Loveday Brooke was a private detective who operated in London. She had been an upper class lady until hard times left her penniless and without friends. She found employment with Ebenezer Dyer, the chief of […]
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Lovers (Tarot)

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Except for the nudity, the picture of the Lovers Major Arcana Tarot card is quite innocent, maybe even virginal. That’s because of the time and culture in which the Tarot deck of cards was created. […]
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Except for the nudity, the picture of the Lovers Major Arcana Tarot card is quite innocent, maybe even virginal. That’s because of the time and culture in which the Tarot deck of cards was created. […]
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Lozan

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Ongar, called by his people the “Great Leader of Luna”, decides to conquer Earth. He targets the continent of Atlantis and its great city. The Atlantean philosopher Lozan learns of the coming attacks by the […]
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Ongar, called by his people the “Great Leader of Luna”, decides to conquer Earth. He targets the continent of Atlantis and its great city. The Atlantean philosopher Lozan learns of the coming attacks by the […]
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Lt. Fletcher

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Lieutenant Brad Fletcher, “the Navy’s best undersea expert,” was sent to investigate the disappearance of U.S. submarines. What he found was a race of fish-men ruled by the human looking Neptina, who sought to go […]
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Lieutenant Brad Fletcher, “the Navy’s best undersea expert,” was sent to investigate the disappearance of U.S. submarines. What he found was a race of fish-men ruled by the human looking Neptina, who sought to go […]
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Lu-Nar

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A naïve man from the Moon, whose ship crashed on Earth. He is rescued by cabbie “Beansie” Mulligan, and eventually fights crime. The two are later joined by a woman named Adele. Lu-Nar posessed super-strength. […]
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A naïve man from the Moon, whose ship crashed on Earth. He is rescued by cabbie “Beansie” Mulligan, and eventually fights crime. The two are later joined by a woman named Adele. Lu-Nar posessed super-strength. […]
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Lubbock Lights

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The Lubbock Lights were an unusual formation of lights seen over the city of Lubbock, Texas in August and September 1951. The Lubbock Lights incident received national publicity in the United States as a UFO […]
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The Lubbock Lights were an unusual formation of lights seen over the city of Lubbock, Texas in August and September 1951. The Lubbock Lights incident received national publicity in the United States as a UFO […]
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Lucien Delorme

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The merveilleux-scientifique narrative aims to explore “the unknown” and “the uncertain”, to deeply question the human condition. One compelling example is in Guy de Téramond’s L’homme qui voit à travers les murailles (1913), or The […]
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The merveilleux-scientifique narrative aims to explore “the unknown” and “the uncertain”, to deeply question the human condition. One compelling example is in Guy de Téramond’s L’homme qui voit à travers les murailles (1913), or The […]
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Lucifer (Biblical)

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The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology. He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah and before that in the […]
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The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology. He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah and before that in the […]
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Lucille D’Argot

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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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Lucky Coyne

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Lucky Coyne was a hard-boiled police detective and later a sergeant, private eye, and reporter. He was helped by Terry, and sometimes Detective Mike McDune. As a reporter, he was also aided by the beautiful […]
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Lucky Coyne was a hard-boiled police detective and later a sergeant, private eye, and reporter. He was helped by Terry, and sometimes Detective Mike McDune. As a reporter, he was also aided by the beautiful […]
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Lucky Dale, Girl Detective

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Lucky Dale was a detective for the Clear View Police Department. She had the “luck” of running into trouble pretty frequently, even off duty. Dale was smart, tough, daring, and a resourceful crime fighter. She […]
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Lucky Dale was a detective for the Clear View Police Department. She had the “luck” of running into trouble pretty frequently, even off duty. Dale was smart, tough, daring, and a resourceful crime fighter. She […]
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Lucky Wings

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Lucky Wings was a plucky girl reporter who single-handedly took on Axis spies, ghouls, and gangsters. In her battle with gangsters, they used a device that could manipulate atoms, causing buildings to crumble and cars […]
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Lucky Wings was a plucky girl reporter who single-handedly took on Axis spies, ghouls, and gangsters. In her battle with gangsters, they used a device that could manipulate atoms, causing buildings to crumble and cars […]
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Luckyman

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Danny Barr was an able seaman who was a very lucky man. He decided to use his luck to help fight crime as Luckyman. Alias Luckyman Real Names/Alt Names Danny Barr Characteristics Hero, World War […]
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Danny Barr was an able seaman who was a very lucky man. He decided to use his luck to help fight crime as Luckyman. Alias Luckyman Real Names/Alt Names Danny Barr Characteristics Hero, World War […]
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Lucretia

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Lucretia was a magical villainess who used her black magic to keep herself young and pretty, and also to transform her husbands into small, semi-alive dolls. Alias Lucretia Real Names/Alt Names Lucretia Characteristics Magician, Witch, […]
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Lucretia was a magical villainess who used her black magic to keep herself young and pretty, and also to transform her husbands into small, semi-alive dolls. Alias Lucretia Real Names/Alt Names Lucretia Characteristics Magician, Witch, […]
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Lucy Westenra

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Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. She is Mina Murray’s best friend and Count Dracula’s first English victim. Lucy Westenra is a 19-year old woman, “blonde, demure, […]
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Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. She is Mina Murray’s best friend and Count Dracula’s first English victim. Lucy Westenra is a 19-year old woman, “blonde, demure, […]
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Lugi

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Lugi was the commander of a group of Molemen soldiers who went to the surface and captured big game hunter Congo Jack, bringing him to their underground kingdom. Lugi becomes violently jealous of Jack when […]
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Lugi was the commander of a group of Molemen soldiers who went to the surface and captured big game hunter Congo Jack, bringing him to their underground kingdom. Lugi becomes violently jealous of Jack when […]
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Lumberjack

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Role/Occupation Lumberjack Total Entries 7 Representative Big Red McLane Lumberjacks are commonly used to represent strength, man’s dominance over nature, and the idea that axes are pretty cool. In fiction they tend to be badass, […]
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Role/Occupation Lumberjack Total Entries 7 Representative Big Red McLane Lumberjacks are commonly used to represent strength, man’s dominance over nature, and the idea that axes are pretty cool. In fiction they tend to be badass, […]
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Luminous One

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As the Luminous One, otherwise unnamed in “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”, tells the unnamed narrator through a telepathy device, “I am an entity like that which you yourself become in the freedom of dreamless […]
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As the Luminous One, otherwise unnamed in “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”, tells the unnamed narrator through a telepathy device, “I am an entity like that which you yourself become in the freedom of dreamless […]
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Lunar Bat-People

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“The Great Moon Hoax” refers to a series of six articles that were published in The Sun, a New York newspaper, beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization […]
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“The Great Moon Hoax” refers to a series of six articles that were published in The Sun, a New York newspaper, beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization […]
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Lunarian

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Typology Lunarian Total Entries 22 Representative Batmen of Luna What if intelligent life wasn’t on some distant star, but in the heavenly body right next door? The idea that there might be life on the […]
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Typology Lunarian Total Entries 22 Representative Batmen of Luna What if intelligent life wasn’t on some distant star, but in the heavenly body right next door? The idea that there might be life on the […]
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Lunezons

