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Name
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Cobra Kid
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Bob Hornsby
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Black Cobra
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1st Appearance
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Dynamic Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Harry 'A' Chesler Dynamic Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Bob Hornsby puts on a costume, teams up with his older brother, Jim, aka Black Cobra, and fights crime. He has no superpowers.
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Name
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Collector (The)
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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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Unknown
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Mask Comics #2 ( 2 issues only)
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Enwil Associates / Rural Home
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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No information at present.
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Name
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Comet (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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John Dickering
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Brother of Robert Dickering (The Hangman)
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1st Appearance
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Pep Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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MLJ /Archie Comics
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Country of origin
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USA
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John Dickering, a chemist, is working at his research lab in Manhattan when he discovers a special gas. He injects the gas in his blood and finds that he can make great leaps through the air. He gives himself many more injections until he finds that he can emit beams from his eyes; when the beams cross, he has "dissolvo-vision," which disintegrates whatever he looks at. Glass was the only thing the cross-eyed rays couldn't penetrate. However, he can't control his vision except through the use of special glass goggles, which he wears with his costume. He can also fly. The Comet is helped by his girlfriend, the reporter Thelma Gordon. He ends up getting killed saving his brother, Bob who to avenge John becomes 'The Hangman.'
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Name
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Comet Man
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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 Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Invisible Avenger Comics #24
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Year
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1952
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Publisher
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Consolidated press /Illustrated Publications
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Country of origin
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Australia Details missing
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According to the cover art he can fly and generate electricity from his fists!
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Name
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Commander Steel
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jack Steel
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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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Grand Slam Aces #46
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited
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Country of origin
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Canada
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Commander Steel's derived his powers from the elixir of power that flowed in his veins. He has super strength and Speed.
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Name
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Commandette
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Betty Babble
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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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Star-Studded Comics #1
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Cambridge House / Superior Publishers
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Country of origin
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Canada
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Commandette's secret identity was Betty Babble, probably a deliberate parody of pinup queen Betty Grable, who like Babble was a stunt woman before becoming a movie star.
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Name
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Commando Cubs
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Ace Browning/ Pokey Jones/Horace Cosgrove II/Whizzer Malarkey/Spud O'Shea
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Type
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Team
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Affiliation/Team
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Commando Cubs
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1st Appearance
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Thrilling Comics #36
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics
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Country of origin
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USA
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The Cubs are a Boy Commando-like group of kids who can t wait to grow up to bust German heads, and so do it as children. They are: Ace Browning, Pokey Jones, Horace Cosgrove II, Whizzer Malarkey, and Spud O'Shea.
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Name
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Commando Yank
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Chase Yale
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Phantom Eagle (Side-Kick)
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1st Appearance
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Wow Comics #6
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Fawcett Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Chase Yale, a war correspondent in both Europe and the South Pacific, joins Naval Intelligence. He then puts on the costume of Commando Yank and begins fighting the enemies of freedom both as a reporter and as a costumed hero. He has no powers but uses guns, knives, and various fighting forms.
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Name
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Congo Bill
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A.K.A.
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Congrilla
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Non Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Congrilla
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1st Appearance
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More Fun Comics #56
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Year
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1940
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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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Congo Bill was a hero long before he joined forces with his switch-o-roo Congrilla alternate self. Basically he's an all round jungle hero and adventurer ala Indiana Jones. When he was losing his popularity the powers that be at National decided to merge him with the Congrilla identity to put the sales figures up!
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Name
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Congo Raider
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A.K.A.
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See Red Panther costume details.
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Secret ID.
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Unknown
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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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Lucky "7" Comics
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Howard Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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The Congo Raider was a deadly masked crusader with no qualms about killing someone with his knife. Possibly a re-coloured unused Red Panther story?
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