Quick View

South Sea Girl

Image of South Sea Girl
Category South Sea Girl
Includes 

Alani, also known as South Sea Girl, was the ruler and protector of a chain of volcanic tropical islands in the South Pacific called the Vanishing Isles. She teamed up with Captain Ted to prevent […]

Entry South Sea Girl
Description 

Alani, also known as South Sea Girl, was the ruler and protector of a chain of volcanic tropical islands in the South Pacific called the Vanishing Isles. She teamed up with Captain Ted to prevent […]

Quick View

Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 1)

Image of Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 1)
Category Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 1)
Includes 

“Jet” Black, Space Ace, Manhunter of the 21st Century, was a highly-regarded officer of Space Patrol, who operated in our Solar System, a hundred years in the future. He was aided by his sidekick Jak […]

Entry Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 1)
Description 

“Jet” Black, Space Ace, Manhunter of the 21st Century, was a highly-regarded officer of Space Patrol, who operated in our Solar System, a hundred years in the future. He was aided by his sidekick Jak […]

Quick View

Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 2)

Image of Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 2)
Category Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 2)
Includes 

Space Ace was an interplanetary mercenary willing to take on long and dangerous jobs for little credits. He sought a pardon from the government for past crimes. His nemesis was Flor, Queen of Titan’s Underworld. […]

Entry Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 2)
Description 

Space Ace was an interplanetary mercenary willing to take on long and dangerous jobs for little credits. He sought a pardon from the government for past crimes. His nemesis was Flor, Queen of Titan’s Underworld. […]

Quick View

Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 3)

Image of Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 3)
Category Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 3)
Includes 

Sci-fi hero Major Inapak, named after a vitamin packet to stir into water, was an adventurer in the 1980s. The Earth of his time was divided in two, East and West, locked in perpetual atomic […]

Entry Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 3)
Description 

Sci-fi hero Major Inapak, named after a vitamin packet to stir into water, was an adventurer in the 1980s. The Earth of his time was divided in two, East and West, locked in perpetual atomic […]

Quick View

Space Ace (Standard)

Image of Space Ace (Standard)
Category Space Ace (Standard)
Includes 

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, […]

Entry Space Ace (Standard)
Description 

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, […]

Quick View

Space Age Pirate

Image of Space Age Pirate
Category Space Age Pirate
Includes 

Vance Loomis picks up his brother Kenny on Venus to return to Earth. Vance is a bully, calling his asthmatic brother Kenny bookish and weak. When a meteor strikes their ship, they make an emergency […]

Entry Space Age Pirate
Description 

Vance Loomis picks up his brother Kenny on Venus to return to Earth. Vance is a bully, calling his asthmatic brother Kenny bookish and weak. When a meteor strikes their ship, they make an emergency […]

Quick View

Space Amoeba

Image of Space Amoeba
Category Space Amoeba
Includes 

An exploratory mining rocketship from Earth lands on a “weird planet” looking for valuable ore. One of the miners by the name of Anderson wanders away from the ship while maintaining visual contact. Examining a […]

Entry Space Amoeba
Description 

An exploratory mining rocketship from Earth lands on a “weird planet” looking for valuable ore. One of the miners by the name of Anderson wanders away from the ship while maintaining visual contact. Examining a […]

Quick View

Space Buster

Image of Space Buster
Category Space Buster
Includes 

Soldiers fighting the Belzarians across an unknown solar system, led by Brett Crockett. Their motto might be “Every Space Buster A One-Man Army”. They carry thermo-rifles, proton pistols, and micro-grenades. “It is said that a […]

Entry Space Buster
Description 

Soldiers fighting the Belzarians across an unknown solar system, led by Brett Crockett. Their motto might be “Every Space Buster A One-Man Army”. They carry thermo-rifles, proton pistols, and micro-grenades. “It is said that a […]

Quick View

Space Damsel

Image of Space Damsel
Category Space Damsel
Includes 

The character appeared to be a space damsel-in-distress attacked by an alien. She possibly had cargo needing delivery somewhere, perhaps from one planet to another. According to the cover of Planet Comics #70 (which was her […]

Entry Space Damsel
Description 

The character appeared to be a space damsel-in-distress attacked by an alien. She possibly had cargo needing delivery somewhere, perhaps from one planet to another. According to the cover of Planet Comics #70 (which was her […]

Quick View

Space Detective

Image of Space Detective
Category Space Detective
Includes 

Lance Lewis, Space Detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, Marna. As a detective he solved cases involving aliens, such as Amoeba Men or Martians, missing space ships, […]

Entry Space Detective
Description 

Lance Lewis, Space Detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, Marna. As a detective he solved cases involving aliens, such as Amoeba Men or Martians, missing space ships, […]

Quick View

Space Flowers

Image of Space Flowers
Category Space Flowers
Includes 

A group of four explorers land on a planet that seems suitable for human habitation. Captain Vic Danton, the pilot and navigator, leads the group. Alice Chambers is the doctor and psychologist. Mikel North is […]

Entry Space Flowers
Description 

A group of four explorers land on a planet that seems suitable for human habitation. Captain Vic Danton, the pilot and navigator, leads the group. Alice Chambers is the doctor and psychologist. Mikel North is […]

Quick View

Space Force

Image of Space Force
Category Space Force
Includes 

Space Force is an Earth-based military force along the lines of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. They were operational in the year 5092. Space Patrol’s areas of operation include Earth, the Moon, Pluto, Xebon, […]

Entry Space Force
Description 

Space Force is an Earth-based military force along the lines of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. They were operational in the year 5092. Space Patrol’s areas of operation include Earth, the Moon, Pluto, Xebon, […]

Quick View

Space Guard

Image of Space Guard
Category Space Guard
Includes 

The Space Guard is a policing military force serving the solar system and investigating potential dangers. It is active in the year 2488. Space Guard personnel include Captain Comet Calhoun and Crewman Henty. Space Guard […]

Entry Space Guard
Description 

The Space Guard is a policing military force serving the solar system and investigating potential dangers. It is active in the year 2488. Space Guard personnel include Captain Comet Calhoun and Crewman Henty. Space Guard […]

Quick View

Space Lorelei

Image of Space Lorelei
Category Space Lorelei
Includes 

The Lorelei planetoid is a barren, rocky planetoid with an enormous face of a beautiful woman carved on its surface. Captain Jark Hudson sees the monument, recalling the Greek legend of the Lorelei who lured […]

Entry Space Lorelei
Description 

The Lorelei planetoid is a barren, rocky planetoid with an enormous face of a beautiful woman carved on its surface. Captain Jark Hudson sees the monument, recalling the Greek legend of the Lorelei who lured […]

Quick View

Space Octopus

Image of Space Octopus
Category Space Octopus
Includes 

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

Entry Space Octopus
Description 

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

Quick View

Space Patrol (Centaur)

Image of Space Patrol (Centaur)
Category Space Patrol (Centaur)
Includes 

Space Patrol is a law enforcement group dispensing justice throughout the solar system. The events involving Nick Nelson and his pilot Kodi are documented. Space Patrol visits Venus, Jupiter, the Pygmy Planets, Mars, the Asteroid […]

Entry Space Patrol (Centaur)
Description 

Space Patrol is a law enforcement group dispensing justice throughout the solar system. The events involving Nick Nelson and his pilot Kodi are documented. Space Patrol visits Venus, Jupiter, the Pygmy Planets, Mars, the Asteroid […]

Quick View

Space Patrol (Charlton)

Image of Space Patrol (Charlton)
Category Space Patrol (Charlton)
Includes 

Space Patrol is a law enforcement group dispensing justice throughout the solar system. Space Patrol members are Hi Judson, Tommy Lawson, and Bill Frankman. Space Patrol seems to operate around Mars, Jupiter, and the Asteroid […]

Entry Space Patrol (Charlton)
Description 

Space Patrol is a law enforcement group dispensing justice throughout the solar system. Space Patrol members are Hi Judson, Tommy Lawson, and Bill Frankman. Space Patrol seems to operate around Mars, Jupiter, and the Asteroid […]

Quick View

Space Pirate

Image of John Kidd
Category Space Pirate
Includes 

Role/Occupation Space Pirate Total Entries 47 Representative John Kidd “Space Is an Ocean”, so it’s only logical that it must have pirates as well. Depending how you view the future, lawlessness will always be present […]

Entry Space Pirate
Description 

Role/Occupation Space Pirate Total Entries 47 Representative John Kidd “Space Is an Ocean”, so it’s only logical that it must have pirates as well. Depending how you view the future, lawlessness will always be present […]

Quick View

Space Pirates

Image of Space Pirates
Category Space Pirates
Includes 

Space Pirates had stored their intergalactic plunder, looted from cargo rockets and interstellar liners cruising the space ways, 23,000 light years from Mercury on the planetoid Virus. The Planetary Police called Inspector Conrad Cosmic of […]

Entry Space Pirates
Description 

Space Pirates had stored their intergalactic plunder, looted from cargo rockets and interstellar liners cruising the space ways, 23,000 light years from Mercury on the planetoid Virus. The Planetary Police called Inspector Conrad Cosmic of […]

Quick View

Space Raider

Image of Space Raider
Category Space Raider
Includes 

Jagga is a savage fiend from Pluto, who committed crimes, including cold blooded murder, on every planet in our Solar System. His enemies claimed that Jagga was the most evil creature in the universe, and […]

Entry Space Raider
Description 

Jagga is a savage fiend from Pluto, who committed crimes, including cold blooded murder, on every planet in our Solar System. His enemies claimed that Jagga was the most evil creature in the universe, and […]

Quick View

Space Rangers

Image of Space Rangers
Category Space Rangers
Includes 

“The Space Rangers! Their mission, the protection of the spaceways in the year 2552! Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury… and countless other stopping points in the solar system… recognize the Space Rangers and their uniforms […]

Entry Space Rangers
Description 

“The Space Rangers! Their mission, the protection of the spaceways in the year 2552! Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury… and countless other stopping points in the solar system… recognize the Space Rangers and their uniforms […]

Quick View

Space Rovers

Image of Space Rovers
Category Space Rovers
Includes 

In 1940, Jane Martin’s scientist father invented the first ship capable of inter-planetary travel. Along with her childhood friend, Ted Hunt, Jane took the ship into space in order to avoid some gangsters. Together Jane […]

Entry Space Rovers
Description 

In 1940, Jane Martin’s scientist father invented the first ship capable of inter-planetary travel. Along with her childhood friend, Ted Hunt, Jane took the ship into space in order to avoid some gangsters. Together Jane […]

Quick View

Space Smith

Image of Space Smith
Category Space Smith
Includes 

Space Smith and his girlfriend and co-pilot, Dianna (later spelled “Diana”), explored and patrolled the universe, keeping it safe for travel and trade. They battled space pirates and aliens. Alias Space Smith Real Names/Alt Names […]

Entry Space Smith
Description 

Space Smith and his girlfriend and co-pilot, Dianna (later spelled “Diana”), explored and patrolled the universe, keeping it safe for travel and trade. They battled space pirates and aliens. Alias Space Smith Real Names/Alt Names […]

Quick View

Space Spy

Image of Space Spy
Category Space Spy
Includes 

In the year 2306, invaders from Galaxy Q-7 landed on Pluto, intent on invading the four inner planets Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. One man in the crowd of Plutonians sneaks away. Two other men […]

Entry Space Spy
Description 

In the year 2306, invaders from Galaxy Q-7 landed on Pluto, intent on invading the four inner planets Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. One man in the crowd of Plutonians sneaks away. Two other men […]

Quick View

Spacehawk (Novelty Press)

Image of Spacehawk (Novelty Press)
Category Spacehawk (Novelty Press)
Includes 

Spacehawk had but one mission in life — to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System and give out the occasional gruesome fate to vanquished evildoers, such as space pirates like Gorvak. He lived in […]

Entry Spacehawk (Novelty Press)
Description 

Spacehawk had but one mission in life — to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System and give out the occasional gruesome fate to vanquished evildoers, such as space pirates like Gorvak. He lived in […]

Quick View

Spacehawk’s Robots

Image of Spacehawk's Robots
Category Spacehawk’s Robots
Includes 

When a mystery plane Spacehawk is tracking over Greenland disappears off his radar, he lands and sets out on skis to investigate. Spacehawk comes upon a cabin and greets Vogel, just as a pilot appears […]

Entry Spacehawk’s Robots
Description 

When a mystery plane Spacehawk is tracking over Greenland disappears off his radar, he lands and sets out on skis to investigate. Spacehawk comes upon a cabin and greets Vogel, just as a pilot appears […]

Quick View

Spacerats

Image of Spacerats
Category Spacerats
Includes 

On a routine flight from Alpha 12 to Kappa 4, Captain Guy Enders checks with his crewman to ensure there were no errors “this time”. The crewman assures Enders to stop worrying, though wonders if […]

Entry Spacerats
Description 

On a routine flight from Alpha 12 to Kappa 4, Captain Guy Enders checks with his crewman to ensure there were no errors “this time”. The crewman assures Enders to stop worrying, though wonders if […]

Quick View

Spade of the Secret Service

Image of Spade of the Secret Service
Category Spade of the Secret Service
Includes 

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

Entry Spade of the Secret Service
Description 

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

Quick View

Spadehead

Image of Spadehead
Category Spadehead
Includes 

Master villain Spadehead, who uses the Ace of Spades as a calling card, sends his henchmen out to rob a museum, but the heist is foiled by Plastic Man and Woozy Winks. Angry at the […]

Entry Spadehead
Description 

Master villain Spadehead, who uses the Ace of Spades as a calling card, sends his henchmen out to rob a museum, but the heist is foiled by Plastic Man and Woozy Winks. Angry at the […]

Quick View

Spain Rodriguez

Category Spain Rodriguez
Includes 

Creator Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012) Profession Cartoonist, Artist Total Entries 1 Articles The Spain Interview – The Comics Journal Spain Rodriguez – Lambiek Comiclopedia Spain Bag – The Comics Journal The goateed, mustachioed Latin-American cartoonist with […]

Entry Spain Rodriguez
Description 

Creator Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012) Profession Cartoonist, Artist Total Entries 1 Articles The Spain Interview – The Comics Journal Spain Rodriguez – Lambiek Comiclopedia Spain Bag – The Comics Journal The goateed, mustachioed Latin-American cartoonist with […]

Quick View

Spark Man

Image of Spark Man
Category Spark Man
Includes 

Omar Kavak, a classical violinist, discovered a way to absorb an electrical charge without harm and decided to use this power to fight crime. Inventing a pair of gloves that discharge lightning, he became Sparkman. […]

Entry Spark Man
Description 

Omar Kavak, a classical violinist, discovered a way to absorb an electrical charge without harm and decided to use this power to fight crime. Inventing a pair of gloves that discharge lightning, he became Sparkman. […]

Quick View

Sparkler

Image of Sparkler
Category Sparkler
Includes 

Red Morgan, the Sparkler, wears a suit of light-resistant material, which provides complete invisibility. When he becomes visible again, sparks caused by the broken light rays coming together leap about his body. Alias Sparkler Real […]

Entry Sparkler
Description 

Red Morgan, the Sparkler, wears a suit of light-resistant material, which provides complete invisibility. When he becomes visible again, sparks caused by the broken light rays coming together leap about his body. Alias Sparkler Real […]

Quick View

Sparky (Harvey)

Image of Sparky (Harvey)
Category Sparky (Harvey)
Includes 

Jack Dawson, a cowboy, is granted superhuman powers by scientist Dr. Morgan, and uses his new abilities to become the superhero The Red Blazer. Soon after, he gets a sidekick, Spark, who gains similar powers. […]

Entry Sparky (Harvey)
Description 

Jack Dawson, a cowboy, is granted superhuman powers by scientist Dr. Morgan, and uses his new abilities to become the superhero The Red Blazer. Soon after, he gets a sidekick, Spark, who gains similar powers. […]

Quick View

Sparky (Holyoke)

Image of Sparky (Holyoke)
Category Sparky (Holyoke)
Includes 

Sparkington J. Northrup was an American orphan adopted and raised by Lord Wellington of Suppleshire, England. After he returned to America on his adopted father’s behest, he became Blue Beetle’s boy sidekick. He wore a […]

Entry Sparky (Holyoke)
Description 

Sparkington J. Northrup was an American orphan adopted and raised by Lord Wellington of Suppleshire, England. After he returned to America on his adopted father’s behest, he became Blue Beetle’s boy sidekick. He wore a […]

Quick View

Spartacus

Image of Spartacus
Category Spartacus
Includes 

Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave […]

Entry Spartacus
Description 

Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave […]

Quick View

Special Agent No. 1

Image of Special Agent No. 1
Category Special Agent No. 1
Includes 

Sergeant Strong is a recently discharged veteran who is sent to South America to work undercover against the Nazis. He goes up against his opposite, a Nazi, Kurt Karl Kantz, Special Agent for der Fuehrer, […]

Entry Special Agent No. 1
Description 

Sergeant Strong is a recently discharged veteran who is sent to South America to work undercover against the Nazis. He goes up against his opposite, a Nazi, Kurt Karl Kantz, Special Agent for der Fuehrer, […]

Quick View

Specialist in Spooks

Image of Specialist in Spooks
Category Specialist in Spooks
Includes 

“I don’t expect the average person to believe in ghosts… anymore than people ‘believed’ in the New World before Columbus discovered it! Maybe it’s a gift—or perhaps a curse—but whatever makes some people see ghosts—I’ve […]

Entry Specialist in Spooks
Description 

“I don’t expect the average person to believe in ghosts… anymore than people ‘believed’ in the New World before Columbus discovered it! Maybe it’s a gift—or perhaps a curse—but whatever makes some people see ghosts—I’ve […]

Quick View

Spectre (Dell)

Image of Spectre (Dell)
Category Spectre (Dell)
Includes 

When a mysterious group of planes drops flares, the Owl and Miss Owl investigate in the Owl Plane. One of the mystery planes opens fire on the Owl Plane. The Owls engage in an epic […]

Entry Spectre (Dell)
Description 

When a mysterious group of planes drops flares, the Owl and Miss Owl investigate in the Owl Plane. One of the mystery planes opens fire on the Owl Plane. The Owls engage in an epic […]

Quick View

Spectro

Image of Spectro
Category Spectro
Includes 

Robert “Bob” Morgan was a performer who went by the stage name Spectro the Mind Reader. His skills were no hoax, however. Spectro was the descendant of a 17th century sorcerer accused of performing black […]

Entry Spectro
Description 

Robert “Bob” Morgan was a performer who went by the stage name Spectro the Mind Reader. His skills were no hoax, however. Spectro was the descendant of a 17th century sorcerer accused of performing black […]

Quick View

Speed Centaur

Image of Speed Centaur
Category Speed Centaur
Includes 

Speed Centaur is the lone surviving member of a race of Arctic-dwelling Centaurs wiped out by an earthquake. As a youngster, he was taken in by a trapper named Nelson, an ex-newspaper publisher, who educated […]

Entry Speed Centaur
Description 

Speed Centaur is the lone surviving member of a race of Arctic-dwelling Centaurs wiped out by an earthquake. As a youngster, he was taken in by a trapper named Nelson, an ex-newspaper publisher, who educated […]

Quick View

Speed Lansing

Image of Speed Lansing
Category Speed Lansing
Includes 

Speed Lansing is second-in-command with the Space Rangers, a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of their leader Commodore Rex Clive, Adjutant Speed Lansing, Jim Jones. Bob Barry, and Stella Dawn. Alias […]

Entry Speed Lansing
Description 

Speed Lansing is second-in-command with the Space Rangers, a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of their leader Commodore Rex Clive, Adjutant Speed Lansing, Jim Jones. Bob Barry, and Stella Dawn. Alias […]

Quick View

Speedster

Image of Quicksilver
Category Speedster
Includes 

Power Speedster Total Entries 75 Representative Quicksilver When it’s not incorporated with “Flight”, it’s at least the next best thing. Super speed means “super” speed. Those with super speed are not just faster than your […]

Entry Speedster
Description 

Power Speedster Total Entries 75 Representative Quicksilver When it’s not incorporated with “Flight”, it’s at least the next best thing. Super speed means “super” speed. Those with super speed are not just faster than your […]

Quick View

Spence Stark

Image of Spence Stark
Category Spence Stark
Includes 

Spence Stark was an ace detective of the police force. His newborn boy is kidnapped in order to block Stark from testifying in a trial. He rescues his son and captures the crooks. Spence Stark […]

Entry Spence Stark
Description 

Spence Stark was an ace detective of the police force. His newborn boy is kidnapped in order to block Stark from testifying in a trial. He rescues his son and captures the crooks. Spence Stark […]

Quick View

Spencer Steel

Image of Spencer Steel
Category Spencer Steel
Includes 

Spencer Steel was an ace detective of the New York police force, who fought criminals such as Ratty Morone, Lucky Lucifer, Mouthpiece Moffitt, the Professor, and the Berge Gang, with the help of fellow officers […]

Entry Spencer Steel
Description 

Spencer Steel was an ace detective of the New York police force, who fought criminals such as Ratty Morone, Lucky Lucifer, Mouthpiece Moffitt, the Professor, and the Berge Gang, with the help of fellow officers […]

Quick View

Sphinx

Image of Sphinx
Category Sphinx
Includes 

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, she is mythicized as treacherous and merciless, and will […]

Entry Sphinx
Description 

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, she is mythicized as treacherous and merciless, and will […]

Quick View

Sphinx (Fox)

Image of Sphinx (Fox)
Category Sphinx (Fox)
Includes 

The Sphinx was an armor-clad crime boss who plotted revenge against New York’s subway system for firing him. He strategically placed explosives throughout the tunnels. While battling the Blue Beetle, a flamethrower meant to kill […]

Entry Sphinx (Fox)
Description 

The Sphinx was an armor-clad crime boss who plotted revenge against New York’s subway system for firing him. He strategically placed explosives throughout the tunnels. While battling the Blue Beetle, a flamethrower meant to kill […]

Quick View

Sphinx (Nedor)

Image of Sphinx (Nedor)
Category Sphinx (Nedor)
Includes 

Ellsworth Forrester was considered by his friends to be nothing more than a debonair socialite, but, once he dons his mask, he becomes the unrecognizable Sphinx. He was a crime fighter who fought to put […]

Entry Sphinx (Nedor)
Description 

Ellsworth Forrester was considered by his friends to be nothing more than a debonair socialite, but, once he dons his mask, he becomes the unrecognizable Sphinx. He was a crime fighter who fought to put […]

Quick View

Spider (Popular)

Image of Spider (Popular)
Category Spider (Popular)
Includes 

The Spider was millionaire playboy Richard Wentworth, who had served as a major in World War I, and was living in New York City unaffected by the financial deprivations of the Great Depression. The Spider […]

Entry Spider (Popular)
Description 

The Spider was millionaire playboy Richard Wentworth, who had served as a major in World War I, and was living in New York City unaffected by the financial deprivations of the Great Depression. The Spider […]

Quick View

Spider (Quality)

Image of Spider (Quality)
Category Spider (Quality)
Includes 

Tom Hallaway, a rich playboy, wanted to eliminate crime from the world, so he became the arrow wielding hero known as the Spider, assisted by his valet and sidekick Chuck. The Spider drove a customized […]

Entry Spider (Quality)
Description 

Tom Hallaway, a rich playboy, wanted to eliminate crime from the world, so he became the arrow wielding hero known as the Spider, assisted by his valet and sidekick Chuck. The Spider drove a customized […]

Quick View

Spider (Street & Smith)

Image of Spider (Street & Smith)
Category Spider (Street & Smith)
Includes 

Injured and confined to a wheelchair as a young man, he used his considerable intelligence to operate an international crime ring from his office, “The Spider’s Den,” located in his mansion. The Spider generally stole […]

Entry Spider (Street & Smith)
Description 

Injured and confined to a wheelchair as a young man, he used his considerable intelligence to operate an international crime ring from his office, “The Spider’s Den,” located in his mansion. The Spider generally stole […]

Quick View

Spider Man

Image of Spider Man
Category Spider Man
Includes 

The Spider Man is a bearded spider-like creature that lives in the jungles of Venus. It moves by use of tentacle-like appendages, and are very aggressive and cannibalistic. One Spider Man captured Nick Nelson of […]

Entry Spider Man
Description 

The Spider Man is a bearded spider-like creature that lives in the jungles of Venus. It moves by use of tentacle-like appendages, and are very aggressive and cannibalistic. One Spider Man captured Nick Nelson of […]

Quick View

Spider Queen

Image of Spider Queen
Category Spider Queen
Includes 

Shannon Kane was the widow of Harry Kane, a chemist employed by the government killed by “enemies of his country.” In her husband’s papers she found a “spider-web fluid” formula, which “sticks like glue—and it’s […]

Entry Spider Queen
Description 

Shannon Kane was the widow of Harry Kane, a chemist employed by the government killed by “enemies of his country.” In her husband’s papers she found a “spider-web fluid” formula, which “sticks like glue—and it’s […]

Quick View

Spider Widow

Image of Spider Widow
Category Spider Widow
Includes 

Dianne Grayton was a wealthy and beautiful young woman who grew bored and became Spider Widow, “The Grandmother of Terror!” and “the most horrible dispenser of justice of all times.” She disguised herself as a […]

Entry Spider Widow
Description 

Dianne Grayton was a wealthy and beautiful young woman who grew bored and became Spider Widow, “The Grandmother of Terror!” and “the most horrible dispenser of justice of all times.” She disguised herself as a […]

Quick View

Spider Woman (Chesler)

Image of Spider Woman (Chesler)
Category Spider Woman (Chesler)
Includes 

“A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds. Is she the beautiful daughter of the late Doctor Goddard, eccentric collector of insects? No one knows, for the Spider Woman’s […]

Entry Spider Woman (Chesler)
Description 

“A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds. Is she the beautiful daughter of the late Doctor Goddard, eccentric collector of insects? No one knows, for the Spider Woman’s […]

Quick View

Spider Woman (Eastern)

Image of Spider Woman (Eastern)
Category Spider Woman (Eastern)
Includes 

Baroness Taklachak, possibly hailing from India, was the high priestess of an ancient cult that worshiped the Hindu spider god, Durga. She and her cult operated out of the old Bostwick Estate on Long Island. […]

Entry Spider Woman (Eastern)
Description 

Baroness Taklachak, possibly hailing from India, was the high priestess of an ancient cult that worshiped the Hindu spider god, Durga. She and her cult operated out of the old Bostwick Estate on Long Island. […]

Quick View

Spider-themed

Image of Anansi
Category Spider-themed
Includes 

Typology Spider-themed Total Entries 23 Representative Anansi Arachnophobia is probably the second-most popular phobia (after coulrophobia), and even non-arachnophobes have to admit that spiders can be pretty freaky. Therefore, the most popular form of “Big […]

Entry Spider-themed
Description 

Typology Spider-themed Total Entries 23 Representative Anansi Arachnophobia is probably the second-most popular phobia (after coulrophobia), and even non-arachnophobes have to admit that spiders can be pretty freaky. Therefore, the most popular form of “Big […]

Quick View

Spirit

Image of Spirit
Category Spirit
Includes 

The Spirit, referred to in one newspaper article cited below as “the only real middle-class crimefighter”, was the hero persona of young detective/criminologist Denny Colt. Presumed killed in the first three pages of the premiere […]

Entry Spirit
Description 

The Spirit, referred to in one newspaper article cited below as “the only real middle-class crimefighter”, was the hero persona of young detective/criminologist Denny Colt. Presumed killed in the first three pages of the premiere […]

Quick View

Spirit Man

Image of Spirit Man
Category Spirit Man
Includes 

Spirit Man (real name Spirit Malcolm) worked from his hidden lab to end crime, with assistance from his friend Ray Williams. Spirit Man had no superpowers, but used futuristic technology, including the Futurscope, which projected on […]