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The Lunerzons were a race of fierce warrior women who lived on the Moon and resorted to space piracy to obtain goods. They kept men as slaves and bred Mooniacs as their own personal weapons. […]
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The Lunerzons were a race of fierce warrior women who lived on the Moon and resorted to space piracy to obtain goods. They kept men as slaves and bred Mooniacs as their own personal weapons. […]
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Lunk

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The Lunk is the creation of John Wild, crime fiction author of a series of novels following the exploits of The Lunk, a serial killer. Instead of writing six more books featuring the murderous mountain […]
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The Lunk is the creation of John Wild, crime fiction author of a series of novels following the exploits of The Lunk, a serial killer. Instead of writing six more books featuring the murderous mountain […]
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Lup

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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Lura

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Lura was a love-interest of Jungle Jo. Notes: Many sites claim that Tonda was a re-colored, re-printed, and re-named version of Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. However, Tonda debuted the year […]
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Lura was a love-interest of Jungle Jo. Notes: Many sites claim that Tonda was a re-colored, re-printed, and re-named version of Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. However, Tonda debuted the year […]
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Lurani

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Lurani is a witch who seeks wealth and power. With the ability to enslave magical creatures, she seeks to sacrifice enough people to the Moon God to gain his favor. Lurani’s unwitting accomplices include the […]
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Lurani is a witch who seeks wealth and power. With the ability to enslave magical creatures, she seeks to sacrifice enough people to the Moon God to gain his favor. Lurani’s unwitting accomplices include the […]
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Lustra

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Lustra was the Queen of Diamas, a microscopic kingdom in a crystalline world on the surface of a diamond. She greeted the Werewolf Hunter to her world in peace, but later had him arrested on […]
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Lustra was the Queen of Diamas, a microscopic kingdom in a crystalline world on the surface of a diamond. She greeted the Werewolf Hunter to her world in peace, but later had him arrested on […]
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Luther Mynot

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Ship Commander, Captain Martin Hawkins of the Perimeter Patrol, based on the planet Rondos, is reprimanded by Commandant Luther Mynot. Mynot was treated roughly as a subordinate to Hawkins’s father, and now plans to put […]
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Ship Commander, Captain Martin Hawkins of the Perimeter Patrol, based on the planet Rondos, is reprimanded by Commandant Luther Mynot. Mynot was treated roughly as a subordinate to Hawkins’s father, and now plans to put […]
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Luther Trant

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The Achievements of Luther Trant is a mystery novel written by Edwin Balmer and published in 1910. The story follows the titular character, Luther Trant, a brilliant psychologist who is hired by the police to […]
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The Achievements of Luther Trant is a mystery novel written by Edwin Balmer and published in 1910. The story follows the titular character, Luther Trant, a brilliant psychologist who is hired by the police to […]
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Lynceus (Folklore)

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In Greek mythology, Lynceus is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts who served as a lookout on the Argo. He also participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar. Lynceus was the murderer […]
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In Greek mythology, Lynceus is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts who served as a lookout on the Argo. He also participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar. Lynceus was the murderer […]
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Lynx

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Gabriel Mirande, hero of Le lynx (1911) by André Couvreur and Michel Corday… suddenly gains the ability to hear thoughts: “It was a chaotic tumult of ideas in his head, a cerebral activity a hundred […]
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Gabriel Mirande, hero of Le lynx (1911) by André Couvreur and Michel Corday… suddenly gains the ability to hear thoughts: “It was a chaotic tumult of ideas in his head, a cerebral activity a hundred […]
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Lynx (Fox)

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Independently wealthy, a man named Jim made it his life’s work to combat racketeering as the Lynx. He resides in a mansion located outside of a large city with his ward and crime-fighting partner, Phil […]
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Independently wealthy, a man named Jim made it his life’s work to combat racketeering as the Lynx. He resides in a mansion located outside of a large city with his ward and crime-fighting partner, Phil […]
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Lynx (Hillman)

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

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Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus’s daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and […]
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Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus’s daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and […]
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Lyssa

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Lyssa was the “Queen of the Lost World,” leader of the last humans, descended from space explorers, who were not present on Earth when it was devastated by the Voltans in the 33rd century. She […]
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Lyssa was the “Queen of the Lost World,” leader of the last humans, descended from space explorers, who were not present on Earth when it was devastated by the Voltans in the 33rd century. She […]
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M. d’Outremort

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M. d’Outremort (Mr. Beyonddeath in English) is a man of striking appearance and severe demeanor, with great scientific ability, having developed the principles of remote control of machines (télémécanique). He does not pursue recognition or […]
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M. d’Outremort (Mr. Beyonddeath in English) is a man of striking appearance and severe demeanor, with great scientific ability, having developed the principles of remote control of machines (télémécanique). He does not pursue recognition or […]
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Ma-Ra

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

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Mabelene is a werewolf who assists the witch Lurani in her pursuits, being tasked with bringing victims to sacrifice to the Moon-God Lurani serves. Mabelene can transform between her wolf form and human form at […]
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Mabelene is a werewolf who assists the witch Lurani in her pursuits, being tasked with bringing victims to sacrifice to the Moon-God Lurani serves. Mabelene can transform between her wolf form and human form at […]
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Mabu

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In keeping with precedent, the female character of these jungle adventure strips get renamed from one story to another. Here, the character Mabu replaces and fills the role of the previous damsel-in-distress Wana. She was […]
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In keeping with precedent, the female character of these jungle adventure strips get renamed from one story to another. Here, the character Mabu replaces and fills the role of the previous damsel-in-distress Wana. She was […]
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Mac Raboy

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Creator Mac Raboy (1914-1967) Profession Penciller Total Entries 13 Articles Mac Raboy – Lambiek Comiclopedia Mac Raboy – Wikipedia Further setting Captain Marvel Jr. apart from Captian Marvel is artist Emmanuel “Mac” Raboy, a veteran […]
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Creator Mac Raboy (1914-1967) Profession Penciller Total Entries 13 Articles Mac Raboy – Lambiek Comiclopedia Mac Raboy – Wikipedia Further setting Captain Marvel Jr. apart from Captian Marvel is artist Emmanuel “Mac” Raboy, a veteran […]
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Macbeth

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Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth […]
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Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth […]
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Machine Gun Kelly

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“Machine Gun” Kelly was the boss of a gang of murderers who robbed a circus of their giant, the “Man Mountain”, and used him to help in their next robberies. Kelly was killed in an […]
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“Machine Gun” Kelly was the boss of a gang of murderers who robbed a circus of their giant, the “Man Mountain”, and used him to help in their next robberies. Kelly was killed in an […]
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Maciste

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Maciste is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d’Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s. He […]
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Maciste is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d’Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s. He […]
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Mack the Knife

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Set in Victorian London, the Threepenny Opera focuses on Macheath, an amoral, antiheroic criminal, who marries Polly Peachum. This displeases her father, who controls the beggars of London, and he endeavours to have Macheath hanged. […]
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Set in Victorian London, the Threepenny Opera focuses on Macheath, an amoral, antiheroic criminal, who marries Polly Peachum. This displeases her father, who controls the beggars of London, and he endeavours to have Macheath hanged. […]
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Macro the Giant

