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Name
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Mad Hatter
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Grant Richmond
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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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Mad Hatter #1
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Year
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1946
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Publisher
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O.W. Comics Corp
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Country of origin
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USA
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Grant Richmond is a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle. That's by day, however, by night he puts on a costume with a purple top hat insignia which he shines against walls to strike terror in evil-doers. He speaks in rhyme and is good with his fists!
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Name
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Madame Fatal
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Richard Stanton
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Hamlet the parrot
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1st Appearance
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Crack Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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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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Richard Stanton, a retired actor, is forced to suffer from his daughter's kidnapping. Unable to just sit by and let the police take care of it, Stanton uses his makeup skills to dress like a "simple old lady." In this guise he tracks down and rescues his daughter, putting the criminals away. Stanton is so taken with his disguise that he continues to use it, fighting crime effectively as the world's first transvestite crime fighter. Stanton is helped by his talking Parrot, Hamlet.
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Name
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Madame Satan
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Lola Landis
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Pep Comics #16
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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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She'd once been a mortal woman named Iola. The parents of the man she was to marry objected to the marriage, so Iola murdered them. But as they died, they managed to tell their son of her guilt, so he murdered her. Even in death her beauty overcame him. As he kissed her one last time, he, too, perished. She went straight to Hell, of course, where she became Satan's most trusted servant. Iola's mission was to seduce men into evil, then into death, so her master could claim their souls. Madam Satan has a hypnotic power over men. Her face is able to take on a green skull appearance and she s able to kill with a kiss.
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Name
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Madame Strange
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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 Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Great Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Great Comics Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Two-fisted detective, who lasted just 3 appearances.
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Name
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Magar the Mystic, Re-creator of Souls
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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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Red Raven Comics #1 (of 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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Sorcerer originally active in nineteenth century, he re-awoke at the start of WW2 after being dormant for half a century. He was able to communicate with and recreate the dead, teleport, move at super-speed, use psi-vision. He talks to, among others Solomon, Houdini, Napoleon, Edison, Wellington and Mata Hari.
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Name
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Magga the Magnificent
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Kay ?
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Atoman Comics #2
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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 details missing
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Radio star Kay received her powers from a mystic source in Tibet. By saying 'Om mani padme hum!' she can fly with the speed of thought. (In Tibetan Buddhism this is the most common prayer, and is found everywhere) (Thanks to jake Oster)
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Name
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Magic Morro
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jack Morrow
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Type
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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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Hector the lion
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1st Appearance
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Super Comics #21
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Dell Publishing
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Country of origin
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USA
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Jack Morrow was versed in real magic. His domain was a secluded jungle island where he ran around in shorts. His native sidekick was named Oomla. Magic Morro also had a pet lion named Hector
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Name
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Magician from Baghdad
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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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Spitfire Comics #1?
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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[Further details unavailable]
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Name
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Magician from Mars
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jane Gem (Jane Q-X3)
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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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Amazing Man Comics #7
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Year
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1940
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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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Magician from Mars appears in Amazing Man Comics # 7. Jane Gem-35 was born to a Martian father and a Terran mother. Although she was accidentally exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, she didn't die. Instead she miraculously developed the ability to change reality with a thought. She eventually found life on Mars too dull and used a teleporter to transport herself to Earth. There, she used her reality-warping abilities to fight evil and oppression. (Thanks to Jake Oster)
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Name
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Magnet (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Grant Halford
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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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Complete Book of Comics & Funnies (one shot)
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics
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Country of origin
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USA
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Grant Halford is an explorer and inventor, and when he creates the "Geo-Locator" he decides to use it to help mankind. He goes after criminals and Germans alike. He is helped by his girlfriend Debby and by Sidi. Grant has no superpowers, but his Geo-Locator has magnetic abilities and allow to him find bad guys of every description.
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