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Wrestler Brett Carson possessed super strength that he used to fight crime. He was assisted by his sidekicks, Kid Muscles and Miss Muscles. His identity was publicly known.

Young Billy Wood received a jetpack Rocket Man and Rocket Girl sent to him. Using his jetpack to fly and fight crime as Rocket Boy, Billy also used it to search for his missing father. After escaping being kidnapped and fighting off natives, Rocket Boy discovered his father was being held captive by Ed Stevens, who wanted to know the location of a diamond mine. When Rocket Boy came to his father's rescue, Stevens released a lion to kill them. Billy tied up the lion and saved his father's life.

Jethro Dumont, a rich resident of New York City, spent ten years in Tibet studying to be a lama and learning many mystical secrets in the process. He returned to the United States in order to spread the Buddhist teachings, but after witnessing a murder he realized he could be of more help by fighting evil and crime. He receives his Green Lama powers by reciting the mantra "om mani padme hum." Dumont is also endowed with superhuman abilities acquired through his scientific knowledge of radioactive salts.

Eel O’Brian was a crook until he was shot by a security guard during a heist and falls into a vat of acid. He manages to stumble his way into a monks’ mountain retreat. The monks heal O'Brian, both in body and mind. When he finishes recuperating, Eel discovers he can stretch and form his body into almost anything. He decides to use his new super powers to fight crime.

Jonathan Jones, the Crime Crusader, was a detective assisted by Kewpie O'Toole. Jones had no powers, but was good with his fists and a skilled detective.

Newspaper editor Dan Burton was the masked detective known as the Wasp. He devoted his life to fighting crime. He had no powers, instead relying on his wits and fighting skills to bring in criminals, and he made a buzzing sound before he attacked.

The Green Mask was a super-powered entity that would sometimes possess others in order to temporarily fight crime. The Green Mask had the powers of super-strength, flight, and limited invulnerability.

Zoro - The Mystery Man was a man who tried to satisfy his thirst for adventure, by taking on injustice. Eventually, his services were sought out by those in need of help. Most of his adventures seemed to take place on the East Coast of the United States, but others took him around the world. At one point, he even saved the Dali Lama.

Lars of Mars was a law enforcement agent of the Supreme Council, the ruling body of Mars. The Council decided to send Lars to Earth as a peacekeeping agent who would stop any possibility to interstellar war by fighting against "forces of evil" that would seek to disrupt the peace. Lars was an athletic man skilled in many edged weapons and firearms. Like other Martians, he had strong lungs that allowed him to survive without oxygen for several minutes.

Simon Templar, a freelance adventurer, started out robbing from robbers, and later turned to just involving himself in things that he thought might be fun, dangerous, and perhaps even do some good. He came to be called The Saint because of a small stick figure with a halo over his head, he would leave after having struck. He later gave up his thieving ways and just started looking for adventure.

Little Nemo is a comic strip character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. Nemo is a boy who has fantastic dreams. Nemo originally appeared in McCay's weekly comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland.

Charles (later changed to "Robert") Gibson, a wealthy scientist, was experimenting with electricity and chemicals when lightning struck his lab. The electrical shock caused the lab to explode, but Gibson emerged from the wreckage with a body that could conduct and generate electricity. Swearing to use his powers for the good of humanity, he decided to fight crime as Shock Gibson, the Human Dynamo.

Sam was just a 25 year old living in North Dakota, when he received a letter from his grandmother Suzy Muckles, a retired lion tamer. She told him he came from a long line of strong men performers. She wanted him to take over the family business, "He-Man, Inc," which was a school for physical and moral development. He-Man was said to have so many muscles, the only bone he had was in his head. He was strong enough to pick up a house.

King O'Leary was a newspaper editor and reporter for the Daily Sentinel who solved crimes as well as reported about them. He was aided by the Daily Sentinel's ace photographer Kitty Allen.

Beau Brummell was a wealthy business man and detective. When he discovered that Cynthia Simbel, the new owner of the department store he owned stock in, was in danger of harm from disgruntled former employee, Mr. Gimmick. Gimmick attempts to destroy the store by using fake store Santas, sabotaging the Christmas parade, and having his men disguise themselves as mannequins. Beau Brummell is able to see through these ruses and save the store. Brummell had no powers, but was a skilled detective.

Disco Berne is the son of a scientist who has created a high-explosive depth charge powder. The secret of the powder attracts the attention of foreign agents, and Disco and his dog Nicodemus stops them.

The Duke of Darkness was Paddy Sullivan, a police officer from an unnamed American city. When he died in the line of duty, it was discovered that he continued to exist as an "Earth-bound spirit." He decided to continue fighting crime as the Duke of Darkness. His powers include intangibility, flight, super strength, and the ability to perceive and battle ghosts and demons.

