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Name  Torpedo man (1)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Don Wallace
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Captain Flight Comics #8
Year 1944
Publisher Four Star Publications
Country of origin USA details missing
Don Wallace puts on a costume which gives him the ability to fly and fights crime. "Torpedo Man's headquarters were located beneath the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour."
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Name  Torpedo man (2)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Unknown
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Black Cobra Comics #3 (last issue)
Year 1955
Publisher Ajax / Farrell Productions
Country of origin USA details missing
No information at present. Possibly reprint of Torpedo Man from Captain Flight Comics #8 As the CGC web-site states "Black Cobra #3 also features a tale of Torpedoman, one of the worst "costume" heroes of all time and another steal from Captain Flight."
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Name  Tough Kid Squad
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Wally & Tom Danger (Twins) Butch/Derrick Dawes/ Eagle
Type Costumed Team
Affiliation/Team Tough Kid Squad
1st Appearance Tough Kid Squad Comics #1 (Only appearance)
Year 1942
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
The Tough Kid Squad was Timely's homage to its own successful 'Young Allies'. Tom and Wally Danger are twins separated at birth; one is raised like a prince the other like a pauper. Years later, the two boys meet and team up as the masked Danger Twins. Together with their friends they form the Tough Kid Squad to take care of bad guys. Wally is the smart one, Gained genius-level intellect through an early version of the Super Soldier serum. while Tom is the strong one! Gained super strength through an early version of the Super Soldier serum.
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Name  Transo
A.K.A. N/A
Secret ID. None
Type Magician
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Super Magician Comics Vol1 #4
Year 1942
Publisher Street & Smith
Country of origin USA details missing
[Further details unavailable]
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Name  Triple Terror
A.K.A. Chemix / Lectra / Menta
Secret ID. Richard, Barton & Bruce
Type Costumed Team
Affiliation/Team Triple Terror
1st Appearance Tip Top Comics #54
Year 1943
Publisher United Features Syndicate
Country of origin USA
The Brandon brothers, Richard, Barton, and Bruce, put on costumes and put their abilities to use as Chemix, Lectra, and Menta, the Triple Terror. Barton is the Chemistry expert, Richard the Electronics and Bruce is the Brains behind it all!
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Name  Trojak (the Tigerman)
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Jungle Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Daring Mystery Comics #2
Year 1940
Publisher Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
Country of origin USA
Trojak was the son of a Great White Explorer who helped a native African tribe, saving them from an attack by another tribe; the Great White Explorer was killed in battle, and so the unnamed tribe raised Trojak as their own. But because Trojak is white, he has to leave them (even though they make it clear they love him like a son). So Trojak goes a-wandering, helping various tribes (including his own) against bad white men and Germans. Trojak is the "Tiger Man," whose best friend is "Balu, the Tiger" (even though there are no tigers in Africa...but never mind) and "Sator, the falcon;" he can speak to the animals, and has the usual skills of a Tarzan...imitator.
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Name  Tulpa of Tsang
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Colossus Comics (One Shot)
Year 1940
Publisher Sun Publications
Country of origin USA details missing
Tulpa of Tsang. "In faraway Tibet a few of the holiest Lamas are said to possess strange mystical powers. By employing an age-old secret of concentration they can actually will unto being Tulpas of phantoms of themselves. Such a lama was Tsang." A Tulpa is a materialized thought that has taken physical form. (and one of the weirdest looking micro's on this site.) He appears to have a long blonde judges wig as a cape?
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Name  Tumbler
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance The Green Mask Vol 1 #7
Year 1942
Publisher Fox Features Syndicate
Country of origin USA details missing
Tumbler appeared in two issues only of The Green Mask, and then vanished. He's smart, quick on his feet, may have superior strength and is good with both feet and fists!
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Name  Turok Son of Stone
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. None
Type Non Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance Four Color #596
Year 1954
Publisher Dell Publishing
Country of origin USA
A member of the Sioux Tribe, Turok was the brother of Chief White Eagle. One day, in the mid-1800's he was hunting with Andar when they were caught a storm. When they sought refuge in a cave, they were trapped by a rock fall. Gradually, they found a back way out of the cave and entered the Lost Valley. Here they encountered dinosaurs and cave men. Having gotten lost after entering the Valley, they tried to find their way back, occasionally finding traces of the way back but not the cave. Time runs strangely in the Lost Valley and Turok and Andar were still searching for a way out of the Valley
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Name  Tweede Pimpernel
A.K.A. n/a
Secret ID. Unknown
Type Costumed Hero
Affiliation/Team None
1st Appearance De 2de Pimpernel
Year 1947
Publisher
Country of origin Holland details missing
From Beeldromans (Picture Novels) which are small violent little books that were produced in Holland.
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