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Name  Atomic Tommy
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Tommy?
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Atomic Age Comic
Year 1947
Publisher
Country of origin UK Details missing
Tommy has an electrical powered jacket that can deflect bullets. It also gives him greater strength.
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Name  Auro, Lord of Jupiter
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Planet Comics #1
Year 1940
Publisher Fiction House Magazines
Country of origin USA
Prof. and Mrs. John Hardwich are travelling through space when their ship crashes on the wild planet of Neptune. They are both killed, and their son, Auro, grows up to have a Tarzan-like childhood and then Conan like career on Neptune, even becoming the "Lord of Jupiter," living in a castle, and giving banquets for the poor.
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Name  Avenger (1) (The)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Richard Henry Benson
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Doc Savage Comics #16
Year 1943
Publisher Street & Smith
Country of origin USA
Richard Henry Benson, a globe trotting adventurer who decided to settle down and raise a family. In his first adventure, Benson's plans for a peaceful life are shattered when his wife and young daughter are killed by a criminal conspiracy. The shock of this loss has a bizarre effect on Benson. His hair and the skin of his face turn white, and the flesh of his face became malleable, like clay. He armed himself with two unique weapons, a knife he christened Ike, and a pistol he christened Mike; the former was strapped to his left calf, the latter to his right. The Avenger's code was a simple one. He refused, personally, to take the lives of even the lowest crooks. However, he would manoeuvre them into positions where, by certain moves springing from their own hate or greed, they were apt to destroy themselves.
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Name  Avenger (2) (The)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Roger Wright
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Avenger #1
Year 1954
Publisher Magazine Enterprises
Country of origin USA
Scientist Roger Wright became the Avenger to avenge the death of his brother who was tortured and killed by Russian agents. His costume was made by his assistant Claire Farrow after Roger saw her buy a Ghost Rider mask for her nephew. This was also a first for product placement, as the mask was actually available from Magazine Enterprises mail order service; As Ghost Rider was a masked character appearing in other Magazine Enterprises titles. The Avenger had a Vertical Take-Off Jet and a dissolver gun.
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