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Macro was born in the little town of Squankum. As a boy he was ridiculed by children for his gigantism, and as an adult joined the circus when he was otherwise unable to find a […]
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Macro was born in the little town of Squankum. As a boy he was ridiculed by children for his gigantism, and as an adult joined the circus when he was otherwise unable to find a […]
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Mad Botanist

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The Mad Botanist was employed by a foreign government to kill off American scientists. When Captain Flag confronted him, the two fought it out inside a greenhouse. During the struggle, Captain Flag kicked the Mad […]
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The Mad Botanist was employed by a foreign government to kill off American scientists. When Captain Flag confronted him, the two fought it out inside a greenhouse. During the struggle, Captain Flag kicked the Mad […]
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Mad Doctor of the South Hill

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A Spokane, Washington mansion known to many with a murderous past. The Hahn Mansion has a reputation for bad luck, starting with its original owners: Ralston Wilbur and Sarah Smith, who divorced three years after […]
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A Spokane, Washington mansion known to many with a murderous past. The Hahn Mansion has a reputation for bad luck, starting with its original owners: Ralston Wilbur and Sarah Smith, who divorced three years after […]
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Mad Hatter

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The Hatter (called Hatta in Through the Looking-Glass) is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He is often referred to as The […]
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The Hatter (called Hatta in Through the Looking-Glass) is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He is often referred to as The […]
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Mad Hatter (O.W. Comics)

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Grant Richmond was a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle, who felt that the legal system made as much sense as the work of Lewis Carroll. So by night, he […]
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Grant Richmond was a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle, who felt that the legal system made as much sense as the work of Lewis Carroll. So by night, he […]
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Mad Inventor

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Inventor proposes a hybrid submarine and battleship to the US Army, but is rejected. Half-crazed anyway, he sells the plans to Axis agents instead, who build a fleet and attack the US coast. With the […]
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Inventor proposes a hybrid submarine and battleship to the US Army, but is rejected. Half-crazed anyway, he sells the plans to Axis agents instead, who build a fleet and attack the US coast. With the […]
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Mad Ming

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Dr. Wu Chang was Mad Ming, a murderous Asian drug-lord, who had his plans foiled by American G-Man, Detective Gerald Gene. Ming had a daughter named Lei-Ti. Alias Mad Ming Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Wu […]
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Dr. Wu Chang was Mad Ming, a murderous Asian drug-lord, who had his plans foiled by American G-Man, Detective Gerald Gene. Ming had a daughter named Lei-Ti. Alias Mad Ming Real Names/Alt Names Dr. Wu […]
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Mad Mong

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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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Mad Monk

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When Death entered a monk’s castle, he was cheated. Somehow, the monk discovered an ancient secret where he was able to control human fate. When the monk emptied a powder into the flames of his […]
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When Death entered a monk’s castle, he was cheated. Somehow, the monk discovered an ancient secret where he was able to control human fate. When the monk emptied a powder into the flames of his […]
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Madam Fatal

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After Richard Stanton’s daughter was kidnapped, the shock giving his wife a fatal heart attack, he quit the theater to find her. Disguising himself as a “harmless old woman,” he later came to be known […]
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After Richard Stanton’s daughter was kidnapped, the shock giving his wife a fatal heart attack, he quit the theater to find her. Disguising himself as a “harmless old woman,” he later came to be known […]
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Madam Madcap

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William Darcan, aka William Duncan, was a wealthy man who became the leader of band of thieves, simply for the thrill of committing burglaries. When members of his own gang betrayed him, trying to get […]
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William Darcan, aka William Duncan, was a wealthy man who became the leader of band of thieves, simply for the thrill of committing burglaries. When members of his own gang betrayed him, trying to get […]
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Madam Satan

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Madam Satan was a mortal woman. When she found out her fiancé’s parents didn’t approve of her impending marriage, she murdered them. As they were dying, they managed to tell their son who had done […]
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Madam Satan was a mortal woman. When she found out her fiancé’s parents didn’t approve of her impending marriage, she murdered them. As they were dying, they managed to tell their son who had done […]
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Madam Zero

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Madam Zero was the codename for a spy who was fighting Communists. She was accompanied by an American secret agent, who narrated her story. She met this agent first in France, but would later meet […]
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Madam Zero was the codename for a spy who was fighting Communists. She was accompanied by an American secret agent, who narrated her story. She met this agent first in France, but would later meet […]
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Madame Claw

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

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Madame Doom was a European adventuress and a spy who sold her services to the highest bidder, even if that highest bidder happened to be one of the Axis powers. She was a recurring opponent […]
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Madame Doom was a European adventuress and a spy who sold her services to the highest bidder, even if that highest bidder happened to be one of the Axis powers. She was a recurring opponent […]
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Madame Muscle

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As a child, Mary Brinker was always strong, and as she reached adulthood her strength grew to almost superhuman proportions. She ended up finding work as a carnival strongwoman, her main act being to wrestle […]
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As a child, Mary Brinker was always strong, and as she reached adulthood her strength grew to almost superhuman proportions. She ended up finding work as a carnival strongwoman, her main act being to wrestle […]
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Madame Serpina

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Serpina was a sideshow carnival entertainer turned assassin. At the carnival, she appears to have done private snake dances with her boa, Bobo. When she ordered Bobo to kill a man, she and her conspirators […]
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Serpina was a sideshow carnival entertainer turned assassin. At the carnival, she appears to have done private snake dances with her boa, Bobo. When she ordered Bobo to kill a man, she and her conspirators […]
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Madame Strange

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“Mysterious, beautiful, and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madame Strange matches her nerve and strength against grim foes who threaten America’s far-flung air outposts and naval stations… but death lurks in her path…” Her adversaries […]
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“Mysterious, beautiful, and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madame Strange matches her nerve and strength against grim foes who threaten America’s far-flung air outposts and naval stations… but death lurks in her path…” Her adversaries […]
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Madame Terror

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Madame Terror was a cunning and ruthless Japanese spy. She fought ZX-5. Madame Terror spoke perfect English and carried conventional weapons. Alias Madame Terror Real Names/Alt Names Madame Terror Characteristics Spy, Fiction House Universe, World […]
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Madame Terror was a cunning and ruthless Japanese spy. She fought ZX-5. Madame Terror spoke perfect English and carried conventional weapons. Alias Madame Terror Real Names/Alt Names Madame Terror Characteristics Spy, Fiction House Universe, World […]
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Maddock

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Captain John Strong leads a group of space-pioneers to Ganymede. Along with him are Peter and his sister Peggy, who is in love with Captain Strong. Settling on Ganymede gets complicated when a man named […]
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Captain John Strong leads a group of space-pioneers to Ganymede. Along with him are Peter and his sister Peggy, who is in love with Captain Strong. Settling on Ganymede gets complicated when a man named […]
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Madeline Payne

