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Name
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Whistler (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Mallory Drake
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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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National Comics #48
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Year
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1945
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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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Mallory Drake fights crime as the Whistler. His "power" is to scare criminals by whistling. He’s also handy with his fists.
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Name
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White Flash
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Cover character only
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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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Double Comics (which was re-print title)
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Elliott Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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No two copies of Double Comics are the same -- not only did the issues for each year have several different covers, you never knew which remaindered comics would be re-bound on the inside, or even which publisher they'd be from! Any kids who bought this mag' hoping to read all about the cover hero called White Flash, instead found several other remaindered comic hero's instead! (See Double-Up & Weekender)
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Name
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White Mask (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Steve Saxon
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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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Champ Comics #22
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Worth Publishing Co / Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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Only appearance. Masked Detective.
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Name
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White Panther
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A.K.A.
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Red Panther #2 onwards
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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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Jungle 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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Residing deep in the African jungle, the White Panther is the last survivor of an ancient albino tribe, which once lived in a hidden city. Just before his father dies, he tells the White Panther that he must use his power to foretell the future to "destroy evil, that only the good can survive." In addition to clairvoyance, the White Panther can fly and is very strong and seemingly impervious to harm. He carries a sacred ivory knife in his belt.
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Name
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White Rajah
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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David Scott
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Type
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Costumed & Non Costumed
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Master Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Fawcett Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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David Scott is the White Rajah, a white teenager having adventures in a Kipling-esque India, full of tigers, savages, and magic-making Counts and swamis. The White Rajah rules the jungle kingdom of Ramistan.
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Name
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White Rider (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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None
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1st Appearance
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Year
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Publisher
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Novelty Press
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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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White Streak
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A.K.A.
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Manowar
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Secret ID.
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Android / Dan Sanders
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Type
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Costumed & Non Costumed
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Affiliation/Team
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Red Seal
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1st Appearance
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Target Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Funnies Inc / Novelty Press Inc
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Country of origin
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USA
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White Streak was actually 'Manowar', an android created centuries ago by a South American civilization to help mankind during times of war. He was deactivated long ago and lay inactive in an American museum until he was awakened by German bombers. He destroyed them, then decided to fight for America against the Axis. In his civilian identity he is Dan Sanders, an FBI agent. His powers include super-strength, limited invulnerability, flight, and “knife-like?eyebeams. In the second volume of stories he lost his costume and weird looks , so that he appeared to be a normal G-Man.
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Name
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Whiz Wilson
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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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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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Canada
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With the invention of his futurescope, young Whiz Wilson has mastered gravity, space and time. This strange machine enables him to project himself to any given place in the future.
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Name
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Whizzer (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Robert 'Bob' L Frank
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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All-Winners Squad
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1st Appearance
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USA Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
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Country of origin
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USA
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Dr. Emil Frank is deep in the African jungles when his son, Bob, comes down with a fever. As he lays dying, a snake moves to bite Bob, only to be killed by a mongoose. Dr. Frank is seized by the idea of giving his son a blood transfusion from the mongoose. The transfusion works, curing Bob Frank and giving him super-speed. However, Dr. Frank dies of the strain. So Bob goes to New York, puts on a yellow and blue costume, and goes out to fight crime and the Axis, eventually joining the All-Winners Squad. His special ability was super speed. He could run two or three miles per minute and keep it up for an hour or more, a very respectable super power even if his speed wasn't such that relativistic effects became a factor. It was his misfortune that the good names for a speedy superhero, like The Flash (founder of the super-speedster sub-genre) and Johnny Quick (both DC characters) were already taken.
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Name
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Wild Boy (Prince of the Jungle)/(of the Congo)
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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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Jungle Boy
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Wild Boy #1
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Year
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1951
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Publisher
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St. John Publications / Ziff-Davis
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Country of origin
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USA details missing
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A typical "Tarzan"-like jungle adventurer in the 1950s. The issue numbering of this series is strange. The first issue is from Feb. 1951 but says "#10", the second issue is April 1951 but says 11, the third issue is Oct. 1951 but says #3.
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