Entry Spirit Man
Description 

Spirit Man (real name Spirit Malcolm) worked from his hidden lab to end crime, with assistance from his friend Ray Williams. Spirit Man had no superpowers, but used futuristic technology, including the Futurscope, which projected on […]

Quick View

Spirit of ’76

Image of Spirit of '76
Category Spirit of ’76
Includes 

Gary Blakely was the latest member of a patriotic American family that had members serve in every armed conflict in the nation’s history. He grew up in England, where his father served in the military. […]

Entry Spirit of ’76
Description 

Gary Blakely was the latest member of a patriotic American family that had members serve in every armed conflict in the nation’s history. He grew up in England, where his father served in the military. […]

Quick View

Spirit of America

Image of Spirit of America
Category Spirit of America
Includes 

The ghost of a Revolutionary War Minuteman, known only as the Sentinel, was released when a Revolutionary War cannon was fired for the first time in 150 years. He was created by the “Spirit of […]

Entry Spirit of America
Description 

The ghost of a Revolutionary War Minuteman, known only as the Sentinel, was released when a Revolutionary War cannon was fired for the first time in 150 years. He was created by the “Spirit of […]

Quick View

Spirit of Murder

Image of Spirit of Murder
Category Spirit of Murder
Includes 

Morto is an extremely powerful magical entity that claims to be the spirit of murder itself. He is possibly a genii. He had been trapped for centuries in a dusty book hidden in a castle. […]

Entry Spirit of Murder
Description 

Morto is an extremely powerful magical entity that claims to be the spirit of murder itself. He is possibly a genii. He had been trapped for centuries in a dusty book hidden in a castle. […]

Quick View

Spitfire

Image of Spitfire
Category Spitfire
Includes 

Englishman Black Douglas was intercepted by pirates during his journey to the New World in the 18th century. Although he proved his worth in combat, too many of his crew were killed, and he was […]

Entry Spitfire
Description 

Englishman Black Douglas was intercepted by pirates during his journey to the New World in the 18th century. Although he proved his worth in combat, too many of his crew were killed, and he was […]

Quick View

Spitfire Sanders

Image of Spitfire Sanders
Category Spitfire Sanders
Includes 

“Spitfire” Sanders is a secret agent for American Intelligence in London. In her first appearance, she fights the Germans and their top agent The Whip in the little country of Travania. She is a spy, […]

Entry Spitfire Sanders
Description 

“Spitfire” Sanders is a secret agent for American Intelligence in London. In her first appearance, she fights the Germans and their top agent The Whip in the little country of Travania. She is a spy, […]

Quick View

Spook

Image of Spook
Category Spook
Includes 

The Spook was a madman with an extreme sensitivity to light, choosing to dwell in a dark, subterranean, dungeon-like lair. He commanded a small army of emaciated zombies that he referred to as his “Skeleton […]

Entry Spook
Description 

The Spook was a madman with an extreme sensitivity to light, choosing to dwell in a dark, subterranean, dungeon-like lair. He commanded a small army of emaciated zombies that he referred to as his “Skeleton […]

Quick View

Spook Hunters

Image of Spook Hunters
Category Spook Hunters
Includes 

During the day Hugo Bart is a Professor of English literature at a well-known college. Bart is one-half of the duo, known to the public as the “Spook Hunters” according to a caption, or “Ghost […]

Entry Spook Hunters
Description 

During the day Hugo Bart is a Professor of English literature at a well-known college. Bart is one-half of the duo, known to the public as the “Spook Hunters” according to a caption, or “Ghost […]

Quick View

Spookman

Image of Spookman
Category Spookman
Includes 

Museum owner Aaron Piper was transformed by the Moonstone Amulet into the Spookman. While wearing the amulet, Spookman gains the ability to travel through time. Piper and his British assistant Crispin X use the amulet’s […]

Entry Spookman
Description 

Museum owner Aaron Piper was transformed by the Moonstone Amulet into the Spookman. While wearing the amulet, Spookman gains the ability to travel through time. Piper and his British assistant Crispin X use the amulet’s […]

Quick View

Spotted Girl

Image of Spotted Girl
Category Spotted Girl
Includes 

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

Entry Spotted Girl
Description 

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

Quick View

Spring Heeled Jack

Image of Spring Heeled Jack
Category Spring Heeled Jack
Includes 

Spring-heeled Jack is an entity in English folklore of the Victorian era. The first claimed sighting of Spring-heeled Jack was in 1837. Later sightings were reported all over the United Kingdom and were especially prevalent […]

Entry Spring Heeled Jack
Description 

Spring-heeled Jack is an entity in English folklore of the Victorian era. The first claimed sighting of Spring-heeled Jack was in 1837. Later sightings were reported all over the United Kingdom and were especially prevalent […]

Quick View

Spunky

Image of Spunky
Category Spunky
Includes 

Spunky was the Blue Beetle’s sidekick after Sparky left for parts unknown. Spunky also left without warning or mention but, popped up again months later and faced the front lines of the war. During this […]

Entry Spunky
Description 

Spunky was the Blue Beetle’s sidekick after Sparky left for parts unknown. Spunky also left without warning or mention but, popped up again months later and faced the front lines of the war. During this […]

Quick View

Spurs Jackson

Image of Spurs Jackson
Category Spurs Jackson
Includes 

“Spurs Jackson, cowboy and rancher, likes to ride the Arizona range on his horse, Pronto—but by profession Spurs is an electronic engineer—he has charge of a 1000-foot radio tower erected on his ranch, the Bar-Z, […]

Entry Spurs Jackson
Description 

“Spurs Jackson, cowboy and rancher, likes to ride the Arizona range on his horse, Pronto—but by profession Spurs is an electronic engineer—he has charge of a 1000-foot radio tower erected on his ranch, the Bar-Z, […]

Quick View

Spurt Hammond

Image of Spurt Hammond
Category Spurt Hammond
Includes 

Captain Spurt Hammond was a young American pilot who transported supplies from Earth to the other planets in the Solar System. He was also contracted by the military to take on special missions. He had […]

Entry Spurt Hammond
Description 

Captain Spurt Hammond was a young American pilot who transported supplies from Earth to the other planets in the Solar System. He was also contracted by the military to take on special missions. He had […]

Quick View

Spy

Image of Miss Espionage
Category Spy
Includes 

Role/Occupation Spy Total Entries 81 Representative Miss Espionage Everyone knows this character. He wears a tuxedo with a small bowtie, a martini in one hand (shaken, not stirred, naturally) and a pistol or revolver in […]

Entry Spy
Description 

Role/Occupation Spy Total Entries 81 Representative Miss Espionage Everyone knows this character. He wears a tuxedo with a small bowtie, a martini in one hand (shaken, not stirred, naturally) and a pistol or revolver in […]

Quick View

Spy Fighter

Image of Spy Fighter
Category Spy Fighter
Includes 

In the year 1997, Saber was the head of the Super-Intelligence Department of Greater America, a new nation formed of both North and South America, as well as numerous Pacific islands, after the ruinous war […]

Entry Spy Fighter
Description 

In the year 1997, Saber was the head of the Super-Intelligence Department of Greater America, a new nation formed of both North and South America, as well as numerous Pacific islands, after the ruinous war […]

Quick View

Spy Smasher (Fawcett 1)

Image of Spy Smasher (Fawcett 1)
Category Spy Smasher (Fawcett 1)
Includes 

Alan Armstrong was an expert pilot, a wealthy playboy, and the confidant of his fiancé Eve’s father, Admiral Corby. The Admiral suspected that spies had infiltrated America and needed help, so Armstrong put on a […]

Entry Spy Smasher (Fawcett 1)
Description 

Alan Armstrong was an expert pilot, a wealthy playboy, and the confidant of his fiancé Eve’s father, Admiral Corby. The Admiral suspected that spies had infiltrated America and needed help, so Armstrong put on a […]

Quick View

Spy Smasher (Fawcett 2)

Image of Spy Smasher (Fawcett 2)
Category Spy Smasher (Fawcett 2)
Includes 

In a bid to weaken American morale, the Nazis decided to make a movie showing Spy Smasher losing to them. With Hans as their impostor, they went to America and began to film. The real […]

Entry Spy Smasher (Fawcett 2)
Description 

In a bid to weaken American morale, the Nazis decided to make a movie showing Spy Smasher losing to them. With Hans as their impostor, they went to America and began to film. The real […]

Quick View

Squadron of Justice (Expanded)

Category Squadron of Justice (Expanded)
Includes 

Club Squadron of Justice (Expanded) Total Entries 14 Representative Captain Marvel Adventures #22 (May 1943) The Squadron of Justice was a name used by two superhero teams of characters who originated from Fawcett Comics. Each […]

Entry Squadron of Justice (Expanded)
Description 

Club Squadron of Justice (Expanded) Total Entries 14 Representative Captain Marvel Adventures #22 (May 1943) The Squadron of Justice was a name used by two superhero teams of characters who originated from Fawcett Comics. Each […]

Quick View

SS Cotopaxi

Image of SS Cotopaxi
Category SS Cotopaxi
Includes 

SS Cotopaxi was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1060 bulk carrier built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) under the World War I emergency shipbuilding program. She and a crew of thirty-two vanished […]

Entry SS Cotopaxi
Description 

SS Cotopaxi was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1060 bulk carrier built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) under the World War I emergency shipbuilding program. She and a crew of thirty-two vanished […]

Quick View

Ssil-Il

Image of Ssil-Il
Category Ssil-Il
Includes 

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

Entry Ssil-Il
Description 

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

Quick View

Stampy

Image of Stampy
Category Stampy
Includes 

Bobby Stevens was the teenage cousin of Dr. Kenneth Stevens. While visiting his cousin, he discovered that Kenneth is actually the flying crime-fighter Airmale. Bobby is eager to help, so he got some of Kenneth’s […]

Entry Stampy
Description 

Bobby Stevens was the teenage cousin of Dr. Kenneth Stevens. While visiting his cousin, he discovered that Kenneth is actually the flying crime-fighter Airmale. Bobby is eager to help, so he got some of Kenneth’s […]

Quick View

Stan Rogers

Image of Stan Rogers
Category Stan Rogers
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Stan Rogers
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Standard Universe

Category Standard Universe
Includes 

Club Standard Universe Total Entries 152 Representative America’s Best Comics vol. 4 #1 (#10) (July 1944) Standard Comics was a comic book imprint of American publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines (under a […]

Entry Standard Universe
Description 

Club Standard Universe Total Entries 152 Representative America’s Best Comics vol. 4 #1 (#10) (July 1944) Standard Comics was a comic book imprint of American publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines (under a […]

Quick View

Stanislaus (Blackhawks)

Image of Stanislaus (Blackhawks)
Category Stanislaus (Blackhawks)
Includes 

“Over land, over sea, We fight to make men free, Of danger we don’t care… We’re Blackhawks!” Blackhawk himself is… a Polish-American who is a volunteer flyer in the Polish Air Force. His sidekick in […]

Entry Stanislaus (Blackhawks)
Description 

“Over land, over sea, We fight to make men free, Of danger we don’t care… We’re Blackhawks!” Blackhawk himself is… a Polish-American who is a volunteer flyer in the Polish Air Force. His sidekick in […]

Quick View

Star (Tarot)

Image of Star (Tarot)
Category Star (Tarot)
Includes 

The Star is very distant and mysterious. Although the sky on the Tarot Star card image is light blue, the Star is a nocturnal being. Its shimmering light inspires contemplation and dreaming. It’s emotion is […]

Entry Star (Tarot)
Description 

The Star is very distant and mysterious. Although the sky on the Tarot Star card image is light blue, the Star is a nocturnal being. Its shimmering light inspires contemplation and dreaming. It’s emotion is […]

Quick View

Star Pirate

Image of Star Pirate
Category Star Pirate
Includes 

Star Pirate was the self-described “Robin Hood of the Spaceways”. He lived in some unspecified point in the future. Contrary to his name, he barely did any pirating. Most of the time, he fought monstrous […]

Entry Star Pirate
Description 

Star Pirate was the self-described “Robin Hood of the Spaceways”. He lived in some unspecified point in the future. Contrary to his name, he barely did any pirating. Most of the time, he fought monstrous […]

Quick View

Star Pirate (Fiction House 2)

Image of Star Pirate (Fiction House 2)
Category Star Pirate (Fiction House 2)
Includes 

Star Pirate, a Space Rover with a price tag on his head, along with his pilot Gura, kidnap the head of a “mining industry” and the richest man in the galaxy, Senator Manvid Braxton. They […]

Entry Star Pirate (Fiction House 2)
Description 

Star Pirate, a Space Rover with a price tag on his head, along with his pilot Gura, kidnap the head of a “mining industry” and the richest man in the galaxy, Senator Manvid Braxton. They […]

Quick View

Star Pirates

Image of Star Pirates
Category Star Pirates
Includes 

Spacefaring pirates pursued and attacked the Earth-ship Discoverer, commanded by Dexter Ames. The pirates’ ship formation indicated to Ames that they were not Inter-Planet patrol craft. The large, speedy cruisers looked like war craft. They […]

Entry Star Pirates
Description 

Spacefaring pirates pursued and attacked the Earth-ship Discoverer, commanded by Dexter Ames. The pirates’ ship formation indicated to Ames that they were not Inter-Planet patrol craft. The large, speedy cruisers looked like war craft. They […]

Quick View

Star-Spangles Branner

Image of Star-Spangles Branner
Category Star-Spangles Branner
Includes 

Ray Branner was “Star-Spangles” Branner, a teenager who wanted to join the Army and fight the Axis, but was too young to enlist (by a year, which would make him 17). He and his younger friends […]

Entry Star-Spangles Branner
Description 

Ray Branner was “Star-Spangles” Branner, a teenager who wanted to join the Army and fight the Axis, but was too young to enlist (by a year, which would make him 17). He and his younger friends […]

Quick View

Stardust the Super Wizard

Image of Stardust the Super Wizard
Category Stardust the Super Wizard
Includes 

Stardust the Super Wizard lived on a “private star” far out in space. He patrolled the cosmos fighting criminals, racketeers, spies, and terrorists, but comes to Earth after intercepting a radio signal from America. Upon […]

Entry Stardust the Super Wizard
Description 

Stardust the Super Wizard lived on a “private star” far out in space. He patrolled the cosmos fighting criminals, racketeers, spies, and terrorists, but comes to Earth after intercepting a radio signal from America. Upon […]

Quick View

Starlight

Image of Starlight
Category Starlight
Includes 

Starlight was as wild and tempestuous as the wendigo winds. In her breast beat the heart of a warrior. She viewed with contempt that women should be modest and content to cook and weave for […]

Entry Starlight
Description 

Starlight was as wild and tempestuous as the wendigo winds. In her breast beat the heart of a warrior. She viewed with contempt that women should be modest and content to cook and weave for […]

Quick View

Steel Armor

Image of Steel Armor
Category Steel Armor
Includes 

In the year 1995, Professor Cowles works out in the desert in an old castle’s laboratory to create his “Life Generator Fluid”. He tells his assistant, Carson, of his success, saying “I’ve turned ordinary dirt […]

Entry Steel Armor
Description 

In the year 1995, Professor Cowles works out in the desert in an old castle’s laboratory to create his “Life Generator Fluid”. He tells his assistant, Carson, of his success, saying “I’ve turned ordinary dirt […]

Quick View

Steel Fist

Image of Steel Fist
Category Steel Fist
Includes 

Timothy Slade was a highly patriotic industrial plant worker, inspired by the memory of his brother, a U.S. Marine who died in the Battle of Tarawa. When a group of Nazi saboteurs broke into the […]

Entry Steel Fist
Description 

Timothy Slade was a highly patriotic industrial plant worker, inspired by the memory of his brother, a U.S. Marine who died in the Battle of Tarawa. When a group of Nazi saboteurs broke into the […]

Quick View

Steel Monster

Image of Steel Monster
Category Steel Monster
Includes 

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

Entry Steel Monster
Description 

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

Quick View

Steel Shark (Hillman 1)

Image of Steel Shark (Hillman 1)
Category Steel Shark (Hillman 1)
Includes 

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

Entry Steel Shark (Hillman 1)
Description 

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

Quick View

Steel Shark (Hillman 2)

Image of Steel Shark (Hillman 2)
Category Steel Shark (Hillman 2)
Includes 

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

Entry Steel Shark (Hillman 2)
Description 

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

Quick View

Steel Sterling

Image of Steel Sterling
Category Steel Sterling
Includes 

John Sterling’s father was killed by racketeers. Vowing revenge, but knowing that a single man is vulnerable, Sterling spent his youth developing a formula to give his body the strength and resistance of steel. After […]

Entry Steel Sterling
Description 

John Sterling’s father was killed by racketeers. Vowing revenge, but knowing that a single man is vulnerable, Sterling spent his youth developing a formula to give his body the strength and resistance of steel. After […]

Quick View

Steel-themed

Image of Steel Sterling
Category Steel-themed
Includes 

Typology Steel-themed Total Entries 10 Representative Steel Sterling A name that has a direct, barely-hidden meaning to it. The first, second/third/middle/nth, last, or full name says something primal about the character. Often has multiple layers. […]

Entry Steel-themed
Description 

Typology Steel-themed Total Entries 10 Representative Steel Sterling A name that has a direct, barely-hidden meaning to it. The first, second/third/middle/nth, last, or full name says something primal about the character. Often has multiple layers. […]

Quick View

Stella

Image of Stella
Category Stella
Includes 

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

Entry Stella
Description 

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

Quick View

Stella Dawn

Image of Stella Dawn
Category Stella Dawn
Includes 

Stella Dawn is a Space Ranger and an ensign with the Space Transport Auxiliary Reserve (S.T.A.R.). The Space Rangers are a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of their leader, Commodore Rex […]

Entry Stella Dawn
Description 

Stella Dawn is a Space Ranger and an ensign with the Space Transport Auxiliary Reserve (S.T.A.R.). The Space Rangers are a law enforcement group from 2552. The Space Rangers consist of their leader, Commodore Rex […]

Quick View

Stellar Man

Image of Stellar Man
Category Stellar Man
Includes 

Who is this mysterious figure who descends from a starship? Has he come to save the Earth–or destroy it? No one will ever know the answer, because he only appeared on the cover of a […]

Entry Stellar Man
Description 

Who is this mysterious figure who descends from a starship? Has he come to save the Earth–or destroy it? No one will ever know the answer, because he only appeared on the cover of a […]

Quick View

Stephan

Image of Stephan
Category Stephan
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Stephan
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Stephen Costigan

Image of Stephen Costigan
Category Stephen Costigan
Includes 

“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 […]

Entry Stephen Costigan
Description 

“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 […]

Quick View

Stephen Orlac

Image of Stephen Orlac
Category Stephen Orlac
Includes 

Les Mains d’Orlac (English: The Hands of Orlac) is a French science fiction novel written by Maurice Renard. The plot involves a celebrated pianist who loses his hands in a track crash and has them […]

Entry Stephen Orlac
Description 

Les Mains d’Orlac (English: The Hands of Orlac) is a French science fiction novel written by Maurice Renard. The plot involves a celebrated pianist who loses his hands in a track crash and has them […]

Quick View

Steve Battle

Image of Steve Battle
Category Steve Battle
Includes 

Steve Battle was an “ace trouble-shooter” for the U.S. State Department’s Counter-Espionage Division, and a master of disguise, who fought foreign agents. He operated in disguise in order to uncover spies, and then, once identified, […]

Entry Steve Battle
Description 

Steve Battle was an “ace trouble-shooter” for the U.S. State Department’s Counter-Espionage Division, and a master of disguise, who fought foreign agents. He operated in disguise in order to uncover spies, and then, once identified, […]

Quick View

Steve Crain

Image of Steve Crain
Category Steve Crain
Includes 

On June 14th, in the year 5092, Doctor Steve Crain is asked by the “World Spaceways Commission” to look into reports of ghosts and other strange things along the “Witches’ Road”. The Witches’ Road is […]

Entry Steve Crain
Description 

On June 14th, in the year 5092, Doctor Steve Crain is asked by the “World Spaceways Commission” to look into reports of ghosts and other strange things along the “Witches’ Road”. The Witches’ Road is […]

Quick View

Steve Ditko

Category Steve Ditko
Includes 

Creator Steve Ditko (1927-2018) Profession Writer, Penciller, Inker Total Entries 31 Articles Steve Ditko – Lambiek Comiclopedia Steve Ditko – Wikipedia How Ayn Rand Influenced Comic Books – The Comics Journal Ditko was very unhappy […]

Entry Steve Ditko
Description 

Creator Steve Ditko (1927-2018) Profession Writer, Penciller, Inker Total Entries 31 Articles Steve Ditko – Lambiek Comiclopedia Steve Ditko – Wikipedia How Ayn Rand Influenced Comic Books – The Comics Journal Ditko was very unhappy […]

Quick View

Steve Halden

Image of Steve Halden
Category Steve Halden
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Steve Halden
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Steve Raymond

Image of Steve Raymond
Category Steve Raymond
Includes 

In the 23rd century, lean, green-eyed space adventurer Steve Raymond, ace investigator of the Interspace Intelligence Service, travels with his boss, Inspector Nick Scott, to Mars, to run down the notorious jewel thief Vulture. Scott […]

Entry Steve Raymond
Description 

In the 23rd century, lean, green-eyed space adventurer Steve Raymond, ace investigator of the Interspace Intelligence Service, travels with his boss, Inspector Nick Scott, to Mars, to run down the notorious jewel thief Vulture. Scott […]

Quick View

Stiletto

Image of Stiletto
Category Stiletto
Includes 

Stiletto was a circus performer framed for the death of Pogo the Clown. Pogo hated the knife-throwing rival enough to commit suicide but set-up Stiletto as his murderer. Using his forensic skills, Kip Burland, better […]

Entry Stiletto
Description 

Stiletto was a circus performer framed for the death of Pogo the Clown. Pogo hated the knife-throwing rival enough to commit suicide but set-up Stiletto as his murderer. Using his forensic skills, Kip Burland, better […]

Quick View

Stingaree

Image of Stingaree
Category Stingaree
Includes 

Stingaree was a charming but dangerous highway man who roamed the Outback of Australia. He was something of a dandy, wearing dapper clothes and taking an interest in the arts, but he quickly became one […]

Entry Stingaree
Description 

Stingaree was a charming but dangerous highway man who roamed the Outback of Australia. He was something of a dandy, wearing dapper clothes and taking an interest in the arts, but he quickly became one […]

Quick View

Stingy Jack

Image of Stingy Jack
Category Stingy Jack
Includes 

Stingy Jack O’Lantern, also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack or Jack-o’-lantern, is a mythical character sometimes associated with All Hallows Eve while also acting as the mascot of the holiday. The […]

Entry Stingy Jack
Description 

Stingy Jack O’Lantern, also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack or Jack-o’-lantern, is a mythical character sometimes associated with All Hallows Eve while also acting as the mascot of the holiday. The […]

Quick View

Stogie

Image of Stogie
Category Stogie
Includes 

Stogie is the mastermind behind the Royal Family of Crime. Stogie is adept at planning and executing crimes, and is a strong leader, presumably. Alias Stogie Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Criminal Mastermind, Fox […]

Entry Stogie
Description 

Stogie is the mastermind behind the Royal Family of Crime. Stogie is adept at planning and executing crimes, and is a strong leader, presumably. Alias Stogie Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Criminal Mastermind, Fox […]

Quick View

Stone Age

Image of Ab
Category Stone Age
Includes 

The millennia long after the extinction of the dinosaur and the evolution of ape into man, but before metallurgy. The period of human history when the first known use of stone tools by hominins arose, […]

Entry Stone Age
Description 

The millennia long after the extinction of the dinosaur and the evolution of ape into man, but before metallurgy. The period of human history when the first known use of stone tools by hominins arose, […]

Quick View

Stone Men from Space

Image of Stone Men from Space
Category Stone Men from Space
Includes 

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

Entry Stone Men from Space
Description 

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

Quick View

Stone-Backs

Image of Stone-Backs
Category Stone-Backs
Includes 

The Stone-backs were reptiles from the asteroid called Algol. The creatures lived in subterranean glass or crystal houses. They captured prey by curling up into their shells and camouflaging themselves as rocks. They spoke a […]

Entry Stone-Backs
Description 

The Stone-backs were reptiles from the asteroid called Algol. The creatures lived in subterranean glass or crystal houses. They captured prey by curling up into their shells and camouflaging themselves as rocks. They spoke a […]

Quick View

Stone-themed

Image of Granite Lady
Category Stone-themed
Includes 

Typology Stone-themed Total Entries 20 Representative Granite Lady No, this trope isn’t about people named after rock stars. Some fictional characters (and some real people) are named after things that can be dug from the […]

Entry Stone-themed
Description 

Typology Stone-themed Total Entries 20 Representative Granite Lady No, this trope isn’t about people named after rock stars. Some fictional characters (and some real people) are named after things that can be dug from the […]

Quick View

Stonehenge

Image of Stonehenge
Category Stonehenge
Includes 

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven […]

Entry Stonehenge
Description 

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven […]

Quick View

Stopwach

Image of Stopwach
Category Stopwach
Includes 

Stopwach was a gangster who once studied magic in Tibet with Green Lama. He possessed the ability to mesmerize people into a catatonic state. His black glasses made him totally immune to any kind of […]

Entry Stopwach
Description 

Stopwach was a gangster who once studied magic in Tibet with Green Lama. He possessed the ability to mesmerize people into a catatonic state. His black glasses made him totally immune to any kind of […]

Quick View

Stradivous

Image of Stradivous
Category Stradivous
Includes 

Reporter “Happy” Terrill’s Editor orders him to look into the mysterious sinking of three ships. Terrill suspects the Dock Commissioner Jennings of sabotage. Meanwhile, out of the shadows, down at the docks, Stradivous plays his […]

Entry Stradivous
Description 

Reporter “Happy” Terrill’s Editor orders him to look into the mysterious sinking of three ships. Terrill suspects the Dock Commissioner Jennings of sabotage. Meanwhile, out of the shadows, down at the docks, Stradivous plays his […]

Quick View

Strange Twins

Image of Strange Twins
Category Strange Twins
Includes 

Doug and Rod Strange are identical twins separated at birth when Rod was kidnapped by the pirate Sin Chow, enemy of the twins’ father, Neville Strange. Raised in pirate dens by Sin Chow, Rod became […]

Entry Strange Twins
Description 

Doug and Rod Strange are identical twins separated at birth when Rod was kidnapped by the pirate Sin Chow, enemy of the twins’ father, Neville Strange. Raised in pirate dens by Sin Chow, Rod became […]

Quick View

Strangler (MLJ 1)

Image of Strangler (MLJ 1)
Category Strangler (MLJ 1)
Includes 

The Strangler was a Nazi agent who battled The Shield and his sidekick Dusty the Boy Detective with the aid of his cocaine addled partner, Snowbird. The Strangler possessed superhuman strength and preferred to strangle […]

Entry Strangler (MLJ 1)
Description 

The Strangler was a Nazi agent who battled The Shield and his sidekick Dusty the Boy Detective with the aid of his cocaine addled partner, Snowbird. The Strangler possessed superhuman strength and preferred to strangle […]

Quick View

Strangler (MLJ 2)

Image of Strangler (MLJ 2)
Category Strangler (MLJ 2)
Includes 

The Strangler tries to get possession of a famous coin, strangling beggars and business men alike. Everyone it comes into contact with experiences bad luck, or death. Both the Black Hood and the Strangler face […]

Entry Strangler (MLJ 2)
Description 

The Strangler tries to get possession of a famous coin, strangling beggars and business men alike. Everyone it comes into contact with experiences bad luck, or death. Both the Black Hood and the Strangler face […]

