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Name
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Zago Jungle Prince
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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 Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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Wana
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1st Appearance
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Zago, Jungle Prince #1
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Year
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1948
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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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Zago is a Tarzan clone with all of his skills. He is helped by Wana, his Sheena-like mate.
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Name
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Zambini the Magician
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A.K.A.
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The Miracle Man
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Secret ID.
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Zachary Zambini
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Type
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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Zip Comics #1
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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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This magician possesses some real magic ability. He talks jibberish and all sorts of weird and wonderful things can happen as required by the plot. He also owns a "boomerang" necklace that makes evil magic's return to their source allowing him to follow. He loses his abilities when someone makes and maintains physical contact.
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Name
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Zane the Metal Man
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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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Unknown
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Champion (One shot)
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Frank Johnson Productions
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Country of origin
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Australia Details missing
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Google result:...Entitled “Zane the Metal Man,?and written and illustrated by. Leonard Starr, it is concerned with the disfiguring of attractive young women by a ?(That's all I could find) oh and it's quoted from: The Slow Death of a Monochromatic World: The Social History of Australia as Seen through Its Children's Comic Books
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Name
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Zanzibar
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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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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Mystery Men Comics #1
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Year
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1939
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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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Zanzibar is a stage magician who uses his mental powers to fight crime. He's got telekinesis, mentally-powered super-strength, and hypnosis/mind-control.
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Name
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Zara of the Jungle
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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 Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Mystic Comics Vol 1 #2
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Year
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1940
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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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Zara, a white woman, was brought to "the jungle" by her father, who had "tired of crime-ridden civilization." He raised her there and taught her various skills, and as he was dying he told her to not let evil flourish in the jungle. She didn't, of course, helping various a great white hunter type and a group of "good natives" against the "bad natives." She's also a expert archer.
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Name
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Zardi, The Eternal Man
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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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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Amazing-Man Comics #11
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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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Zardi, Prince of Zandipore, the Eternal Man...he saw the pyramids built--he saw the Red Sea parted! He knows every form of magic! The story long whispered among world explorers--that an eternal man exists after having lived for many, many centuries has been proved true! That man is Zardi, Prince of Zandipore, the Eternal Man!" He also has a magical cane that can become any weapon that he desires.
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Name
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Zatara
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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John (Giovanni) Zatara
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Type
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Magician
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Action Comics #1
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Year
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1938
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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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John Zatara is a famous stage magician who actually has magical powers. Speaking his backwards spells, he travels the world, fighting evil and wicked magicians wherever he finds them, including his "loving enemy" the Tigress. His power is his magical ability; he can do anything with his spells.
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Name
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Zebra
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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John Doyle
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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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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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John Doyle is a criminal lawyer who is framed by politicians and sent to jail. He breaks out and clears his name. Having successfully done that, he keeps the costume (his prison costume black and white) he wore while helping himself and decides to continue fighting crime as the striped Zebra. He has no powers, but is a good fighter.
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Name
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Zegra Jungle Empress
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A.K.A.
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Tegra
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Jungle Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Zegra Jungle Empress #2
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Year
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1948
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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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Originally Tegra issue #1 /Zegra began as a rewritten Rulah story but eventually became "Tegra," an otherwise undistinguished Sheena clone.
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Name
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Zephyr Jones
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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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Daring Mystery Comics #2
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Year
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1940
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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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Zephyr Jones is the son of the well-known scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones. Zephyr is following in the footsteps of his famous father who started building the rocket-ship with which he planned to visit the planet Mars. Dr. Jones unfortunately did not live to see his spaceship completed and his dream realized. Through mysterious circumstance he met his untimely end, and young Zephyr swears that he would fulfil his Dad's wishes and undertake the fantastic voyage to Mars. Naturally, Zephyr did go to "Mars," which was full of winged humans, and he wooed the Martian princess, and then left to return to Earth. Zephyr Jones had no superpowers but was a good fighter and has his spaceship.
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