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Name
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Marksman (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Baron Povalsky alias Major Hurtz
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Type
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Costumed Archer
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Smash Comics #33
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Year
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1942
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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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Baron Povalsky, a Polish nobleman, is outraged by what the Germans have done to his country. He assumes the identity of "Major Hurtz," a German army officer, and works for the German army by day while hunting the Germans by night as the Marksman. He has no superpowers but is very skilled with bow and arrow.
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Name
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Marksman (2)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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John Courage
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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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Amazing-Man Comics #23 (Only appearance)
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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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John Courage was trained from childhood by his father, chief of the Secret Service, to be a powerful force against crime. No matter what weapon he used, he never missed his target.
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Name
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Mars Boy
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Joe Mars / Sutri of Mars
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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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Superboy #14
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Year
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1951
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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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While there is no mention of a Golden Age Legion of Super-Heroes, Mars Boy can be considered an early "prototype" of Star Boy. "Lana Lang's Romance on Mars" In Superboy #14 has many similarities to the later Silver Age story in Adventure No. 282, "Lana Lang Meets the Legion". There is also a physical similarity between Mars Boy and Star Boy . He could fly and had super-strength.
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Name
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Marsman
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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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Marsman Comics (One Shot)
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Year
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1948
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Publisher
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Cartoon Art Productions
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Country of origin
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UK
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Marsman came to (Bigburg) Earth "to make a report on Earth's social life and civilisation" for his own planet, Mars. He didn't deliberately set out to fight crime, but ended up doing so anyway. Able to fly. Other powers unknown, if any.
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Name
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Martan the Marvel 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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Vana (Wife)
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1st Appearance
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Popular Comics #46
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Year
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1939
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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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Martan is an alien, of the planet Antaclea, who comes to Earth on his honeymoon with his wife Vana. Unfortunately, while he's here he discovers that evil aliens, carrying out the orders of the Supreme Three Of The Universe, have already arrived on Earth and are trying to conquer Earth. Martan and his wife fight against the invading aliens. Martan has super strength and telepathy as well as advanced technology
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Name
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Martin Power
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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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Power Comic
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Year
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1950
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Publisher
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Martin & Reid Ltd London
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Country of origin
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UK
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Interstellar policeman, very Dan Dare
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Name
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Marvel (The)
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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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Blue Ribbon Comics #2
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Year
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1939
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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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The Marvel appears to have no super powers, relying instead on his extraordinary fighting abilities, skill with a gun, and keen deductive mind. When Scoop Cody would get in trouble covering a story, the Marvel would show up to rescue him. While each episode promised to reveal who the Marvel was next month, they never did.
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Name
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Marvel Boy (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Martin Burns
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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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Daring Mystery Comics #6
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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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Only Appearance / Hercules, the hero of Egypt, dies and ascends to Valhalla. He's happy there, but one day becomes concerned about the rise to power of the Nazi party in Germany, and so asks Jupiter to allow him to return to Earth to fight against that evil. Jupiter grants his wish, and Hercules returns to Earth, reincarnated, in the form of Martin Burns. Burns is born with super strength, but hasn't done anything with it by the time he reaches adolescence. At that time a package containing a costume is delivered to the Burns home, and that night a Shadow visits Martin, informing him that he is the reincarnation of Hercules, that there is evil to be fought, and that the weed of crime bears a bitter fruit. Martin goes on to fight crime. He's got super strength.
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Name
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Marvel Boy (2)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Martin Burns
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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 #7
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Year
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1943
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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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An ordinary schoolboy named Martin Burns is visiting a museum with the other students from his school when a mummy case falls and wounds him. Martin receives the "extract" of the entombed via the wound, and since the mummy was Hercules, well, you know zany wackiness is going to follow. That night a mysterious Shadow visits Martin Burns and tells him that he now possesses the spirit of Hercules. Martin puts on a costume and becomes Marvel Boy, with the strength of Hercules, the speed of winged Mercury, and the wisdom of Abe Lincoln.
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Name
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Marvel Boy (3)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Robert 'Bob' Grayson
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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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Marvel Boy #1
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Year
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1950
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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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Like Superman, Marvel Boy was rocketed to another planet as a baby, when the one he'd been born on was struck with a terrible disaster. In his case, the planet he left was Earth, and the disaster was the Nazi take-over of Germany in the 1930s, which resulted in the deaths of his mother and sister. Bob grew up among Uranians, absorbing their high intelligence and telepathic abilities. He took those abilities, as well as pills to give him enhanced strength, with him when he returned to Earth to deal with a post-war sci-fi style menace that had suddenly popped up. In addition, Dad gave him a pair of wrist bands that could emit "atomic radiance" that would temporarily blind an opponent. Marvel Comics has always been enamoured of superhero names that contain the word "marvel" ?Ms. Marvel, The Black Marvel, Captain Marvel ?This character was the third to be called Marvel Boy, and the company had been producing comic books for only 11 years. The first two Marvel Boys were short-lived back-page fillers during the early 1940s
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