Quick View

Streak Chandler

Image of Streak Chandler
Category Streak Chandler
Includes 

Streak Chandler and Professor Finlay, along with Finlay’s daughter Vola, were originally taken captive by the Lokis, a race of birdmen. They became allies after Streak subdued the Brontauris, a Martian sea monster. The Lokis […]

Entry Streak Chandler
Description 

Streak Chandler and Professor Finlay, along with Finlay’s daughter Vola, were originally taken captive by the Lokis, a race of birdmen. They became allies after Streak subdued the Brontauris, a Martian sea monster. The Lokis […]

Quick View

Street & Smith Universe

Image of Black Star
Category Street & Smith Universe
Includes 

Club Street & Smith Universe Total Entries 28 Representative Black Star Street & Smith was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp fiction. They […]

Entry Street & Smith Universe
Description 

Club Street & Smith Universe Total Entries 28 Representative Black Star Street & Smith was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp fiction. They […]

Quick View

Strength (Tarot)

Image of Strength (Tarot)
Category Strength (Tarot)
Includes 

The strength on the picture of the Tarot card seems delicate: A maiden pure at heart holds the jaws of a lion, making it harmless. That’s real strength, far beyond what mere muscles can accomplish. […]

Entry Strength (Tarot)
Description 

The strength on the picture of the Tarot card seems delicate: A maiden pure at heart holds the jaws of a lion, making it harmless. That’s real strength, far beyond what mere muscles can accomplish. […]

Quick View

Stretcho

Image of Stretcho
Category Stretcho
Includes 

Stretcho was an Indian “rubber man” who worked in the sideshow at a carnival, and surreptitiously as a pickpocket during his act. Like Plastic Man, he was capable of stretching and contorting his body in […]

Entry Stretcho
Description 

Stretcho was an Indian “rubber man” who worked in the sideshow at a carnival, and surreptitiously as a pickpocket during his act. Like Plastic Man, he was capable of stretching and contorting his body in […]

Quick View

Strokor

Image of Strokor
Category Strokor
Includes 

A warrior barbarian of ancient Mercury featured in “The Lord of Death”, which also introduced a quartet of space explorers from Earth who utilize a cube-shaped vehicle called the Sky Cube, propelled via an anti-gravitation […]

Entry Strokor
Description 

A warrior barbarian of ancient Mercury featured in “The Lord of Death”, which also introduced a quartet of space explorers from Earth who utilize a cube-shaped vehicle called the Sky Cube, propelled via an anti-gravitation […]

Quick View

Strong Bow

Image of Strong Bow
Category Strong Bow
Includes 

Strong Bow is a Native American who works at the Arizona ranch owned by Spurs Jackson called the Bar-Z. He is a member of a tribe of Mayan Pueblo dwellers living in the Southwestern area of the […]

Entry Strong Bow
Description 

Strong Bow is a Native American who works at the Arizona ranch owned by Spurs Jackson called the Bar-Z. He is a member of a tribe of Mayan Pueblo dwellers living in the Southwestern area of the […]

Quick View

Strongarm

Image of Strongarm
Category Strongarm
Includes 

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

Entry Strongarm
Description 

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

Quick View

Strongman (Holyoke)

Image of Strongman (Holyoke)
Category Strongman (Holyoke)
Includes 

Percy van Norton was an American playboy who acquired a secret book of yogi. He studied it for years, until he became the world’s most perfect man. He had the strength of 100 elephants, the […]

Entry Strongman (Holyoke)
Description 

Percy van Norton was an American playboy who acquired a secret book of yogi. He studied it for years, until he became the world’s most perfect man. He had the strength of 100 elephants, the […]

Quick View

Strongman (Magazine Enterprises)

Image of Strongman (Magazine Enterprises)
Category Strongman (Magazine Enterprises)
Includes 

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

Entry Strongman (Magazine Enterprises)
Description 

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

Quick View

Stuart Taylor

Image of Stuart Taylor
Category Stuart Taylor
Includes 

Stuart Taylor was a scientist and the assistant to physicist and history enthusiast Dr. Hayward of the Bonnel Institute. Hayward built a time machine. His daughter, Laura, was threatened by the villain, Ali Ben Pasha. […]

Entry Stuart Taylor
Description 

Stuart Taylor was a scientist and the assistant to physicist and history enthusiast Dr. Hayward of the Bonnel Institute. Hayward built a time machine. His daughter, Laura, was threatened by the villain, Ali Ben Pasha. […]

Quick View

Stuntman

Image of Stuntman
Category Stuntman
Includes 

Fred Drake was a member of a group of circus acrobats called the Flying Apollos, but his two teammates are murdered. He begins to investigate. While on the hunt for answers, he was hired by […]

Entry Stuntman
Description 

Fred Drake was a member of a group of circus acrobats called the Flying Apollos, but his two teammates are murdered. He begins to investigate. While on the hunt for answers, he was hired by […]

Quick View

Sub Saunders

Image of Sub Saunders
Category Sub Saunders
Includes 

In 10,000 AD, Sub Saunders was a member of the U.S. Submarine Forces. After an unnamed scientist exposed him to unnamed rays, he gained the ability to breathe underwater, as well as survive the tremendous […]

Entry Sub Saunders
Description 

In 10,000 AD, Sub Saunders was a member of the U.S. Submarine Forces. After an unnamed scientist exposed him to unnamed rays, he gained the ability to breathe underwater, as well as survive the tremendous […]

Quick View

Sub-Zero

Image of Sub-Zero
Category Sub-Zero
Includes 

A Venusian man who would become known as Sub-Zero was a part of an expedition that was launched to establish first contact with Earth. Before the spaceship could enter Earth’s atmosphere, it passed through a […]

Entry Sub-Zero
Description 

A Venusian man who would become known as Sub-Zero was a part of an expedition that was launched to establish first contact with Earth. Before the spaceship could enter Earth’s atmosphere, it passed through a […]

Quick View

Subterranean

Image of Subterranean Reptoids
Category Subterranean
Includes 

Typology Subterranean Total Entries 24 Representative Subterranean Reptoids In real life, even the largest caves are by necessity fairly localized things, as they require specific conditions to form — you will usually only find them […]

Entry Subterranean
Description 

Typology Subterranean Total Entries 24 Representative Subterranean Reptoids In real life, even the largest caves are by necessity fairly localized things, as they require specific conditions to form — you will usually only find them […]

Quick View

Subterranean Reptoids

Image of Subterranean Reptoids
Category Subterranean Reptoids
Includes 

Reptilians (also called reptoids, archons, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories. The idea of reptilians was popularised by […]

Entry Subterranean Reptoids
Description 

Reptilians (also called reptoids, archons, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories. The idea of reptilians was popularised by […]

Quick View

Succubus

Image of Succubus
Category Succubus
Includes 

A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious tradition, a succubus needs male semen to survive; […]

Entry Succubus
Description 

A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious tradition, a succubus needs male semen to survive; […]

Quick View

Suiko

Image of Suiko
Category Suiko
Includes 

Suiko are found in both China and Japan and are often confused with kappa, which they closely resemble. However, suiko are far more dangerous, violent, and hot-tempered than their kappa cousins. Suiko have the body […]

Entry Suiko
Description 

Suiko are found in both China and Japan and are often confused with kappa, which they closely resemble. However, suiko are far more dangerous, violent, and hot-tempered than their kappa cousins. Suiko have the body […]

Quick View

Sukon

Image of Sukon
Category Sukon
Includes 

Sukon is the king of a magical kingdom on the Sun, which has an Earth-like environment. Around the late 12th Century, Sukon took Elaine, sister of the Golden Knight, as his bride. In exchange for […]

Entry Sukon
Description 

Sukon is the king of a magical kingdom on the Sun, which has an Earth-like environment. Around the late 12th Century, Sukon took Elaine, sister of the Golden Knight, as his bride. In exchange for […]

Quick View

Sulia of Soulless Isle

Image of Sulia of Soulless Isle
Category Sulia of Soulless Isle
Includes 

Sulia was a warrior queen who ruled Soulless Isle, which was inhabited by men she had turned into monsters. While she was able to defeat the Golden Knight’s companion Alice in combat, she failed against […]

Entry Sulia of Soulless Isle
Description 

Sulia was a warrior queen who ruled Soulless Isle, which was inhabited by men she had turned into monsters. While she was able to defeat the Golden Knight’s companion Alice in combat, she failed against […]

Quick View

Sun (Tarot)

Image of Sun (Tarot)
Category Sun (Tarot)
Includes 

The sun brings light and life to our whole planet. It’s the source of seemingly endless energy, without which we couldn’t exist. The Sun card of the Tarot shows this splendid star of ours, and […]

Entry Sun (Tarot)
Description 

The sun brings light and life to our whole planet. It’s the source of seemingly endless energy, without which we couldn’t exist. The Sun card of the Tarot shows this splendid star of ours, and […]

Quick View

Sun Wukong

Image of Sun Wukong
Category Sun Wukong
Includes 

The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong (traditional Chinese: 孫悟空; simplified Chinese: 孙悟空) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel […]

Entry Sun Wukong
Description 

The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong (traditional Chinese: 孫悟空; simplified Chinese: 孙悟空) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel […]

Quick View

Super Ann (Centaur 1)

Image of Super Ann (Centaur 1)
Category Super Ann (Centaur 1)
Includes 

As a child, Ann Star was caught outside in a fierce snowstorm. She took refuge in a cave, where she discovered an old hermit from another planet who could not stand the light of day. […]

Entry Super Ann (Centaur 1)
Description 

As a child, Ann Star was caught outside in a fierce snowstorm. She took refuge in a cave, where she discovered an old hermit from another planet who could not stand the light of day. […]

Quick View

Super Ann (Centaur 2)

Image of Super Ann (Centaur 2)
Category Super Ann (Centaur 2)
Includes 

Super Ann is Ann Allen, a wealthy heiress who has adventures and fights crime as she travels around the country. She is helped by “Freckles” Doyle and Susan Green, her two girlfriends, and by Foxey, […]

Entry Super Ann (Centaur 2)
Description 

Super Ann is Ann Allen, a wealthy heiress who has adventures and fights crime as she travels around the country. She is helped by “Freckles” Doyle and Susan Green, her two girlfriends, and by Foxey, […]

Quick View

Super Cop

Image of Super Cop
Category Super Cop
Includes 

Flatfeet Fogarty, the Super Cop, was the first person on Brutus to meet Hugh Mann, the Impossible Man. He arrested Mann, and put him before a trial directed by Super Judge. The trial was interrupted […]

Entry Super Cop
Description 

Flatfeet Fogarty, the Super Cop, was the first person on Brutus to meet Hugh Mann, the Impossible Man. He arrested Mann, and put him before a trial directed by Super Judge. The trial was interrupted […]

Quick View

Super Fiend

Image of Super Fiend
Category Super Fiend
Includes 

The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet was a villain bent on destroying all civilization. He developed a “thermal ray spore” capable of causing a planet to spontaneously combust. He tested the device by setting […]

Entry Super Fiend
Description 

The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet was a villain bent on destroying all civilization. He developed a “thermal ray spore” capable of causing a planet to spontaneously combust. He tested the device by setting […]

Quick View

Super Hypnotist

Image of Super Hypnotist
Category Super Hypnotist
Includes 

Professor Knox desired to create a superhuman with hypnotic abilities, so he conducted experiments on an abandoned and nearly dead baby. His operations not only revived the baby, but also enhanced his eyes and brain. […]

Entry Super Hypnotist
Description 

Professor Knox desired to create a superhuman with hypnotic abilities, so he conducted experiments on an abandoned and nearly dead baby. His operations not only revived the baby, but also enhanced his eyes and brain. […]

Quick View

Super Judge

Image of Super Judge
Category Super Judge
Includes 

Super Judge was responsible for passing judgment on Hugh Mann, after he was arrested and brought to trial by Flatfeet Fogarty, the Super Cop. The trial was interrupted by Super Phony and his super hypnotism. […]

Entry Super Judge
Description 

Super Judge was responsible for passing judgment on Hugh Mann, after he was arrested and brought to trial by Flatfeet Fogarty, the Super Cop. The trial was interrupted by Super Phony and his super hypnotism. […]

Quick View

Super Model

Image of Katy Keene
Category Super Model
Includes 

Role/Occupation Super Model Total Entries 6 Representative Katy Keene When people think of modeling, they think of looking beautiful at all times, walking in high-profile fashion shows, wearing glittering designer clothes and shoes at “Fashion […]

Entry Super Model
Description 

Role/Occupation Super Model Total Entries 6 Representative Katy Keene When people think of modeling, they think of looking beautiful at all times, walking in high-profile fashion shows, wearing glittering designer clothes and shoes at “Fashion […]

Quick View

Super Phoney

Image of Super Phoney
Category Super Phoney
Includes 

Super Phoney was a criminal on the planet Brutus who possessed super hypnotism, which he used to subdue the superhuman population and rob the treasury. Overconfident in his powers, Super Phony confronted Super Judge and […]

Entry Super Phoney
Description 

Super Phoney was a criminal on the planet Brutus who possessed super hypnotism, which he used to subdue the superhuman population and rob the treasury. Overconfident in his powers, Super Phony confronted Super Judge and […]

Quick View

Super Robots

Image of Super Robots
Category Super Robots
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Super Robots
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Super Senses

Image of Jean Lebris
Category Super Senses
Includes 

Power Super Senses Total Entries 18 Representative Jean Lebris Senses keener than those of a human. Origins can be genetic, natural, training, supernatural, or cybernetic. The classic five manifestations are sight, smell, hearing, taste, and […]

Entry Super Senses
Description 

Power Super Senses Total Entries 18 Representative Jean Lebris Senses keener than those of a human. Origins can be genetic, natural, training, supernatural, or cybernetic. The classic five manifestations are sight, smell, hearing, taste, and […]

Quick View

Super Spy

Image of Super Spy
Category Super Spy
Includes 

Agent 57-8R, or Super Spy, was both a British secret agent and detective who dealt with the “Case of the Phantom Fisherman and the Contrary Weathervane” and the “Case of the Elusive Code.” Alias Super […]

Entry Super Spy
Description 

Agent 57-8R, or Super Spy, was both a British secret agent and detective who dealt with the “Case of the Phantom Fisherman and the Contrary Weathervane” and the “Case of the Elusive Code.” Alias Super […]

Quick View

Super Strength

Image of Thunderbolt Jaxon
Category Super Strength
Includes 

Power Super Strength Total Entries 109 Representative Thunderbolt Jaxon Likely the most primal and common super-power. In a way, it’s one of the oldest “super-powers” that mankind came up with; ancient myths have plenty of […]

Entry Super Strength
Description 

Power Super Strength Total Entries 109 Representative Thunderbolt Jaxon Likely the most primal and common super-power. In a way, it’s one of the oldest “super-powers” that mankind came up with; ancient myths have plenty of […]

Quick View

Super-American

Image of Super-American
Category Super-American
Includes 

In 1941, scientist Allan Bruce developed the “Chronopticon”, a machine that allowed him to view the future and communicate across time. He reached the year 2350, an era in which everyone had superpowers. With the […]

Entry Super-American
Description 

In 1941, scientist Allan Bruce developed the “Chronopticon”, a machine that allowed him to view the future and communicate across time. He reached the year 2350, an era in which everyone had superpowers. With the […]

Quick View

Super-Brain

Image of Super-Brain
Category Super-Brain
Includes 

The Super-Brain was an extra-terrestrial scientist who came to Earth some time before the 1940s. He set out to conquer the planet, but he didn’t have the resources or manpower to pull it off. He […]

Entry Super-Brain
Description 

The Super-Brain was an extra-terrestrial scientist who came to Earth some time before the 1940s. He set out to conquer the planet, but he didn’t have the resources or manpower to pull it off. He […]

Quick View

Super-Dame

Image of Super-Dame
Category Super-Dame
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Super-Dame
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Super-Robot

Image of Super-Robot
Category Super-Robot
Includes 

Insane inventor Jasper Gadget created Super-Robot, a masterpiece of mechanical and diabolical skill that responded to the vibratory force of its master’s thought waves. Gadget sent the robot to rob the Thin Dime Savings Bank, […]

Entry Super-Robot
Description 

Insane inventor Jasper Gadget created Super-Robot, a masterpiece of mechanical and diabolical skill that responded to the vibratory force of its master’s thought waves. Gadget sent the robot to rob the Thin Dime Savings Bank, […]

Quick View

Superman (Bill Dunn)

Image of Superman (Bill Dunn)
Category Superman (Bill Dunn)
Includes 

Professor Ernest Smalley was a mad scientist who specialized in chemistry. Needing test subjects for his experiments, the Professor randomly chose a homeless man named Bill Dunn from a Depression-era bread line, telling him that […]

Entry Superman (Bill Dunn)
Description 

Professor Ernest Smalley was a mad scientist who specialized in chemistry. Needing test subjects for his experiments, the Professor randomly chose a homeless man named Bill Dunn from a Depression-era bread line, telling him that […]

Quick View

Supremo

Image of Supremo
Category Supremo
Includes 

Supremo was a tyrannical military commander who took over the Republic of Romiro. He came to the United States to kidnap Carl Del Rey, rightful heir to the throne, to be installed as a puppet […]

Entry Supremo
Description 

Supremo was a tyrannical military commander who took over the Republic of Romiro. He came to the United States to kidnap Carl Del Rey, rightful heir to the throne, to be installed as a puppet […]

Quick View

Suratai

Image of Suratai
Category Suratai
Includes 

Suratai, an assassin of The Black Dragon Society, who had never failed to get his man, was ordered by the Japanese military to kill The Sniper. He was bound by the “Oath of Blood” not […]

Entry Suratai
Description 

Suratai, an assassin of The Black Dragon Society, who had never failed to get his man, was ordered by the Japanese military to kill The Sniper. He was bound by the “Oath of Blood” not […]

Quick View

Surgeon

Image of Surgeon
Category Surgeon
Includes 

The home city of Dr. Nemesis was gripped by an outbreak of the Black Plague. The Surgeon, Dr. Blackton, Superintendent of City Hospital, set about killing the doctors who discovered the cure, so that he […]

Entry Surgeon
Description 

The home city of Dr. Nemesis was gripped by an outbreak of the Black Plague. The Surgeon, Dr. Blackton, Superintendent of City Hospital, set about killing the doctors who discovered the cure, so that he […]

Quick View

Susan Page

Image of Susan Page
Category Susan Page
Includes 

Susan was a reporter and girlfriend of Kip Adams, secretly the Flame! Page had no idea Adams was the Flame even though she was constantly with both of them, although never at the same time. […]

Entry Susan Page
Description 

Susan was a reporter and girlfriend of Kip Adams, secretly the Flame! Page had no idea Adams was the Flame even though she was constantly with both of them, although never at the same time. […]

Quick View

Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Image of Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Category Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Includes 

Susanoo, often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a […]

Entry Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Description 

Susanoo, often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a […]

Quick View

Suzie (MLJ)

Image of Suzie (MLJ)
Category Suzie (MLJ)
Includes 

Suzie was a ditzy, persistently optimistic young woman trying to make her way in an unnamed American city. Upon graduating high school, she bounced from job to job in just about every field imaginable. While […]

Entry Suzie (MLJ)
Description 

Suzie was a ditzy, persistently optimistic young woman trying to make her way in an unnamed American city. Upon graduating high school, she bounced from job to job in just about every field imaginable. While […]

Quick View

Suzuhiko hime

Image of Suzuhiko hime
Category Suzuhiko hime
Includes 

Suzuhiko hime are tsukumogami which possess kagurasuzu—the bells used in Shintō rituals. They look like young women wearing the robes of an ancient princess or a shrine maiden. They are decked with bells, and have […]

Entry Suzuhiko hime
Description 

Suzuhiko hime are tsukumogami which possess kagurasuzu—the bells used in Shintō rituals. They look like young women wearing the robes of an ancient princess or a shrine maiden. They are decked with bells, and have […]

Quick View

Suzuri-no-tamashii

Image of Suzuri-no-tamashii
Category Suzuri-no-tamashii
Includes 

An ink stone which has been used to copy the same manuscript over and over again for many generations begins to take on aspects of the story itself. Suzuri no tamashii can manifest phantom sounds […]

Entry Suzuri-no-tamashii
Description 

An ink stone which has been used to copy the same manuscript over and over again for many generations begins to take on aspects of the story itself. Suzuri no tamashii can manifest phantom sounds […]

Quick View

Svengali

Image of Svengali
Category Svengali
Includes 

Trilby O’Ferrall, the heroine of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier, is a half-Irish girl working as an artist’s model and laundress in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. All the men in […]

Entry Svengali
Description 

Trilby O’Ferrall, the heroine of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier, is a half-Irish girl working as an artist’s model and laundress in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. All the men in […]

Quick View

Swamp Queen

Image of Swamp Queen
Category Swamp Queen
Includes 

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. […]

Entry Swamp Queen
Description 

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. […]

Quick View

Swashbuckler

Image of Count of Monte Cristo
Category Swashbuckler
Includes 

Role/Occupation Swashbuckler Total Entries 41 Representative Count of Monte Cristo The swashbuckler is the most rigidly conventionalized of all the subgenres of the “Adventure” genre, and one with close affinities to the “Historical Fiction” and […]

Entry Swashbuckler
Description 

Role/Occupation Swashbuckler Total Entries 41 Representative Count of Monte Cristo The swashbuckler is the most rigidly conventionalized of all the subgenres of the “Adventure” genre, and one with close affinities to the “Historical Fiction” and […]

Quick View

Swift of the Secret Service

Image of Swift of the Secret Service
Category Swift of the Secret Service
Includes 

Rex Swift was an agent of the United States Secret Service. Alias Swift of the Secret Service Real Names/Alt Names Rex Swift Characteristics Hero, Spy, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

Entry Swift of the Secret Service
Description 

Rex Swift was an agent of the United States Secret Service. Alias Swift of the Secret Service Real Names/Alt Names Rex Swift Characteristics Hero, Spy, MLJ Universe, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

Quick View

Swiftarrow

Image of Swiftarrow
Category Swiftarrow
Includes 

Jon Dart, editor of the Weekly Star, lived a secret double life as the vigilante Swiftarrow, who fought crime using a keen intellect, fighting prowess, and his deadly archery skills. His enemies included the Lip. […]

Entry Swiftarrow
Description 

Jon Dart, editor of the Weekly Star, lived a secret double life as the vigilante Swiftarrow, who fought crime using a keen intellect, fighting prowess, and his deadly archery skills. His enemies included the Lip. […]

Quick View

Swing Sisson

Image of Swing Sisson
Category Swing Sisson
Includes 

Swing Sisson was a big band leader and two-fisted detective. He was aided by his band members Bonnie Baxter, the singer, and Toby Tucker, the saxophonist. Alias Swing Sisson, Ace of the Bandstand Real Names/Alt […]

Entry Swing Sisson
Description 

Swing Sisson was a big band leader and two-fisted detective. He was aided by his band members Bonnie Baxter, the singer, and Toby Tucker, the saxophonist. Alias Swing Sisson, Ace of the Bandstand Real Names/Alt […]

Quick View

Swoop Smith

Image of Swoop Smith
Category Swoop Smith
Includes 

Swoop Smith, also known as Swoop Storm, was a young American inventor who became a pilot at age 10 after successfully landing a passenger plane when its regular pilot died of a heart-attack mid-flight. He […]

Entry Swoop Smith
Description 

Swoop Smith, also known as Swoop Storm, was a young American inventor who became a pilot at age 10 after successfully landing a passenger plane when its regular pilot died of a heart-attack mid-flight. He […]

Quick View

Sword (Ace)

Image of Sword (Ace)
Category Sword (Ace)
Includes 

Arthur Lake, son of John Lake, president of Lake Aircraft, accompanied his father on a business trip to England, where Arthur found the tomb of King Arthur, along with his legendary blade, Excalibur, sheathed in […]

Entry Sword (Ace)
Description 

Arthur Lake, son of John Lake, president of Lake Aircraft, accompanied his father on a business trip to England, where Arthur found the tomb of King Arthur, along with his legendary blade, Excalibur, sheathed in […]

Quick View

Sword Fish

Image of Sword Fish
Category Sword Fish
Includes 

The Sword Fish was a criminal who specialized in crimes involving fish and sea life. He was brought to justice by Doll Man. The Sword Fish was a skilled fighter and ruthless killer who carried […]

Entry Sword Fish
Description 

The Sword Fish was a criminal who specialized in crimes involving fish and sea life. He was brought to justice by Doll Man. The Sword Fish was a skilled fighter and ruthless killer who carried […]

Quick View

Swords (Tarot)

Image of Swords (Tarot)
Category Swords (Tarot)
Includes 

Swords correspond to Spades in a regular deck of cards. Their Greek element is fire. They stand for forceful action, power, and firm decision. In the four classes of feudal society, this suit is linked […]

Entry Swords (Tarot)
Description 

Swords correspond to Spades in a regular deck of cards. Their Greek element is fire. They stand for forceful action, power, and firm decision. In the four classes of feudal society, this suit is linked […]

Quick View

Sycorax

Image of Sycorax
Category Sycorax
Includes 

Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (1611). She was a vicious, powerful witch, the now-deceased mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero […]

Entry Sycorax
Description 

Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (1611). She was a vicious, powerful witch, the now-deceased mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero […]

Quick View

Sylf

Image of Sylf
Category Sylf
Includes 

Sylf, The Subtle was a priest on the “Lost Continent,” a landmass in uncharted waters. The nature of his relationship with Kazanda, Queen of the Lost Continent, is uncertain, but she did go out of […]

Entry Sylf
Description 

Sylf, The Subtle was a priest on the “Lost Continent,” a landmass in uncharted waters. The nature of his relationship with Kazanda, Queen of the Lost Continent, is uncertain, but she did go out of […]

Quick View

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

Category T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
Includes 

Club T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Total Entries 7 Representative T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 (April 1966) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN […]

Entry T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
Description 

Club T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Total Entries 7 Representative T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 (April 1966) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN […]

Quick View

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower)

Image of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower)
Category T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower)
Includes 

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN special agents storm a Professor Emil Jenning’s mountain laboratory to drive off […]

Entry T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower)
Description 

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN special agents storm a Professor Emil Jenning’s mountain laboratory to drive off […]

Quick View

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad (Tower)

Image of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad (Tower)
Category T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad (Tower)
Includes 

Joining the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents were the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad, a special team of agents who fight the Warlord. This team included James “Egghead” Andor, a brilliant strategist (Andor dies in issue #2, reappearing as a villain […]

Entry T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad (Tower)
Description 

Joining the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents were the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad, a special team of agents who fight the Warlord. This team included James “Egghead” Andor, a brilliant strategist (Andor dies in issue #2, reappearing as a villain […]

Quick View

T.N.T.