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Madeline was the daughter of Lionel Payne, a remarkably skilled detective known and feared by criminals as “Payne, the Expert.” Lionel was shot dead while pursuing a case when Madeline was only six months old. […]
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Madeline was the daughter of Lionel Payne, a remarkably skilled detective known and feared by criminals as “Payne, the Expert.” Lionel was shot dead while pursuing a case when Madeline was only six months old. […]
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Madeline Usher

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Madeline Usher is the twin sister of Roderick Usher. She is deathly ill and cataleptic. She appears near the narrator, but never acknowledges his presence. She returns to her bedroom where Roderick claims she has […]
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Madeline Usher is the twin sister of Roderick Usher. She is deathly ill and cataleptic. She appears near the narrator, but never acknowledges his presence. She returns to her bedroom where Roderick claims she has […]
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Madelyn Mack

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Madelyn was a college educated New York city detective. She began her career as an assistant house detective for the Niegel Dry Goods store. Her success makes her quite wealthy and she set up her […]
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Madelyn was a college educated New York city detective. She began her career as an assistant house detective for the Niegel Dry Goods store. Her success makes her quite wealthy and she set up her […]
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Mado

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Mado was a female Italian mob boss who wore a hood and a mask over her mouth. After escaping from a prison hospital, Mado killed a scientist named D’Ara and kidnapped his niece, Elena, to […]
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Mado was a female Italian mob boss who wore a hood and a mask over her mouth. After escaping from a prison hospital, Mado killed a scientist named D’Ara and kidnapped his niece, Elena, to […]
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Mador

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Mador de la Porte is a minor Knight of the Round Table in the late Arthurian prose romances. His epithet “of the Gate” (de la Porte) suggests he might have been Arthur’s porter; if so, […]
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Mador de la Porte is a minor Knight of the Round Table in the late Arthurian prose romances. His epithet “of the Gate” (de la Porte) suggests he might have been Arthur’s porter; if so, […]
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Magda Duprey

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

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“The Miraculous Maiden of Matchless Might!” Kay, a morning newscaster of “Breakfast With Kay,” turned into the crime-fighter Magga the Magnificent when she uttered the phrase “om mani padme hum.” In her only appearance, she […]
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“The Miraculous Maiden of Matchless Might!” Kay, a morning newscaster of “Breakfast With Kay,” turned into the crime-fighter Magga the Magnificent when she uttered the phrase “om mani padme hum.” In her only appearance, she […]
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Magi

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Magi was a sorcerer who worked for the king of the mermen who lived in a golden city beneath the ocean. When he was tasked with bringing the king a surface woman to become his […]
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Magi was a sorcerer who worked for the king of the mermen who lived in a golden city beneath the ocean. When he was tasked with bringing the king a surface woman to become his […]
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Magic Maker

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Mr. Vishnu, aka The Magic Maker, appeared in one two-page story. He was introduced to Ben Adams, a theatrical booking agent who was looking for the next big thing. After levitating a rope and pulling […]
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Mr. Vishnu, aka The Magic Maker, appeared in one two-page story. He was introduced to Ben Adams, a theatrical booking agent who was looking for the next big thing. After levitating a rope and pulling […]
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Magic Morro

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Jack Morrow was a magician with real magic powers who lived on a secluded island teeming with jungles. He was aided by Oomla, an island native, and Hector, his pet lion. Alias Magic Morro Real […]
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Jack Morrow was a magician with real magic powers who lived on a secluded island teeming with jungles. He was aided by Oomla, an island native, and Hector, his pet lion. Alias Magic Morro Real […]
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Magician

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Role/Occupation Magician Total Entries 214 Representative Shazam You know them: they wear tuxedoes, top hats, swishing satin capes, and fine white gloves. They flourish black batons with white tips and brandish decks of cards, metal […]
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Role/Occupation Magician Total Entries 214 Representative Shazam You know them: they wear tuxedoes, top hats, swishing satin capes, and fine white gloves. They flourish black batons with white tips and brandish decks of cards, metal […]
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Magician (Tarot)

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Among devoted Tarot users, the Magician is often the favorite card. That’s because already using the Tarot is a kind of magic — opening the door to a reality yet to be explained in scientific […]
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Among devoted Tarot users, the Magician is often the favorite card. That’s because already using the Tarot is a kind of magic — opening the door to a reality yet to be explained in scientific […]
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Magician from Bagdad

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Nadir Shan, the young King of Bagdad, is the victim of a plot by his advisor, a sorcerer. But Nadir Shan escapes and finds a “glowing olden jug” which contains a genie. Shan lets the […]
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Nadir Shan, the young King of Bagdad, is the victim of a plot by his advisor, a sorcerer. But Nadir Shan escapes and finds a “glowing olden jug” which contains a genie. Shan lets the […]
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Magician from Mars

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“I can destroy time and space!” In the future, Jane Q-X 3 Gem, the Magician from Mars, is born to a Martian father, Jarl 6EM35, and an Earthling mother, Jane Faro. When she was a […]
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“I can destroy time and space!” In the future, Jane Q-X 3 Gem, the Magician from Mars, is born to a Martian father, Jarl 6EM35, and an Earthling mother, Jane Faro. When she was a […]
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Magnet

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Grant Halford, explorer and inventor, creates the “Geo-Locator.” The device has magnetic abilities that allow him to find bad guys or missing persons. He decides to use it to help mankind and fight evil, going […]
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Grant Halford, explorer and inventor, creates the “Geo-Locator.” The device has magnetic abilities that allow him to find bad guys or missing persons. He decides to use it to help mankind and fight evil, going […]
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Magnetism Manipulation

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Power Magnetism Manipulation Total Entries 15 Representative Magno (Ace) Electromagnetism is a strange beast. It’s one of the four fundamental forces of nature, the others being gravity, the weak nuclear force (radioactive decay), and the […]
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Power Magnetism Manipulation Total Entries 15 Representative Magno (Ace) Electromagnetism is a strange beast. It’s one of the four fundamental forces of nature, the others being gravity, the weak nuclear force (radioactive decay), and the […]
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Magno (Ace)

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Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic […]
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Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic […]
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Magno (Quality)

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Tom Dalton was an electric company lineman who, because of an on-the-job accident, was exposed to 10,000 volts of direct current. His colleague decided to revive Tom with 10,000 A.C. voltage, which actually worked and […]
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Tom Dalton was an electric company lineman who, because of an on-the-job accident, was exposed to 10,000 volts of direct current. His colleague decided to revive Tom with 10,000 A.C. voltage, which actually worked and […]
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Mahars

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Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes […]
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Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes […]
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Maid Marian

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Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject […]
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Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject […]
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Maida Barv

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Newlyweds Jak Barv and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine. They are alone except for a robot labor force. Jak’s assistant, Greg Dant, leaves the moon […]
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Newlyweds Jak Barv and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine. They are alone except for a robot labor force. Jak’s assistant, Greg Dant, leaves the moon […]
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Major Mars

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Major Mars was born on the Moon to Earth parents, and he has devoted his life to maintaining peace between the planets. He is a wizard of science and an inventor who created Grag, his […]
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Major Mars was born on the Moon to Earth parents, and he has devoted his life to maintaining peace between the planets. He is a wizard of science and an inventor who created Grag, his […]
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Major Victory (Chesler)

