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Name  Captain Climax
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Climax
Year 1946
Publisher Ronald Flatteau
Country of origin UK
Captain Climax, ambassador of good will, leaves Earth to unite the universe in peace.
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Name  Captain Combat
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Star-Studded Comics #1
Year 1945
Publisher Cambridge House / Superior Publishers
Country of origin Canada
A nameless man, disguised as a comic book hero named "Captain Combat" and appearing in a parade, hears about a crime to be committed and decides to stop it. He has no powers but is a good fighter.
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Name  Captain Comet
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Adam Blake
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Strange Adventures #9
Year 1951
Publisher National Periodical Publications (DC)
Country of origin USA
Captain Comet was Adam Blake, a man born 100,000 years ahead of his time. His friend and confidant, physics professor Emery Zackro, compared his condition to a throwback, that is, a creature in whom a chance combination of genes causes it to resemble an earlier form of its species. Adam was a kind of mutant. Adam's mutant status was attributed to an especially bright, previously unknown comet whose light had shone upon him minutes after birth. His abilities included Super-Strength, Super-Speed, Limited invulnerability, Telepathy and Telekinesis, and a photographic memory. He made himself a costume to hide his identity and went into the business of combating evil on a regular basis.
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Name  Captain Commando
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. John Grayson
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team Boy Soldiers
1st Appearance Pep Comics #30
Year 1942
Publisher MLJ /Archie Comics
Country of origin USA
John Grayson, a patriotic type, decides that he can best serve America by fighting the Germans from inside Occupied Europe, and puts on a costume, brings his son and his son's international friends along (they form Commando's side-kicks, the Boy Soldiers). Captain Commando is a highly trained soldier, but has no superpowers.
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Name  Captain Conquest
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Flash Dale
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance
Year
Publisher Gerald D Swan ltd?
Country of origin UK Details missing
Captain Conquest can fly, has super senses and super speed and is invulnerable to radiation. Flash Dale utters the magic word, Kagaran, to become Captain Conquest, "conqueror of space and time". Flash is a news reporter in his secret identity.
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Name  Captain Cook of Scotland Yard
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. ? Cook
Type Non Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Smash Comics #3
Year 1940
Publisher Quality Comics
Country of origin USA
Captain Cook is a top investigator for Scotland Yard. (Obvious really)
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Name  Captain Courageous
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Banner Comics #3 (1st issue)
Year 1941
Publisher Ace Magazines (Periodical House)
Country of origin USA
Captain Courageous is actually an "omnipresent" supernatural being who is called to our plane when "brave men and women ask for courage." During WW2 Captain Courageous responds to Americans' pleas and appears to help the Allies. He has super strength; flight, limited invulnerability, and can exist unaided underwater.
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Name  Captain Crash The Dynamic Wonder
A.K.A. The Thunderflash
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Crash Comics (One shot)
Year 1948
Publisher Rayburn Productions
Country of origin UK
Captain Crash could fly; even through space, without need of a spaceship or spacesuit. Captain Crash has power far beyond anything ever known. Super-speed Super-strength etc. Lives in London works as an astronomer. The powerful hero could travel through space unaided, and his telescope allowed him to view the heavens in astonishing detail. He watched the ship Vulcan penetrate the reflective shield around an unnamed planet, and saw the crew taken as slaves by the planet's robot rulers. Captain Crash flew to the planet and freed them from the power of Kling, the mad ruler of space.
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Name  Captain Daring (1)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Daring Mystery Comics #7
Year 1941
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
Captain Daring is a member of the US Army of the 31st Century (3050) working with the US Secret Service against the enemies of America and humanity. He has no superpowers himself, but armoured and has advanced technology weapons at his disposal, including "underground rocket planes" and blasters.
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Name  Captain Daring (2)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Lightning Comics #10?
Year 1945
Publisher Feature Publication
Country of origin Canada Details missing
From Feature Publications sole title
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