Image of T.N.T.
Category T.N.T.
Includes 

Scientist and inventor Treve N.Thorndyke creates an “atom gun” that can disintegrate nearly everything. He then creates a costume and calls himself T.N.T., using his amazing invention to combat evil. While he has no super […]

Entry T.N.T.
Description 

Scientist and inventor Treve N.Thorndyke creates an “atom gun” that can disintegrate nearly everything. He then creates a costume and calls himself T.N.T., using his amazing invention to combat evil. While he has no super […]

Quick View

Tabu

Image of Tabu
Category Tabu
Includes 

In Jungle Comics #1 by Fletcher Hanks, Tabu was a White man who, while wandering the jungle, wound up saving the life of a powerful shaman. The shaman gave him the power of the “extra […]

Entry Tabu
Description 

In Jungle Comics #1 by Fletcher Hanks, Tabu was a White man who, while wandering the jungle, wound up saving the life of a powerful shaman. The shaman gave him the power of the “extra […]

Quick View

Tai Sui Gods

Image of Tai Sui Gods
Category Tai Sui Gods
Includes 

The classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (also commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi) contains a register of deities. According to Fengshen Yanyi, Yuanshi Tianzun (“Primeval Lord of Heaven”) bestows upon Jiang Ziya the Fengshen […]

Entry Tai Sui Gods
Description 

The classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (also commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi) contains a register of deities. According to Fengshen Yanyi, Yuanshi Tianzun (“Primeval Lord of Heaven”) bestows upon Jiang Ziya the Fengshen […]

Quick View

Taira no Kiyomori

Image of Taira no Kiyomori
Category Taira no Kiyomori
Includes 

Taira no Kiyomori (1118 – March 20, 1181) was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. In 1156, […]

Entry Taira no Kiyomori
Description 

Taira no Kiyomori (1118 – March 20, 1181) was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. In 1156, […]

Quick View

Taira no Tomomori

Image of Taira no Tomomori
Category Taira no Tomomori
Includes 

Taira no Tomomori (平 知盛) (1152–1185) was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan’s chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history. […]

Entry Taira no Tomomori
Description 

Taira no Tomomori (平 知盛) (1152–1185) was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan’s chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history. […]

Quick View

Taj of the Elephants

Image of Taj of the Elephants
Category Taj of the Elephants
Includes 

Taj was a desi princess who went to live with elephants. Alias Taj of the Elephants Real Names/Alt Names Taj Characteristics Hero, Fiction House Universe, Jungle Action, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

Entry Taj of the Elephants
Description 

Taj was a desi princess who went to live with elephants. Alias Taj of the Elephants Real Names/Alt Names Taj Characteristics Hero, Fiction House Universe, Jungle Action, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors […]

Quick View

Takaonna

Image of Takaonna
Category Takaonna
Includes 

Takaonna was a Japanese yōkai that appeared in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. The Gazu (illustrated reference) above depicts a woman with an elongated lower body next to what appears to be a […]

Entry Takaonna
Description 

Takaonna was a Japanese yōkai that appeared in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. The Gazu (illustrated reference) above depicts a woman with an elongated lower body next to what appears to be a […]

Quick View

Takarabune

Image of Takarabune
Category Takarabune
Includes 

Takarabune are splendid sailing ships laden with treasures such as gold and silver, gems, coral, and other precious cargo. The sails are often decorated with auspicious kanji or other symbols. Spirits of good luck like […]

Entry Takarabune
Description 

Takarabune are splendid sailing ships laden with treasures such as gold and silver, gems, coral, and other precious cargo. The sails are often decorated with auspicious kanji or other symbols. Spirits of good luck like […]

Quick View

Takeda Shingen

Image of Takeda Shingen
Category Takeda Shingen
Includes 

Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄, December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573) was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as “the Tiger of Kai”, he was one of the most powerful […]

Entry Takeda Shingen
Description 

Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄, December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573) was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as “the Tiger of Kai”, he was one of the most powerful […]

Quick View

Taki reio

Image of Taki reio
Category Taki reio
Includes 

Taki reiō are apparitions which are found in the basins of holy waterfalls across East Asia. These apparitions take the form of deities, most commonly Fudō Myōō. The images are so powerful that all types […]

Entry Taki reio
Description 

Taki reiō are apparitions which are found in the basins of holy waterfalls across East Asia. These apparitions take the form of deities, most commonly Fudō Myōō. The images are so powerful that all types […]

Quick View

Taku Umrat

Image of Taku Umrat
Category Taku Umrat
Includes 

Taku Umrat is the leader of a band of ruthless tribal marauders based on an uncharted island off of the coast of India. Taku contracts Captain Barnacle to deliver a shipment of guns for use […]

Entry Taku Umrat
Description 

Taku Umrat is the leader of a band of ruthless tribal marauders based on an uncharted island off of the coast of India. Taku contracts Captain Barnacle to deliver a shipment of guns for use […]

Quick View

Tala

Image of Tala
Category Tala
Includes 

Tala helps an African tribe trap their enemies and add their bleached bones to their Mountain of Skulls. She takes on Jo Jo the Congo King as an enemy, captures him, but falls into a […]

Entry Tala
Description 

Tala helps an African tribe trap their enemies and add their bleached bones to their Mountain of Skulls. She takes on Jo Jo the Congo King as an enemy, captures him, but falls into a […]

Quick View

Talos

Image of Talos
Category Talos
Includes 

As Adrienne Mayor, a classicist at Stanford University, argues in her 2018 book Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines and Ancient Dreams of Technology, “Long before the clockwork contraptions of the Middle Ages and the [automatons] […]

Entry Talos
Description 

As Adrienne Mayor, a classicist at Stanford University, argues in her 2018 book Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines and Ancient Dreams of Technology, “Long before the clockwork contraptions of the Middle Ages and the [automatons] […]

Quick View

Tama of the Light Country

Image of Tama of the Light Country
Category Tama of the Light Country
Includes 

Tama of the Light Country by Ray Cummings is a novel written in the Edgar Rice Burroughs mode with an Earthman who goes to Mercury where women have wings. Since Mercury has less gravity, the […]

Entry Tama of the Light Country
Description 

Tama of the Light Country by Ray Cummings is a novel written in the Edgar Rice Burroughs mode with an Earthman who goes to Mercury where women have wings. Since Mercury has less gravity, the […]

Quick View

Tamah

Image of Tamah
Category Tamah
Includes 

Sheik Tamah is a “native bandit chieftain” who faces off with the French Foreign Legion by attacking their fort. The French soldiers lose radio contact due to a damaged aerial. Gypsy Johnson is captured in […]

Entry Tamah
Description 

Sheik Tamah is a “native bandit chieftain” who faces off with the French Foreign Legion by attacking their fort. The French soldiers lose radio contact due to a damaged aerial. Gypsy Johnson is captured in […]

Quick View

Tamamo no Mae

Image of Tamamo no Mae
Category Tamamo no Mae
Includes 

Stories of Tamamo-no-Mae being a legendary kitsune fox spirit appear during the Muromachi period as otogizōshi (prose narratives), and were also mentioned by Toriyama Sekien in Konjaku Hyakki Shūi. Edo period folklore then conflated the […]

Entry Tamamo no Mae
Description 

Stories of Tamamo-no-Mae being a legendary kitsune fox spirit appear during the Muromachi period as otogizōshi (prose narratives), and were also mentioned by Toriyama Sekien in Konjaku Hyakki Shūi. Edo period folklore then conflated the […]

Quick View

Tamor

Image of Tamor
Category Tamor
Includes 

Jack Tamor was hunting Hans Odin, Nazi commander of a prisoner of war camp who fled to Africa to escape justice after the war. Tamor’s brother died in this camp and Tamor sought revenge. Jack […]

Entry Tamor
Description 

Jack Tamor was hunting Hans Odin, Nazi commander of a prisoner of war camp who fled to Africa to escape justice after the war. Tamor’s brother died in this camp and Tamor sought revenge. Jack […]

Quick View

Tanee

Image of Tanee
Category Tanee
Includes 

One of the love interests of Jo-Jo the Congo King, and only love interest of Bombo. Jo-Jo the Congo King’s girlfriends were named Tonda, Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. All looked […]

Entry Tanee
Description 

One of the love interests of Jo-Jo the Congo King, and only love interest of Bombo. Jo-Jo the Congo King’s girlfriends were named Tonda, Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee. All looked […]

Quick View

Tange Sazen

Image of Tange Sazen
Category Tange Sazen
Includes 

Tange Sazen is a fictional swordsman featured in Japanese literature, cinema and TV. Originally a samurai member of the Sōma clan, he is attacked and mutilated, losing his right eye and right arm. He then […]

Entry Tange Sazen
Description 

Tange Sazen is a fictional swordsman featured in Japanese literature, cinema and TV. Originally a samurai member of the Sōma clan, he is attacked and mutilated, losing his right eye and right arm. He then […]

Quick View

Tangi

Image of Tangi
Category Tangi
Includes 

Tangi was a caucasian “Jungle Girl” who lived in a village with her friends Cheela and Tangoh. She rode zebras on long-distance trips, particularly when going to worship at the sacred graveyard of her ancestors, […]

Entry Tangi
Description 

Tangi was a caucasian “Jungle Girl” who lived in a village with her friends Cheela and Tangoh. She rode zebras on long-distance trips, particularly when going to worship at the sacred graveyard of her ancestors, […]

Quick View

Tanu

Image of Tanu
Category Tanu
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Tanu
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Tara

Image of Tara
Category Tara
Includes 

Tara, along with her friends Malo and Robin, are unjustly forced into exile from Earth, so they take refuge in Phantom Haven on Venus, the headquarters of Haneesh and his “Brotherhood of Space.” Although they […]

Entry Tara
Description 

Tara, along with her friends Malo and Robin, are unjustly forced into exile from Earth, so they take refuge in Phantom Haven on Venus, the headquarters of Haneesh and his “Brotherhood of Space.” Although they […]

Quick View

Tarantula (MLJ)

Image of Tarantula (MLJ)
Category Tarantula (MLJ)
Includes 

The Tarantula was actually Bill Barnes, fiance of Deborah Morgan. He was not a wealthy man, so he turned to threatening and extorting money from rich young debutantes. When they failed to pay him, they […]

Entry Tarantula (MLJ)
Description 

The Tarantula was actually Bill Barnes, fiance of Deborah Morgan. He was not a wealthy man, so he turned to threatening and extorting money from rich young debutantes. When they failed to pay him, they […]

Quick View

Tarantula (Tower)

Image of Tarantula (Tower)
Category Tarantula (Tower)
Includes 

Tarantula was a giant, green-skinned mutant with multiple arms. A foe of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent called NoMan, his base of operations was Scorpion Island. Note: Tower Comics never registered its titles with the US copyright […]

Entry Tarantula (Tower)
Description 

Tarantula was a giant, green-skinned mutant with multiple arms. A foe of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent called NoMan, his base of operations was Scorpion Island. Note: Tower Comics never registered its titles with the US copyright […]

Quick View

Tardor

Image of Tardor
Category Tardor
Includes 

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

Entry Tardor
Description 

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

Quick View

Target

Image of Target
Category Target
Includes 

The Target is Niles Reed, a metallurgist who doubles as a spy for the U.S. Army. Niles’ brother James is killed by gangsters, so the enraged Niles decides to go after them. He designs a […]

Entry Target
Description 

The Target is Niles Reed, a metallurgist who doubles as a spy for the U.S. Army. Niles’ brother James is killed by gangsters, so the enraged Niles decides to go after them. He designs a […]

Quick View

Targeteers

Image of Targeteers
Category Targeteers
Includes 

The Target is Niles Reed, a metallurgist who doubles as a spy for the U.S. Army. Niles’ brother James is killed by gangsters, so the enraged Niles decides to go after them. He designs a […]

Entry Targeteers
Description 

The Target is Niles Reed, a metallurgist who doubles as a spy for the U.S. Army. Niles’ brother James is killed by gangsters, so the enraged Niles decides to go after them. He designs a […]

Quick View

Tarna

Image of Tarna
Category Tarna
Includes 

Tarna was the Silver Knight’s lady, and a brave warrior in her own right. She often aided him in battle. When the Barghest captured the Silver Knight, she wore his armor to save him on […]

Entry Tarna
Description 

Tarna was the Silver Knight’s lady, and a brave warrior in her own right. She often aided him in battle. When the Barghest captured the Silver Knight, she wore his armor to save him on […]

Quick View

Taro

Image of Taro
Category Taro
Includes 

Taro is a lieutenant in the army of the Unicors. He aids Rod Rian to escape from the Mephisians, the thralls of Mephis. Taro is captured by Mephis for aiding Rian. Rod and Taro are […]

Entry Taro
Description 

Taro is a lieutenant in the army of the Unicors. He aids Rod Rian to escape from the Mephisians, the thralls of Mephis. Taro is captured by Mephis for aiding Rian. Rod and Taro are […]

Quick View

Tarot

Image of Fool (Tarot)
Category Tarot
Includes 

Club Tarot Total Entries 26 Representative Fool (Tarot) The Tarot card deck consists of 78 cards, each with its own divination meaning: 22 in the Major Arcana and 56 in the Minor Arcana. The cards […]

Entry Tarot
Description 

Club Tarot Total Entries 26 Representative Fool (Tarot) The Tarot card deck consists of 78 cards, each with its own divination meaning: 22 in the Major Arcana and 56 in the Minor Arcana. The cards […]

Quick View

Tarra

Image of Tarra
Category Tarra
Includes 

After assisting the female Doxian Erda in the war against the Zodians, Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing remain on the planet Dox. The new Master Devil Choq begins new attacks. As the attack […]

Entry Tarra
Description 

After assisting the female Doxian Erda in the war against the Zodians, Commodore Rex Clive and Adjutant Speed Lansing remain on the planet Dox. The new Master Devil Choq begins new attacks. As the attack […]

Quick View

Tarrano the Conqueror

Image of Tarrano the Conqueror
Category Tarrano the Conqueror
Includes 

Tarrano the Conqueror, Warlord of the Planets, grew up as Taro, in the “Cold Country” of Venus, along with a girl who took the name Tara as a promise to be his mate. Tara loved […]

Entry Tarrano the Conqueror
Description 

Tarrano the Conqueror, Warlord of the Planets, grew up as Taro, in the “Cold Country” of Venus, along with a girl who took the name Tara as a promise to be his mate. Tara loved […]

Quick View

Tars Tarkas

Image of Tars Tarkas
Category Tars Tarkas
Includes 

Tars Tarkas was a great warrior and leader among the brutal and mirthless Tharks. He possesses a sense of compassion and empathy uncharacteristic of his race. Tarkas is the first Barsoomian John Carter encounters when […]

Entry Tars Tarkas
Description 

Tars Tarkas was a great warrior and leader among the brutal and mirthless Tharks. He possesses a sense of compassion and empathy uncharacteristic of his race. Tarkas is the first Barsoomian John Carter encounters when […]

Quick View

Tartu

Image of Tartu
Category Tartu
Includes 

Tartu is a boy of approximately 10 years old adopted by Tarzan and Jane Porter. Tarzan faces hunters led by Schroeder and Rene, who invaded the jungle to capture animals and explore a lost city. […]

Entry Tartu
Description 

Tartu is a boy of approximately 10 years old adopted by Tarzan and Jane Porter. Tarzan faces hunters led by Schroeder and Rene, who invaded the jungle to capture animals and explore a lost city. […]

Quick View

Tarzan

Image of Tarzan
Category Tarzan
Includes 

Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, […]

Entry Tarzan
Description 

Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, […]

Quick View

Teacher

Image of Ichabod Crane
Category Teacher
Includes 

Role/Occupation Teacher Total Entries 43 Representative Ichabod Crane Despite its importance, teaching isn’t seen as a very prestigious job. Teachers don’t get paid well and don’t get much respect either. So it’s notable when an […]

Entry Teacher
Description 

Role/Occupation Teacher Total Entries 43 Representative Ichabod Crane Despite its importance, teaching isn’t seen as a very prestigious job. Teachers don’t get paid well and don’t get much respect either. So it’s notable when an […]

Quick View

Teacher (Ace)

Image of Teacher (Ace)
Category Teacher (Ace)
Includes 

The Teacher was a “free-lance espionage expert” and mad scientist who specialized in brainwashing. He dressed in a cap and gown and would hook his “students” up to mind control devices. The Teacher made Captain […]

Entry Teacher (Ace)
Description 

The Teacher was a “free-lance espionage expert” and mad scientist who specialized in brainwashing. He dressed in a cap and gown and would hook his “students” up to mind control devices. The Teacher made Captain […]

Quick View

Teba

Image of Teba
Category Teba
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Teba
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Ted Harper

Image of Ted Harper
Category Ted Harper
Includes 

Renowned sculptor Ted Harper is offered a house in Swamp Hollow as an art studio, for free. He doesn’t realize the owner is the Devil, who has grown tired of his waning power over mankind. […]

Entry Ted Harper
Description 

Renowned sculptor Ted Harper is offered a house in Swamp Hollow as an art studio, for free. He doesn’t realize the owner is the Devil, who has grown tired of his waning power over mankind. […]

Quick View

Ted Lawrence

Image of Ted Lawrence
Category Ted Lawrence
Includes 

Doctor Ted Lawrence arrives in the dying town of Banbury after hearing reports of a ghoul lurking at its cemetery. He intends to write a book on the ghoul. He finds the ghoul crying and […]

Entry Ted Lawrence
Description 

Doctor Ted Lawrence arrives in the dying town of Banbury after hearing reports of a ghoul lurking at its cemetery. He intends to write a book on the ghoul. He finds the ghoul crying and […]

Quick View

Ted Parrish

Image of Ted Parrish
Category Ted Parrish
Includes 

Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t […]

Entry Ted Parrish
Description 

Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t […]

Quick View

Teddy Crowley

Image of Teddy Crowley
Category Teddy Crowley
Includes 

“Venus Liberated” (Amazing Stories Quarterly, July 1929) by Harl Vincent begins with Ralph Prescott going to a shrink because his dreams are driving him mad. Doctor De Polac has a new invention, a dream projector. […]

Entry Teddy Crowley
Description 

“Venus Liberated” (Amazing Stories Quarterly, July 1929) by Harl Vincent begins with Ralph Prescott going to a shrink because his dreams are driving him mad. Doctor De Polac has a new invention, a dream projector. […]

Quick View

Teena

Image of Teena
Category Teena
Includes 

Dot was the friend and secretary of Rod Hathway, a wealthy philanthropist who fought crime as Avenger, The Space Detective. She accompanied him on his missions, using the alternate identity of “Teena.” The two had […]

Entry Teena
Description 

Dot was the friend and secretary of Rod Hathway, a wealthy philanthropist who fought crime as Avenger, The Space Detective. She accompanied him on his missions, using the alternate identity of “Teena.” The two had […]

Quick View

Telekinesis

Image of Master Mystic
Category Telekinesis
Includes 

Power Telekinesis Total Entries 16 Representative Master Mystic Telekinesis/Psychokinesis: the ability to move stuff and/or people just by thinking. Although it fundamentally only requires a thought to work, hand gestures can also help, especially if […]

Entry Telekinesis
Description 

Power Telekinesis Total Entries 16 Representative Master Mystic Telekinesis/Psychokinesis: the ability to move stuff and/or people just by thinking. Although it fundamentally only requires a thought to work, hand gestures can also help, especially if […]

Quick View

Telemachus

Image of Telemachus
Category Telemachus
Includes 

In Greek mythology, Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who are central characters in Homer’s Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his […]

Entry Telemachus
Description 

In Greek mythology, Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who are central characters in Homer’s Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his […]

Quick View

Telepath

Image of Sâr Dubnotal
Category Telepath
Includes 

Power Telepath Total Entries 51 Representative Sâr Dubnotal Telepathy/Mind Reading is the ability to read another person’s thoughts and/or to communicate with them mentally… At its most basic level, it functions as a short range […]

Entry Telepath
Description 

Power Telepath Total Entries 51 Representative Sâr Dubnotal Telepathy/Mind Reading is the ability to read another person’s thoughts and/or to communicate with them mentally… At its most basic level, it functions as a short range […]

Quick View

Telepathist

Image of Telepathist
Category Telepathist
Includes 

The Telepathist was a mystic and an Axis agent who sent messages to Germany (from America) by telepathy. He came to the Wizard’s attention when his girlfriend, Jane Barlowe, was seeking some spiritual advice from […]

Entry Telepathist
Description 

The Telepathist was a mystic and an Axis agent who sent messages to Germany (from America) by telepathy. He came to the Wizard’s attention when his girlfriend, Jane Barlowe, was seeking some spiritual advice from […]

Quick View

Teleporter

Image of Bela Jat
Category Teleporter
Includes 

Power Teleporter Total Entries 46 Representative Bela Jat Disappearing from one location and reappearing in another. There are several ways this can be managed, from dematerialization/rematerialization, wormholes, bending space, magic, psychic power/jaunting, or as a […]

Entry Teleporter
Description 

Power Teleporter Total Entries 46 Representative Bela Jat Disappearing from one location and reappearing in another. There are several ways this can be managed, from dematerialization/rematerialization, wormholes, bending space, magic, psychic power/jaunting, or as a […]

Quick View

Teller

Image of Teller
Category Teller
Includes 

“The Satanic weaver of suspense who relates four ghoulish tales of terror to turn your blood to ice. Introducing THE TELLER.” “The Teller”, or the “Teller of Tales”, gained his powers after a chemical explosion […]

Entry Teller
Description 

“The Satanic weaver of suspense who relates four ghoulish tales of terror to turn your blood to ice. Introducing THE TELLER.” “The Teller”, or the “Teller of Tales”, gained his powers after a chemical explosion […]

Quick View

Telo the Mental Wizard

Image of Telo the Mental Wizard
Category Telo the Mental Wizard
Includes 

Telo helped to stop a fantastic Prussanian plot to invade the United States by shooting troops across the Atlantic Ocean in giant “capsules” from a big gun. The invading soldiers landed in Lonepine Valley, 50 […]

Entry Telo the Mental Wizard
Description 

Telo helped to stop a fantastic Prussanian plot to invade the United States by shooting troops across the Atlantic Ocean in giant “capsules” from a big gun. The invading soldiers landed in Lonepine Valley, 50 […]

Quick View

Temperance (Tarot)

Image of Temperance (Tarot)
Category Temperance (Tarot)
Includes 

The image of the Temperance Tarot card is one of stillness. The simple explanation of Temperance is moderation, but there’s nothing simple about it. This quality is regarded as the finest of all in just […]

Entry Temperance (Tarot)
Description 

The image of the Temperance Tarot card is one of stillness. The simple explanation of Temperance is moderation, but there’s nothing simple about it. This quality is regarded as the finest of all in just […]

Quick View

Ten

Image of Ten
Category Ten
Includes 

In the Iga region, Mie Prefecture, is a saying, “The fox has seven disguises, the tanuki has eight, and the marten has nine,” and a legend relates how the marten has greater ability in shapeshifting […]

Entry Ten
Description 

In the Iga region, Mie Prefecture, is a saying, “The fox has seven disguises, the tanuki has eight, and the marten has nine,” and a legend relates how the marten has greater ability in shapeshifting […]

Quick View

Teneshad

Image of Teneshad
Category Teneshad
Includes 

Teneshad was a demon originating from a hidden realm called the Half World. The ancient, hand-written book used for summoning him was kept – or possibly inherited – by a man named Mr. Sylvestre who […]

Entry Teneshad
Description 

Teneshad was a demon originating from a hidden realm called the Half World. The ancient, hand-written book used for summoning him was kept – or possibly inherited – by a man named Mr. Sylvestre who […]

Quick View

Tengu

Image of Tengu
Category Tengu
Includes 

Tengu are a type of legendary creature found in Shinto belief. They are considered a type of yōkai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods or spirits). The Tengu were originally thought to take the forms […]

Entry Tengu
Description 

Tengu are a type of legendary creature found in Shinto belief. They are considered a type of yōkai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods or spirits). The Tengu were originally thought to take the forms […]

Quick View

Tengu of Mount Hiko

Image of Tengu of Mount Hiko
Category Tengu of Mount Hiko
Includes 

The tengu in art appears in a variety of shapes. It usually falls somewhere in between a large, monstrous bird and a wholly anthropomorphized being, often with a red face or an unusually large or […]

Entry Tengu of Mount Hiko
Description 

The tengu in art appears in a variety of shapes. It usually falls somewhere in between a large, monstrous bird and a wholly anthropomorphized being, often with a red face or an unusually large or […]

Quick View

Tengubi

Image of Tengubi
Category Tengubi
Includes 

Tengubi is a fireball phenomenon seen near rivers in Aichi, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, and Kanagawa Prefectures. It appears as one or more (up to several hundred) reddish flames which float about in the sky. These supernatural […]

Entry Tengubi
Description 

Tengubi is a fireball phenomenon seen near rivers in Aichi, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, and Kanagawa Prefectures. It appears as one or more (up to several hundred) reddish flames which float about in the sky. These supernatural […]

Quick View

Tengutsubute

Image of Tengutsubute
Category Tengutsubute
Includes 

The tengutsubute is a phenomenon in which stones suddenly fall from the sky. They appear to be thrown from somewhere, but it’s unknown where they are flung from, so they are said to perhaps be […]

Entry Tengutsubute
Description 

The tengutsubute is a phenomenon in which stones suddenly fall from the sky. They appear to be thrown from somewhere, but it’s unknown where they are flung from, so they are said to perhaps be […]

Quick View

Tenjo kudari

Image of Tenjo kudari
Category Tenjo kudari
Includes 

Tenjō kudari has the appearance of a naked, ugly, old woman with a long tongue, and long, disheveled hair. This yokai was first documented by Toriyama Sekien, and aside from his illustration, little else is […]

Entry Tenjo kudari
Description 

Tenjō kudari has the appearance of a naked, ugly, old woman with a long tongue, and long, disheveled hair. This yokai was first documented by Toriyama Sekien, and aside from his illustration, little else is […]

Quick View

Tenjoname

Image of Tenjoname
Category Tenjoname
Includes 

Tenjōname is a tall yōkai with a very long tongue. It appears in houses with tall ceilings, particularly in the cold months when light cannot reach all the way to ceiling and casts weird shadows […]

Entry Tenjoname
Description 

Tenjōname is a tall yōkai with a very long tongue. It appears in houses with tall ceilings, particularly in the cold months when light cannot reach all the way to ceiling and casts weird shadows […]

Quick View

Tenome

Image of Tenome
Category Tenome
Includes 

Tenome is a Japanese yōkai that appeared in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. They appear as a zatō (a kind of member of the blind persons’ guild such as the tōdōza or a […]

Entry Tenome
Description 

Tenome is a Japanese yōkai that appeared in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. They appear as a zatō (a kind of member of the blind persons’ guild such as the tōdōza or a […]

Quick View

Teratsutsuki

Image of Teratsutsuki
Category Teratsutsuki
Includes 

Teratsutsuki is the onryō of a man who lived in the 6th century CE, Mononobe no Moriya. It was sighted at Hōryū-ji and Shitennō-ji temples, where it took the form of ghostly woodpecker and tried […]

Entry Teratsutsuki
Description 

Teratsutsuki is the onryō of a man who lived in the 6th century CE, Mononobe no Moriya. It was sighted at Hōryū-ji and Shitennō-ji temples, where it took the form of ghostly woodpecker and tried […]

Quick View

Terence X. O’Leary

Image of Terence X. O'Leary
Category Terence X. O’Leary
Includes 

Terence X. O’Leary’s character evolves over time. He begins as an Irish stereotype, the red-headed drunken liar and braggart, all fist and no brain, hating the English and everything that stereotype says he should hate. […]

Entry Terence X. O’Leary
Description 

Terence X. O’Leary’s character evolves over time. He begins as an Irish stereotype, the red-headed drunken liar and braggart, all fist and no brain, hating the English and everything that stereotype says he should hate. […]

Quick View

Terreur Noir

Image of Timothy (Nedor)
Category Terreur Noir
Includes 

While visiting a college history teacher, Professor Ducayne, Bob Benton and Tim come across a rather startling discovery, a letter from 17th century France which stated “…without the Black Terrors I should now be dead!” […]

Entry Terreur Noir
Description 

While visiting a college history teacher, Professor Ducayne, Bob Benton and Tim come across a rather startling discovery, a letter from 17th century France which stated “…without the Black Terrors I should now be dead!” […]

Quick View

Terry Kane

Image of Terry Kane
Category Terry Kane
Includes 

Terry Kane was the “Man of a Thousand Adventures”, who found trouble all over the world. Along with his secretary Tina Drake, he had a number of bizarre adventures along the way, such as encountering […]