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This nameless American soldier was a night sentry at Camp Courage, an eastern Army post. Noticing a light on in the armory, he went to investigate, only to have a saboteur throw a lantern in […]
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This nameless American soldier was a night sentry at Camp Courage, an eastern Army post. Noticing a light on in the armory, he went to investigate, only to have a saboteur throw a lantern in […]
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Makuragaeshi

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The makuragaeshi is a kind of Japanese spirit or yōkai. They would come at night to one’s pillow side and flip over the pillow. They are also considered to change which direction one’s head or […]
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The makuragaeshi is a kind of Japanese spirit or yōkai. They would come at night to one’s pillow side and flip over the pillow. They are also considered to change which direction one’s head or […]
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Malcom Salem

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A mysterious spacecraft comes to Earth to sample large swaths of dirt using an enormous dredging machine. Professor Malcom Salem investigates with his assistant Judd. His report describes an extra-terrestrial trawler, but he’s dismissed. When […]
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A mysterious spacecraft comes to Earth to sample large swaths of dirt using an enormous dredging machine. Professor Malcom Salem investigates with his assistant Judd. His report describes an extra-terrestrial trawler, but he’s dismissed. When […]
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Mallet

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The Mallet was a Japanese military commander who infiltrated the Chinese army during World War II. He appeared to be very tall (possibly 7-8 feet tall), and his right forearm had been replaced by a […]
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The Mallet was a Japanese military commander who infiltrated the Chinese army during World War II. He appeared to be very tall (possibly 7-8 feet tall), and his right forearm had been replaced by a […]
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Malu the Slave Girl

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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 said 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 said that the ring had been handed […]
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Mami Wata

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Mami Wata or similar is a mermaid, water spirit, and/or goddess in the folklore of parts of Western Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa. Historically, scholars trace her origins to early encounters between […]
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Mami Wata or similar is a mermaid, water spirit, and/or goddess in the folklore of parts of Western Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa. Historically, scholars trace her origins to early encounters between […]
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Man in Black (Baily)

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The Man in Black joined two other men telling ghost stories. The mysterious figure recounts a tale of a disembodied hand and revenge. Two thugs bump off an office worker who saw the shady bookkeeping […]
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The Man in Black joined two other men telling ghost stories. The mysterious figure recounts a tale of a disembodied hand and revenge. Two thugs bump off an office worker who saw the shady bookkeeping […]
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Man in Black (Harvey)

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The Man in Black, who was sometimes also called Fate and Kismet, was a host character. He sometimes participated in the story, as well, often hiding his face, claiming looking at it was fatal. He […]
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The Man in Black, who was sometimes also called Fate and Kismet, was a host character. He sometimes participated in the story, as well, often hiding his face, claiming looking at it was fatal. He […]
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Man in Purple

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Johnston McCulley’s “The Man in Purple” features well-off man-about-town Richard Staegel, handsome, young and athletic, who is engaged to Betty Hayler. They both want thrills before marrying and settling down, so decide to go into […]
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Johnston McCulley’s “The Man in Purple” features well-off man-about-town Richard Staegel, handsome, young and athletic, who is engaged to Betty Hayler. They both want thrills before marrying and settling down, so decide to go into […]
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Man in the Beaver Hat

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A vampiric figure of a man in a beaver-felt top hat with long hair and sharp teeth haunts an abandoned house. In actuality, the strange figure is Inspector Edward C. Burke in make-up, bent on […]
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A vampiric figure of a man in a beaver-felt top hat with long hair and sharp teeth haunts an abandoned house. In actuality, the strange figure is Inspector Edward C. Burke in make-up, bent on […]
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Man in the Black Coat

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In the first short story in a series, “The Man in Black” was a member of a secret society of similarly clad men. He was denounced as a traitor, shot, and left for dead. He […]
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In the first short story in a series, “The Man in Black” was a member of a secret society of similarly clad men. He was denounced as a traitor, shot, and left for dead. He […]
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Man Mountain

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The Man Mountain was a giant, depicted at anywhere from 2 to 10 stories tall, who would follow the orders of anyone who fed him molasses. He was an attraction at a circus. “Machine Gun” […]
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The Man Mountain was a giant, depicted at anywhere from 2 to 10 stories tall, who would follow the orders of anyone who fed him molasses. He was an attraction at a circus. “Machine Gun” […]
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Man O’ Mars

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In the year 2036 A.D., Earth was under the attack of the Martian war fleet armed with atomic weapons. This attack was led by Gurtil, who threatened to destroy New York City next if Earth […]
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In the year 2036 A.D., Earth was under the attack of the Martian war fleet armed with atomic weapons. This attack was led by Gurtil, who threatened to destroy New York City next if Earth […]
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Man o’ Metal

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Foundry worker Pat Dempsey has an unfortunate accident when a vat of white hot metal spills on him. Rather than being killed, he experiences an mysterious chemical reaction. His skin turns blue and metallic, and […]
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Foundry worker Pat Dempsey has an unfortunate accident when a vat of white hot metal spills on him. Rather than being killed, he experiences an mysterious chemical reaction. His skin turns blue and metallic, and […]
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Man of the Ages

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It is unknown where he came from, but the Man of the Ages was first defeated by cave dwellers of a million years ago. At his apparent demise, he claimed he would live as long […]
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It is unknown where he came from, but the Man of the Ages was first defeated by cave dwellers of a million years ago. At his apparent demise, he claimed he would live as long […]
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Man of War

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Mars, the God of War, decides to create a being with his likeness and sensibilities on Earth, to work in concert with the Axis powers during World War II. Unfortunately for the Germans, Mars miscalculated […]
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Mars, the God of War, decides to create a being with his likeness and sensibilities on Earth, to work in concert with the Axis powers during World War II. Unfortunately for the Germans, Mars miscalculated […]
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Man Who Laughs

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The Man Who Laughs (also published under the title By Order of the King from its subtitle in French) is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L’Homme […]
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The Man Who Laughs (also published under the title By Order of the King from its subtitle in French) is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L’Homme […]
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Man-Monster

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Monk was a creature that worked as a henchman for a man named Remek who had him kidnap the Prince of Inrak. The Man-Monster came into conflict with Inspector Bentley of Scotland Yard. Monk was […]
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Monk was a creature that worked as a henchman for a man named Remek who had him kidnap the Prince of Inrak. The Man-Monster came into conflict with Inspector Bentley of Scotland Yard. Monk was […]
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Mana-Yood-Sushai

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“Before there stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. There are in Pegana Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. […]
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“Before there stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. There are in Pegana Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. […]
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Mandarin

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The Mandarin was a criminal mastermind from China. He used a dagger to attack people and was fond of setting elaborate and gruesome traps. He was defeated by the hero, The Fox. Alias Mandarin Real […]
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The Mandarin was a criminal mastermind from China. He used a dagger to attack people and was fond of setting elaborate and gruesome traps. He was defeated by the hero, The Fox. Alias Mandarin Real […]
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Mangani

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Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes. In the invented language, Mangani (meaning “great-ape”) […]
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Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes. In the invented language, Mangani (meaning “great-ape”) […]
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Manhunter

