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Name  Bowman of Britain
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Archer
Affiliation/Team Green Arrows of the World
1st Appearance World's Finest Comics #250
Year 1958
Publisher National Periodical Publications (DC)
Country of origin USA details missing
Bowman of Britain s base of Operations: Britain. Trick Arrow Specialities: Big Ben Arrow Copper
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Name  Bowman of the Bush
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Archer
Affiliation/Team Green Arrows of the World
1st Appearance World's Finest Comics #250
Year 1958
Publisher National Periodical Publications (DC)
Country of origin USA details missing
Bowman of the Bush s base of Operations: Jungles of Africa, Malaya, India. Trick Arrow Specialities: Lava Arrow, Vine Arrow. Copper
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Name  Boy Buddies
A.K.A. Dusty the Boy Detective / Roy the Superboy
Secret ID. Dusty the Boy Detective / Roy the Superboy
Type Costumed Team
Affiliation/Team Boy Buddies
1st Appearance Special Comics #1 (Becomes Hangman issue #2 )
Year 1941
Publisher MLJ /Archie Comics
Country of origin USA
The Buddies were Dusty the Boy Detective (the partner of the Shield) and Roy the Super Boy (the partner of the Wizard).
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Name  Boy Commandos
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Andrew Chavard / Alfy Twidgett / Jan Haasan / Brooklyn
Type Non Costumed Team
Affiliation/Team Boy Commandos
1st Appearance Detective Comics #64
Year 1942
Publisher National Periodical Publications (DC)
Country of origin USA
Andrew Chavard, a French boy, Alfy Twidgett, a doughy British lad, Jan Haasan, a Dutch boy, and Brooklyn, an American boy, are all orphans and are all regulars around an American unit stationed in England during WW2. They are brought together by the American Captain Rip Carter, who trains them in fighting and school, and uses them as an elite commando unit. They have no superpowers but are surprisingly good in a fight.
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Name  Boy King
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. David
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team Giant
1st Appearance Clue Comics #1
Year 1943
Publisher Hillman Periodicals
Country of origin USA
A young Boy named David had the services of a giant, Golum-like statue at his command. Dressing in a king's costume, complete with crown and a ceremonial short sword, he becomes the Boy King.
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Name  Boy Soldiers
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Billy Grayson / Gerald Sykes / Armand De Latour / Erik Jansen / Flatbush
Type Non Costumed Team
Affiliation/Team Captain Commando
1st Appearance Pep Comics #30
Year 1942
Publisher MLJ /Archie Comics
Country of origin USA details missing
The Boy Soldiers consist of Captain Commando's son Billy Grayson, Gerald Sykes from England, Armand De Latour from France, Erik Jansen from Norway and Flatbush from American.
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Name  Bozo the Iron Man
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. n/a
Type Robot
Affiliation/Team Hugh Hazard
1st Appearance Smash Comics #1
Year 1939
Publisher Quality Comics
Country of origin USA
Dr. Van Thorp builds Bozo, a mighty robot, to help him conquer the world. But Hugh Hazard, a playboy detective is contacted by the police to help stop the robot, crawls inside and deactivates it. Hazard is given the robot after Doc is sent to prison, He retrieves the doctor's radio control device, and takes control of the robot to use it as a crime-fighting tool. Bozo has the strength of a 1000 men, can walk at the bottom of the ocean floor, can run over 70 mph, fly at 400 mph and can be controlled either remotely or from inside his body.
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Name  Brad Kane: Galactic Patrol
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Bradford Kane
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Space Hero
Year 1951
Publisher Scion Ltd
Country of origin UK Details missing
Another Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers clone from the UK
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Name  Brain (The)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Gordon Bell
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Active Comics #1
Year 1942
Publisher Bell Features / Commercial Signs of Canada
Country of origin Canada
Human empowered by the spirit of his hero father. When a "great hero of WWII lies dying" he is addressed by a "friendly spirit". He informs the spirit that "Like freedom, I'll never die! My spirit will live on in my son!" Sure enough, "the offspring was given visionary powers that enabled him to destroy Nazis operating in Canada in 1939." Powers include super strength. Also, by going into a deep trance, he gains a form of prescience, able to see things happening far away
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Name  Breeze Barton
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. ? Barton
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Daring Mystery Comics #3
Year 1940
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
Barton is a soldier on an alternate Earth who is fighting World War Two. While trying to stop a Japanese invasion of South Africa he is shot down over the Sahara Desert. There he discovers the hidden Miracle City, and when he leaves that with his new girlfriend Anne, daughter of the city's Chief Scientist, he ends up on Earth in the distant future of 1995, where there is one lone bastion of civilization under constant attack by barbarians. Breeze helps the civilized folks start to rebuild civilization. He has no superpowers, but is good in a fight and has a ray gun and a jet pack.
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