Entry Terry Kane
Description 

Terry Kane was the “Man of a Thousand Adventures”, who found trouble all over the world. Along with his secretary Tina Drake, he had a number of bizarre adventures along the way, such as encountering […]

Quick View

Terry Moore

Image of Terry Moore
Category Terry Moore
Includes 

Detective Terry Moore of the 34th Precinct in New York City. Probably the character on the cover of Power Comics #1, which is sometimes also attributed to an otherwise unknown character nicknamed “Bare-Knuckles Jack” with […]

Entry Terry Moore
Description 

Detective Terry Moore of the 34th Precinct in New York City. Probably the character on the cover of Power Comics #1, which is sometimes also attributed to an otherwise unknown character nicknamed “Bare-Knuckles Jack” with […]

Quick View

Terry Temple

Image of Terry Temple
Category Terry Temple
Includes 

Terry Temple was a police detective stationed at Metro City. She was a competent detective and capable of using a gun. Alias Terry Temple, Woman Investigator/Policewoman Real Names/Alt Names Terry Temple Characteristics Hero, Detective, Police, […]

Entry Terry Temple
Description 

Terry Temple was a police detective stationed at Metro City. She was a competent detective and capable of using a gun. Alias Terry Temple, Woman Investigator/Policewoman Real Names/Alt Names Terry Temple Characteristics Hero, Detective, Police, […]

Quick View

Tesso

Image of Tesso
Category Tesso
Includes 

Tesso is a Japanese yōkai related to the vengeful spirit (onryō) of the Heian period monk Raigō and a mouse. The name “tesso” is a name given by Toriyama Sekien in the Edo period collection […]

Entry Tesso
Description 

Tesso is a Japanese yōkai related to the vengeful spirit (onryō) of the Heian period monk Raigō and a mouse. The name “tesso” is a name given by Toriyama Sekien in the Edo period collection […]

Quick View

Texa

Image of Texa
Category Texa
Includes 

Texa was a brilliant crime boss who claimed to possess “the greatest brain in the world.” She was about 8 feet tall, and was more than happy to participate in a battle (though usually armed […]

Entry Texa
Description 

Texa was a brilliant crime boss who claimed to possess “the greatest brain in the world.” She was about 8 feet tall, and was more than happy to participate in a battle (though usually armed […]

Quick View

Thalia, Queen of the Venerians

Image of Thalia
Category Thalia, Queen of the Venerians
Includes 

“Venus Liberated” (Amazing Stories Quarterly, July 1929) by Harl Vincent begins with Ralph Prescott going to a shrink because his dreams are driving him mad. Doctor De Polac has a new invention, a dream projector. […]

Entry Thalia, Queen of the Venerians
Description 

“Venus Liberated” (Amazing Stories Quarterly, July 1929) by Harl Vincent begins with Ralph Prescott going to a shrink because his dreams are driving him mad. Doctor De Polac has a new invention, a dream projector. […]

Quick View

Thark

Image of Thark
Category Thark
Includes 

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, […]

Entry Thark
Description 

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, […]

Quick View

The Future

Image of Futura
Category The Future
Includes 

The influence of the Flash Gordon film serials on the 442 characters included below is obvious. Many are simply minor variations on Flash, Ming, Dale, Zarkov, and their rayguns, hawkmen, and rocket ships. Of all […]

Entry The Future
Description 

The influence of the Flash Gordon film serials on the 442 characters included below is obvious. Many are simply minor variations on Flash, Ming, Dale, Zarkov, and their rayguns, hawkmen, and rocket ships. Of all […]

Quick View

The Renaissance

Image of Vitruvian Man
Category The Renaissance
Includes 

The Renaissance included Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1440, eventually followed by printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy in 1481, widely-shared. The era is highlighted by the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) […]

Entry The Renaissance
Description 

The Renaissance included Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1440, eventually followed by printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy in 1481, widely-shared. The era is highlighted by the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) […]

Quick View

Thelda Barnes

Image of Thelda Barnes
Category Thelda Barnes
Includes 

When a massive, shining saucer appears over Earth, Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes fly their rocketship out to meet it. In a full spacesuit, Aku explains he is Chief of the Sun People, who […]

Entry Thelda Barnes
Description 

When a massive, shining saucer appears over Earth, Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes fly their rocketship out to meet it. In a full spacesuit, Aku explains he is Chief of the Sun People, who […]

Quick View

Thelma Gordon

Image of Thelma Gordon
Category Thelma Gordon
Includes 

Thelma Gordon is the reporter girlfriend and non-costumed sidekick of, first, John Dickering, the Comet, and then his brother, Bob Dickering, the Hangman. She also had a brother of her own, Johnny Gordon. Although being […]

Entry Thelma Gordon
Description 

Thelma Gordon is the reporter girlfriend and non-costumed sidekick of, first, John Dickering, the Comet, and then his brother, Bob Dickering, the Hangman. She also had a brother of her own, Johnny Gordon. Although being […]

Quick View

Theodosia Burr Alston

Image of Theodosia Burr Alston
Category Theodosia Burr Alston
Includes 

Theodosia Burr Alston (June 21, 1783 – January 2 or 3, 1813) was an American socialite and the daughter of the third U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr, and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. Her husband, Joseph Alston, […]

Entry Theodosia Burr Alston
Description 

Theodosia Burr Alston (June 21, 1783 – January 2 or 3, 1813) was an American socialite and the daughter of the third U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr, and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. Her husband, Joseph Alston, […]

Quick View

Theseus

Image of Theseus
Category Theseus
Includes 

Theseus was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for fiction throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes described as the son of Aegeus, […]

Entry Theseus
Description 

Theseus was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for fiction throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes described as the son of Aegeus, […]

Quick View

Thetis

Image of Thetis
Category Thetis
Includes 

Thetis is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. […]

Entry Thetis
Description 

Thetis is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. […]

Quick View

Thief of Bagdad

Image of Thief of Bagdad
Category Thief of Bagdad
Includes 

Ahmed steals as he pleases in the city of Bagdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells the holy man he disdains his religion; his philosophy is, “What I want, I take.” Freely adapted from One […]

Entry Thief of Bagdad
Description 

Ahmed steals as he pleases in the city of Bagdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells the holy man he disdains his religion; his philosophy is, “What I want, I take.” Freely adapted from One […]

Quick View

Thinker

Image of Thinker
Category Thinker
Includes 

The Thinker was an extra-terrestrial who lived on what appeared to be a comet made entirely of gold. On the surface was the Thinker’s golden headquarters, from which he commanded a small army of headless […]

Entry Thinker
Description 

The Thinker was an extra-terrestrial who lived on what appeared to be a comet made entirely of gold. On the surface was the Thinker’s golden headquarters, from which he commanded a small army of headless […]

Quick View

Thinking Machine

Image of Thinking Machine
Category Thinking Machine
Includes 

Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., M.D.S. is a fictional character in a series of detective short stories and a novel by Jacques Futrelle, the best known being The Problem […]

Entry Thinking Machine
Description 

Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., M.D.S. is a fictional character in a series of detective short stories and a novel by Jacques Futrelle, the best known being The Problem […]

Quick View

Third Key

Image of Third Key
Category Third Key
Includes 

This unnamed, male Middle Eastern character only appeared on the cover of Key Comics #5. Alias Third Key Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Number-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Walter Johnson […]

Entry Third Key
Description 

This unnamed, male Middle Eastern character only appeared on the cover of Key Comics #5. Alias Third Key Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Villain, Number-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Walter Johnson […]

Quick View

Thirteen

Image of Thirteen
Category Thirteen
Includes 

Harold Higgins was a former reporter for the Hollywood Herald. He was born in a small town in Vermont. He had a happy childhood, but seemed to have bad luck when it came to anything related […]

Entry Thirteen
Description 

Harold Higgins was a former reporter for the Hollywood Herald. He was born in a small town in Vermont. He had a happy childhood, but seemed to have bad luck when it came to anything related […]

Quick View

Thomas Hutter

Image of Thomas Hutter
Category Thomas Hutter
Includes 

Thomas Hutter replaced Jonathan Harker in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias Thomas Hutter Real Names/Alt Names Jonathan Harker Characteristics Hero, Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter, Dracula Family, Film Characters, Realism and Victorian Age, […]

Entry Thomas Hutter
Description 

Thomas Hutter replaced Jonathan Harker in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Alias Thomas Hutter Real Names/Alt Names Jonathan Harker Characteristics Hero, Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter, Dracula Family, Film Characters, Realism and Victorian Age, […]

Quick View

Thomas Wright

Image of Thomas Wright
Category Thomas Wright
Includes 

Thomas Wright was a young senator. While idealistic, he was not principled enough to resist political pressure, especially when it came from the corrupt Senator Jaspar Crow. When his fiance, Wendy Foster, called him a […]

Entry Thomas Wright
Description 

Thomas Wright was a young senator. While idealistic, he was not principled enough to resist political pressure, especially when it came from the corrupt Senator Jaspar Crow. When his fiance, Wendy Foster, called him a […]

Quick View

Thor (Charlton)

Image of Thor (Charlton)
Category Thor (Charlton)
Includes 

Charlton’s version of Thor was a normal Scandinavian man who was weak and cowardly compared to his Viking brothers. He discovered a cave that glowed with strange light. Bathing in these rays caused Thor to […]

Entry Thor (Charlton)
Description 

Charlton’s version of Thor was a normal Scandinavian man who was weak and cowardly compared to his Viking brothers. He discovered a cave that glowed with strange light. Bathing in these rays caused Thor to […]

Quick View

Thor (Fox)

Image of Thor (Fox)
Category Thor (Fox)
Includes 

Believing that the world needed a defender, Thor, son of Odin and supreme ruler of Valhalla, bestowed upon the human Grant Farrel his own powers, which Grant used to become a crime fighter. When he […]

Entry Thor (Fox)
Description 

Believing that the world needed a defender, Thor, son of Odin and supreme ruler of Valhalla, bestowed upon the human Grant Farrel his own powers, which Grant used to become a crime fighter. When he […]

Quick View

Thor (MLJ)

Image of Thor (MLJ)
Category Thor (MLJ)
Includes 

Scott Rand pilots the “Time Car”, invented by Dr. Joel Meade. On their maiden voyage, the two travel to ancient Rome, arriving in 200 A.D. They observe a Viking invasion, in which the Vikings are […]

Entry Thor (MLJ)
Description 

Scott Rand pilots the “Time Car”, invented by Dr. Joel Meade. On their maiden voyage, the two travel to ancient Rome, arriving in 200 A.D. They observe a Viking invasion, in which the Vikings are […]

Quick View

Thor (Norse God)

Image of Thor (Norse God)
Category Thor (Norse God)
Includes 

Thor is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Thor is […]

Entry Thor (Norse God)
Description 

Thor is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Thor is […]

Quick View

Thor Taver

Image of Thor Taver
Category Thor Taver
Includes 

The residents of a fishing village were plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wiped out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a full-grown […]

Entry Thor Taver
Description 

The residents of a fishing village were plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wiped out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a full-grown […]

Quick View

Thorn

Image of Thorn
Category Thorn
Includes 

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

Entry Thorn
Description 

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

Quick View

Thoth-Amon

Image of Thoth-Amon
Category Thoth-Amon
Includes 

A southern outlaw named Ascalante… secretly plans to… claim the crown. [He] enslaves Thoth-Amon, a Stygian wizard who has fallen on hard times: A thief had stolen Thoth-Amon’s ring and left him defenseless, forcing him […]

Entry Thoth-Amon
Description 

A southern outlaw named Ascalante… secretly plans to… claim the crown. [He] enslaves Thoth-Amon, a Stygian wizard who has fallen on hard times: A thief had stolen Thoth-Amon’s ring and left him defenseless, forcing him […]

Quick View

Thought-forms

Image of Thought-forms
Category Thought-forms
Includes 

Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation is a theosophical book compiled by Theosophical Society members A. Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. It was originally published in 1905 in London. From the standpoint of Theosophy, it […]

Entry Thought-forms
Description 

Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation is a theosophical book compiled by Theosophical Society members A. Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. It was originally published in 1905 in London. From the standpoint of Theosophy, it […]

Quick View

Three Cheers

Image of Three Cheers
Category Three Cheers
Includes 

Bart, Boom, and Sis were former vaudeville performers who joined the Army. When the Nazi agent Malko framed them for a crime, they were dishonorably discharged. Undaunted, they set out to clear their names as […]

Entry Three Cheers
Description 

Bart, Boom, and Sis were former vaudeville performers who joined the Army. When the Nazi agent Malko framed them for a crime, they were dishonorably discharged. Undaunted, they set out to clear their names as […]

Quick View

Three Islands’ Gods

Image of Three Islands' Gods
Category Three Islands’ Gods
Includes 

“And they that sought the gods followed for thirty nights the lightnings in the sky over five mountains, and as they came to the summit of the last, they saw a valley beneath them, and […]

Entry Three Islands’ Gods
Description 

“And they that sought the gods followed for thirty nights the lightnings in the sky over five mountains, and as they came to the summit of the last, they saw a valley beneath them, and […]

Quick View

Three Musketeers

Image of Three Musketeers
Category Three Musketeers
Includes 

Set between 1625 and 1628, Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 The Three Musketeers recounts the adventures of a young man named d’Artagnan (a character based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to […]

Entry Three Musketeers
Description 

Set between 1625 and 1628, Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 The Three Musketeers recounts the adventures of a young man named d’Artagnan (a character based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to […]

Quick View

Three Witches

Image of Three Witches
Category Three Witches
Includes 

The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a […]

Entry Three Witches
Description 

The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a […]

Quick View

Thrill Hunter

Image of Thrill Hunter
Category Thrill Hunter
Includes 

Oklahoma native, Claude Weaver, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, became an ace, was shot down in Italy, and escaped from a German prison camp. He may have been based on real-life Oklahoma politician, Claude […]

Entry Thrill Hunter
Description 

Oklahoma native, Claude Weaver, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, became an ace, was shot down in Italy, and escaped from a German prison camp. He may have been based on real-life Oklahoma politician, Claude […]

Quick View

Thrilla

Image of Thrilla
Category Thrilla
Includes 

While in prison, Thrilla, the Electrifying Crime Queen, learned that she could absorb the electrical energy produced by the prison’s generator. She mastered her powers, and, when let out for good behavior, immediately turned back […]

Entry Thrilla
Description 

While in prison, Thrilla, the Electrifying Crime Queen, learned that she could absorb the electrical energy produced by the prison’s generator. She mastered her powers, and, when let out for good behavior, immediately turned back […]

Quick View

Thubway Tham

Image of Thubway Tham
Category Thubway Tham
Includes 

Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief… he is the king of his chosen profession, a master “dip” who […]

Entry Thubway Tham
Description 

Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief… he is the king of his chosen profession, a master “dip” who […]

Quick View

Thugra Khotan

Image of Thugra Khotan
Category Thugra Khotan
Includes 

An ancient wizard named Thugra Khotan is awoken from his 3,000-year slumber by Shevatas, a Zamoran thief (he doesn’t survive the experience). Soon, Thugra remembers his dream of world domination. He assumes the alias of […]

Entry Thugra Khotan
Description 

An ancient wizard named Thugra Khotan is awoken from his 3,000-year slumber by Shevatas, a Zamoran thief (he doesn’t survive the experience). Soon, Thugra remembers his dream of world domination. He assumes the alias of […]

Quick View

Thula

Image of Thula
Category Thula
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Thula
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Thulsa Doom

Image of Thulsa Doom
Category Thulsa Doom
Includes 

Thulsa Doom is an antagonist for the character Kull of Atlantis, debuting in the story “Delcardes’ Cat” (as Thulses Doom). He is the prototype for many of the future undead evil wizards in Howard’s stories, […]

Entry Thulsa Doom
Description 

Thulsa Doom is an antagonist for the character Kull of Atlantis, debuting in the story “Delcardes’ Cat” (as Thulses Doom). He is the prototype for many of the future undead evil wizards in Howard’s stories, […]

Quick View

Thun-Dohr

Image of Thun-Dohr
Category Thun-Dohr
Includes 

The parents of an infant boy died on a dangerous trek through the Himalayas, frozen to death. The young blue-eyed, blond-haired American boy was found and raised by the monks of Lha-I-Ha, and showed unusual […]

Entry Thun-Dohr
Description 

The parents of an infant boy died on a dangerous trek through the Himalayas, frozen to death. The young blue-eyed, blond-haired American boy was found and raised by the monks of Lha-I-Ha, and showed unusual […]

Quick View

Thun’Da

Image of Thun'Da
Category Thun’Da
Includes 

Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]

Entry Thun’Da
Description 

Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]

Quick View

Thunderbolt

Image of Thunderbolt
Category Thunderbolt
Includes 

The Thunderbolt was a masked avenger who wore all black, with a smooth, tight-fitting black hood branded with a yellow lightning bolt on the forehead. After John Flatchley returned from World War I, he inherited […]

Entry Thunderbolt
Description 

The Thunderbolt was a masked avenger who wore all black, with a smooth, tight-fitting black hood branded with a yellow lightning bolt on the forehead. After John Flatchley returned from World War I, he inherited […]

Quick View

Thunderbolt Jaxon

Image of Thunderbolt Jaxon
Category Thunderbolt Jaxon
Includes 

Thunderbolt Jaxon is a superhero comic-book character who first appeared in an Australian comic in 1949. His first appearance in the UK was in Comet #76 in 1949. He later appeared in Knockout between August […]

Entry Thunderbolt Jaxon
Description 

Thunderbolt Jaxon is a superhero comic-book character who first appeared in an Australian comic in 1949. His first appearance in the UK was in Comet #76 in 1949. He later appeared in Knockout between August […]

Quick View

Thunderbrand

Image of Thunderbrand
Category Thunderbrand
Includes 

Pitaye tales featuring a young buccaneer with royal heritage serving under the pirate Barbarossa cruising the Mediterranean. “Long Ago – when Europe was divided into scores of warring kingdoms and duchies – a five-year old […]

Entry Thunderbrand
Description 

Pitaye tales featuring a young buccaneer with royal heritage serving under the pirate Barbarossa cruising the Mediterranean. “Long Ago – when Europe was divided into scores of warring kingdoms and duchies – a five-year old […]

Quick View

Thunderfoot

Image of Thunderfoot
Category Thunderfoot
Includes 

Convinced by a gang of neighborhood boys that he could fly like Black Condor, meek Hustace Throckmorton jumped off a building. Lacking Black Condor’s unique upbringing, he was badly injured. In an emergency procedure, doctors […]

Entry Thunderfoot
Description 

Convinced by a gang of neighborhood boys that he could fly like Black Condor, meek Hustace Throckmorton jumped off a building. Lacking Black Condor’s unique upbringing, he was badly injured. In an emergency procedure, doctors […]

Quick View

Thura

Image of Thura
Category Thura
Includes 

Following the fourth time Lance Gregg cracked up his space ship, Lance has his license is revoked by his employer, Walters, until he reforms. Telling his fiance, Thura, of the incident, the couple break up. […]

Entry Thura
Description 

Following the fourth time Lance Gregg cracked up his space ship, Lance has his license is revoked by his employer, Walters, until he reforms. Telling his fiance, Thura, of the incident, the couple break up. […]

Quick View

Thuvia

Image of Thuvia
Category Thuvia
Includes 

Thuvia of Ptarth is a Princess who first appears in The Gods of Mars as a slave girl, rescued by John Carter from the nefarious Therns, and later imprisoned with Carter’s wife Dejah Thoris, in […]

Entry Thuvia
Description 

Thuvia of Ptarth is a Princess who first appears in The Gods of Mars as a slave girl, rescued by John Carter from the nefarious Therns, and later imprisoned with Carter’s wife Dejah Thoris, in […]

Quick View

Tiger Girl

Image of Tiger Girl
Category Tiger Girl
Includes 

The Tiger Girl, also known as Princess Vishnu, was a jungle girl from India. She was accompanied by her companions: Benzali, a tiger, and Abdola, an Indian man. She carried a whip and possessed a […]

Entry Tiger Girl
Description 

The Tiger Girl, also known as Princess Vishnu, was a jungle girl from India. She was accompanied by her companions: Benzali, a tiger, and Abdola, an Indian man. She carried a whip and possessed a […]

Quick View

Tiger Hart

Image of Tiger Hart
Category Tiger Hart
Includes 

Tiger Hart of Crossbone Castle was a dual sword-wielding warrior who battled against lawbreakers on the planet Saturn, whose civilization was at the same level of development as Earth’s medieval period. In his only recorded […]

Entry Tiger Hart
Description 

Tiger Hart of Crossbone Castle was a dual sword-wielding warrior who battled against lawbreakers on the planet Saturn, whose civilization was at the same level of development as Earth’s medieval period. In his only recorded […]

Quick View

Tiger Lady

Image of Tiger Lady
Category Tiger Lady
Includes 

After the notorious gangster “Machine Gun” Keller was sentenced to death in the electric chair, his gun moll, the mysterious Tiger Lady, swore revenge against those who aided in capturing and convicting him. She used […]

Entry Tiger Lady
Description 

After the notorious gangster “Machine Gun” Keller was sentenced to death in the electric chair, his gun moll, the mysterious Tiger Lady, swore revenge against those who aided in capturing and convicting him. She used […]

Quick View

Tiger Man (Ace)

Image of Tiger Man (Ace)
Category Tiger Man (Ace)
Includes 

The Tiger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on “The Lost Island,” just off the coast of Singapore. He teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to […]

Entry Tiger Man (Ace)
Description 

The Tiger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on “The Lost Island,” just off the coast of Singapore. He teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to […]

Quick View

Tiger Man (Fiction House)

Image of Tiger Man (Fiction House)
Category Tiger Man (Fiction House)
Includes 

Lt. Robert Benton, a.k.a. Tiger Man, was an athletic private eye, attacked in Burma by a tiger in an ancient temple, but, close to death, survived because the magical blood of the tiger entered his […]

Entry Tiger Man (Fiction House)
Description 

Lt. Robert Benton, a.k.a. Tiger Man, was an athletic private eye, attacked in Burma by a tiger in an ancient temple, but, close to death, survived because the magical blood of the tiger entered his […]

Quick View

Tiger Shane

Image of Tiger Shane
Category Tiger Shane
Includes 

In his lone appearance, this shirtless detective also fought the Nazi menace. Alias Tiger Shane Real Names/Alt Names Tiger Shane Characteristics Hero, Detective, Harvey Universe, Feline-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Pierce […]

Entry Tiger Shane
Description 

In his lone appearance, this shirtless detective also fought the Nazi menace. Alias Tiger Shane Real Names/Alt Names Tiger Shane Characteristics Hero, Detective, Harvey Universe, Feline-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Pierce […]

Quick View

Tiger Woman (Quality)

Image of Tiger Woman (Quality)
Category Tiger Woman (Quality)
Includes 

The Tiger Woman was the ruler of a small jungle kingdom, presumably located in Africa or India. After a group of explorers looted some of her kingdom’s treasure, she traveled to America to take her […]

Entry Tiger Woman (Quality)
Description 

The Tiger Woman was the ruler of a small jungle kingdom, presumably located in Africa or India. After a group of explorers looted some of her kingdom’s treasure, she traveled to America to take her […]

Quick View

Tiger’s Paw

Image of Tiger's Paw
Category Tiger’s Paw
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Tiger’s Paw
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Tigerwoman (Ace)

Image of Tigerwoman (Ace)
Category Tigerwoman (Ace)
Includes 

Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show’s tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues […]

Entry Tigerwoman (Ace)
Description 

Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show’s tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues […]

Quick View

Tigress (Fawcett)

Image of Tigress (Fawcett)
Category Tigress (Fawcett)
Includes 

The Tigress was a world famous agent who killed a senator and replaced him with an impostor. She planned to do the same to other senators, until she was handed over to the authorities by […]

Entry Tigress (Fawcett)
Description 

The Tigress was a world famous agent who killed a senator and replaced him with an impostor. She planned to do the same to other senators, until she was handed over to the authorities by […]

Quick View

Tigress (Holyoke)

Image of Tigress (Holyoke)
Category Tigress (Holyoke)
Includes 

After young David Merryweather loses his parents in the Burmese jungles, a female tiger finds him and treats him like one of her cubs. She teaches him the ways of the jungle and gifts him […]

Entry Tigress (Holyoke)
Description 

After young David Merryweather loses his parents in the Burmese jungles, a female tiger finds him and treats him like one of her cubs. She teaches him the ways of the jungle and gifts him […]

Quick View

Tim

Image of Tim
Category Tim
Includes 

Air-Sub “DX” was the invention of Professor Gray. It was a flying submarine equipped with a “dissolving gun”. Professor Gray and his lovely daughter Rita form the team in charge of Air-Sub “DX”, together with […]

Entry Tim
Description 

Air-Sub “DX” was the invention of Professor Gray. It was a flying submarine equipped with a “dissolving gun”. Professor Gray and his lovely daughter Rita form the team in charge of Air-Sub “DX”, together with […]

Quick View

Time Skipper

Image of Time Skipper
Category Time Skipper
Includes 

Hap Holliday, the “Time Skipper,” travels through time in his “Year in an Instant” Time Yacht, a spherical-shaped conveyance. Professor Eon Tempus helped with design and construction, and accompanied Hap on his adventures. In their […]

Entry Time Skipper
Description 

Hap Holliday, the “Time Skipper,” travels through time in his “Year in an Instant” Time Yacht, a spherical-shaped conveyance. Professor Eon Tempus helped with design and construction, and accompanied Hap on his adventures. In their […]

Quick View

Time Traveler

Image of Rip Van Winkle
Category Time Traveler
Includes 

Role/Occupation Time Traveler Total Entries 52 Representative Rip Van Winkle Good old Time Travel. Everyone’s favorite plot device used to “Set Right What Once Went Wrong”, or the opposite (“Make Wrong What Once Went Right”) […]

Entry Time Traveler
Description 

Role/Occupation Time Traveler Total Entries 52 Representative Rip Van Winkle Good old Time Travel. Everyone’s favorite plot device used to “Set Right What Once Went Wrong”, or the opposite (“Make Wrong What Once Went Right”) […]

Quick View

Time Traveler (H. G. Wells)

Image of Time Traveler (H. G. Wells)
Category Time Traveler (H. G. Wells)
Includes 

In H. G. Wells’ 1895 science fiction novella The Time Machine, the protagonist is a Victorian English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey, identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller. Similarly, with […]

Entry Time Traveler (H. G. Wells)
Description 

In H. G. Wells’ 1895 science fiction novella The Time Machine, the protagonist is a Victorian English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey, identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller. Similarly, with […]

Quick View

Time-themed

Image of Father Time
Category Time-themed
Includes 

Typology Time-themed Total Entries 30 Representative Father Time How mysterious time is. When you’re waiting to get out of school, it drags on forever, and at the weekends, it passes by all too quickly. It […]

Entry Time-themed
Description 

Typology Time-themed Total Entries 30 Representative Father Time How mysterious time is. When you’re waiting to get out of school, it drags on forever, and at the weekends, it passes by all too quickly. It […]

Quick View

Timothy (Nedor)

Image of Timothy (Nedor)
Category Timothy (Nedor)
Includes 

While visiting a college history teacher, Professor Ducayne, Bob Benton and Tim come across a rather startling discovery, a letter from 17th century France which stated “…without the Black Terrors I should now be dead!” […]

Entry Timothy (Nedor)
Description 

While visiting a college history teacher, Professor Ducayne, Bob Benton and Tim come across a rather startling discovery, a letter from 17th century France which stated “…without the Black Terrors I should now be dead!” […]

Quick View

Timothy (Ziff-Davis)

Image of Timothy (Ziff-Davis)
Category Timothy (Ziff-Davis)
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Timothy (Ziff-Davis)
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Tiniest Man

Image of Tiniest Man
Category Tiniest Man
Includes 

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

Entry Tiniest Man
Description 

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

Quick View

Tintin (Ferenczi)

