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Name
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Magno
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Tom Dalton
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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 #13
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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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Tom Dalton, a humble electric company lineman, is fed "10,000 DC volts" in an accident, and almost immediately afterwards is "shocked back to life by an equal current of AC volts." This gives me a variety of superpowers, which he uses to fight crime, although he continues his work as a lineman. He can use his hands like magnets, drawing bullets and other metal to them, and can even heat his powers enough to melt the bullets. When he hits someone, they receive an electric shock. He can also recharge himself by exposing himself to electrical current.
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Name
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Magno, the Magnetic Man
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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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Davey (Side-Kick)
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1st Appearance
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Super-Mystery 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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In an odd reversal, Magno is a superhero pretending to be an idle playboy. But everybody calls him "Magno," and he has no real secret identity. He works for the government, fighting crime and the enemies of America. He is assisted by Davey. He has magnetic powers, including flight, invulnerability, the power to control and generate magnetic attraction, and the ability to physically draw Davey to Magno across long distances.
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Name
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Major Domo and Jo-Jo
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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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Non Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Dime Comics #?
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Bell Features / Commercial Signs of Canada
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Country of origin
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Canada Details missing
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Here's a hero that takes the prize as the most bizarre of all the Canadian comic book heroes from this era. Major Domo lost his arms at Arnhem during WWII. The Major teamed up with a leg-less dwarf named JoJo who rode on Major Domo's shoulders as his assistant (and his arms). They became one under a trench coat and went throughout Europe bringing saboteurs and evildoers to justice.
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Name
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Major Inapak (Space Ace)
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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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Major Inapak (Space Ace) #1 (One shot)
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Year
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1951
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Publisher
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Magazine Enterprises / Inapak Foods
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Country of origin
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USA
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One big adverting gimmick (free Comic) for a chocolate drink! 'Major Inapak The Space Ace in,' a giveaway comic that depicts the far-flung future world of 1982!
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Name
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Major Liberty
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A.K.A.
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Mr. Liberty (issue #1)
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Secret ID.
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John Liberty
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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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USA Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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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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John Liberty, a Professor of American History, is outraged over Nazi saboteurs' actions when he is visited by a ghost who judges his patriotism worthy and transforms him into the red-coat-and-ruffles-costumed Major Liberty. He can summon up the ghosts of past American patriots, to aid him in helping America.
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Name
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Major Mars
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A.K.A.
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Captain Future
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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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Grag (Robot)
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1st Appearance
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Exciting Comics #1 (only appearance)
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Year
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1940
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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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Major Mars is a blatant Captain Future lift, down to his origin and the companion robot Grag.
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Name
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Major Victory
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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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Dynamic Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Harry 'A' Chesler Dynamic Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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This nameless soldier is caught in an enemy trap and blown to bits. His ghost is visited by "Father Patriot" and brought back to life, though, and Major Victory goes on to fight for America despite the inconvenience of being dead. Besides being a ghost/zombie, he has no powers.
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Name
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Man In Black, (Called Fate)
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A.K.A.
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Death / Mr. Twilight
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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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Front Page Comic Book (One shot)
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Greetings! I am The Man in Black! Some call me Fate some Kismet and others luck! But to you, I am The Man in Black! And I will show you the amazing part I play in your life!... A host character in the comic, who sometimes stood outside the panels and narrated the plot, or sometimes he would enter the story and take part. Normally his face was in shadow, and for this he sometimes even apologised, claiming that if you saw his face, it would be fatal.
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Name
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Man of War
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Clay Carter
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Red Seal (Side-Kick)
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1st Appearance
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Liberty Scouts #2
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Year
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1941
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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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Mars, the God of War, is so admiring of the German efforts during World War Two that he creates a being to work for them. Unfortunately for the Germans, Mars is a moron and puts this being in Dayton, Ohio. "Man of War," goes on to fight for America, both at home and abroad. He has super-human strength and resistance to damage; the sword of Mars which is flaming and capable of cutting through anything; and the ability to sense, control, and teleport through explosions.
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Name
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Man O'Metal
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Pat Dempsey
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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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Reg'lar Fellas #7
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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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Pat Dempsey, a foundry worker, is the subject of an unfortunate accident: a vat of "white hot metal" spills on him. Rather than being fried, however, he undergoes an "unexplainable chemical reaction of the skin texture," which enables him to burst into blue flames whenever he is exposed to heat. He quits his job, becomes a private investigator, and begins solving crimes for pay and fighting evil for free. In his normal, human body, he is as vulnerable as any other person, but while on fire he can melt bullets and grenades.
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