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Name
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Captain Valor
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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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Zip 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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U.S. Marine Captain Valor (his real name is never given), an independent-minded man of action, chafes under the military s rules and protocol and resolves to fight freely against tyranny and injustice. Resigning his commission, Valor sets off for the Far East in search of adventure. In Asia, the Captain often finds himself in trouble, but he earns the nickname of Valor by fighting his way out of any dire situation with his wits and strength. But in August 1941 when war looks imminent, Captain Valor returns to the Marines to serve his country. Captain Valor s recorded adventures end in May 1942. Captain Valor s sprit will never end. Though he has no super powers, Captain Valor is a superb strategist, a great fighter, and a fearless soul, eager to protect the weak.
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Name
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Captain Venture
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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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Nickel Comics #4
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Year
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1940
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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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Sci-fi Space adventurer ala Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
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Name
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Captain Victory
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jack Wilson
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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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Our Flag Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Ace Magazines (Periodical House)
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Country of origin
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USA
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Jack Wilson is a patriot who puts on a costume and fights the Japanese. Super-strength and flight are Captain Victory's only known powers. Only appearance.
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Name
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Captain Wizard
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Joseph Preston
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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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Red Band Comics #3
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Enwil Associates / Rural Home / Gerona
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Country of origin
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USA
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A war veteran is unjustly accused of murder. He hides from the police in a wax museum, only to be discovered by a magician named, Theophrastus Bombastus Paracelsus. Theo instantly sees that the vet is innocent and so gives him a magical cloak and tells him to "be off, do good." The cloak gives Captain Wizard invulnerability and allows him to fly.
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Name
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Captain Wonder (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Prof' Jordan
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Tim (2) (Side-Kick) / In 2008 became a member of Marvel's The Twelve
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1st Appearance
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Kid Komics #1
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Year
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1943
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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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Professor Jordan is a chemistry teacher at a New York City high school. After school one day he is showing off one of his experiments to Tim Mulrooney, his prize student, who unfortunately bounced a rubber band off the back of Jordan's head and so merited after school detention. Jordan has discovered what he calls the "wonder fluid," which has "more power than a dozen men." Unfortunately, Jordan, who is a bit clumsy, drops the vial. It breaks and floods the room with strange fumes. Both Jordan and Tim inhale vast quantities of the fumes. Jordan passes out, but Tim, thinking quickly, opens a window and the fumes escape. Once the pair recover they discover that they've gained the strength of a dozen men. Naturally they decide to fight crime and the Axis with their new powers. They put on costumes, Jordan calling himself "Captain Wonder" and Tim calling himself "Tim."
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Name
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Captain Wonder (2)
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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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Triumph Comics #9
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Year
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1940's
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Publisher
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Bell Features / Commercial Signs of Canada
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Country of origin
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Canada
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The old Yogi invoked the three Gods of Old. A strange pulsating light fills the room, and the three ghoulish figures appear. The old Yogi speaks! "Oh, Gods, may I present a young Canadian who has lived with me for the past twenty years! His parents were killed by a criminal! And now he wishes to return to Canada to exterminate all such malignant doers! Will you aid him in his task?" Suddenly, a dazzling flash of lightning transforms the young Canadian. Standing there clad in a colourful costume he now has the three gods gifts. Into the night soars Captain Wonder! The gods gave Captain Wonder "the strength of a hundred men, great wisdom, and speed, the power to fly like a bird and swim like a fish."
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Name
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Captain X (of the R.A.F.)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Richard 'Buck' Dare
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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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Star-Spangled Comics #1
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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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Little is known about the early years of Richard Dare, but at the outbreak of World War II in Europe, he aided the British Royal Air Force in an experimental airplane, and was based at Chatham Dockyard, Kent, England. After the US's involvement in the conflict, he became attached to the OSS and worked for them under the code name "Aviator". During his time in England, he became friends with the villain known as The Shade, who aided him on several missions. ....After the war, he continued to work for the US Intelligence. Dare was a ruthless fighter, well trained in the arts of espionage. He was proficient in many weapons, but his most amazing one was his "aeroplane", composed of a nearly indestructible transparent plastic, when airborne, he was nearly invisible.
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Name
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Captain Zenith
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A.K.A.
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The Amazing Man of Speed
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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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Captain Zenith Comic (One shot)
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Year
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1950
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Publisher
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Martin & Reid Ltd London
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Country of origin
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UK
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Captain Zenith's origin is unknown, but he was a dedicated superhero. In his only recorded case, he came to the aid of a man who had just been mugged, but couldn't find the car the victim described the criminals driving off in. Returning to ask the victim more questions, Captain Zenith saw that he was already being interviewed by the police. When the hero saw the next day's papers, his suspicions were aroused, as he saw that the victim. Mason Fleger, had his stolen property heavily insured. He confirmed his theory by listening into Fleger's conversation with his accomplice, perched outside the window of the man's flat. Confronting the two crooks, Captain Zenith easily captured them. He has superhuman speed and is able to climb the side of buildings like a fly.
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Name
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Cat (The)
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A.K.A.
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Cat-woman
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Secret ID.
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Marguerite Tone / Elva Barr / Madame Moderne /Belinda
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Type
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Costumed Villain
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Batman #1
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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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In her first appearance she was simply called The Cat, her real name was unknown and she didn t even have a costume. She was just a beautiful, sophisticated, dressed-to-kill jewel thief introduced to give the series a little sex appeal, according to co-creator Bob Kane. Then in Batman No. 10 (1942), she finally got a civilian name: Marguerite Tone, a bored socialite who stole for kicks. In subsequent appearances, she was also beautician Elva Barr, magazine publisher Madame Moderne and a maid named Belinda. Which didn t last. In Batman No 62 (1950), a bump on the head revealed she was Selina Kyle, a stewardess who had lost her memory! She immediately reformed, but later returned to her wicked ways out of injured pride.
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Name
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Cat (The) (Le Chat )
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jacques Bertrand
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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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Heroic Albums
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Year
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1953
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Publisher
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Country of origin
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France details missing
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Jacques Bertrand, reporter of the daily 'London Planet', who fights crime as The Cat. His main foe is the mysterious crime syndicate boss "Number 1". 26 episodes were serialized in the magazine "Heroic Albums" in 1953.
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