Image of Tintin (Ferenczi)
Category Tintin (Ferenczi)
Includes 

Justin Blanchard, known as Tintin, the little Parisian, “the kid from Paris, the intrepid and pleasant newsboy,” is the hero of adventure and science fiction novels published beginning in 1911. Tintin has a little sister, […]

Entry Tintin (Ferenczi)
Description 

Justin Blanchard, known as Tintin, the little Parisian, “the kid from Paris, the intrepid and pleasant newsboy,” is the hero of adventure and science fiction novels published beginning in 1911. Tintin has a little sister, […]

Quick View

Tintin (Hergé)

Image of Tintin (Hergé)
Category Tintin (Hergé)
Includes 

Tintin is a young Belgian reporter and adventurer who becomes involved in dangerous cases in which he takes heroic action to save the day. The Adventures may feature Tintin hard at work in his investigative […]

Entry Tintin (Hergé)
Description 

Tintin is a young Belgian reporter and adventurer who becomes involved in dangerous cases in which he takes heroic action to save the day. The Adventures may feature Tintin hard at work in his investigative […]

Quick View

Tiphys (Folklore)

Image of Tiphys (Folklore)
Category Tiphys (Folklore)
Includes 

In Greek mythology, Tiphys was the helmsman of the Argonauts, chosen to steer the long ship Argo: “The watchful Tiphys, Hagnius’ son, hung his gaze upon the Arcadian constellation, favoured mortal, that found use for […]

Entry Tiphys (Folklore)
Description 

In Greek mythology, Tiphys was the helmsman of the Argonauts, chosen to steer the long ship Argo: “The watchful Tiphys, Hagnius’ son, hung his gaze upon the Arcadian constellation, favoured mortal, that found use for […]

Quick View

Titan

Image of Titan
Category Titan
Includes 

Titan was a private investigator and defender of American freedom, who fought against oppressive forces, whether ordinary crooks or foreign agents. Alias Titan Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Fox Feature Universe, World War II […]

Entry Titan
Description 

Titan was a private investigator and defender of American freedom, who fought against oppressive forces, whether ordinary crooks or foreign agents. Alias Titan Real Names/Alt Names Unknown Characteristics Hero, Fox Feature Universe, World War II […]

Quick View

Titania

Image of Titania
Category Titania
Includes 

Titania is a character in William Shakespeare’s 1595–1596 play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the play, she is the Queen of the fairies and wife of the Fairy King, Oberon. The pair are depicted as […]

Entry Titania
Description 

Titania is a character in William Shakespeare’s 1595–1596 play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the play, she is the Queen of the fairies and wife of the Fairy King, Oberon. The pair are depicted as […]

Quick View

Tityrus and Meliboeus

Image of Tityrus and Meliboeus
Category Tityrus and Meliboeus
Includes 

Amaryllis is a dialogue between Melibœus and Tityrus. Melibœus, returning from exile, encounters Tityrus, who appears aged, severe, and altered. Melibœus speaks of his own return and fears regarding his home and acquaintances, while recalling […]

Entry Tityrus and Meliboeus
Description 

Amaryllis is a dialogue between Melibœus and Tityrus. Melibœus, returning from exile, encounters Tityrus, who appears aged, severe, and altered. Melibœus speaks of his own return and fears regarding his home and acquaintances, while recalling […]

Quick View

TNT Todd

Image of TNT Todd
Category TNT Todd
Includes 

Todd was both an FBI field agent and a chemist. During an experiment, a strange purple gas was released accidentally into his lab. He inhaled large amounts of the gas, which gave him superpowers such […]

Entry TNT Todd
Description 

Todd was both an FBI field agent and a chemist. During an experiment, a strange purple gas was released accidentally into his lab. He inhaled large amounts of the gas, which gave him superpowers such […]

Quick View

Toad

Image of Toad
Category Toad
Includes 

Toad, referred to as Weston by his men, was a Nazi agent who created two machines. The first emitted sonic waves, and the second converted sound waves into electric blasts powerful enough to kill. Using […]

Entry Toad
Description 

Toad, referred to as Weston by his men, was a Nazi agent who created two machines. The first emitted sonic waves, and the second converted sound waves into electric blasts powerful enough to kill. Using […]

Quick View

Toby (Harvey 1)

Image of Toby (Harvey 1)
Category Toby (Harvey 1)
Includes 

The Human Meteor is assisted by Toby, a shoeshine boy who knows of the Human Meteor’s civilian identity. Toby has no super powers. Alias Toby Real Names/Alt Names Toby Characteristics Sidekick, Harvey Universe, World War […]

Entry Toby (Harvey 1)
Description 

The Human Meteor is assisted by Toby, a shoeshine boy who knows of the Human Meteor’s civilian identity. Toby has no super powers. Alias Toby Real Names/Alt Names Toby Characteristics Sidekick, Harvey Universe, World War […]

Quick View

Toby (Harvey 2)

Image of Toby (Harvey 2)
Category Toby (Harvey 2)
Includes 

Toby is the pet cat of Linda Turner, a.k.a. the Black Cat. In Toby’s initial appearance, she displayed an antagonistic dislike for Garboil, Linda’s director on her films. Toby was a black, female Siamese in […]

Entry Toby (Harvey 2)
Description 

Toby is the pet cat of Linda Turner, a.k.a. the Black Cat. In Toby’s initial appearance, she displayed an antagonistic dislike for Garboil, Linda’s director on her films. Toby was a black, female Siamese in […]

Quick View

Tocsin

Image of Tocsin
Category Tocsin
Includes 

The Tocsin is the name of a mysterious woman who surreptitiously sends hand-written messages to Jimmie Dale, the Gray Seal. The messages contain information on crimes, giving the Gray Seal a means of stopping the […]

Entry Tocsin
Description 

The Tocsin is the name of a mysterious woman who surreptitiously sends hand-written messages to Jimmie Dale, the Gray Seal. The messages contain information on crimes, giving the Gray Seal a means of stopping the […]

Quick View

Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki

Image of Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki
Category Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki
Includes 

The warrior Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki stands on a hill as the 1575 Battle of Mount Tobisu rages between the forces of the Takeda clan and Oda Nobunaga. The flags below bear the mon (crests) of […]

Entry Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki
Description 

The warrior Toda Hanbei Shigeyuki stands on a hill as the 1575 Battle of Mount Tobisu rages between the forces of the Takeda clan and Oda Nobunaga. The flags below bear the mon (crests) of […]

Quick View

Todaiki

Image of Todaiki
Category Todaiki
Includes 

A tōdaiki is a magical lamp created using black magic and a living human being. Stories about people visiting strange lands and being transformed, or disappearing into another world and never returning are not uncommon […]

Entry Todaiki
Description 

A tōdaiki is a magical lamp created using black magic and a living human being. Stories about people visiting strange lands and being transformed, or disappearing into another world and never returning are not uncommon […]

Quick View

Toki Motosada

Image of Toki Motosada
Category Toki Motosada
Includes 

Dramatic depiction of Toki Daishiro, an officer of Gamo Sadahide, battling demons at an old temple on Mount Inohana. Having heard that the temple was haunted, Daishiro investigated one night and saw ghostly apparitions dancing […]

Entry Toki Motosada
Description 

Dramatic depiction of Toki Daishiro, an officer of Gamo Sadahide, battling demons at an old temple on Mount Inohana. Having heard that the temple was haunted, Daishiro investigated one night and saw ghostly apparitions dancing […]

Quick View

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Image of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Category Tokugawa Ieyasu
Includes 

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He […]

Entry Tokugawa Ieyasu
Description 

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He […]

Quick View

Tokutaro and Murasaki

Image of Tokutaro and Murasaki
Category Tokutaro and Murasaki
Includes 

Tokutaro, a young samurai of twenty years, is traveling alone without arms despite his status. He has left his domain after refusing a marriage arranged with Yada-Sin, and journeys toward Mount Fuji. He lives austerely, […]

Entry Tokutaro and Murasaki
Description 

Tokutaro, a young samurai of twenty years, is traveling alone without arms despite his status. He has left his domain after refusing a marriage arranged with Yada-Sin, and journeys toward Mount Fuji. He lives austerely, […]

Quick View

Tom Bridges

Image of Tom Bridges
Category Tom Bridges
Includes 

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

Entry Tom Bridges
Description 

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

Quick View

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Image of Tom Corbett
Category Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Includes 

Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett—Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the […]

Entry Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Description 

Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett—Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the […]

Quick View

Tom Graves, Trespasser in Time

Image of Tom Graves
Category Tom Graves, Trespasser in Time
Includes 

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

Entry Tom Graves, Trespasser in Time
Description 

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

Quick View

Tom Halley

Image of Tom Halley
Category Tom Halley
Includes 

Tom Halley is a Space Patrolman of the Galactic Guardian, who receives a distress call from the Earth rocket Sirius, bound for Galaxy 4, as the ship slips into a space whirlpool. Halley notifies the […]

Entry Tom Halley
Description 

Tom Halley is a Space Patrolman of the Galactic Guardian, who receives a distress call from the Earth rocket Sirius, bound for Galaxy 4, as the ship slips into a space whirlpool. Halley notifies the […]

Quick View

Tom Hardy

Image of Tom Hardy
Category Tom Hardy
Includes 

Captain Tom Hardy of the U.N. Guard Patrol commands U.N. Patrol Ship 67. An uneventful trip is interrupted when a spherical craft approaches his ship. The craft sends out “tentacle beams.” Hardy orders the crew […]

Entry Tom Hardy
Description 

Captain Tom Hardy of the U.N. Guard Patrol commands U.N. Patrol Ship 67. An uneventful trip is interrupted when a spherical craft approaches his ship. The craft sends out “tentacle beams.” Hardy orders the crew […]

Quick View

Tom Redfield

Image of Tom Redfield
Category Tom Redfield
Includes 

Dr. Thomas Redfield was a physicist working on a cyclotron at his private laboratory in New York, when his rich fiance Peggy Foster showed him plans drawn by the prophet, Nostredamus, for a time machine. […]

Entry Tom Redfield
Description 

Dr. Thomas Redfield was a physicist working on a cyclotron at his private laboratory in New York, when his rich fiance Peggy Foster showed him plans drawn by the prophet, Nostredamus, for a time machine. […]

Quick View

Tom Smith

Image of Tom Smith
Category Tom Smith
Includes 

Tom Smith is a colonist, assisting a group of settlers on the planet Pharisee. While examining the planet, Smith and the leader of the colonial expedition come across a “piranosaur” killing a “winky”. Tom shoots […]

Entry Tom Smith
Description 

Tom Smith is a colonist, assisting a group of settlers on the planet Pharisee. While examining the planet, Smith and the leader of the colonial expedition come across a “piranosaur” killing a “winky”. Tom shoots […]

Quick View

Tom Swift

Image of Tom Swift
Category Tom Swift
Includes 

Tom was a brilliant inventor who lived in Shopton, New York, with his father, Barton Swift. Like his father, Tom had a genius for mechanical engineering, and from an early age, he began building things […]

Entry Tom Swift
Description 

Tom was a brilliant inventor who lived in Shopton, New York, with his father, Barton Swift. Like his father, Tom had a genius for mechanical engineering, and from an early age, he began building things […]

Quick View

Tom Thumb (Quality)

Image of Tom Thumb (Quality)
Category Tom Thumb (Quality)
Includes 

Standing around 6 to 10 inches tall, Tom Thumb was once a sideshow freak in the carnival. He grew extremely angry with people making fun of his size, and decided to use his considerable intelligence […]

Entry Tom Thumb (Quality)
Description 

Standing around 6 to 10 inches tall, Tom Thumb was once a sideshow freak in the carnival. He grew extremely angry with people making fun of his size, and decided to use his considerable intelligence […]

Quick View

Tom Thumb (Tale)

Image of Tom Thumb (Tale)
Category Tom Thumb (Tale)
Includes 

Richard Johnson’s The History of Tom Thumbe of 1621 tells that in the days of King Arthur, old Thomas of the Mountain, a plowman and a member of the King’s Council, wants nothing more than […]

Entry Tom Thumb (Tale)
Description 

Richard Johnson’s The History of Tom Thumbe of 1621 tells that in the days of King Arthur, old Thomas of the Mountain, a plowman and a member of the King’s Council, wants nothing more than […]

Quick View

Tomboy

Image of Tomboy
Category Tomboy
Includes 

Janie Jackson was a demure schoolgirl, an act she put on for her family and friends. Unbeknownst to her police detective father, Lieutenant Charles Jackson, and her brother, Bill Jackson, Janie was secretly the crime-fighting […]

Entry Tomboy
Description 

Janie Jackson was a demure schoolgirl, an act she put on for her family and friends. Unbeknownst to her police detective father, Lieutenant Charles Jackson, and her brother, Bill Jackson, Janie was secretly the crime-fighting […]

Quick View

Tommy Jordan

Image of Tommy Jordan
Category Tommy Jordan
Includes 

While fishing, Tommy Jordan watches a spacecraft land. He observes a pair of aliens, and hears them communicate to each other by “thinking-aloud”. The two aliens, which Tommy thinks resemble bugs, are named Gool and […]

Entry Tommy Jordan
Description 

While fishing, Tommy Jordan watches a spacecraft land. He observes a pair of aliens, and hears them communicate to each other by “thinking-aloud”. The two aliens, which Tommy thinks resemble bugs, are named Gool and […]

Quick View

Tommy Lawson

Image of Tommy Lawson
Category Tommy Lawson
Includes 

Captain Hi Judson takes his crew of Space Patrol officers to deal with piracy between Mars and Jupiter. The space pirates have been using the asteroid belt to ambush “Jupitor-Mars transport” ships. Tommy Lawson brings […]

Entry Tommy Lawson
Description 

Captain Hi Judson takes his crew of Space Patrol officers to deal with piracy between Mars and Jupiter. The space pirates have been using the asteroid belt to ambush “Jupitor-Mars transport” ships. Tommy Lawson brings […]

Quick View

Tommy Tomahawk

Image of Tommy Tomahawk
Category Tommy Tomahawk
Includes 

Tommy Tomahawk was the leader of a squadron of Native American pilots in the South Pacific during World War II called the Cherokee Squadron, known as both fierce fighter pilots and ground commandos, when the […]

Entry Tommy Tomahawk
Description 

Tommy Tomahawk was the leader of a squadron of Native American pilots in the South Pacific during World War II called the Cherokee Squadron, known as both fierce fighter pilots and ground commandos, when the […]

Quick View

Tomoe Gozen

Image of Tomoe Gozen
Category Tomoe Gozen
Includes 

Tomoe Gozen was an onna-musha from the late Heian period of Japanese history. She served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. […]

Entry Tomoe Gozen
Description 

Tomoe Gozen was an onna-musha from the late Heian period of Japanese history. She served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. […]

Quick View

Tonda

Image of Tonda
Category Tonda
Includes 

Congo King lived in the jungle with his family which consisted of Tonda, his brunette mate, and Kuta, a blond-haired boy. Jo-Jo the Congo King’s girlfriends were named Tonda, Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, […]

Entry Tonda
Description 

Congo King lived in the jungle with his family which consisted of Tonda, his brunette mate, and Kuta, a blond-haired boy. Jo-Jo the Congo King’s girlfriends were named Tonda, Gwenna of the Bonangi, Geesha, Yolda, […]

Quick View

Toni Corso

Image of Toni Corso
Category Toni Corso
Includes 

Toni Corso buys a villa in Italy for half the price of its worth. At the men’s club that night, he brags about his purchase. Offhandedly, Professor Manelli tells Corso a story about a villa. […]

Entry Toni Corso
Description 

Toni Corso buys a villa in Italy for half the price of its worth. At the men’s club that night, he brags about his purchase. Offhandedly, Professor Manelli tells Corso a story about a villa. […]

Quick View

Toni Gayle

Image of Toni Gayle
Category Toni Gayle
Includes 

Toni Gayle (later “Toni Gay”) was the daughter of Gregory Gayle, a famed police detective. She was always a clever girl, but her father didn’t want her to have anything to do with police work, […]

Entry Toni Gayle
Description 

Toni Gayle (later “Toni Gay”) was the daughter of Gregory Gayle, a famed police detective. She was always a clever girl, but her father didn’t want her to have anything to do with police work, […]

Quick View

Toni Luck

Image of Toni Luck
Category Toni Luck
Includes 

Toni Luck is a reprinted and renamed version of Lucky Wings, 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 […]

Entry Toni Luck
Description 

Toni Luck is a reprinted and renamed version of Lucky Wings, 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 […]

Quick View

Toni Stark

Image of Toni Stark
Category Toni Stark
Includes 

Toni Stark was the friend and traveling partner of Ace Buckley, who built a spaceship that was capable of time travel. Toni accompanied Ace on many trips from their own time in the 20th Century […]

Entry Toni Stark
Description 

Toni Stark was the friend and traveling partner of Ace Buckley, who built a spaceship that was capable of time travel. Toni accompanied Ace on many trips from their own time in the 20th Century […]

Quick View

Tony Brand

Image of Tony Brand
Category Tony Brand
Includes 

“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 […]

Entry Tony Brand
Description 

“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 […]

Quick View

Top Bowers

Image of Top Bowers
Category Top Bowers
Includes 

The “Death Squad,” led by mercenary flyer Top Bowers, perform rescue missions for pay. In his only appearance, Bowers and the Squad “fly to the Orient to rescue Americans held captive… in a small Jap-held […]

Entry Top Bowers
Description 

The “Death Squad,” led by mercenary flyer Top Bowers, perform rescue missions for pay. In his only appearance, Bowers and the Squad “fly to the Orient to rescue Americans held captive… in a small Jap-held […]

Quick View

Topper

Image of Topper
Category Topper
Includes 

Barry Graham, member of the upper crust, was in reality that domino mask wearing, top-hatted vigilante known as The Topper. The closest things to super powers were his innate sense of justice and his Harvard […]

Entry Topper
Description 

Barry Graham, member of the upper crust, was in reality that domino mask wearing, top-hatted vigilante known as The Topper. The closest things to super powers were his innate sense of justice and his Harvard […]

Quick View

Tor

Image of Tor
Category Tor
Includes 

Press photographer, Jim Slade, was the crime fighter and magician known as Tor. His disguise consisted of a fake mustache and a stage costume. His magic powers came from spelling backwards and gave him a […]

Entry Tor
Description 

Press photographer, Jim Slade, was the crime fighter and magician known as Tor. His disguise consisted of a fake mustache and a stage costume. His magic powers came from spelling backwards and gave him a […]

Quick View

Tor (First Days of Man)

Image of Tor (First Days of Man)
Category Tor (First Days of Man)
Includes 

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

Entry Tor (First Days of Man)
Description 

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

Quick View

Tor Vac

Image of Tor Vac
Category Tor Vac
Includes 

In the robot city of 4968 AD, the robot Val Tor incessantly seeks to discover the truth about the mythical creature known as man. When he visits the Institute of Ancient Scrolls, he speaks with […]

Entry Tor Vac
Description 

In the robot city of 4968 AD, the robot Val Tor incessantly seeks to discover the truth about the mythical creature known as man. When he visits the Institute of Ancient Scrolls, he speaks with […]

Quick View

Tora

Image of Tora
Category Tora
Includes 

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

Entry Tora
Description 

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

Quick View

Torch (Holyoke)

Image of Torch (Holyoke)
Category Torch (Holyoke)
Includes 

The Torch led a small army of anti-Americans wearing armor and wielding torches identical to his own. The gang was referred to as the “Walking Torches”, “Destroyers,” and “Flame-men”. Their headquarters was underwater, and they […]

Entry Torch (Holyoke)
Description 

The Torch led a small army of anti-Americans wearing armor and wielding torches identical to his own. The gang was referred to as the “Walking Torches”, “Destroyers,” and “Flame-men”. Their headquarters was underwater, and they […]

Quick View

Torch (Nedor)

Image of Torch (Nedor)
Category Torch (Nedor)
Includes 

A research scientist for the Timberly Mine Company, Dr. Rydenham uncovered a fabulous Indian ruby. He sent it back via an accomplice to bury it in the empty lot next door to his house. When […]

Entry Torch (Nedor)
Description 

A research scientist for the Timberly Mine Company, Dr. Rydenham uncovered a fabulous Indian ruby. He sent it back via an accomplice to bury it in the empty lot next door to his house. When […]

Quick View

Torchy Brown

Image of Torchy Brown
Category Torchy Brown
Includes 

Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, first appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier on May 1, 1937. Her work was not syndicated in the usual sense, but, since the Courier had fourteen city editions, she was […]

Entry Torchy Brown
Description 

Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, first appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier on May 1, 1937. Her work was not syndicated in the usual sense, but, since the Courier had fourteen city editions, she was […]

Quick View

Torchy Todd

Image of Torchy Todd
Category Torchy Todd
Includes 

Torchy Todd was a ditzy, but goodhearted, young, blonde woman who frequently found herself in humorous, mildly risqué encounters with lustful men. Alias Torchy Todd Real Names/Alt Names Torchy Todd Characteristics Quality Universe, Atomic Age, […]

Entry Torchy Todd
Description 

Torchy Todd was a ditzy, but goodhearted, young, blonde woman who frequently found herself in humorous, mildly risqué encounters with lustful men. Alias Torchy Todd Real Names/Alt Names Torchy Todd Characteristics Quality Universe, Atomic Age, […]

Quick View

Toreador

Image of Toreador
Category Toreador
Includes 

Ron Russell was the Toreador, a hero who dressed as a Spanish Toreador in order to fight Nazis and criminals in Mexico. He was aided by his allies Pedro and Pat King in his war […]

Entry Toreador
Description 

Ron Russell was the Toreador, a hero who dressed as a Spanish Toreador in order to fight Nazis and criminals in Mexico. He was aided by his allies Pedro and Pat King in his war […]

Quick View

Toriyama Sekien

Image of Moses Nebogipfel
Category Toriyama Sekien
Includes 

Creator Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788) Profession Artist Total Entries 162 Articles Toriyama Sekien – Japan Society of Boston Toriyama Sekien – Wikipedia Known for his series of encyclopedias depicting the various yokai and ghosts of Japanese […]

Entry Toriyama Sekien
Description 

Creator Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788) Profession Artist Total Entries 162 Articles Toriyama Sekien – Japan Society of Boston Toriyama Sekien – Wikipedia Known for his series of encyclopedias depicting the various yokai and ghosts of Japanese […]

Quick View

Tornado

Image of Tornado
Category Tornado
Includes 

Tornado (occasionally Toronado) is a horse ridden by the character Zorro in several films and books. Tornado is said to be intelligent and fast. His name is pronounced in the Spanish way, “tor-NAH-do” (except in […]

Entry Tornado
Description 

Tornado (occasionally Toronado) is a horse ridden by the character Zorro in several films and books. Tornado is said to be intelligent and fast. His name is pronounced in the Spanish way, “tor-NAH-do” (except in […]

Quick View

Tornado Tim

Image of Tornado Tim
Category Tornado Tim
Includes 

This character only appeared on the cover of Double Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue and covers, with charters who did not appear in the interior. According to the […]

Entry Tornado Tim
Description 

This character only appeared on the cover of Double Comics, which featured rebound remainder comics that were different with each issue and covers, with charters who did not appear in the interior. According to the […]

Quick View

Tornado Tom

Image of Tornado Tom
Category Tornado Tom
Includes 

Tom Kenny was a farmer who got picked up by a tornado and thrown about for hours. When he finally landed, Tom had amnesia and super powers. Tornado Tom gained the speed and strength of […]

Entry Tornado Tom
Description 

Tom Kenny was a farmer who got picked up by a tornado and thrown about for hours. When he finally landed, Tom had amnesia and super powers. Tornado Tom gained the speed and strength of […]

Quick View

Torpedo Man

Image of Torpedo Man
Category Torpedo Man
Includes 

Don Wallace was the hero known as Torpedo Man, who operated out of a hidden base under the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. In an undersea adventure, Torpedo Man discovered a giant octopus, […]

Entry Torpedo Man
Description 

Don Wallace was the hero known as Torpedo Man, who operated out of a hidden base under the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. In an undersea adventure, Torpedo Man discovered a giant octopus, […]

Quick View

Torque

Image of Torque
Category Torque
Includes 

When Torque and his band of escaped prisoners shipwreck on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, they sought refuge in Quetzal’s city of Quetana, a.k.a. the City of the Living Dead. They find an Aztec treasure […]

Entry Torque
Description 

When Torque and his band of escaped prisoners shipwreck on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, they sought refuge in Quetzal’s city of Quetana, a.k.a. the City of the Living Dead. They find an Aztec treasure […]

Quick View

Torro

Image of Torro
Category Torro
Includes 

Space Ranger Blast is sent on a mission by the Chief Ranger to track down the mysterious leader of a space pirate gang. The gang is equipped with “thousands of fantastically ingenious devices”, which make […]

Entry Torro
Description 

Space Ranger Blast is sent on a mission by the Chief Ranger to track down the mysterious leader of a space pirate gang. The gang is equipped with “thousands of fantastically ingenious devices”, which make […]

Quick View

Torsah

Image of Torsah
Category Torsah
Includes 

Torsah was one of the love interests of the wealthy adventurer, Dagar the Desert Hawk. Alias Torsah Real Names/Alt Names Torsah Characteristics Fox Feature Universe, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Edmond Good First Appearance […]

Entry Torsah
Description 

Torsah was one of the love interests of the wealthy adventurer, Dagar the Desert Hawk. Alias Torsah Real Names/Alt Names Torsah Characteristics Fox Feature Universe, Atomic Age, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Edmond Good First Appearance […]

Quick View

Tough Guy Trask

Image of Tough Guy Trask
Category Tough Guy Trask
Includes 

Rocky Trask murdered an officer of the Space Patrol, earning him a life-sentence in a labor camp on one of the moons of Jupiter. Gror, a fellow inmate, tells Rocky of his plans to escape […]

Entry Tough Guy Trask
Description 

Rocky Trask murdered an officer of the Space Patrol, earning him a life-sentence in a labor camp on one of the moons of Jupiter. Gror, a fellow inmate, tells Rocky of his plans to escape […]

Quick View

Tower (Tarot)

Image of Tower (Tarot)
Category Tower (Tarot)
Includes 

The Tower is evidently a card indicating disaster. The picture shows that clearly. But what leads to the disaster? One legendary tower explains it — that of Babel, surely inspiring both the image and the […]

Entry Tower (Tarot)
Description 

The Tower is evidently a card indicating disaster. The picture shows that clearly. But what leads to the disaster? One legendary tower explains it — that of Babel, surely inspiring both the image and the […]

Quick View

Tower Comics Universe

Image of Dynamo (Tower)
Category Tower Comics Universe
Includes 

Club Tower Comics Universe Total Entries 13 Representative Dynamo (Tower) Tower Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1965 to 1969, best known for Wally Wood’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, a strange combination […]

Entry Tower Comics Universe
Description 

Club Tower Comics Universe Total Entries 13 Representative Dynamo (Tower) Tower Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1965 to 1969, best known for Wally Wood’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, a strange combination […]

Quick View

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Image of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Category Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Includes 

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (March 27, 1537 – September 18, 1598) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second “Great Unifier” of Japan. Although he […]

Entry Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Description 

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (March 27, 1537 – September 18, 1598) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second “Great Unifier” of Japan. Although he […]

Quick View

Tracy Dixon

Image of Tracy Dixon
Category Tracy Dixon
Includes 

Tracy Dixon is a freelance pilot and adventurer. In his lone appearance, he is hired “to explore the possibilities of a safer route over the South American jungles,” only to get involved in South American […]

Entry Tracy Dixon
Description 

Tracy Dixon is a freelance pilot and adventurer. In his lone appearance, he is hired “to explore the possibilities of a safer route over the South American jungles,” only to get involved in South American […]

