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Black Satan was a district attorney during the day, but at night, he became the Black Satan to fight against crime. He had no powers, but he did carry a special gun that could blind his foes temporarily.

Can you guess why Daredevil is different from all other crime-fighters?

Cover art for Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1930 by H. W. Wesso, now in the public domain.

Grant Richmond was a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle who felt that the legal system made as much sense as the work of Lewis Carroll. So by night, he put on a costume and became the Mad Hatter. He can shine his top hat insignia against walls to strike fear into criminals, and he also speaks in rhyme.

Sylvia Manners was a society lady sent to live in an ancient castle with her aunt in the wake of the London bombings. She acted demure and sickly in public, but when agents threatened her homeland, she slipped into the castle's secret underground hangar and flew her plane against them as Black Angel. While Black Angel did not have super powers, she was a skilled pilot and fighter. She also used poison darts to take out enemies.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Career Girl Romances is a pop art classic.

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Cosmo Cat worked as a technician at a munitions plant, when he accidentally set off a bomb, U-235. He gained superpowers. He now had flight, super strength, and invulnerability. Cosmo maintained his powers by ingesting Cosmic Catnip Capsules. Cosmo Cat resided in his moon lab spotting evils on Earth using his tele-finder and then headed to Earth in his cat-rocket. He was assisted by his sometimes sidekick, Dunky Duck. During one of his adventures, Cosmo Cat helped to save Little Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf.

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Gary Kennedy and his brother were shot down by criminals. He vowed to return from the dead to avenge his brother's death - and he did, becoming a ghost with the ability to be super strong when solid and fly or possess people as a ghost. He used his new ghostly powers to fight crime.

A quick design.

Ginger Maguire, nicknamed Sky Girl, was the star of several World War II aviation adventures, though she was apparently a genuine less-than-liberated mental lightweight. She was constantly in search of a husband as well as a career in aviation. She eventually managed to get a job ferrying military equipment around the Pacific. Post-war, Sky Girl got a job as a waitress at an airport cafe and dyed her hair blond but still continued to have aerial adventures. She had no super powers, but she could fly a plane...just not very well. She often crashed planes and caused property damage.

Chuck Lane was a rookie cop who felt he could do more good than by just being a cop alone. He learned his ancestor was a jester in a medieval court and used his ancestry to base the costumed identity of Jester. As the Jester, Lane became a comical crime fighter making a laughing-stock out of his enemies. The Jester was known to be unpredictable and would use his eerie laugh and jingling bells to intimidate criminals. Chuck wore his jester costume underneath his cop uniform.

This is cover art from a golden age horror comic book, Adventures into the Unknown!

Joan Wayne was a Washington D.C. stenographer who grew tired of watching corrupt politicians. She decided to help the FBI by putting on a costume and fighting the crooked politicians as Miss Victory. It seems she has superhuman strength and limited invulnerability because of her abilities to survive explosions, break free of ropes, or knock down walls. Her enemies include the Mad Monster. She is considered the first patriotic heroine.

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A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

The Green Ghost was a mysterious hero who made criminals think they were dealing with the supernatural. The Green Ghost had no powers, but outside of his clever tricks, he also used green darts which criminals know are his calling cards. The Green Ghost was also not above lethal force as he killed a gangster by shooting him in the throat with one of his darts. Both his identity and costume are left undescribed in the story.

The Golden Age Variant of the Red Lantern.

Ace Harlem was an African-American police detective who operated in an unnamed American city (most likely New York City). He was an observant, skillful detective with a track record that earned him the respect of the city's African-American community. He was a strong believer in justice as an innate force in the universe, that, one way or another, anybody who embarks on the life of crime will eventually suffer the consequences. He came into conflict with the professional criminal, Charm Root.

Robert Morgan was the American student of an ancient Egyptian mystic called The Old Man of the Pyramids. He schooled Morgan in "all the ancient and modern sciences" and gave him the "Amulet of Annihilation, the weapon of the forces of right" which he tied around his right arm. The Amulet grants him powers including super-strength, super-speed, flight, the ability to generate electricity and radiate “lightning heat,” and a measure of invulnerability. His powers can be recharged by electricity.

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Confessions of the Lovelorn is a pop art classic.

Goddammit, Rod.

Ace Egan found a crashed UFO in the year 1940. He decided to use the ship's advanced technological wonders to combat criminals as the costumed aviator the Ace of Space.

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Swamp monsters on the cover of Beware comic no.4, 1953. Inks and pencils by William Zeller, now in the public domain.

Space Patrol is a science fiction adventure series that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences of the early 1950's via television, radio, and comic books. However, it soon developed a sizable adult audience such that by 1954, the program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a Saturday.

Based on an old ad image for a mail-order monster mask (as seen in FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine circa 1960s. Enjoy these incredible mail order rubber monster masks and horror props from the late 50s that are guaranteed to "drive girls crazy" and "make everyone shudder in fright!" We especially love the Shock Monster, Skull, Vampire Girl Werewolf and Melting Man! If only we could still mail order these Halloween treasures today.

Vintage Public Domain Comic Character from the 1940s. Modified from: Clue Comics #15. Hillman Publishing, May 1947 Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed); original scan found at comicbookplus.com

Black X (sometimes known as Black Ace) was a charming American spy who fought the enemies of freedom both overseas and back in the states. He was originally Richard Spencer, a Washington D.C. bureaucrat and a fierce fighter against corruption. He faked his death in order to continue helping his country without worrying about being targeted. When World War II ended, he retired from spying and became a private investigator.

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Rookie Rankin is a brave beat patrolman, if none too bright – much to the annoyance of his superior, Sgt. Burns. His "routine" patrols invariably uncovered major crimes. Most of the criminals he apprehends are normal, but some are name villains, like the Spider and the Tattooed Man.

This is cover art from a golden age horror comic book, Adventures into the Unknown!

The Cisco Kid was the “Robin Hood of the Old West,” taking on evil ranchers, mining companies, stagecoach robbers, and anyone else who threatened the settlers on the American frontier in the 19th century. With the aid of comedic sidekick Pancho and his intrepid horse Diablo, Cisco patrolled the plains and high desert in pulp magazines, paperbacks, TV and radio shows, and comic books during the 1940s and ’50s.

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Terror from the sky! Fabulous painted cover by Allan Anderson for Lars of Mars no.10, 1951. Now in the public domain.