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Name
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Raven (1) (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Danny Dartkin
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Lola Lash (Police Chief's daughter)
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1st Appearance
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Sure-Fire 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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Detective Sergeant Danny Dartkin, is frustrated by criminals who outwit the law or who use the law to escape justice, and so he puts on a costume and goes after those criminals, taking their money and redistributing it to the poor of Gotham. He was aided by Lola Lash, the daughter of NYC's police chief. He had no powers.
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Name
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Raven (2) (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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Spider-Widow
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1st Appearance
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Feature Comics #60
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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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He was a bird-costumed crime-fighter who was also the lover of the Spider Widow.
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Name
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Ray (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Lanford 'Happy' Terrill
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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 #14
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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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Happy Terrill, a reporter, is caught in a runaway hot air balloon and is exposed to solar radiation when the balloon enters the upper atmosphere. This gives him the ability to transform into the Ray whenever he is exposed to light. His powers include flight, controlling magnetic rays, and the ability to turn into a light beam.
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Name
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Ray Spede, The Rocket Man
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Ray Spede
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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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Red Flash Comics #48
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Year
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1948
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Publisher
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Philmar Ltd
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Country of origin
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UK
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Ray Spede is a "scientist-adventurer" and thrill-seeker who has built a "rocket-ornithopter". He employs this when fighting crime and helping out on expeditions to the uncharted regions of the world. Using the rocket-ornithopter Ray is able to fly. Being a scientist he presumably employs other high-tech gadgets on occasion, such as photographic and radio apparatus. In his second appearance, he adopted a costume, which featured leopard-skin shorts over his red tights.
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Name
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Real American #1
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A.K.A.
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Bronze Terror
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Secret ID.
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Jeff Dixon
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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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Daredevil Comics #2
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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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Jeff Dixon, a lawyer and Apache, returns to the reservation after graduating from law school. He discovers that his father has been framed for murder and puts on a costume to fight for his father, and then later for the rest of the Apache against those who would oppress them. He has no powers but is a good fighter and good with his weapons.
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Name
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Reckoner (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Michael Shawn
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Chipper
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1st Appearance
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Terrific Comics #5
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Continental Magazines Inc
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Country of origin
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USA
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After dressing in evening clothes, Top hat and cloak and black mask, Michael dispenses his own brand of justice with his fists. Good Detective, but no super-powers.
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Name
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Red
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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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Blast Bennet
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1st Appearance
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Weird Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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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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Red is the companion to Blast Bennett, and together they speed through the space ways in search of adventure.
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Name
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Red Bee (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Richard 'Rick' Raleigh
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Michael the Bee.
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1st Appearance
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Hit Comics #1
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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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Rick Raleigh, an Assistant District Attorney, is so frustrated at not being able to put more criminals away, due to the slowness and incompetence of the courts and the technicalities that allow criminals to elude justice, that he puts on a costume and fights crime as the Red Bee. He has no superpowers but makes use of a trained bee named Michael who he stores in a special pouch in his belt. He also has a "stinger gun."
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Name
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Red Blazer
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A.K.A.
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Captain Red Blazer
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Secret ID.
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Jack Dawson
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Spark / Sparky
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1st Appearance
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Pocket Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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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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In 1940, the aged Dawson was grazing some cattle when he noticed a meteor. Upon investigation, that meteor turned out to be a spaceship built and manned by a Dr. Morgan. When Dawson approached, he discovered Morgan burying an alien. After helping him bury the being, Morgan invited Dawson into his spaceship. The last thing Dawson remembered was being offered a drink. When he awoke, he found himself in space. A televisor message from Dr. Morgan informed him that he had exposed Dawson to Heaviside radiation which would not only rejuvenate him but would also give him super-human powers with which to fight crime. When Dawson returned to Earth, he discovered that he had fire elemental aspect powers. He took the name Red Blazer and fought crime for several decades. Once rejuvenated, he found that he did age again but at a much reduced rate. Later became Captain Red Blazer, with new identity and costume. (text only stories)
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Name
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Red Comet
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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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Planet Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Fiction House Magazines
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Country of origin
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USA
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Red Comet, who has no origin or secret identity, works on and off Earth in the year 2040; he is the "mystery man of the universe." He wars on his enemies, criminals and "warmongers." His abilities are magically based; he has super-strength (enough to literally throw people off the planet), telekinesis, an extrasensory attraction to criminals, and the ability to explode bullets before they reach him.
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