Quick View

Trashman

Image of Trashman
Category Trashman
Includes 

Trashman is a hero of the working classes and a champion of the radical left causes. The Trashman stories are set in a dystopian near-future America, which after having been ravaged by nuclear weapon attacks, […]

Entry Trashman
Description 

Trashman is a hero of the working classes and a champion of the radical left causes. The Trashman stories are set in a dystopian near-future America, which after having been ravaged by nuclear weapon attacks, […]

Quick View

Treasure Keeper

Image of Treasure Keeper
Category Treasure Keeper
Includes 

The Treasure Keeper was the narrator for horror, adventure, and suspense stories from his Treasure Book. He claimed to know of secret fortunes hidden everywhere. His stories described such treasures as the Accursed Diamond, the […]

Entry Treasure Keeper
Description 

The Treasure Keeper was the narrator for horror, adventure, and suspense stories from his Treasure Book. He claimed to know of secret fortunes hidden everywhere. His stories described such treasures as the Accursed Diamond, the […]

Quick View

Triangular Manuscript

Image of Triangular Manuscript
Category Triangular Manuscript
Includes 

The Triangular Book of St. Germain or The Triangular Manuscript is an untitled 18th-century French text written in code, and attributed to the legendary Count of St. Germain. It takes its name from its physical […]

Entry Triangular Manuscript
Description 

The Triangular Book of St. Germain or The Triangular Manuscript is an untitled 18th-century French text written in code, and attributed to the legendary Count of St. Germain. It takes its name from its physical […]

Quick View

Triboogie

Image of Zumbiboo
Category Triboogie
Includes 

“There is also Triboogie, the Lord of Dusk, whose children are the shadows, who sitteth in a corner far off from Habaniah and speaketh to none. But after Habaniah hath gone to sleep and old […]

Entry Triboogie
Description 

“There is also Triboogie, the Lord of Dusk, whose children are the shadows, who sitteth in a corner far off from Habaniah and speaketh to none. But after Habaniah hath gone to sleep and old […]

Quick View

Trickster

Image of Puck (Folklore)
Category Trickster
Includes 

Role/Occupation Trickster Total Entries 44 Representative Puck (Folklore) A trickster is a character who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior. The Trickster openly questions and mocks authority, encourages impulse and enthusiasm, […]

Entry Trickster
Description 

Role/Occupation Trickster Total Entries 44 Representative Puck (Folklore) A trickster is a character who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior. The Trickster openly questions and mocks authority, encourages impulse and enthusiasm, […]

Quick View

Trigger Slumm

Image of Trigger Slumm
Category Trigger Slumm
Includes 

Trigger Slumm was a small-time crook with big-time ambitions who ran afoul at least twice of superhero Bob Phantom. In his first appearance, he and two confederates embarked on an ambitious scheme to kidnap Billie […]

Entry Trigger Slumm
Description 

Trigger Slumm was a small-time crook with big-time ambitions who ran afoul at least twice of superhero Bob Phantom. In his first appearance, he and two confederates embarked on an ambitious scheme to kidnap Billie […]

Quick View

Trilby

Image of Trilby
Category Trilby
Includes 

Trilby O’Ferrall, the heroine of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier, is a half-Irish girl working as an artist’s model and laundress in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. All the men in […]

Entry Trilby
Description 

Trilby O’Ferrall, the heroine of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier, is a half-Irish girl working as an artist’s model and laundress in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. All the men in […]

Quick View

Triple Terror

Image of Triple Terror
Category Triple Terror
Includes 

Wishing to put their considerable skills to good use, the Brandon triplets, Richard, Barton, and Bruce, don costumes and fight evil around the world as Chemix, Lectra, and Menta, the Triple Terror. In early adventures, […]

Entry Triple Terror
Description 

Wishing to put their considerable skills to good use, the Brandon triplets, Richard, Barton, and Bruce, don costumes and fight evil around the world as Chemix, Lectra, and Menta, the Triple Terror. In early adventures, […]

Quick View

Trogool

Image of Trogool
Category Trogool
Includes 

“Trogool is the Thing that is neither god nor beast, who neither howls nor breathes, only It turns over the leaves of a great book, black and white, black and white for ever until THE […]

Entry Trogool
Description 

“Trogool is the Thing that is neither god nor beast, who neither howls nor breathes, only It turns over the leaves of a great book, black and white, black and white for ever until THE […]

Quick View

Trojan Horse

Image of Trojan Horse
Category Trojan Horse
Includes 

In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse […]

Entry Trojan Horse
Description 

In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse […]

Quick View

Trudy Roland

Image of Trudy Roland
Category Trudy Roland
Includes 

Newspaper photographer Bill Carlton and reporter Trudy Roland work for a newspaper called Graphic. They team up to expose spiritualists who falsely claim to raise spirits of dead people. The pair discover Swami Heshug using […]

Entry Trudy Roland
Description 

Newspaper photographer Bill Carlton and reporter Trudy Roland work for a newspaper called Graphic. They team up to expose spiritualists who falsely claim to raise spirits of dead people. The pair discover Swami Heshug using […]

Quick View

Tsathoggua

Image of Tsathoggua
Category Tsathoggua
Includes 

Tsathoggua/Zhothaqquah is described as an Old One, a god-like being. The first description of Tsathoggua occurs in Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros”, in which the protagonists encounter one of the entity’s idols: […]

Entry Tsathoggua
Description 

Tsathoggua/Zhothaqquah is described as an Old One, a god-like being. The first description of Tsathoggua occurs in Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros”, in which the protagonists encounter one of the entity’s idols: […]

Quick View

Tserpchikopf

Image of Tserpchikopf
Category Tserpchikopf
Includes 

Prince Tserpchikopf, the Lord of Crime, is the Master of the Chessmen. In his pursuit of power over the underworld, he murders people with fortunes and other criminals in his way. A mysterious and elusive […]

Entry Tserpchikopf
Description 

Prince Tserpchikopf, the Lord of Crime, is the Master of the Chessmen. In his pursuit of power over the underworld, he murders people with fortunes and other criminals in his way. A mysterious and elusive […]

Quick View

Tsuchigumo

Image of Tsuchigumo
Category Tsuchigumo
Includes 

Tsuchigumo is a historical Japanese derogatory term for renegade local clans, and also the name for a race of spider-like yōkai in Japanese folklore. The name Tsuchigumo is believed to be derived from tuchigomori (土隠); […]

Entry Tsuchigumo
Description 

Tsuchigumo is a historical Japanese derogatory term for renegade local clans, and also the name for a race of spider-like yōkai in Japanese folklore. The name Tsuchigumo is believed to be derived from tuchigomori (土隠); […]

Quick View

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Category Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Includes 

Creator Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Profession Artist Total Entries 61 Articles Yoshitoshi & Comics – Philadelphia Museum of Art (YouTube) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi – Wikipedia Tsukioka Yoshitoshi at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art During his […]

Entry Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Description 

Creator Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Profession Artist Total Entries 61 Articles Yoshitoshi & Comics – Philadelphia Museum of Art (YouTube) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi – Wikipedia Tsukioka Yoshitoshi at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art During his […]

Quick View

Tsunade

Image of Tsunade
Category Tsunade
Includes 

Jiraiya’s father was a castle laird in Kisushiu but is killed when he is young. Jiraiya becomes a bandit who uses his frog magic arts to help the poor and needy. Jiraiya fell in love […]

Entry Tsunade
Description 

Jiraiya’s father was a castle laird in Kisushiu but is killed when he is young. Jiraiya becomes a bandit who uses his frog magic arts to help the poor and needy. Jiraiya fell in love […]

Quick View

Tsunohanzo

Image of Tsunohanzo
Category Tsunohanzo
Includes 

Tsuno-darai refers to any lacquered washbowl. The tsuno-darai used particularly for rinsing mouth and throat is called a tsuno-hanzo (a lacquered washbowl with two pairs of long horn-like handles on the both sides). Tsunohanzo as […]

Entry Tsunohanzo
Description 

Tsuno-darai refers to any lacquered washbowl. The tsuno-darai used particularly for rinsing mouth and throat is called a tsuno-hanzo (a lacquered washbowl with two pairs of long horn-like handles on the both sides). Tsunohanzo as […]

Quick View

Tsurubebi

Image of Tsurubebi
Category Tsurubebi
Includes 

The tsurubebi is a fire yōkai that appears in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. The illustration does not give any explanatory text, but according to Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, (editor-in-chief, the literary […]

Entry Tsurubebi
Description 

The tsurubebi is a fire yōkai that appears in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. The illustration does not give any explanatory text, but according to Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, (editor-in-chief, the literary […]

Quick View

Tugboat Tessie & Melody

Image of Tugboat Tessie & Melody
Category Tugboat Tessie & Melody
Includes 

Tugboat Tessie is the owner and captain of the tugboat Harbor Lady, based out of a major shipping port. She is a stout, older, redheaded woman with a grown daughter, Melody, a blonde beauty who […]

Entry Tugboat Tessie & Melody
Description 

Tugboat Tessie is the owner and captain of the tugboat Harbor Lady, based out of a major shipping port. She is a stout, older, redheaded woman with a grown daughter, Melody, a blonde beauty who […]

Quick View

Tulpa

Image of Tulpa
Category Tulpa
Includes 

Tulpa is a concept in Theosophy, mysticism, and the paranormal, of an object or being that is created through spiritual or mental powers. Modern practitioners, who call themselves “tulpamancers”, use the term to refer to […]

Entry Tulpa
Description 

Tulpa is a concept in Theosophy, mysticism, and the paranormal, of an object or being that is created through spiritual or mental powers. Modern practitioners, who call themselves “tulpamancers”, use the term to refer to […]

Quick View

Tulpa of Tsang

Image of Tulpa of Tsang
Category Tulpa of Tsang
Includes 

Tulpa of Tsang was a Tibetan monk who could create a phantom of himself called a Tulpa through ancient secrets known only to the holiest of Lamas. Tsang used this ability to aid Bart London, […]

Entry Tulpa of Tsang
Description 

Tulpa of Tsang was a Tibetan monk who could create a phantom of himself called a Tulpa through ancient secrets known only to the holiest of Lamas. Tsang used this ability to aid Bart London, […]

Quick View

Tum Par

Image of Tum Par
Category Tum Par
Includes 

Tum Par and Jan Kal are scientists in the year 9,852. They are arrested for conducting experiments which run contrary to the World Government, which argue that their society has all its needs fulfilled by […]

Entry Tum Par
Description 

Tum Par and Jan Kal are scientists in the year 9,852. They are arrested for conducting experiments which run contrary to the World Government, which argue that their society has all its needs fulfilled by […]

Quick View

Tumbler

Image of Tumbler
Category Tumbler
Includes 

Lee Brothers was a trapeze artist in the circus whose stage name was the Tumbler. When he went on vacation for three months, he dropped by to visit his circus trainer Socky. Socky told Lee […]

Entry Tumbler
Description 

Lee Brothers was a trapeze artist in the circus whose stage name was the Tumbler. When he went on vacation for three months, he dropped by to visit his circus trainer Socky. Socky told Lee […]

Quick View

Tuscan UFO

Image of Tuscan UFO
Category Tuscan UFO
Includes 

It was 27 October 1954, a typically crisp autumn day in Tuscany. The mighty Fiorentina club was playing against its local rival Pistoiese. Ten-thousand fans were watching in the concrete bowl of the Stadio Artemi […]

Entry Tuscan UFO
Description 

It was 27 October 1954, a typically crisp autumn day in Tuscany. The mighty Fiorentina club was playing against its local rival Pistoiese. Ten-thousand fans were watching in the concrete bowl of the Stadio Artemi […]

Quick View

Tutankhamun

Image of Tutankhamun
Category Tutankhamun
Includes 

Tutankhamun (c. 1341-1323 BC), sometimes referred to as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ruled c. 1332 – […]

Entry Tutankhamun
Description 

Tutankhamun (c. 1341-1323 BC), sometimes referred to as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ruled c. 1332 – […]

Quick View

Twelve Olympians

Image of Twelve Olympians
Category Twelve Olympians
Includes 

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia […]

Entry Twelve Olympians
Description 

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia […]

Quick View

Twilight

Image of Twilight
Category Twilight
Includes 

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

Entry Twilight
Description 

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

Quick View

Twister

Image of Twister
Category Twister
Includes 

When Bob Sanders was 14, a tornado hit his hometown of Windy Gap, killing his parents. Sanders was caught up in the tornado, becoming part of the cyclone itself. Using his strange new powers for […]

Entry Twister
Description 

When Bob Sanders was 14, a tornado hit his hometown of Windy Gap, killing his parents. Sanders was caught up in the tornado, becoming part of the cyclone itself. Using his strange new powers for […]

Quick View

Twisto the Rubberman

Image of Twisto the Rubberman
Category Twisto the Rubberman
Includes 

Twisto the Rubberman was a circus performer who took over the circus’ mortgage. After killing off the other performers, and scaring away the owner, he bought it on the cheap. Lilli the Lion Tamer, his […]

Entry Twisto the Rubberman
Description 

Twisto the Rubberman was a circus performer who took over the circus’ mortgage. After killing off the other performers, and scaring away the owner, he bought it on the cheap. Lilli the Lion Tamer, his […]

Quick View

Two Sight Gallager

Image of Two Sight Gallager
Category Two Sight Gallager
Includes 

“Two Sight” Gallager was a superstitious mobster who believed in elves and other fairy tale creatures. One day, two of these elves planted a magical amulet stolen from the king of Elfland on Gallager. “Two […]

Entry Two Sight Gallager
Description 

“Two Sight” Gallager was a superstitious mobster who believed in elves and other fairy tale creatures. One day, two of these elves planted a magical amulet stolen from the king of Elfland on Gallager. “Two […]

Quick View

Ty-Gor

Image of Ty-Gor
Category Ty-Gor
Includes 

While in Africa, Tyrone Gorman’s parents, a pair of American scientists, were killed by a tribe of tiger worshipers. A tigress named Malma, missing her cubs, adopted the young Tyrone as her own. Growing up […]

Entry Ty-Gor
Description 

While in Africa, Tyrone Gorman’s parents, a pair of American scientists, were killed by a tribe of tiger worshipers. A tigress named Malma, missing her cubs, adopted the young Tyrone as her own. Growing up […]

Quick View

Tygra

Image of Tygra
Category Tygra
Includes 

Lynn Thomas became Tygra, the leader of the Fire People, after her plane crashed in the Fire People’s territory and they recognized her as “The Tawny One,” their god-sent leader. She gained superhuman strength after […]

Entry Tygra
Description 

Lynn Thomas became Tygra, the leader of the Fire People, after her plane crashed in the Fire People’s territory and they recognized her as “The Tawny One,” their god-sent leader. She gained superhuman strength after […]

Quick View

Tyna Starr

Image of Tyna Starr
Category Tyna Starr
Includes 

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

Entry Tyna Starr
Description 

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

Quick View

Typhon

Image of Typhon
Category Typhon
Includes 

Typhon was an adventurer and inventor who commanded submarines with the help of his crew. He also possessed a “charm-dispelling ring” handed down to him from times past. His enemies included the Ruler of the […]

Entry Typhon
Description 

Typhon was an adventurer and inventor who commanded submarines with the help of his crew. He also possessed a “charm-dispelling ring” handed down to him from times past. His enemies included the Ruler of the […]

Quick View

Typhoon Tyler

Image of Typhoon Tyler
Category Typhoon Tyler
Includes 

Typhoon Tyler was an adventurer who traveled the world solving mysteries, fighting injustice, and hunting lost artifacts. A pipe-smoking sailor and pilot, good with his fists, and a quick draw on his revolver. Alias Typhoon […]

Entry Typhoon Tyler
Description 

Typhoon Tyler was an adventurer who traveled the world solving mysteries, fighting injustice, and hunting lost artifacts. A pipe-smoking sailor and pilot, good with his fists, and a quick draw on his revolver. Alias Typhoon […]

Quick View

Typhoon Tyson

Image of Typhoon Tyson
Category Typhoon Tyson
Includes 

Master marine and adventurer, Typhoon Tyson was skipper of the salvage steamer called the Sea Lion with his first-mate Anzac Peters. His ship was armed with a deck cannon and anti-aircraft guns, perfect for taking […]

Entry Typhoon Tyson
Description 

Master marine and adventurer, Typhoon Tyson was skipper of the salvage steamer called the Sea Lion with his first-mate Anzac Peters. His ship was armed with a deck cannon and anti-aircraft guns, perfect for taking […]

Quick View

Typologies

Image of Reptile Man
Category Typologies
Includes 

The 3997 Eidolon Station characters are sorted below into sub-categories associated with non-human biological characteristics (Amphibian, Canine, Feline), unusual appearance (Bat-themed, Canine-themed, Feline-themed, Giant, Miniature), or extraterrestrial origin (Jovian, Lunarian, Saturnian). 53 different Typologies in […]

Entry Typologies
Description 

The 3997 Eidolon Station characters are sorted below into sub-categories associated with non-human biological characteristics (Amphibian, Canine, Feline), unusual appearance (Bat-themed, Canine-themed, Feline-themed, Giant, Miniature), or extraterrestrial origin (Jovian, Lunarian, Saturnian). 53 different Typologies in […]

Quick View

Tyranno

Image of Tyranno
Category Tyranno
Includes 

Tyranno, Dictator of Ganymede, and his assistant Fodor plot to take over the Solar System. Tyranno uses false radar beams to trap the Staritania liner within Jupiter’s gravity. Rex Clive concocts a means by which […]

Entry Tyranno
Description 

Tyranno, Dictator of Ganymede, and his assistant Fodor plot to take over the Solar System. Tyranno uses false radar beams to trap the Staritania liner within Jupiter’s gravity. Rex Clive concocts a means by which […]

Quick View

Tyro Team

Image of Tyro Team
Category Tyro Team
Includes 

David Scott, John Anders, and Warren Blaine also known as Swift, Spec, and Creep were a group of college students with the ability to communicate to each other telepathically. Together they were the Tyro Team. […]

Entry Tyro Team
Description 

David Scott, John Anders, and Warren Blaine also known as Swift, Spec, and Creep were a group of college students with the ability to communicate to each other telepathically. Together they were the Tyro Team. […]

Quick View

U.N. Space Patrol

Image of U.N. Space Patrol
Category U.N. Space Patrol
Includes 

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 […]

Entry U.N. Space Patrol
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

U.S. Jones

Image of U.S. Jones
Category U.S. Jones
Includes 

U.S. Jones was a patriotic crime fighter with no powers. His real name, if he had one, was never stated. He was assisted by a friend called the Grumbler. He eventually became a government-sponsored Secret […]

Entry U.S. Jones
Description 

U.S. Jones was a patriotic crime fighter with no powers. His real name, if he had one, was never stated. He was assisted by a friend called the Grumbler. He eventually became a government-sponsored Secret […]

Quick View

Ubagabi

Image of Ubagabi
Category Ubagabi
Includes 

The ubagabi is an atmospheric ghost light in legends of Kawachi Province (now Osaka Prefecture) and Tanba Province (now northern Kyoto Prefecture). They are mentioned in old literature, such as the Tenpō period book the […]

Entry Ubagabi
Description 

The ubagabi is an atmospheric ghost light in legends of Kawachi Province (now Osaka Prefecture) and Tanba Province (now northern Kyoto Prefecture). They are mentioned in old literature, such as the Tenpō period book the […]

Quick View

Ubbo-Sathla

Image of Zon Mezzamalech
Category Ubbo-Sathla
Includes 

‘There, in the grey beginning of Earth, the formless mass that was Ubbo-Sathla reposed amid the slime and the vapors. Headless, without organs or members, it sloughed from its oozy sides, in a slow, ceaseless […]

Entry Ubbo-Sathla
Description 

‘There, in the grey beginning of Earth, the formless mass that was Ubbo-Sathla reposed amid the slime and the vapors. Headless, without organs or members, it sloughed from its oozy sides, in a slow, ceaseless […]

Quick View

Ubirajara

Image of Ubirajara
Category Ubirajara
Includes 

Ubirajara is the protagonist of the eponymous novel by José de Alencar. Ubirajara appears in the opening chapters with the name Jaguaré, from the warrior tribe of Araguaias, before becoming “Mr. Boom” Ubirajara, winning Pojuca […]

Entry Ubirajara
Description 

Ubirajara is the protagonist of the eponymous novel by José de Alencar. Ubirajara appears in the opening chapters with the name Jaguaré, from the warrior tribe of Araguaias, before becoming “Mr. Boom” Ubirajara, winning Pojuca […]

Quick View

Ubume

Image of Ubume
Category Ubume
Includes 

Ubume are Japanese yōkai of pregnant women. Throughout folk stories and literature the identity and appearance of ubume varies. However, she is most commonly depicted as the spirit of a woman who has died during […]

Entry Ubume
Description 

Ubume are Japanese yōkai of pregnant women. Throughout folk stories and literature the identity and appearance of ubume varies. However, she is most commonly depicted as the spirit of a woman who has died during […]

Quick View

Uesugi Kenshin

Image of Uesugi Kenshin
Category Uesugi Kenshin
Includes 

Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō. He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, […]

Entry Uesugi Kenshin
Description 

Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō. He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, […]

Quick View

Ugly Man

Image of Ugly Man
Category Ugly Man
Includes 

The Ugly Man was a carnival freak who was billed as the “Ugliest Man in the World.” The jeers and laughter of the crowd finally made him snap, vowing to take revenge on those who […]

Entry Ugly Man
Description 

The Ugly Man was a carnival freak who was billed as the “Ugliest Man in the World.” The jeers and laughter of the crowd finally made him snap, vowing to take revenge on those who […]

Quick View

Ula of Futuropolis

Image of Ula of Futuropolis
Category Ula of Futuropolis
Includes 

Hap Holliday, the Time Skipper, and his partner Professor Eon Tempus travel to the year 100,001, where they save Ula, the former Queen of Futuropolis, from a giant, land-traversing octopus. Upon learning that Futuropolis has […]

Entry Ula of Futuropolis
Description 

Hap Holliday, the Time Skipper, and his partner Professor Eon Tempus travel to the year 100,001, where they save Ula, the former Queen of Futuropolis, from a giant, land-traversing octopus. Upon learning that Futuropolis has […]

Quick View

Ulgar

Image of Ulgar
Category Ulgar
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Ulgar
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Ultus the Avenger

Image of Ultus the Avenger
Category Ultus the Avenger
Includes 

Betrayed and left for dead in an Australian desert, Ultus returns 5 years later as “Ultus the Avenger” to exact revenge on his former partner Eugene Lester, who stole his diamonds. In a third series, […]

Entry Ultus the Avenger
Description 

Betrayed and left for dead in an Australian desert, Ultus returns 5 years later as “Ultus the Avenger” to exact revenge on his former partner Eugene Lester, who stole his diamonds. In a third series, […]

Quick View

Ulysses Paxton

Image of Ulysses Paxton
Category Ulysses Paxton
Includes 

Ulysses Paxton first appears in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars. Within the narrative framework of the novel, Captain Paxton, United States Army Infantry, is a fan of Burroughs’ Barsoom series, and after […]

Entry Ulysses Paxton
Description 

Ulysses Paxton first appears in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars. Within the narrative framework of the novel, Captain Paxton, United States Army Infantry, is a fan of Burroughs’ Barsoom series, and after […]

Quick View

Uma-shika

Image of Uma-shika
Category Uma-shika
Includes 

Mumashika are comical-looking yōkai with the body of a deer and the head of a horse. They have only one eye. A single horn sprouts from the back of their skull while fangs protrude from […]

Entry Uma-shika
Description 

Mumashika are comical-looking yōkai with the body of a deer and the head of a horse. They have only one eye. A single horn sprouts from the back of their skull while fangs protrude from […]

Quick View

Umbool

Image of Umbool
Category Umbool
Includes 

“Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing […]

Entry Umbool
Description 

“Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing […]

Quick View

Umi zato

Image of Umi zato
Category Umi zato
Includes 

Umi zatō is a Japanese yōkai, or supernatural being, in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien and in various emakimono such as the Matsui Library’s Hyakki Yagyō Emaki. In yōkai depictions, they are depicted […]

Entry Umi zato
Description 

Umi zatō is a Japanese yōkai, or supernatural being, in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien and in various emakimono such as the Matsui Library’s Hyakki Yagyō Emaki. In yōkai depictions, they are depicted […]

Quick View

Umibozu

Image of Umibozu
Category Umibozu
Includes 

Umibōzu is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical sea-spirit creature and as such […]

Entry Umibozu
Description 

Umibōzu is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical sea-spirit creature and as such […]

Quick View

Uncle Giveaway

Image of Uncle Giveaway
Category Uncle Giveaway
Includes 

Billionaire Uncle Giveaway wanted to be a comic book hero and fight crime, but being merely rich, decided to do right another way… giving away prizes. He named himself the “Toy Tycoon of Comics,” and […]

Entry Uncle Giveaway
Description 

Billionaire Uncle Giveaway wanted to be a comic book hero and fight crime, but being merely rich, decided to do right another way… giving away prizes. He named himself the “Toy Tycoon of Comics,” and […]

Quick View

Uncle Marvel

Image of Uncle Marvel
Category Uncle Marvel
Includes 

An older, rotund man named Dudley, Uncle Marvel did not have any real superpowers. He found Mary Batson’s good deed ledger, which she accidentally dropped, learning her secret identity as Mary Marvel. Claiming to be […]

Entry Uncle Marvel
Description 

An older, rotund man named Dudley, Uncle Marvel did not have any real superpowers. He found Mary Batson’s good deed ledger, which she accidentally dropped, learning her secret identity as Mary Marvel. Claiming to be […]

Quick View

Uncle Sam (Quality)

Image of Uncle Sam (Quality)
Category Uncle Sam (Quality)
Includes 

In Uncle Sam Quarterly #2, Uncle Sam tells his origin. He was originally Sam, a young man from what was then colonial America. When the colonies declared independence, he volunteered to fight in the burgeoning […]

Entry Uncle Sam (Quality)
Description 

In Uncle Sam Quarterly #2, Uncle Sam tells his origin. He was originally Sam, a young man from what was then colonial America. When the colonies declared independence, he volunteered to fight in the burgeoning […]

Quick View

Uncle Sam (US Government Poster)

Image of Uncle Sam (US Government Poster)
Category Uncle Sam (US Government Poster)
Includes 

Uncle Sam (which has the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the federal government of the United States or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam […]

Entry Uncle Sam (US Government Poster)
Description 

Uncle Sam (which has the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the federal government of the United States or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam […]

Quick View

Undead

Image of Corpse
Category Undead
Includes 

Typology Undead Total Entries 34 Representative Corpse Dead folks who, whether due to dark magic (“Necromancy”), mad science (“Applied Phlebotinum”), lack of a proper funeral or burial (“Due to the Dead”), some old problems they […]

Entry Undead
Description 

Typology Undead Total Entries 34 Representative Corpse Dead folks who, whether due to dark magic (“Necromancy”), mad science (“Applied Phlebotinum”), lack of a proper funeral or burial (“Due to the Dead”), some old problems they […]

Quick View

Undercover Girl

Image of Undercover Girl
Category Undercover Girl
Includes 

Undercover Girl was Starr Flagg, a female American secret agent. Her affiliation was never too clear. Sometimes she worked for the CIA, sometimes she worked for some branch of the US military, and sometimes the […]

Entry Undercover Girl
Description 

Undercover Girl was Starr Flagg, a female American secret agent. Her affiliation was never too clear. Sometimes she worked for the CIA, sometimes she worked for some branch of the US military, and sometimes the […]

Quick View

Undercover Man (Centaur)

