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Name
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Ibis the Invincible
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Prince Amentep
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Type
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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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Taia
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1st Appearance
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Whiz Comics #1
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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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In 12th Dynasty Egypt, four thousand years ago, Prince Amentep is imprisoned by his rival, the evil magician the Black Pharaoh. Amentep, or "Ibis" as he is known, is not as powerful a magician as the Black Pharaoh is. But while Ibis is imprisoned a relative gives him the "Ibistick," a magic wand with which the user can control or create any object. Ibis uses this Ibistick to escape from jail and then kill the Black Pharaoh. Unfortunately Ibis' beloved fianc , Princess Taia of Thebes, was wounded during the final fight. She is put under a spell so that she will not die but will sleep for 40 centuries. Ibis, to be with her, puts himself in a trance as well. He awakens in 1940, covered in mummy clothes and residing in an American museum. He goes to Europe, awakens Princess Taia, and then goes on to fight crime and evil. Ibis is a magician, but most of his powers come from the Ibistick, which can do almost anything; but later becomes powerless against black magic.
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Name
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Ideal Man
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A.K.A.
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Superman
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Secret ID.
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Superman / Clark Kent
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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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National Periodical Publications (DC)
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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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Illuso
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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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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Rocket Kelly #1 (1st series)
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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Illuso, master of magic and arch foe of crime, was taught the mysteries of illusion by a high llama of Tibet!
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Name
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Immortal Man
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Chuck Magnon
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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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Red Dragon #9
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Year
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1944
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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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Chuck Magnon was a Cro-Magnon man who was struck by lightning 100,000 years ago. Instead of killing him, it somehow made him immortal. He s roamed the world picking up the knowledge of ancient Atlantis, Greece, and Rome. To put all that accumulated knowledge to good use he set up an office as "C. Ro-Magnon, Questions Answered.". So he's a sword carrying, time traveller who's skilled in the use of most weapons. Un-aging. Immune to lightning do-gooder. There can be only one!
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Name
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Inferno the Flame Breather
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Frank Verrano
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Steel Sterling
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1st Appearance
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Zip Comics #10
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Year
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1941
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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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Inferno is a fire-breather at a circus. Unfortunately, he's also mixed up in some illegal doing s. Fortunately, Steel Sterling comes to town and sets Inferno straight. Inferno then goes on to fight crime, first as the circus worker, moving from town to town, and then later as a private eye. He has the super-power of breathing fire from his mouth; he can burn his way through steel doors and walls, and can melt bullets before they touch him.
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Name
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Invisible Avenger
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Buzz Allen
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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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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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Buzz is a young ham radio operator whose father, like many another golden age fathers, is slain by racketeers. Later, when installing a "super-electron tube" in his radio to boost its power, Buzz accidentally turns his radio invisible. Rather than market this oddity, he converts it to an invisibility-inducing belt, and he and a friend, Will Lawrence, set out to do the righting-wrongs thing, starting with the racketeers. (thanks to Mark Carlson for costume description)
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Name
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Invisible Hood
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Kent Thurston
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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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Smash Comics #1
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Year
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1939
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Publisher
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Quality Comics
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Country of origin
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USA
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The character Kent Thurston starts out in Smash #1 in a strip entitled "Hooded Justice, but he is red cloaked/hooded hero called "the Invisible Hood" who can't turn invisible. In Smash #2, the strip changes its name to "Invisible Justice" but the character is still called "the Invisible Hood." In this issue, though, he wishes he could actually turn invisible. Just then the radio announces that a scientist who's invented an invisibility formula has been kidnapped, Kent, of course goes after the kidnappers, saves the scientist, and gets the formula.
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Name
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Invisible Man (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Dr. Gade
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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 #2
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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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One Dr. Gade was in his laboratory working with special chemicals when his traitorous assistant pushed him into a blast furnace. The chemicals spilled all over Dr. Gade and turned him invisible as well as fire-proof. He managed to master his abilities and used them to fight crime. He is able to turn invisible at will, but is dependent on the rays of one of his machines to restore his strength.
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Name
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Invisible Scarlet O'Neill
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Scarlet O'Neill
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Type
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Non Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Famous Funnies #81
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Eastern Color Printing
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Country of origin
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USA
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Scarlet, was the daughter of Dr. O'Neil, a scientist who was experimenting on creating various weapons for America. Scarlet accidentally stuck her finger in front of a "weird-looking ray." This gave Scarlet the ability to make herself invisible at will by pressing a nerve on her left wrist. Scarlet decided to use her new power to help America and to do good for people. And so she did, passing up romance on numerous occasions to fight Japanese and German spies, saboteurs, gangsters, and other bad guys.
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Name
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Invisible Terror
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Tom Wade
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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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C-M-O Comics #1 (Chicago Mail Order Co)
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Centaur Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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When Dr. Cortell, noted scientist, died, he turned over his most startling discovery, a chemical formula for invisibility, to Tom Wade, his young assistant. Tom Wade now uses the formula to become The Invisible Terror, that unseen mysteryman menace of all crime-dom! The last super hero comic to come out from Centaur was C-M-O Comics (Chicago Mail Order Comics) which was a unique blend of advertising and comic strips.
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