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Rookie cop Dan Richards becomes the costumed crime fighter Manhunter after Jim Kelly, a fellow officer and his girlfriend’s brother, was framed. He manages to clear Jim’s name and continues to fight crime as Manhunter. […]
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Rookie cop Dan Richards becomes the costumed crime fighter Manhunter after Jim Kelly, a fellow officer and his girlfriend’s brother, was framed. He manages to clear Jim’s name and continues to fight crime as Manhunter. […]
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Manhunters

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Explorers seek a rational explanation for the numerous bloodless corpses they encounter on their journey through equatorial Africa. The novel reveals that these are the work of a pair of invisible beings, endowed with the […]
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Explorers seek a rational explanation for the numerous bloodless corpses they encounter on their journey through equatorial Africa. The novel reveals that these are the work of a pair of invisible beings, endowed with the […]
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Mantoka

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Mantoka was a mysterious Native American man given the powers of his father, the tribe’s Shaman. During a shamanic initiation ceremony, a rattlesnake bit him and he presumably had a vision. He discovered he had […]
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Mantoka was a mysterious Native American man given the powers of his father, the tribe’s Shaman. During a shamanic initiation ceremony, a rattlesnake bit him and he presumably had a vision. He discovered he had […]
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Manx

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The Manx is a villain who attempts to blackmail a murderer for money. The Green Mask gets involved. Manx is stopped and sent to jail, but not before he kills the murderer. He does not […]
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The Manx is a villain who attempts to blackmail a murderer for money. The Green Mask gets involved. Manx is stopped and sent to jail, but not before he kills the murderer. He does not […]
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Mapinguari

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In Brazilian folklore, the mapinguari or mapinguary, also called the juma, is a monstrous entity said to live in the Amazon rainforest. Depictions of the mapinguari vary. Sometimes it is described as a hairy humanoid […]
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In Brazilian folklore, the mapinguari or mapinguary, also called the juma, is a monstrous entity said to live in the Amazon rainforest. Depictions of the mapinguari vary. Sometimes it is described as a hairy humanoid […]
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Mara

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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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Marak

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Master Criminal Marak has come over from France with dreams of pulling off great crimes, but he’s down on his luck, hopeless, defeated. “There is no crime here… worthy of my genius! I will starve […]
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Master Criminal Marak has come over from France with dreams of pulling off great crimes, but he’s down on his luck, hopeless, defeated. “There is no crime here… worthy of my genius! I will starve […]
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March Hare

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The March Hare (called Haigha in Through the Looking-Glass) is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The main character, Alice, hypothesizes, […]
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The March Hare (called Haigha in Through the Looking-Glass) is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The main character, Alice, hypothesizes, […]
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Marcia

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John Seton, a marine pilot during World War II, had crashed his airplane. Physically he healed well. He couldn’t adjust to civilian life. His engagement to Marcia didn’t even hold his interest. Dozing off in […]
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John Seton, a marine pilot during World War II, had crashed his airplane. Physically he healed well. He couldn’t adjust to civilian life. His engagement to Marcia didn’t even hold his interest. Dozing off in […]
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Marcia Standish

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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Marco Polo

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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book […]
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book […]
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Marcus

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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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Marcus Kemp (Human)

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When Sandra Cummings asks Dr. Marcus Kemp to attend a Mardi Gras masquerade ball with her, he tries to decline. Her persistence seems to succeed. However, Kemp sends Robot Kemp, a lookalike robot of his […]
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When Sandra Cummings asks Dr. Marcus Kemp to attend a Mardi Gras masquerade ball with her, he tries to decline. Her persistence seems to succeed. However, Kemp sends Robot Kemp, a lookalike robot of his […]
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Marcus Kemp (Robot)

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When Sandra Cummings asks Dr. Marcus Kemp to attend a Mardi Gras masquerade ball with her, he tries to decline. Her persistence seems to succeed. However, Kemp sends Robot Kemp, a lookalike robot of his […]
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When Sandra Cummings asks Dr. Marcus Kemp to attend a Mardi Gras masquerade ball with her, he tries to decline. Her persistence seems to succeed. However, Kemp sends Robot Kemp, a lookalike robot of his […]
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Mardigras

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Mardigras, tutelary god of the Andouilles in Rabelais’ Pantagruel, Book IV. A great grey hog with long wings like a windmill, having scarlet plumage like a flamingo’s, garnet-red eyes, emerald-green ears, topaz-yellow teeth, a marble-black […]
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Mardigras, tutelary god of the Andouilles in Rabelais’ Pantagruel, Book IV. A great grey hog with long wings like a windmill, having scarlet plumage like a flamingo’s, garnet-red eyes, emerald-green ears, topaz-yellow teeth, a marble-black […]
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Margaret Colston

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Bruce Colston is the only son of Jacob Colston. Jacob is the wealthy owner of Zenith Spaceways in the 26th century. He has tried to give Bruce an education, but Bruce is uninterested in pretty […]
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Bruce Colston is the only son of Jacob Colston. Jacob is the wealthy owner of Zenith Spaceways in the 26th century. He has tried to give Bruce an education, but Bruce is uninterested in pretty […]
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Margo (Farrell)

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Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to help out with what he thinks is a […]
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Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to help out with what he thinks is a […]
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Margo Cartley

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A space prospector finds a remarkable metal on a devastated space-mining ship. The prospector dubs the metal asteroidium. The World Council studies the metal, discovering it is mined from one of Saturn’s moons. The race […]
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A space prospector finds a remarkable metal on a devastated space-mining ship. The prospector dubs the metal asteroidium. The World Council studies the metal, discovering it is mined from one of Saturn’s moons. The race […]
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Margo 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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Margo Packard

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Bob Packard and his wife Margo have a fight and decide to call it quits. Bob returns to his childhood home on a family farm and finds his pet dog Toby is living there. He […]
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Bob Packard and his wife Margo have a fight and decide to call it quits. Bob returns to his childhood home on a family farm and finds his pet dog Toby is living there. He […]
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Margo the Magician

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Margo the Magician was the daughter of the famous stage magician the Great Presto. Like her father before her, she became a stage magician. However, she secretly could use real magic, just as her father […]
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Margo the Magician was the daughter of the famous stage magician the Great Presto. Like her father before her, she became a stage magician. However, she secretly could use real magic, just as her father […]
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Marianne

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Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is […]
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Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is […]
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Marie

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Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to help out with what he thinks is a […]
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Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to help out with what he thinks is a […]
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Marie Rogêt

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Often subtitled A Sequel to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” C. Auguste Dupin and his assistant, the unnamed narrator, undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris. […]
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Often subtitled A Sequel to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” C. Auguste Dupin and his assistant, the unnamed narrator, undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris. […]
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Marietta

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While in a US occupied zone in Europe, Marietta comes to the aide of her friend Nancy. Nancy’s father, the Viscount, had died a year ago, but his money had vanished. Marietta headed to Marco’s […]
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While in a US occupied zone in Europe, Marietta comes to the aide of her friend Nancy. Nancy’s father, the Viscount, had died a year ago, but his money had vanished. Marietta headed to Marco’s […]
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Marine

