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Name
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Spade of the Secret Service
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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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Non Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Victory Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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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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Known only as 'Spade', the true identity of this agent of a hundred faces and a thousand tricks is a mystery. He's also the smasher of a hundred counterfeiters - preserver of the life of more than one president. The symbol of his vengeance, the Ace of Spades, strikes terror to the hearts of wrong doers.
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Name
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Spark
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A.K.A.
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Sparky (without costume? Or powers)
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Red Blazer /Captain Red Blazer
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1st Appearance
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Pocket Comics #1 (as Sparky) / All-New Comics #5
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Year
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1941 / 1943
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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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The original Sparky had no superpowers, but the covers of 'All-New Comics' contradict this, so presumably he gained them around the same time he changed his name from Sparky to Spark in issue #5 of All-New Comics, (or this might even be a different character, see Red Blazer / Captain Red Blazer) As Spark he now is able to fly, and generate heat and control flames.
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Name
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Spark Man (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Omar Kavak
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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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Sparkler Comics Vol 2 #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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United Features Syndicate
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Country of origin
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USA
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Omar Kavak, a classical violinist, experiments with electricity until he finds away to charge himself up without harming himself. He then uses his ability to fight crime, and then the Japanese, as a super-powered (non-costumed) soldier. He shocks the enemy through a special pair of gloves, later in his career he used guns. Changed to light green costume in issue #9, red costume in issue #11, and normal Army fatigues from issue #16 onwards.
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Name
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Sparkler (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Red Morgan
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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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Super Spy #1
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Year
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1940
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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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“Red Morgan, the Sparkler, when dressed in his suit of light resistant material, is able to vanish completely. When he becomes visible, sparks leap about his body for several minutes. This is caused by the light rays, that have been broken, coming together.? We never see the Sparkler when invisible. (thanks to Mark Carlson)
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Name
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Sparky Watts
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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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Big Shot Comics #14
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Columbia Comic Corporation
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Country of origin
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USA
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Sparky Watts was an ordinary college student trying to raise funds by selling magazines when he made the fateful choice to try to pitch them to Doc Static, a slightly odd inventor. Static agreed to buy some of Sparky's magazines if Sparky would agree to be a subject of one of Doc's experiments. Doc irradiates Sparky with cosmic rays, and Sparky gets superpowers, which he uses to fight crime, the Axis, and radioactive mutants, among others. Sparky has super-speed, super-strength, and invulnerability.
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Name
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Sparky (1)
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A.K.A.
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Spunky (issues #18-30)
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Secret ID.
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Sparkington J. Northrup
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Blue Beetle
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1st Appearance
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Blue Beetle Comics #14
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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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Sparkington J. Northrup was the sidekick of the Blue Beetle. He wore the same bullet-proof blue chain-mail and also took the mystery vitamin 2X, which gave him the same super-strength as the Beetle. Later he dropped the costume and became known as Spunky.
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Name
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Sparky (2)
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A.K.A.
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Spark (when powered and costumed)
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Secret ID.
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Unknown
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Type
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Costumed Side-Kick
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Affiliation/Team
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Red Blazer
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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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Red Blazer's side-kick, who somehow gained powers and a slightly new name (Spark) when he joined 'Captain' Red Blazer (text only stories)
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Name
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Sparky Malone Space Commando
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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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Space Commando Comics
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Year
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1953
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Publisher
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L. Miller & Son
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Country of origin
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UK
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Sparky Malone, fearless leader of the Spacial Assignment Group, fights in the war against the evil forces of Venus, Karoc, Mercury and Gor. He has a flying belt and a paralysis gun.
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Name
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Spectre (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Jim Corrigan
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Justice Society of America
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1st Appearance
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More Fun Comics #52
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Year
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1940
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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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Tough cop Jim Corrigan gets set up by mobster "Gat" Benson and thrown into the river in a barrel of cement. Corrigan dies, but instead of going on to heaven his spirit is met by a "Voice," which tells him he must return to Earth as a ghost to fight against crime. Corrigan returns as the revenant the Spectre, and fights against criminals mortal and occult. The Spectre's powers are immense, and he can do almost anything; when he is faced with someone or something more powerful than he, he approaches the "Voice" and gets help and extra power. He is assisted by Percival Popp, "Super Cop," .
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Name
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Spectro the Mindreader
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Robert Morgan
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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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Wonder Comics #1
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Year
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1945
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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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Bob Morgan has the ability to read minds and judge the souls of people. If they’re criminals, he deals with them.
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