Image of Undercover Man (Centaur)
Category Undercover Man (Centaur)
Includes 

Steve Crawford, Ace Federal Man, is sent to the Foster Aircraft Co., where a new, super-speed pursuit ship is being tested for sale to the U.S. Army. When the plane is hijacked, Crawford flies a […]

Entry Undercover Man (Centaur)
Description 

Steve Crawford, Ace Federal Man, is sent to the Foster Aircraft Co., where a new, super-speed pursuit ship is being tested for sale to the U.S. Army. When the plane is hijacked, Crawford flies a […]

Quick View

Undercover Man (Lev Gleason)

Image of Undercover Man (Lev Gleason)
Category Undercover Man (Lev Gleason)
Includes 

Man of a Thousand Faces…. “Flower lady, toughie, socialite, or emigrant—no matter under what disguise—Phil Barrows was first of all a very good detective. Nobody knew him as the Undercover Man who seemed to know […]

Entry Undercover Man (Lev Gleason)
Description 

Man of a Thousand Faces…. “Flower lady, toughie, socialite, or emigrant—no matter under what disguise—Phil Barrows was first of all a very good detective. Nobody knew him as the Undercover Man who seemed to know […]

Quick View

Undersea Agent (Tower)

Image of Undersea Agent (Tower)
Category Undersea Agent (Tower)
Includes 

Davy Jones was a former navy lieutenant who joined U.N.D.E.R.S.E.A. which stood for United Nations Department of Experiment and Research Systems Established at Atlantis. This Atlantis was a research facility on the seafloor built on […]

Entry Undersea Agent (Tower)
Description 

Davy Jones was a former navy lieutenant who joined U.N.D.E.R.S.E.A. which stood for United Nations Department of Experiment and Research Systems Established at Atlantis. This Atlantis was a research facility on the seafloor built on […]

Quick View

Undertaker (Hillman)

Image of Undertaker (Hillman)
Category Undertaker (Hillman)
Includes 

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

Entry Undertaker (Hillman)
Description 

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

Quick View

Undertaker (Quality)

Image of Undertaker (Quality)
Category Undertaker (Quality)
Includes 

The Undertaker was a criminal mastermind known as “The Lord of the Plunderworld.” He used conventional firearms, usually a handgun, and was a brilliant and ruthless criminal. He was a recurring enemy of the Doll […]

Entry Undertaker (Quality)
Description 

The Undertaker was a criminal mastermind known as “The Lord of the Plunderworld.” He used conventional firearms, usually a handgun, and was a brilliant and ruthless criminal. He was a recurring enemy of the Doll […]

Quick View

Undina

Image of Undina
Category Undina
Includes 

Undina the mermaid assists the witch Lurani in her evil activities. Undina nearly drowns an unsuspecting Moon Girl, and eventually aids in Lurani’s escape. Undina does not speak in the issue, and from Lurani’s dialogue, […]

Entry Undina
Description 

Undina the mermaid assists the witch Lurani in her evil activities. Undina nearly drowns an unsuspecting Moon Girl, and eventually aids in Lurani’s escape. Undina does not speak in the issue, and from Lurani’s dialogue, […]

Quick View

Ungaikyo

Image of Ungaikyo
Category Ungaikyo
Includes 

Ungaikyō is a haunted mirror which shows demons and monsters reflected in its surface. The spirit which haunts this mirror, as well as the countless spirits which have been reflected in it over the years, […]

Entry Ungaikyo
Description 

Ungaikyō is a haunted mirror which shows demons and monsters reflected in its surface. The spirit which haunts this mirror, as well as the countless spirits which have been reflected in it over the years, […]

Quick View

Unholy 3 (Chesler)

Image of Unholy 3 (Chesler)
Category Unholy 3 (Chesler)
Includes 

“Introducing a happy-go-lucky trio, whose skillful use of makeup at a moment’s notice to change to any character they require. The Unholy Three against crime!” The Unholy 3 were a group consisting of Dale, Pearl, […]

Entry Unholy 3 (Chesler)
Description 

“Introducing a happy-go-lucky trio, whose skillful use of makeup at a moment’s notice to change to any character they require. The Unholy Three against crime!” The Unholy 3 were a group consisting of Dale, Pearl, […]

Quick View

Unholy Three (Fawcett)

Image of Unholy Three (Fawcett)
Category Unholy Three (Fawcett)
Includes 

The Unholy Three were originally henchman of a mad scientist named Dr. Twiddley Fairchild. Nosey was the smartest of the three, a dwarf with a sinister case of the giggles, able to infiltrate buildings through […]

Entry Unholy Three (Fawcett)
Description 

The Unholy Three were originally henchman of a mad scientist named Dr. Twiddley Fairchild. Nosey was the smartest of the three, a dwarf with a sinister case of the giggles, able to infiltrate buildings through […]

Quick View

Unicorn

Image of Unicorn
Category Unicorn
Includes 

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. In European literature and art, the unicorn has for […]

Entry Unicorn
Description 

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. In European literature and art, the unicorn has for […]

Quick View

Unicors

Image of Unicors
Category Unicors
Includes 

Unicors are a tribe of natives to the planet Mephistos. The Unicors are human in appearance, save for single horns protruding from their heads and their orangish-red skin color. Taro, a lieutenant in the army […]

Entry Unicors
Description 

Unicors are a tribe of natives to the planet Mephistos. The Unicors are human in appearance, save for single horns protruding from their heads and their orangish-red skin color. Taro, a lieutenant in the army […]

Quick View

United Earth Robots

Image of United Earth Robots
Category United Earth Robots
Includes 

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

Entry United Earth Robots
Description 

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

Quick View

United Earth Soldiers

Image of United Earth Soldiers
Category United Earth Soldiers
Includes 

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

Entry United Earth Soldiers
Description 

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

Quick View

Unknown (Ace)

Image of Unknown (Ace)
Category Unknown (Ace)
Includes 

A spiritual entity, “The Unknown” narrated horror stories, but seldom interfered in their events. He wore an archaic, hooded tunic and large belt, like a monk, suggesting a centuries-old origin. He reveled in tales of […]

Entry Unknown (Ace)
Description 

A spiritual entity, “The Unknown” narrated horror stories, but seldom interfered in their events. He wore an archaic, hooded tunic and large belt, like a monk, suggesting a centuries-old origin. He reveled in tales of […]

Quick View

Unknown (Quality)

Image of Unknown (Quality)
Category Unknown (Quality)
Includes 

The Unknown was an American who joined the French in battle against the Nazis in World War II. He was injured in the line of duty, resulting in amnesia, forgetting his own name and country. […]

Entry Unknown (Quality)
Description 

The Unknown was an American who joined the French in battle against the Nazis in World War II. He was injured in the line of duty, resulting in amnesia, forgetting his own name and country. […]

Quick View

Unknown Soldier

Image of Unknown Soldier
Category Unknown Soldier
Includes 

“When the cause of freedom and democracy is threatened then, from out of the blue sky, shall come the Unknown Soldier – dauntless American champion of all who fight under the Stars and Stripes – […]

Entry Unknown Soldier
Description 

“When the cause of freedom and democracy is threatened then, from out of the blue sky, shall come the Unknown Soldier – dauntless American champion of all who fight under the Stars and Stripes – […]

Quick View

UNO

Image of UNO
Category UNO
Includes 

UNO, the “United Nations Trouble-shooter”, secretly works for the United Nations to solve international security issues with “unusual tactics and handling”. The first story takes place in Vienna, Austria, where a British ambassador, Sir Reginald, […]

Entry UNO
Description 

UNO, the “United Nations Trouble-shooter”, secretly works for the United Nations to solve international security issues with “unusual tactics and handling”. The first story takes place in Vienna, Austria, where a British ambassador, Sir Reginald, […]

Quick View

Upsweep

Image of Upsweep
Category Upsweep
Includes 

Upsweep is the daughter of Stogie and sister to Cheroot. Together, they are the Royal Family of Crime. Upsweep is attractive and self-assured, using her allure to control men. At one point, she gets close […]

Entry Upsweep
Description 

Upsweep is the daughter of Stogie and sister to Cheroot. Together, they are the Royal Family of Crime. Upsweep is attractive and self-assured, using her allure to control men. At one point, she gets close […]

Quick View

Uralian Pirates

Image of Uralian Pirates
Category Uralian Pirates
Includes 

The space pirates of Uralia, led by its ruler Boris Zandrozov, stole valuable anti-gravity fuel throughout the galaxy. They evaded capture by retreating to their base on the moon, where their enemies’ “strasosphere ships” were […]

Entry Uralian Pirates
Description 

The space pirates of Uralia, led by its ruler Boris Zandrozov, stole valuable anti-gravity fuel throughout the galaxy. They evaded capture by retreating to their base on the moon, where their enemies’ “strasosphere ships” were […]

Quick View

Uranian

Image of Uranusians
Category Uranian
Includes 

Typology Uranian Total Entries 3 Representative Uranusians [“Uranus Is Showing”] refers to the tendency for characters to cracknote jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. In other words: Uranus is the butt of […]

Entry Uranian
Description 

Typology Uranian Total Entries 3 Representative Uranusians [“Uranus Is Showing”] refers to the tendency for characters to cracknote jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. In other words: Uranus is the butt of […]

Quick View

Uranusians

Image of Uranusians
Category Uranusians
Includes 

A two page sequence shares facts about Uranus, including blubberous, fume-breathing Uranusians. Alias Uranusians Real Names/Alt Names ○ Characteristics Fiction House Universe, Alien Species, Uranian, The Future, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Murphy Anderson First Appearance […]

Entry Uranusians
Description 

A two page sequence shares facts about Uranus, including blubberous, fume-breathing Uranusians. Alias Uranusians Real Names/Alt Names ○ Characteristics Fiction House Universe, Alien Species, Uranian, The Future, Public Domain Creators/Key Contributors Murphy Anderson First Appearance […]

Quick View

Ursula of Castile d’Or

Image of Ursula of Castile d'Or
Category Ursula of Castile d’Or
Includes 

Lieutenant Lank opposes Queen Ursula of Castile d’Or, battling her warring military forces and resources. Capturing Lank, she finds his attraction irresistible and kisses him. He makes a dramatic escape, stealing a tank to destroy […]

Entry Ursula of Castile d’Or
Description 

Lieutenant Lank opposes Queen Ursula of Castile d’Or, battling her warring military forces and resources. Capturing Lank, she finds his attraction irresistible and kisses him. He makes a dramatic escape, stealing a tank to destroy […]

Quick View

USA

Image of USA
Category USA
Includes 

USA was originally a young girl from Philadelphia. She died in 1777, after trying to deliver threads from the first American flag to her Uncle Sam during a snowstorm. But her ghost dwelled over her […]

Entry USA
Description 

USA was originally a young girl from Philadelphia. She died in 1777, after trying to deliver threads from the first American flag to her Uncle Sam during a snowstorm. But her ghost dwelled over her […]

Quick View

Ushi no toki mairi

Image of Ushi no toki mairi
Category Ushi no toki mairi
Includes 

Ushi no toki mairi refers to a prescribed method of laying a curse upon a target that is traditional to Japan, so-called because it is conducted during the hours of the Ox (between 1 and […]

Entry Ushi no toki mairi
Description 

Ushi no toki mairi refers to a prescribed method of laying a curse upon a target that is traditional to Japan, so-called because it is conducted during the hours of the Ox (between 1 and […]

Quick View

Ushi-oni

Image of Ushi-oni
Category Ushi-oni
Includes 

The ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox oni; ox demon), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan.[1] The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs […]

Entry Ushi-oni
Description 

The ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox oni; ox demon), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan.[1] The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs […]

Quick View

Ushirogami

Image of Ushirogami
Category Ushirogami
Includes 

Ushirogami looks like a ghost with long black hair and a large single eyeball located on the top of its head. It doesn’t have feet, but instead has a long, twisting body which allows it […]

Entry Ushirogami
Description 

Ushirogami looks like a ghost with long black hair and a large single eyeball located on the top of its head. It doesn’t have feet, but instead has a long, twisting body which allows it […]

Quick View

Utani Ape-Men

Image of Utani Ape-Men
Category Utani Ape-Men
Includes 

Acting in the interests of the Empress of Belzar, Senstral uses a force of Utani Ape-Men to brutally destroy the Space Busters base at Makano. He orders all Space Busters shot down in cold blood. […]

Entry Utani Ape-Men
Description 

Acting in the interests of the Empress of Belzar, Senstral uses a force of Utani Ape-Men to brutally destroy the Space Busters base at Makano. He orders all Space Busters shot down in cold blood. […]

Quick View

Utnapishtim

Image of Utnapishtim
Category Utnapishtim
Includes 

Uta-napishtim or Utnapishtim (Akkadian: “he has found life”) was a legendary king of the ancient city of Shuruppak in southern Iraq, who, according to the Gilgamesh flood myth, one of several similar narratives, survived the […]

Entry Utnapishtim
Description 

Uta-napishtim or Utnapishtim (Akkadian: “he has found life”) was a legendary king of the ancient city of Shuruppak in southern Iraq, who, according to the Gilgamesh flood myth, one of several similar narratives, survived the […]

Quick View

Uwan

Image of Uwan
Category Uwan
Includes 

An uwan is a Japanese yōkai depicted in Edo Period pictures such as the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi and the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama. They were depicted to be a teeth-blackened yōkai […]

Entry Uwan
Description 

An uwan is a Japanese yōkai depicted in Edo Period pictures such as the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi and the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama. They were depicted to be a teeth-blackened yōkai […]

Quick View

V-Boys

Image of V-Boys
Category V-Boys
Includes 

The V-Boys Defense Corps were a group of American kids that V-Man recruited after returning to the United States, serving as V-Man’s all-purpose assistants. V-Man communicated with them using a two-way video link he wore […]

Entry V-Boys
Description 

The V-Boys Defense Corps were a group of American kids that V-Man recruited after returning to the United States, serving as V-Man’s all-purpose assistants. V-Man communicated with them using a two-way video link he wore […]

Quick View

V-Man

Image of V-Man
Category V-Man
Includes 

Jerry Steele was an American air ace who fought for his country during World War II as part of the American Eagle Squadron. On one of his missions, he ferried Ginger Dare, a member of […]

Entry V-Man
Description 

Jerry Steele was an American air ace who fought for his country during World War II as part of the American Eagle Squadron. On one of his missions, he ferried Ginger Dare, a member of […]

Quick View

Vagabond Prince

Image of Vagabond Prince
Category Vagabond Prince
Includes 

Ned Oaks, a greeting card writer, became the Vagabond Prince, a costumed crime-fighter with an Elizabethan persona. Assisted by his sidekicks Chief Justice and the Jester (Harvey), they fought enemies such as Mr. Magna and […]

Entry Vagabond Prince
Description 

Ned Oaks, a greeting card writer, became the Vagabond Prince, a costumed crime-fighter with an Elizabethan persona. Assisted by his sidekicks Chief Justice and the Jester (Harvey), they fought enemies such as Mr. Magna and […]

Quick View

Val Nor

Image of Val Nor
Category Val Nor
Includes 

Myra Trent is an adventurer with a taste for speed. She wins many races, setting land-speed records and winning speedboat races. She creates a rocket to make her the first human to reach Mars. Scientist […]

Entry Val Nor
Description 

Myra Trent is an adventurer with a taste for speed. She wins many races, setting land-speed records and winning speedboat races. She creates a rocket to make her the first human to reach Mars. Scientist […]

Quick View

Val Tor

Image of Val Tor
Category Val Tor
Includes 

In the robot city of 4968 AD, the robot Val Tor incessantly seeks to discover the truth about the mythical creature known as man. When he visits the Institute of Ancient Scrolls, he speaks with […]

Entry Val Tor
Description 

In the robot city of 4968 AD, the robot Val Tor incessantly seeks to discover the truth about the mythical creature known as man. When he visits the Institute of Ancient Scrolls, he speaks with […]

Quick View

Valdan Patriots

Image of Valdan Patriots
Category Valdan Patriots
Includes 

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

Entry Valdan Patriots
Description 

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

Quick View

Valeria of the Red Brotherhood

Image of Valeria of the Red Brotherhood
Category Valeria of the Red Brotherhood
Includes 

Valeria is a pirate and adventuress, a member of The Red Brotherhood of pirates. As “Red Nails” begins, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood is fleeing persecution after she murdered a would-be rapist. She is followed […]

Entry Valeria of the Red Brotherhood
Description 

Valeria is a pirate and adventuress, a member of The Red Brotherhood of pirates. As “Red Nails” begins, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood is fleeing persecution after she murdered a would-be rapist. She is followed […]

Quick View

Valeska Wynne

Image of Valeska Wynne
Category Valeska Wynne
Includes 

Astro, The Master of Mysteries, was assisted in his investigations by the lovely Valeska Wynne, who gathered evidence to make him seem clairvoyant. Alias Valeska Wynne Real Names/Alt Names Valeska Wynne Characteristics Sidekick, Belle Époque, […]

Entry Valeska Wynne
Description 

Astro, The Master of Mysteries, was assisted in his investigations by the lovely Valeska Wynne, who gathered evidence to make him seem clairvoyant. Alias Valeska Wynne Real Names/Alt Names Valeska Wynne Characteristics Sidekick, Belle Époque, […]

Quick View

Valkyrie (Hillman)

Image of Valkyrie (Hillman)
Category Valkyrie (Hillman)
Includes 

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

Entry Valkyrie (Hillman)
Description 

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

Quick View

Valkyrie (Holyoke)

Image of Valkyrie (Holyoke)
Category Valkyrie (Holyoke)
Includes 

Valkyrie was a female pilot in the German Luftwaffe, who flew an advanced model of the Messerschmidt. She had taken to the skies to inspire German women to become pilots and to turn the tide […]

Entry Valkyrie (Holyoke)
Description 

Valkyrie was a female pilot in the German Luftwaffe, who flew an advanced model of the Messerschmidt. She had taken to the skies to inspire German women to become pilots and to turn the tide […]

Quick View

Valna

Image of Valna
Category Valna
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Valna
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Valya

Image of Valya
Category Valya
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Valya
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Valyon

Image of Valyon
Category Valyon
Includes 

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

Entry Valyon
Description 

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

Quick View

Vampire

Image of Dracula
Category Vampire
Includes 

Typology Vampire Total Entries 25 Representative Dracula A “Sub-Trope” of “Our Monsters Are Different”… [“Our Vampires Are Different”] deals with everyone’s favorite undead bloodsuckers. The purpose of vampires in the story varies quite widely. They […]

Entry Vampire
Description 

Typology Vampire Total Entries 25 Representative Dracula A “Sub-Trope” of “Our Monsters Are Different”… [“Our Vampires Are Different”] deals with everyone’s favorite undead bloodsuckers. The purpose of vampires in the story varies quite widely. They […]

Quick View

Vampire (AU)

Image of Vampire (AU)
Category Vampire (AU)
Includes 

The Vampire is a beautiful, mysterious, and legendary hero taking on the underworld. She is traveling to Calcutta aboard a large cargo plane, which is caught in a “magnetic ray” beamed by two mysterious black […]

Entry Vampire (AU)
Description 

The Vampire is a beautiful, mysterious, and legendary hero taking on the underworld. She is traveling to Calcutta aboard a large cargo plane, which is caught in a “magnetic ray” beamed by two mysterious black […]

Quick View

Vampire Master

Image of Vampire Master
Category Vampire Master
Includes 

Deep in the jungles of Malaysia, the Captain of the river boat Ellen G was chartered by a man named Van Horn, who was traveling upriver to his plantation to collect a cargo. The native […]

Entry Vampire Master
Description 

Deep in the jungles of Malaysia, the Captain of the river boat Ellen G was chartered by a man named Van Horn, who was traveling upriver to his plantation to collect a cargo. The native […]

Quick View

Vampire’s Daughter

Image of Vampire's Daughter
Category Vampire’s Daughter
Includes 

Althea was a young woman, approximately in her twenties, living alone in her father’s estate, which she inherited after he passed away two years prior. She was approached by Mr. Heff and his associate Paul […]

Entry Vampire’s Daughter
Description 

Althea was a young woman, approximately in her twenties, living alone in her father’s estate, which she inherited after he passed away two years prior. She was approached by Mr. Heff and his associate Paul […]

Quick View

Vampires

Image of Vampires
Category Vampires
Includes 

A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved […]

Entry Vampires
Description 

A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved […]

Quick View

Vampyre

Image of Vampyre
Category Vampyre
Includes 

The vampire is an elderly woman whose hold extends beyond her immediate victims. Many villagers, including the village doctor, are her minions in the film Vampyre (1932). On a late evening, Allan Gray arrives at […]

Entry Vampyre
Description 

The vampire is an elderly woman whose hold extends beyond her immediate victims. Many villagers, including the village doctor, are her minions in the film Vampyre (1932). On a late evening, Allan Gray arrives at […]

Quick View

Van

Image of Van
Category Van
Includes 

Mighty Voz is the leader of 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. Van is […]

Entry Van
Description 

Mighty Voz is the leader of 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. Van is […]

Quick View

Van Emmon

Image of William Kinney
Category Van Emmon
Includes 

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

Entry Van Emmon
Description 

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

Quick View

Vana

Image of Vana
Category Vana
Includes 

Vana was a woman of the planet Antaclea and wife of Martan. Her husband took her to see the birth of a planet millions of light-years away. Vana suggested they take a detour to Earth, […]

Entry Vana
Description 

Vana was a woman of the planet Antaclea and wife of Martan. Her husband took her to see the birth of a planet millions of light-years away. Vana suggested they take a detour to Earth, […]

Quick View

Vana Parmelee

Image of Vana Parmelee
Category Vana Parmelee
Includes 

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 […]

Entry Vana Parmelee
Description 

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 […]

Quick View

Vance Roy

Image of Vance Roy
Category Vance Roy
Includes 

“Skyrocket” Steele Dodge was a young hero in the Year X (around 2500) who served King Kurt. He was assisted by a brave and resourceful girl named Sari Marston and by Invex the Invisible Man, […]

Entry Vance Roy
Description 

“Skyrocket” Steele Dodge was a young hero in the Year X (around 2500) who served King Kurt. He was assisted by a brave and resourceful girl named Sari Marston and by Invex the Invisible Man, […]

Quick View

Vapo-Man

Image of Vapo-Man
Category Vapo-Man
Includes 

Bradford Cole was an assistant to Doctor Kreiner, an inventor working on a process to dissolve, solidify, and expand matter. German saboteurs blew up the lab while they were working. The explosion endowed Cole with […]

Entry Vapo-Man
Description 

Bradford Cole was an assistant to Doctor Kreiner, an inventor working on a process to dissolve, solidify, and expand matter. German saboteurs blew up the lab while they were working. The explosion endowed Cole with […]

Quick View

Varney the Vampire

Image of Varney the Vampire
Category Varney the Vampire
Includes 

Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney. The plot concerns the troubles that Sir Francis Varney inflicts upon the Bannerworths, a formerly wealthy family driven […]

Entry Varney the Vampire
Description 

Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney. The plot concerns the troubles that Sir Francis Varney inflicts upon the Bannerworths, a formerly wealthy family driven […]

Quick View

Vasilisa the Beautiful

Image of Vasilisa the Beautiful
Category Vasilisa the Beautiful
Includes 

Vasilisa the Beautiful, or Vasilisa the Fair, is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Before she died, the mother of Vasilisa gave her daughter a magical Montaka doll. Whatever […]

Entry Vasilisa the Beautiful
Description 

Vasilisa the Beautiful, or Vasilisa the Fair, is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Before she died, the mother of Vasilisa gave her daughter a magical Montaka doll. Whatever […]

Quick View

Veiled Avenger

Image of Veiled Avenger
Category Veiled Avenger
Includes 

Ginny Spears was a District Attorney’s secretary. Frustrated that “justice is often defeated by the cunning conspiracies of clever crooks”, Spears leads a double life. By night she becomes the Veiled Avenger, “exotic enemy of […]

Entry Veiled Avenger
Description 

Ginny Spears was a District Attorney’s secretary. Frustrated that “justice is often defeated by the cunning conspiracies of clever crooks”, Spears leads a double life. By night she becomes the Veiled Avenger, “exotic enemy of […]

Quick View

Veiled Lady

Image of Veiled Lady
Category Veiled Lady
Includes 

The Veiled Lady is a criminal mastermind who came into conflict with Young Robin Hood, but always managed to escape. She commanded a small gang and usually carried a gun. Few ever saw her face. […]

Entry Veiled Lady
Description 

The Veiled Lady is a criminal mastermind who came into conflict with Young Robin Hood, but always managed to escape. She commanded a small gang and usually carried a gun. Few ever saw her face. […]

Quick View

Veiled Prophet

Image of Veiled Prophet
Category Veiled Prophet
Includes 

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

Entry Veiled Prophet
Description 

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

Quick View

Veleda

Image of Veleda
Category Veleda
Includes 

Veleda (fl. AD 69–84) was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly […]

Entry Veleda
Description 

Veleda (fl. AD 69–84) was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly […]

Quick View

Velvet

Image of Velvet
Category Velvet
Includes 

Velvet was a ruthless killer who sought the diamonds inside a statue called “The Black Raven.” She was brought to justice by Chic Carter. Velvet carried a handgun, and tear gas pellets to make an […]

Entry Velvet
Description 

Velvet was a ruthless killer who sought the diamonds inside a statue called “The Black Raven.” She was brought to justice by Chic Carter. Velvet carried a handgun, and tear gas pellets to make an […]

Quick View

Venomous (Gaumont)

Image of Venomous (Gaumont)
Category Venomous (Gaumont)
Includes 

Venomous is the Third Grand Vampire, a genius chemist. In Episode 8 of Les Vampires, titled “The Thunder Master”, the Second Grand Vampire, Satanas, is arrested, and Venomous appoints himself the new chief. By Satanas’ […]

Entry Venomous (Gaumont)
Description 

Venomous is the Third Grand Vampire, a genius chemist. In Episode 8 of Les Vampires, titled “The Thunder Master”, the Second Grand Vampire, Satanas, is arrested, and Venomous appoints himself the new chief. By Satanas’ […]

Quick View

Ventrilo

Image of Ventrilo
Category Ventrilo
Includes 

Ventrilo was both a professional ventriloquist and an amateur detective. He fought crime by throwing his voice. His assistants included his sister, Vera, and his chemist older brother, Dr. Fate. He dealt with enemies such […]

Entry Ventrilo
Description 

Ventrilo was both a professional ventriloquist and an amateur detective. He fought crime by throwing his voice. His assistants included his sister, Vera, and his chemist older brother, Dr. Fate. He dealt with enemies such […]

Quick View

Ventro

Image of Ventro
Category Ventro
Includes 

“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 […]

Entry Ventro
Description 

“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 […]

Quick View

Venus (Folklore)

Image of Venus (Folklore)
Category Venus (Folklore)
Includes 

Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall […]

Entry Venus (Folklore)
Description 

Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall […]

Quick View

Venus (Harvey)

Image of Venus (Harvey)
Category Venus (Harvey)
Includes 

The Goddess of Love acts as a host for short stories. Her sidekick is Cupid, a boy with a bow and arrow. The Man in Black, aligned with fate, and Venus, aligned with love, often […]

Entry Venus (Harvey)
Description 

The Goddess of Love acts as a host for short stories. Her sidekick is Cupid, a boy with a bow and arrow. The Man in Black, aligned with fate, and Venus, aligned with love, often […]

Quick View

Venusian

Image of Marl
Category Venusian
Includes 

Typology Venusian Total Entries 30 Representative Lup In the early days of science fiction, the one thing most people knew about the planet Venus (or rather, most people who knew anything about Venus or any […]

Entry Venusian
Description 

Typology Venusian Total Entries 30 Representative Lup In the early days of science fiction, the one thing most people knew about the planet Venus (or rather, most people who knew anything about Venus or any […]