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Role/Occupation Marine Total Entries 10 Representative Captain Devildog So, you think you miserable lot of baby-faced tropers want to make a trope about us? If you work hard enough you might be good enough to […]
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Role/Occupation Marine Total Entries 10 Representative Captain Devildog So, you think you miserable lot of baby-faced tropers want to make a trope about us? If you work hard enough you might be good enough to […]
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Mark Antony

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. […]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. […]
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Mark Dane

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

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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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Mark Savant

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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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Mark Swift

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Mark Swift was an orphan in the town of Greenville, who was adopted by his grade school teacher, Rodney Kent. Kent was actually a genius who built a time machine called a “time retarder” and […]
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Mark Swift was an orphan in the town of Greenville, who was adopted by his grade school teacher, Rodney Kent. Kent was actually a genius who built a time machine called a “time retarder” and […]
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Mark Victus

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Mark Victus was a young Rhin pilot, forced to labor in the radium mines on the Martian moon, Phobus. The Thelite government, under Karragon, the dictator of Mars, used Victus and other prisoners to work […]
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Mark Victus was a young Rhin pilot, forced to labor in the radium mines on the Martian moon, Phobus. The Thelite government, under Karragon, the dictator of Mars, used Victus and other prisoners to work […]
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Marksman (Centaur)

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John Courage was trained from childhood by his father, chief of the Secret Service, to fight crime. No matter what weapon he used, he never missed his target. Alias Marksman Real Names/Alt Names John Courage […]
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John Courage was trained from childhood by his father, chief of the Secret Service, to fight crime. No matter what weapon he used, he never missed his target. Alias Marksman Real Names/Alt Names John Courage […]
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Marksman (Quality)

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Baron Povalsky was a Polish nobleman who, following the German invasion of his country, became a one-man resistance fighter. He created two new identities. The first was Major Hurtz, which he used to spy on […]
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Baron Povalsky was a Polish nobleman who, following the German invasion of his country, became a one-man resistance fighter. He created two new identities. The first was Major Hurtz, which he used to spy on […]
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Marl

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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Four days before the wedding of scientist Kevitt Standish to his fiance, Marcia, she makes Kevitt promise to not use his invention for traveling through time, his “time-belt”. Kevitt uses the untested device anyway. The […]
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Marpessa (Folklore)

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When Idas came from Messenia to ask for the hand of Marpessa, daughter of Evenus, the maiden’s father refused his request because he wanted his daughter to remain a virgin. Idas went to his father […]
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When Idas came from Messenia to ask for the hand of Marpessa, daughter of Evenus, the maiden’s father refused his request because he wanted his daughter to remain a virgin. Idas went to his father […]
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Mars (Folklore)

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In ancient Roman religion and myth, Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was the son of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent among […]
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In ancient Roman religion and myth, Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was the son of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent among […]
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Mars Leader

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A utopian civilization of Martians is quickly running out of water and faces its doom. The Mars Leader asks the eminent Martian scientist Clator if more water can be created through weather manipulation. Clator finds […]
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A utopian civilization of Martians is quickly running out of water and faces its doom. The Mars Leader asks the eminent Martian scientist Clator if more water can be created through weather manipulation. Clator finds […]
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Mars Mason

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Mars Mason was an intergalactic postal worker of the InterPlanetary Mail System who encountered many villains and alien monsters on his deliveries. These included the villainous Killraye of Jupiter, the tough-tails, the spear men, and […]
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Mars Mason was an intergalactic postal worker of the InterPlanetary Mail System who encountered many villains and alien monsters on his deliveries. These included the villainous Killraye of Jupiter, the tough-tails, the spear men, and […]
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Marta Svenstrom

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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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Martha of the Tree Folk

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Martha was the mother of Sir Richard of Warwick, a.k.a. The Golden Knight, and Richard’s younger siblings Roland, Marion, and Elaine (though probably not their youngest sister Jane). She was lost for 20 years in […]
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Martha was the mother of Sir Richard of Warwick, a.k.a. The Golden Knight, and Richard’s younger siblings Roland, Marion, and Elaine (though probably not their youngest sister Jane). She was lost for 20 years in […]
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Martha Roberts

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Martha Roberts was the daughter of Professor Roberts, who tutored his young protégé Darrel Dane in his home laboratory. During the summer of 1939, Martha was blackmailed by a criminal named Falco, over love letters she […]
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Martha Roberts was the daughter of Professor Roberts, who tutored his young protégé Darrel Dane in his home laboratory. During the summer of 1939, Martha was blackmailed by a criminal named Falco, over love letters she […]
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Martial Artist

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Role/Occupation Martial Artist Total Entries 45 Representative Judo Joe Martial artists, melee fighters, and fighting game characters are often depicted as being habitually barefoot or averse to wearing shoes even outside of combat situations. Most […]
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Role/Occupation Martial Artist Total Entries 45 Representative Judo Joe Martial artists, melee fighters, and fighting game characters are often depicted as being habitually barefoot or averse to wearing shoes even outside of combat situations. Most […]
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Martian

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Typology Martian Total Entries 65 Representative Man O’ Mars The possibility of life on the planet Mars has fascinated scientists and sci-fi fans since at least the 19th century, though the word “Martian” wouldn’t be […]
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Typology Martian Total Entries 65 Representative Man O’ Mars The possibility of life on the planet Mars has fascinated scientists and sci-fi fans since at least the 19th century, though the word “Martian” wouldn’t be […]
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Martian (H. G. Wells)

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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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Martian Batmen

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Dr. Omega’s companions in his travels are two Frenchmen: his neighbor Denis Borel (the narrator), and his worker, the hulkish Fred. Dr. Omega and his two companions travel to Mars. They first land in one […]
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Dr. Omega’s companions in his travels are two Frenchmen: his neighbor Denis Borel (the narrator), and his worker, the hulkish Fred. Dr. Omega and his two companions travel to Mars. They first land in one […]
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Martian Birdmen

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Big-game hunter, Earthman Arthur Harris, has traveled to Mars to hunt down Martian Birdmen. Harris has brought the first dog ever seen on Mars, and a Venusian Ptero-Hawk, to assist him in the hunt. The […]
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Big-game hunter, Earthman Arthur Harris, has traveled to Mars to hunt down Martian Birdmen. Harris has brought the first dog ever seen on Mars, and a Venusian Ptero-Hawk, to assist him in the hunt. The […]
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Martian Flying Machine (H. G. Wells)

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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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Martian Mentalist

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A winged woman from Mars who only appeared on the cover to Planet Comics #69. She and her flying minions were planning to conquer the rest of space. The name given in this article is […]
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A winged woman from Mars who only appeared on the cover to Planet Comics #69. She and her flying minions were planning to conquer the rest of space. The name given in this article is […]
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Martian Mermen

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Dr. Omega’s companions in his travels are two Frenchmen: his neighbor Denis Borel (the narrator), and his worker, the hulkish Fred. Dr. Omega and his two companions travel to Mars. They first land in one […]
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Dr. Omega’s companions in his travels are two Frenchmen: his neighbor Denis Borel (the narrator), and his worker, the hulkish Fred. Dr. Omega and his two companions travel to Mars. They first land in one […]
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Martian Partisans

