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Name
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Robot Archie
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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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Robot
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Lion #257
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Year
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1952
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Publisher
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Amalgamated / Fleetway / IPC
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Country of origin
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UK
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Archie first appeared in issue #1of Lion, in a strip entitled The Jungle Robot, which ran for the first 25 weeks of the comic. At that point Archie had no voice and no mouth, though in time he gained both, as well as having the strip named after him from the second story, which began after a long break, in issue 257 (19 January 1957). Also he was originally remote controlled, and incapable of action without direction, something that also swiftly changed. Archie, Ted and Ken continued to adventure around the world, seeking out treasures and fighting increasingly outrageous opponents, including alien invaders. Super strength. He's bullet-proof and able to extend his limbs telescopically.
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Name
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Robotman (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Dr. Robert Crane (before transformation) Paul Dennis (After Transformation)
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Type
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Robot
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Star-Spangled Comics #7
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Year
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1942
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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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Dr. Robert Crane and his assistant Dr. Chuck Grayson are just completing an android body which will "keep alive a human brain whose owner had died." But darn the luck, just then a group of thugs break into the lab and try to steal whatever's inside. Crane tries to stop them and gets shot for his troubles. Crane, as he dies, tells Grayson to put his brain into the robot body. Grayson does so, and Crane wakes up in the body of the android. He creates a human mask for himself and takes on a new identity, that of Paul Dennis. He tracks down his killers, gets back together with Joan Carter, his girlfriend, and then goes out to fight crime, with the help of his talking robot dog Robbie. Robotman has super-strength, acute mechanical eyes, "microphonic ears," and is fuelled by several hundred horsepower, although he can and does run down and need recharging.
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Name
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Robotman (2)
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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
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Red Seal Comics #22
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Year
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1947
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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 details missing
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[Further details unavailable]
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Name
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Rock Raymond
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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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Captain Flight Comics #4
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Four Star Publications
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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No information at present.
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Name
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Rocket (The)
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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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Queen of Diamonds
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1st Appearance
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Pep Comics #2
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Year
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1940
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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 Rocket shared a strip with the Queen of Diamonds in Pep Comics # 1 and a reprint in Roly Poly # 1 (1945). The Rocket was a pilot of a large spaceship which crashes in the Diamond Empire where he becomes an ally of said queen; the strip was very similar to Flash Gordon. (Thanks to Jake Oster)
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Name
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Rocket Boy
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Billy Wood
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Rocketman
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1st Appearance
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Scoop Comics #2
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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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Billy Wood is a young boy who Cal Martin, a.k.a. Rocketman, gives a jetpack to. Billy, as Rocket Boy, helps Cal fight crime. He has no superpowers but can fly via the jetpack.
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Name
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Rocket Kelly
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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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Rocket Kelly #1
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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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A sort of Indiana Jones meets Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow, he's an action adventurer in a strangely retro future!
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Name
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Rocket Riley (Prince of the Planets)
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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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Rocket Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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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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Rocket Riley aided by the Professor and Griselda, fly around in space righting wrongs! Another sort of Indiana Jones meets Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow, he's an action adventurer in a strangely retro future!
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Name
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Rocketgirl
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A.K.A.
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(See Zip-Jets)
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Secret ID.
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Doris Dalton
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Rocketman
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1st Appearance
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Scoop 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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Doris Dalton is the fiancée of Cal Martin, Rocketman, and when Cal invents a flying jetpack he gives one to her. She helps him fight crime as Rocketgirl. She has no powers but can fly via the jetpack.
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Name
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Rocketman (1)
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A.K.A.
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(See Zip-Jets)
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Secret ID.
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Cal Martin
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Rocket Boy and Rocket Girl (Side-Kicks)
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1st Appearance
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Scoop 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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Cal Martin, an inventor and adventurer, creates a "three-cartridge rocket pack" jetpack that allows him to fly through the air. He makes one for his fiancée Doris Dalton, and together they fight crime and the Germans as Rocketman and Rocketgirl. They are partnered with Billy Wood, a young boy who they gave a jetpack to and who helps them as Rocket Boy. Cal has no powers but can fly with the jetpack.
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