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Name
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Merzah the Mystic
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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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Diana (2)
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1st Appearance
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Mystic Comics Vol 1 #4
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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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Merzah the Mystic fights international spies and saboteurs. By his amazing powers of thought transmission, mental telepathy and precognitive powers he protects his country from the inroads of communism and fascism!
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Name
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Meteor
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A.K.A.
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Mercury
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Secret ID.
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Mickey O'Toole
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Silver Streak
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1st Appearance
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Silver Streak Comics #12
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Lev Gleason Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Mickey O'Toole is in need of a blood transfusion and is given blood by the Silver Streak. Because of the "secret fluid" in the Streak's blood, Mickey gains the Streak's powers, and becomes first Mercury and then the Meteor, the Streak's sidekick. The Meteor has super-speed and can fly.
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Name
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Meteor Martin
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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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Amazing Man Comics #25
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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 details missing
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Ace pilot of Moon patrol.
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Name
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Mickey Martin
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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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(Unknown) Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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American Crusader
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1st Appearance
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Thrilling Comics #21
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Year
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1942
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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 details missing
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Mickey is the subject of a controlled experiment of the kind that gave the American Crusader his powers. The experiment works, and Mike gains the Crusader's powers. He decides to become the Crusader's sidekick. His superpowers include super strength, flight, speed, and invulnerability to bullets.
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Name
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Mickey Matthews
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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 Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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The Deacon /Little Leaders
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1st Appearance
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Cat.man Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Holyoke / Tem Publishing
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Country of origin
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USA
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Mickey Matthews is the youthful sidekick of the Deacon. He is also a member of the Little Leaders. His life was saved by the Deacon, which is how the pair met up.
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Name
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Micro-Face
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Tom Woods
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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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Clue Comics #1
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Year
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1943
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Publisher
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Hillman Periodicals
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Country of origin
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USA
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Tom Woods loses his brother to gangsters' guns. He swears revenge and puts together a costume to do so. (He beats the gangsters, of course) He has no superpowers, but his mask has a microphone for amplifying his voice, a hearing-amplifier, and "photoelectric lenses" for x-ray vision.
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Name
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Microman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jimmy Everett
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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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Human Torch Comics #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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Bored little Jimmy Everett visits Mr. Schmidt in his lab while he is experimenting. After finding out the old chemist has invented a potion that can shrink someone, he runs an errand for him, and comes back to find him asleep. Jimmy decides to take the potion and shrinks down to the size of a nickel laying on the floor. When the chemist awakes, he spots the coin and picks it up, not noticing Jimmy on the coin, and puts it in his pocket. The old man happens to pick up a magnifying glass and sees the tiny boy, gives him the antidote and restores him to regular size. 1st and only appearance
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Name
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Midnight
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Dave Clark
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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 #18
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Year
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1941
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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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Dave Clark is a radio announcer at UMAX who decides to fight crime at night, and does so, assisted by talking monkey Gabby and reformed criminal and mad scientist Doc Wackey. Midnight has no superpowers but carries a gun, sleep-darts, a two-way wrist radio, and other gadgets.
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Name
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Mighty Boy
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Zarl Kazzan of Zumoor (formally Keith of Earth)
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Friends of Superboy
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1st Appearance
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Superboy #85
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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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A superhero from the planet Zumoor who became friends with Superboy for a time until the Boy of Steel learned his body acted like Red Kryptonite to Mighty Boy.
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Name
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Mighty Maid
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Supergirl
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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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Action Comics #260
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Year
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1960?
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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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An alias employed by Supergirl in January 1960 when she poses as a beautiful brown-haired super-heroine from the fourth dimension as part of an elaborate ruse, devised by Superman, to thwart a plan by extraterrestrial aliens to destroy the planet Earth, Superman’s adopted planet, in retaliation for a mistaken attack on a fleet of their spacecraft, long ago, by the army of Krypton, the far-distant planet where Superman was born. (c) Supermanica
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