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The Belzarian Pigmy Soldiers serve the Empress of Belzar as a fighting force. Lieutenant April Wing argues with Captain Brett Crockett that she should be on the front lines attending to the wounded Space Busters. […]
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The Belzarian Pigmy Soldiers serve the Empress of Belzar as a fighting force. Lieutenant April Wing argues with Captain Brett Crockett that she should be on the front lines attending to the wounded Space Busters. […]
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Martian Sand Rats

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Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, make a forced landing on the planet Mars. This is due to a “sudden accumulation of slag” in one of the rocket barrels of their […]
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Nick Nelson of Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, make a forced landing on the planet Mars. This is due to a “sudden accumulation of slag” in one of the rocket barrels of their […]
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Martian Space Bandits

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Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, find a strange object silhouetted against Earth’s Moon. It is a gambling ship called the Sky Palace. The ship is operated by a Plutonian […]
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Nick Nelson of the Space Patrol and his Martian gunner, Kodi, find a strange object silhouetted against Earth’s Moon. It is a gambling ship called the Sky Palace. The ship is operated by a Plutonian […]
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Martian Tripod (H. G. Wells)

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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his […]
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Martie Draw

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Martie Draw was a musician who passed away. Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to […]
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Martie Draw was a musician who passed away. Margo is being treated by Doctor Knowles for “a strange melancholia” related to the death of Martie Draw. He calls upon his friend, Grimm, Ghost Doctor, to […]
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Martin Hawkins

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Ship Commander, Captain Martin Hawkins of the Perimeter Patrol, based on the planet Rondos, is reprimanded by Commandant Luther Mynot. Mynot was treated roughly as a subordinate to Hawkins’s father, and now plans to put […]
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Ship Commander, Captain Martin Hawkins of the Perimeter Patrol, based on the planet Rondos, is reprimanded by Commandant Luther Mynot. Mynot was treated roughly as a subordinate to Hawkins’s father, and now plans to put […]
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Marto

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Martin Hall was a scientist determined to solve the mystery of cosmic rays. After years of failure, he finally captured the rays, but with disastrous results. Overwhelmed by cosmic energy, Martin evolved. His body shrank […]
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Martin Hall was a scientist determined to solve the mystery of cosmic rays. After years of failure, he finally captured the rays, but with disastrous results. Overwhelmed by cosmic energy, Martin evolved. His body shrank […]
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Marty

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Marty is the brutish, former boxer, friend and sidekick of Vic Jordan. Alias Marty Real Names/Alt Names Marty Characteristics Hero, Boxer, Sidekick, Newspaper Strip Characters, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Kermit Jaekiker, […]
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Marty is the brutish, former boxer, friend and sidekick of Vic Jordan. Alias Marty Real Names/Alt Names Marty Characteristics Hero, Boxer, Sidekick, Newspaper Strip Characters, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Kermit Jaekiker, […]
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Marvel

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The Marvel would save Scoop Cody, a reporter, whenever he would get in trouble. He used his fighting, marksmanship, and detective skills to fight crime. His enemies include King Carr. Alias Marvel Real Names/Alt Names […]
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The Marvel would save Scoop Cody, a reporter, whenever he would get in trouble. He used his fighting, marksmanship, and detective skills to fight crime. His enemies include King Carr. Alias Marvel Real Names/Alt Names […]
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Marvel Maid

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Priscilla Carbon, a young newspaper reporter, was secretly Marvel Maid, the strongest and fastest woman in the world. She was assisted by Little Luke, a messenger boy who was the only one who knew her […]
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Priscilla Carbon, a young newspaper reporter, was secretly Marvel Maid, the strongest and fastest woman in the world. She was assisted by Little Luke, a messenger boy who was the only one who knew her […]
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Marvel Man

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Martan was a young scientist from planet Antaclea, a highly advanced world where technology rendered war, hunger, and illness obsolete, and gave its inhabitants extraordinary powers. One day, he decided to take his wife, Vana, […]
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Martan was a young scientist from planet Antaclea, a highly advanced world where technology rendered war, hunger, and illness obsolete, and gave its inhabitants extraordinary powers. One day, he decided to take his wife, Vana, […]
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Marvelo

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Marvelo, the “Monarch of Magicians,” is a heroic spell-caster who can accomplish almost anything, including intangibility, with a casual flick of the wrist and a few spoken incantations. He uses his powers to fight crime […]
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Marvelo, the “Monarch of Magicians,” is a heroic spell-caster who can accomplish almost anything, including intangibility, with a casual flick of the wrist and a few spoken incantations. He uses his powers to fight crime […]
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Marvin Sanders

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Dr. Junius B. Jethro tells the story of when he treated musical comedy star Ruth Morton. One night after a performance, she’s attacked in her dressing room by what she thinks is just a strange […]
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Dr. Junius B. Jethro tells the story of when he treated musical comedy star Ruth Morton. One night after a performance, she’s attacked in her dressing room by what she thinks is just a strange […]
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Marvo 1.2 Go+

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Marvo 1.2. Go+, the Superboy of the Year 2680, is a sci-fi hero of the future who fights foes such as the vest-wearing Antmen of Antar, the Antarenes. He is the son of one of […]
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Marvo 1.2. Go+, the Superboy of the Year 2680, is a sci-fi hero of the future who fights foes such as the vest-wearing Antmen of Antar, the Antarenes. He is the son of one of […]
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Marvo the Magician

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Marvo was a stage magician and detective who traveled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner, using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but […]
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Marvo was a stage magician and detective who traveled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner, using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but […]
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Mary (Biblical)

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Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of […]
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Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of […]
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Mary Celeste

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Mary Celeste (often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was an American-registered merchant brigantine, best known for being discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands on December 4, 1872. The […]
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Mary Celeste (often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was an American-registered merchant brigantine, best known for being discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands on December 4, 1872. The […]
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Mary Louise Burrows

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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at […]
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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at […]
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Mary Magdalene (Biblical)

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Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a […]
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Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a […]
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Mary Marvel

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When the Batson twins were babies, they were nursed by a woman named Sarah Primm. However, after their parents died, Mrs. Primm secretly gave Mary to the wealthy Ms. Bromfield, while Billy was sent to […]
Entry Mary Marvel
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When the Batson twins were babies, they were nursed by a woman named Sarah Primm. However, after their parents died, Mrs. Primm secretly gave Mary to the wealthy Ms. Bromfield, while Billy was sent to […]
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Mary McCormick

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Category Mary McCormick
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Mary was the mother of Connie and “Comics” McCormick. Alias Mary McCormick Real Names/Alt Names Mary McCormick Characteristics World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Ed Wheelan First Appearance Terrific Comics #2 (March 1944) […]
Entry Mary McCormick
Description 

Mary was the mother of Connie and “Comics” McCormick. Alias Mary McCormick Real Names/Alt Names Mary McCormick Characteristics World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Ed Wheelan First Appearance Terrific Comics #2 (March 1944) […]