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Name
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Flame (1) (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Gary Preston /Charteris
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Flame Girl (Side-Kick)
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1st Appearance
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Wonderworld Comics #3
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Year
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1939
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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Gary Preston is the baby son of Charteris Preston, an American missionary in China. A flood washes Charteris away, and Gary is only saved by being placed in a basket. He is washed into Tibet where he is found by lamas. They raise him and educate and train him, so that he is at the peak of physical and mental powers. He is also trained in magic, specifically in the power over flame. As an adult he vows to use his abilities to fight crime and evil and returns to the United States with a costume to fulfil his vow. He is assisted, late in his career, by Flame Girl. The Flame can control flame, is hot enough that bullets melt when they touch him, is mostly invulnerable to explosions, and can transport himself via flames. He is vulnerable to water, however, which weakens him.
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Name
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Flame (2) (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Kandy Wilson
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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Shaman
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1st Appearance
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Golden Lad #5
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Year
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1946
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Publisher
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Spark / Fact & Fiction Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Kandy Wilson is the secretary to Don Wickett at radio station WWGL in Knickerbocker City. When he decides to start fighting crime as Shaman, she goes along with it, putting on a costume and becoming his sidekick Flame. She has no superpowers.
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Name
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Flame (3) (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Kip Adams
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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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Formally Lone Eagle #5, was The Flame #1
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Year
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1954
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Publisher
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Ajax / Farrell Productions
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Country of origin
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USA
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Kip Adams was a chemist. Ajax tried an intriguing revival with three issues of The Flame (Dec. 1954-Jan. 1955 through May 1955, the only Code-approved issue). The Flame, an original Fox character, had not been seen since early in 1942, but apparently Farrell acquired the rights.
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Name
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Flamegirl
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Linda Dale
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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The Flame
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1st Appearance
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Wonderworld Comics #30
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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Linda Dale is the sidekick to The Flame (1). She has his powers over fire.
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Name
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Flameman -Genie of the Sun
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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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Flameman -Genie of the Sun (One shot)
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Year
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1946
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Publisher
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K. G. Murray
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Country of origin
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Australia Details missing
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The Genie is created by the sun, to protect the sun planet and stop enemies of mankind putting the sun's rays to evil use. He had a wasp-sized girl companion and a horse of flame. Radar rays were emitted by the gemstone in his forehead. Leotard with high collar. Tall boots. Tights. Gem in centre of forehead.
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Name
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Flamingo (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Colonel Moore Williams
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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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Contact Comics nn (#1)
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Aviation Press
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Country of origin
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USA
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Colonel Moore Williams knows the enemy to be a cowardly lot, easily frightened by the strange and the unknown. Thus he creates the alter ego of the Flamingo! Armed with only his great intellect, his physical strength, and his service revolver and specially built plane, the Flamingo goes where the military cannot go.
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Name
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Flash (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jay Garrick
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Justice Society of America
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1st Appearance
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Flash Comics #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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Jay Garrick, a chemistry student, is separating elements in hard water when he accidentally spills the vials of elements. This causes a spew of gases which overwhelms him. He is comatose for weeks, but eventually recovers. He gains, from this experience, overwhelming super-speed, and he uses these powers to fight crime. He is a member of the Justice Society of America.
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Name
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Flash / Lash Lightning
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A.K.A.
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Lash Lightning
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Secret ID.
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Robert Morgan
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Lightning Girl (Side-Kick)
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1st Appearance
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Sure-Fire Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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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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Robert Morgan, a explorer type, was delving into a pyramid when he encountered an Egyptian mystic, the "Old Man of the Pyramids," who gave him superpowers on the condition that he fight against evil with them. He has a variety of superpowers, including flight, electricity generation, radiating "lightning heat," and super-speed. He uses these abilities to fight crime. He is assisted by Lightning Girl. In addition to his other superpowers he can track Lightning Girl via their shared "lightning impulses." He is recharged by electricity. He was later called "Lash Lightning" (Issue #9 of Lightning Comics) to avoid confusion with the Flash.
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Name
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Flexo the Rubber Man
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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n/a
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Type
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Robot
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Mystic Comics Vol 1 #1
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Year
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1940
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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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After "years of experimentation" Doctors Joel and Joshua Williams create a robot made from rubber. The Doctors use the robot, Flexo, to fight crime and various foreign spies. Flexo is "made of live rubber, filled with a secret gas, and operated by remote control." Flexo has super-speed, flight, super strength, a rubber body (so bullets go right through him and he's immune to blunt blows), and he can stretch.
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Name
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Flip Falcon of the 4th Dimension
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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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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None
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1st Appearance
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Fantastic Comics #4
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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The 'Demi-Things' are denizens of the 4th Dimension where they were cast for crimes against humanity. They are bald pointed eared men with the legs and hooves of goats. Chongo, more evil than the rest charges up a ray that he uses to wreak havoc on Earth, destroying buildings and turning men into skeletons. Scientist-Adventurer Flip Falcon travels to the 4th Dimension to stop him.
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