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Name
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Aquaman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Orin / Arthur Curry
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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More Fun Comics #73
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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National Periodical Publications (DC)
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Country of origin
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USA
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In the original origin he was the son of a scientist whose skills allowed him to create an 'amphibian' child (as related in More Fun #73). Has no superpowers beyond the ability to survive underwater.
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Name
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Archer of Arabia
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Unknown
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Type
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Costumed Archer
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Affiliation/Team
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Green Arrows of the World
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1st Appearance
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World's Finest Comics #250
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Year
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1958
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Publisher
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National Periodical Publications (DC)
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Country of origin
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USA
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Archer of Arabia base of Operations: Saudi Arabia Copper
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Name
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Archie The Gruesome
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Archie
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Comedy Comics Vol1 #10
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
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Country of origin
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USA
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Inspired by the example of his hero, 'Captain America,' street sweeper Archie donned a costume loosely based on his idol's, carried a broom instead of a shield, and went out looking to fight crime. His first foe was fellow sweeper Big Joe.
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Name
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Argo Under the Ocean
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Argo
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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All Star Comic
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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A. Soloway Ltd
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Country of origin
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UK
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Argo is a daring adventurer and famous inventor. Argo has as an electrically heated rubber suit, and he swims via electrical propulsion.
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Name
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Arrow (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Ralph Payne
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Type
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Costumed Archer
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Funny Pages Vol 2 #10
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Year
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1939
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Publisher
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Centaur Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Ralph Payne, an intelligence agent for the U.S. government, decides that he can't fight espionage and crime on his own, and decides to put on a costume and use his archery skills to do what he can't do in his civilian identity. He has no powers but is a good fighter and an excellent archer.
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Name
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Arrows of Alaska
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Commissioner Ed Halleck (Adult) Jerry (Son)
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Type
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Costumed Archer
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Affiliation/Team
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Green Arrows of the World?
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1st Appearance
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Adventure Comics #260
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Year
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1958
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Publisher
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National Periodical Publications (DC)
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Country of origin
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USA
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Oddly enough, though, we never see the Arrow of Alaska in the story. Instead, we get to see AofA's sidekick-in-training (son Jerry). In typical 1950s fashion, of course, Green Arrow doesn't tell the suspicious Speedy about training Jerry, so Speedy leaps to the conclusion that he's being replaced. Even more oddly enough, we really don't get told the superhero name of either the off-stage adult Ed or the on-stage boy Jerry (even though he's on eight pages of story!), just that they intend to start fighting crime as the "Arrows of Alaska," a name for the two-man team. Copper
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Name
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Asso Di Picche (Ace of Spades)
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A.K.A.
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N/A
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Secret ID.
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Gary Peters
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Alibi Uragano
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Country of origin
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Italy details missing
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Gary Peters is in actuality the Ace of Spades, a mysterious justice fighter. The hero fights in the company of his fiancee Deanna Farrel and his assistant, the Chinese Wang.
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Name
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Astra The Mystery Air Ace
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Unknown
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Type
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Costumed Pilot
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Zoom
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Year
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1947
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Publisher
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Children's Press
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Country of origin
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UK
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A masked pilot who was ready to take on any death defying missions in his plane, which was the last word in jets!
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Name
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Astron The Crocodile Queen.
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Doc Savage #5
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Street & Smith
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Country of origin
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USA
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Astron is aided by a large collective of Crocodiles, who do her bidding. She guards the mystic (Cleopatra s Flame of Eternal Youth) light, that gives eternal life to all who bath in its glow! While she awaits her Queen s return, she aids the Allies against the Nazis.
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Name
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Atlas (The Mighty)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jim Randall
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Choice Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Great Comics Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Jim Randall, an office clerk, is lying in bed licking his wounds (he tried to stop his date's younger brother from getting beaten up and wound up getting thrashed himself) when he is visited by Atlas, the "Greek God of Strength." Atlas feels sorry for Randall and teaches him his "strange, secret exercises." Randall goes out, tries the exercises, and gains superpowers, which he then uses to fight crime, at the command of Atlas. He has super strength and agility.
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