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Name  Thunderbolt Jaxon
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Jack Jaxon
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Comet #76
Year 1949
Publisher J. B. Allen / Amalgamated Press
Country of origin UK
Finding the magic belt (Megingjardir) of Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, young Jack Jaxon put it on and in a flash was transformed into a giant endowed with the might and power of the god. Magical belt granted him superhuman strength and endurance when used in the service of justice.
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Name  Thunderbrand, The Captive Prince
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Cannonball Comics #1
Year 1945
Publisher Croydan Publishing Co / Rural Home Publications
Country of origin USA details missing
Thunder Brand was a sword-and-sorcery style youth in search of his father's domain. (Thanks to Jake Oster)
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Name  Thunderer (The)
A.K.A. The Black Avenger
Secret ID. Jerry Carstairs
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Daring Mystery Comics #7
Year 1941
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
Like a lot of Americans in 1941, Jerry Carstairs is a frustrated young man who believes that more should be done about the rampant crime and Bund saboteurs running rampant in the United States. Jerry decides to take matters into his own hands by donning the costume of the Thunderer, a crime-fighter who uses his hobby as a ham radio operator as his tool in fighting crime. Carstairs uses his knowledge of technology to amplify his voice by wearing a microphone and a tiny speaker around his neck to frighten the villains he encounters. However, the Thunderer has a short career with only having two adventures and a third exploit (this time as the Black Avenger) before slipping into obscurity.
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Name  Thunderfist (Mighty Man of Mystery)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Randolph Steele
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Active Comics #1
Year 1942
Publisher Bell Features / Commercial Signs of Canada
Country of origin Canada
Renowned scientist Randy Steele has created devices which give him superhuman abilities. Randy Steele uses these devices as the crime-smashing champion of justice as Thunderfist! Thunderfist’s feet-plate devices attached to his ankles allow him to ride the electric currents high above the ground. He wields great strength due to a belt of power. His mask contains a combination gas mask and underwater breathing device. Even without his powers, Thunderfist is in excellent physical condition with a scientifically trained mind.
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Name  Thunderfoot
A.K.A. Boomfoot
Secret ID. Hustace Throckmorton
Type Non Costumed Side-Kick
Affiliation/Team The Human Bomb
1st Appearance Police Comics #15
Year 1943
Publisher Quality Comics
Country of origin USA
Hustace Throckmorton gained his explosive powers after getting a blood transfusion from Roy Lincoln, (The Human Bomb) which placed the powerful 27-QRX explosive formula into Hustace's blood. But unlike the Human Bomb, Throckmorton could only use these powers through his feet, which gave him the names "Thunderfoot" and "Boomfoot". Throckmorton was later replaced as the Bomb's sidekick by the 'Bombardiers'.
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Name  Thun-Dohr
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Silver Streak Comics #13
Year 1941
Publisher Lev Gleason Publications
Country of origin USA details missing
Indian or Egyptian style hero?
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Name  Tiger Girl
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Princess Vishnu
Type Jungle Heroine
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Fight Comics #32
Year 1944
Publisher Fiction House Magazines
Country of origin USA
Tiger Girl is a blonde Sheena-style heroine. She is from India who works the mean streets of Africa's jungles, enforcing justice with the help of her whip, her pet tiger Benzali, and her Sikh servant Abdola.
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Name  Tiger Man (1)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Prof' Greg Lee
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Super Magician Comics Vol2 #5
Year 1942
Publisher Street & Smith
Country of origin USA details missing
No information at present.
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Name  Tiger Man (2)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Lt. Robert Benton
Type Non Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Rangers Comics #28
Year 1946
Publisher Fiction House Magazines
Country of origin USA
Are you in danger? Are you being blackmailed into paying protection money to cheap racketeers? If so dial the letters T-I-G-E-R M-A-N. and he will help you! Positively no fee. Tiger Man was a very athletic private eye, who advertises his profession every chance he gets, on bill-boards, in papers and on business cards. His office is called the Tigers Den. He has a Tiger-Plane, a Tiger-Car and an Pakistani valet called Pali. He has no powers, but the image of a large tiger appears behind him when he's very angry.
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Name  Tiger Shane
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance All-New Comics #1 (All-New Short Stories #1 -3)
Year 1943
Publisher Harvey Publications
Country of origin USA
Only appearance, he was a detective fighting the Nazis.
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