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Name  Molo the Mighty
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Molo
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Coming of Molo The Mighty (One shot)
Year 1943
Publisher Miller Ltd
Country of origin Australia
Able to fly, he loses his alien powers if his jewelled headband is removed. Bullets, fire, etc. have no effect on him. Able to encase himself in a steel-hard exo-skeletal skin by altering his molecular structure. Molo was an alien, earthbound because of a rocket-ship crash in Australia's outback.
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Name  Monako the Magician
A.K.A. Prince of Magic
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Magician
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Daring Mystery Comics #1
Year 1940
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
Surprisingly similar to Mandrake the Magician and is aided by Pere and Josie. Unlike Mandrake, however, Monako has actual magic to fall back upon, able to levitate, teleport, grow in size, shrink, cast illusions etc.
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Name  Monk
A.K.A. N/A
Secret ID. Col. Andrew Blodgett Mayfair
Type Non Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team Doc Savage
1st Appearance Shadow Comics Vol 1 #1
Year 1940
Publisher Street & Smith
Country of origin USA
[Further details unavailable]
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Name  Monsieur X
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance
Year
Publisher Quality Comics
Country of origin USA details missing
No information at present.
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Name  Monstro The Martian
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team The Shield & Dusty
1st Appearance Pep Comics #40
Year 1943
Publisher MLJ /Archie Comics
Country of origin USA
Monstro was a Martian with amazing powers who accidentally ended up on Earth due to some doo-dad that those crazy scientists are always fooling around with. Soon after his arrival he teamed up with the top superheroes of his comic book company and formed a nifty crime-fighting team, having some pulse-pounding adventures in the process. His powers were Shape-shifting, Invulnerability, X-Ray Vision, Super-Strength and Mental telepathy. (c) Copper 2007
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Name  Monstro The Mighty
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Comedy Comics Vol 1 #10
Year 1942
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA details missing
Monstro is the son of the war god Mars. He fought in a number of mortal wars over the centuries before finally growing weary of violence and bloodshed. When told of this, Mars knocked Monstro into the 1940s. Monstro appears as a giant (50' tall or more); he manifested himself in the U.S. and after initially being treated as a King Kong-like threat hooked up with Major Crash of the Flying Intelligence Service and his mechanic/bodyguard Hook (a former boxer), defeated the forces of the female spy Little Poison, and then vanished, never to appear in the comics again. Only appearance.
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Name  Moon Girl
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Clare Lune
Type Costumed Heroine
Affiliation/Team Prince Mengu
1st Appearance Animal Fables #7 (last issue)
Year 1947
Publisher E.C. Comics (Educational Comics)
Country of origin USA
Clare Lune is a native of a mythical kingdom on Earth who leaves it and comes to the United States to fight crime and help the general weal. She is assisted first by her swain Prince Menou and later by a female assistant, Star. Moon Girl has super strength, a moonstone which makes her "superior to any man," and a telepathically-controlled airplane-like "moon-ship."
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Name  Moon Man (1)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Mystic Comics Vol 1 #5 (Only Appearance)
Year 1941
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
No origin was given for him, and his private identity is never provided. Moon Man is a "master of many sciences and independently wealthy," he only comes out on nights when the moon is full, and he is "hunted alike by the underworld and the police." Plus, of course, he is good with his fists.
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Name  Moon Man (2)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None (Extra-terrestrial )
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Zip-Bang Comic #1
Year 1946
Publisher Ensign Comics / W. Forshaw
Country of origin UK
Moon Man was orbiting Earth and decided to pay a visit to our planet. He then interrupted crooks who kidnapped a professor for a secret formula showing along the way that he was invulnerable, could fly and very strong. He was also fairly ruthless, as he threw a female villain out of a second floor window, and killed her.
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Name  Mosquito (The)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Lt Steve Stanton
Type Non Costumed Pilot
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Air Fighters Comics Vol1 #1
Year 1941
Publisher Hillman Periodicals
Country of origin USA
Steve Stanton, ex-flier for our Border patrol, is unlike other men, reared by his American scientist father 20,000 feet up on the side of Mt. Aconcauga, Chile. His great lungs can stand altitudes fatal to normal men. Foes of the Border Patrol named him the Mosquito, because of his small stature and stinging vengeance." He is a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and as such goes wherever he is sent, taking on the enemy and shooting them down all the while.
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