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Name
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Professor Zog
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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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Electro the Robot
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1st Appearance
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Marvel Mystery Comics #4
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Year
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1939
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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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Professor Philo Zog creates a robot--Electro--with which he hopes to work for the good of mankind. Zog then recruits 12 men who he plans to use as operatives to banish evil and crime. He tells them to use Electro if and when they need him, by summoning him with a tiny wireless phone. Electro has super strength, can run over 100 miles per hour, and perform Hulk-leaps, and is invulnerable to bullets and cannon-fire.
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Name
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Pug Brady
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jonathan Pulaski
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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The Clock
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1st Appearance
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Funny Pages Vol 1 #6 (1st issue)
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Year
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1936
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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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Pug Brady was a former heavy weight boxer, who teamed up with the Clock as a side-kick and also when required played the part of the Clock, as he was his physical double. His crime-fighting garb seemed to differ from the Clock's mainly by way of wearing a different style of mask.
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Name
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Punch Powers
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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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Lucky "7" Comics
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Howard Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Punch Powers is a Galaxy hopping Space Hero, in the same vein as Flash Gordon. He has no powers, not even punch powers.
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Name
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Puppeteer
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A.K.A.
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Captain V / V-Man?
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Secret ID.
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Alan Hale
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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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Rocket Kelly #2
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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Alan Hale was a fairly typical red, white and blue super-hero for Fox Publications. He took his original name from his profession, which was puppet maker. He transformed into the Puppeteer whenever 'Raven' his talking Raven (Yeah I know it looks like an eagle) played Beethoven's Fifth on an magic pipe organ back in Alan's puppet shop. The Puppeteer flew by way of red, white and blue "v-beams, and he super strength. His costume was very, very similar to the V-Man's.
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Name
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Purple Claw
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Dr. Jonathan Weir
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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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Purple Claw #1
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Year
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1953
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Publisher
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Minoan Publishing
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Country of origin
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USA
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The Claw has powers which 'No living man can explain'. In 1943 Dr. Jonathan Weir of the US Army Medical corps crashed deep in the heart of Africa. He was nursed back to health, and given the magic claw by a native tribe. It gives him super-strength.
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Name
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Purple Mask (The)
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A.K.A.
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Laughing Mask
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Secret ID.
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Dennis Burton
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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 #3
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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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This was Dennis Burton's second attempt at being a superhero, the first being the Laughing Mask. He has the same background, origin, and m.o. as the Laughing Mask, down to his twin .45s and killer vigilante approach. He also has a secret crime lab.
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Name
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Purple Tigress
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Ann Morgan
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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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Jo-Jo Comics #7
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Fox Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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The Purple Tigress is a beautiful, cat-like woman who appears to cut down crime. "Like her jungle namesake she stalks the venomous denizens of the wild." As well as being a capable fighter, the Purple Tigress has "cat-like eyes" which can see in the dark. Ann hangs around with a bunch of idiots, all of whom are trying to woo her. How do I know they are idiots? Because when she takes her red dress off and fights a gang wearing what amounts to a bikini, they fail to realise that the two blondes are one and the same, in spite of the fact that neither one is wearing a mask. Clearly these suitors never lifted their eyes above the neckline while the Tigress was around.
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Name
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Purple Zombie
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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n/a
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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 #1
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Year
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1940
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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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The Purple Zombie was created by Doctors Malinsky and Hale. Dr. Hale intended to use "the invention...to prolong life, not to revive the dead," but the evil Dr. Malinsky wanted to create armies of zombies and become "ruler of the living and the dead." Malinsky shoots Hale dead but is then strangled to death by the zombie, who in his own words is "without a conscience...but not without a brain." The Purple Zombie then destroys (violently) Malinsky's allies. He has super-strength and is bullet-proof.
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Name
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Pyroman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Dick Martin
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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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Startling Comics #18
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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
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Dick Martin, who is studying electrical engineering, and during this becomes immune to electrical charges, he is then arrested for an arson attack that he did not commit. While he�s being electrocuted, however, he gains superpowers, and he uses his new abilities to stop crime. He is wanted for the crime, though, and has to hide his identity. His superpowers include flying, electrifying his body, forming electric force fields, and shooting lightning bolts.
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