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Name
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Hawk (The)
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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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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Year
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Publisher
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Quality Comics
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Country of origin
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U.S.A.
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[Further details unavailable]
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Name
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Hawkgirl
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Shiera Sanders
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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Hawkman / Justice Society of America
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1st Appearance
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All-Star Comics #5
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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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Shiera Sanders is an ordinary modern woman until she begins suffering from visions that she was once Shiera, the lover of the Egyptian Prince Khufu, and that in that past life she lost Khufu to violence and was persecuted by Anubis the hawk-god. Then she runs into millionaire Carter Hall and realizes that he is the reincarnation of Prince Khufu and that her visions were true. They immediately fall in love and of course decide to fight crime, he as Hawkman and she as Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl has no superpowers but is a good fighter, is an expert with a variety of ancient weapons (which she is more than willing to use) and can fly via the "ninth metal" in her costume's wings.
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Name
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Hawkman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Carter Hall
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Hawkgirl / 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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Carter Hall is a millionaire playboy who collects weapons. He is given an ancient Egyptian glass knife formerly used for sacrifices. The knife gives Carter a vision, however, and reveals to him that in a former life he was Prince Khufu, who fought for the life of his lover Shiera. He got killed, however, and swore just before he died that he'd return. Carter comes to from this vision with the knowledge that he was Prince Khufu and the notion that Shiera is out there, somewhere. He then runs into her the very next day, and she confesses that she's had similar visions. They decide to team up and fight crime, to continue his centuries-long battle against evil. Carter becomes Hawkman, and Shiera becomes Hawkgirl. Hawkman has no superpowers, but is a good fighter, is an expert with a variety of ancient weapons and can fly via the "ninth metal" he discovered in his laboratory and incorporated into his costume's wings.
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Name
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Heap (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Baron Eric von Emmelman
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Type
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Creature
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Airboy Comics Vol 1 #3
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Year
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1949
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Publisher
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Hillman Periodicals
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Country of origin
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USA
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Baron Eric von Emmelman is a German ace who is shot down during World War One. He lands in a swamp in Poland and during 20 odd years merges with the "dreary vegetation" to become a vampiric humanoid. But he's a good guy, though, and ends up flying a fighter against the Germans and going to Japan and China to fight against the Japanese, and then making his way to America to fight crime there.
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Name
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Hercules (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Heracles, Son of Zeus
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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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Blue Ribbon Comics #4
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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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This character really was the son of Zeus from the myths, who came to Earth to check out the present (1940). He had super-strength and fought gangsters, but he was not a costumed hero in the strict sense. He is highly expert in hand-to-hand combat, and wrestling. Hercules' main power is his superhuman strength. As an immortal, Hercules does not age and is not susceptible to disease. Although he can be wounded in battle, he cannot die by normal means, and has a rapid healing rate.
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Name
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Hercules (2)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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? David
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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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Mystic Comics Vol 1 #3
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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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Young man raised in Arctic by scientist father, ten feet tall, super-strong, came to U.S. with circus, embarked on adventures.
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Name
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Hip Knox (Super Hypnotist)
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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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Superworld Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Komos Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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We open with Professor Knox, a scientist who is convinced that he can better mankind by imbuing a human with superhuman hypnotic powers The Prof subsequently discovers an abandoned infant, near death from exposure, on his doorstep. Knox revives the baby boy with a special operation to his eyes, head, and heart ; as a result, the child grows up with unusually large eyes and a literally swelled head. Nicknamed "Hip" by the Prof, the foundling develops the ability to mesmerize anyone with a glance. When Hip reaches the age of 21. Knox gives him an outfit with an eye on the chest and a cap that would probably look odd even on someone with normal-sized eyes, and un-swelled head. Then has him swear a vow to never use his powers for evil. He doesn't
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Name
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Honey Wasp
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Babe
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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Hooded Wasp
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1st Appearance
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Shadow Comics Vol 3 #3
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Year
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1943
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Publisher
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Street & Smith
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Country of origin
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USA
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Honey Wasp first appears as Babe in The Shadow Vol 2 #11 and becomes the Honey Wasp in The Shadow Vol 3 #3
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Name
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Hood (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Craig 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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Cat.man Comics #5
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Holyoke / Tem Publishing
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Country of origin
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USA
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FBI Agent Craig Williams gets frustrated at those criminals who escape the law and operate outside the FBI's jurisdiction, and so puts on a costume and fights crime. He has no superpowers.
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Name
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Hooded Rider
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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 Cowboy
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Hooded Rider #1
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Year
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1952
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Publisher
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H. John Edwards
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Country of origin
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Australia Details missing
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Another Lone Ranger clone. Leonard Keith Lawson, also known as Len or Lennie Lawson, wrote and drew the best-selling Australian western comic 'The Lone Avenger' (first published in Action Comic, 1946) and another cowboy comic, 'The Hooded Rider'. Also for Action Comic, he made 'Diana, Queen of the Apes'. He died in prison in 2003, after serving a life-sentence for rape and murder.
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