Captain Atom was a scientist-adventurer who used gadgets to investigate the unknown and fight various menaces. His gadgets and vehicles included a uranium amplifier, a spectroscope, an atom submarine, a walkie-talkie television, atom powered noiseless ram rocket, and an auto-gyro parachute. The stories he appeared in were written to teach kids lessons about science (as it was understood at the time of publication).

Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic objects. Later, he gets a sidekick named Davey. He is never seen in a civilian identity or wearing anything except his costume.

Captain Kidd was a heroic freelance aviator who fought villains such as Von Haupt, the Voice, Negus, Queen Izzuki and the Almond-Eyed Amazons, the Great White Chief and his monsters, Perez, the Lama, a fire god, a Chinese vampire named Lu Chieng, Dr. Moro, Sedden, and Hi Lung. He was also a sailor and sailed with his lifelong friend Freddy in his second published adventure.

Before he died, Stan Carter's scientist father injected Stan and his brother, Dicky, with an experimental "Power Elixir" that he invented. It left both the Carter boys with a W-shaped scar on each of their chests and powers such as superhuman strength and speed. Using these abilities as well as their multi-terrain vehicle, the Wonder Ship, Stan went on to fight crime as the Lone Warrior with his younger brother Dicky as his sidekick. By day, Stan Carter was an Army enlistee.

Jinx Jordan was a crime reporter who was assisted by a newsboy named Larry. Jinx depended on his fists and wits rather than his telephone and typewriter to gather front page stories. Some of his cases included capturing the murderer of a stage beauty and avenging victims of gang violence. He also dealt with villains such as Count Morphine.

Captain Tootsie was a superhero created to advertise a product. He would always need to consume a Tootsie Roll for a sudden boost of energy in whatever task he needed to perform. He had a sidekick, a boy named Rollo, and two other young cohorts named Fatso and Fisty. The three, along with the Captain himself, made up the Secret Legion.

Richard Grey Jr. lost his parents during an archaeological expedition to Mongolia, where they were killed in an ambush. Richard was raised by giant black condors native to the region, and after studying his condor foster parents, he learned to fly. Later, when he reached adulthood, he befriended a hermit monk named Father Pierre who convinced him that he should use his unique attributes to do good. Inspired by the monk's teachings, Richard adopted the costumed persona of Black Condor.

Ventrilo was both a professional ventriloquist and an amateur detective. He fought crime by throwing his voice. His assistants included his sister, Vera, and his chemist older brother, Dr. Fate. He dealt with enemies such as the Snake Cult and giant bats.

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.

After Richard Stanton's daughter was kidnapped, the shock gave his wife a heart attack and he quit the theater to find her. Disguising himself as a "harmless old woman," he later came to be known as "Madam Fatal." He was assisted by his parrot, Hamlet, who would recite Shakespeare. Madam Fatal had no powers but, wielded a cane as a weapon and was a skilled actor and master of disguise.

Mighty Mite was Mickey, a young American boy living in the city of Rosedale. When his female friend, Teena, invited him to come to her costume party, he dressed up as a superhero named Mighty Mite. When he arrived at the party, he found that the crooks were holding the guests hostage. He managed to defeat the criminals through sheer luck rather than any particular effort. From that point on, Mickey operated as Mighty Mite 24/7. He remained supernaturally lucky but, to his credit, he tried his best to rise to his reputation and actually put some effort into crime-fighting.

This unnamed hero operated from underneath the 1939 New York World's Fair in an underground lab connected to an underground river. He guarded the Fair and fought those criminals and racketeers who threatened it. He later became known as "Fantoman." The Fantom was strong enough to bend gun barrels and also possessed great speed. He was also a skilled hypnotist and could tamper with people's memories.

Percy van Norton was an American playboy who acquired a secret book of yogi. He studied it for years until he became the world's most perfect man. He has the strength of 100 elephants, the speed of a race car, and skin as tough as rhino hide. He put his super strength and genius-level mind to work fighting crime and foreign invasions. He also carried a boomerang rope.

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.

John Fearless VI was a Boston Brahmin who, while strolling through a cemetery in Boston, encountered the spirit of his ancestor, the first John Fearless, a soldier who fought valiantly during the American Revolution. The original Fearless tells his descendant that he is needed to fight Axis subversion and evil in America, and then gives Captain Fearless a costume and a magic horn to help him. He has no superpowers, but his horn can summon up his ancestor for assistance.

The Blue Streak was called a "Defender of the People" and the "self-appointed foe of ruthless dictators." His sidekick was his chauffeur and friend, Tago. Blue Streak had no superpowers but was a skilled fighter and wore a bulletproof vest under his costume.

The Ermine was a mysterious frontiersmen who wore a referable outfit made from the brown summer coat of the ermine on one side and the white winter coat on the other. It allowed for him to blend in to trees and snow. He would help settlers by protecting them from hostile tribes. The Ermine was a skilled tracker, was friends with all the forest creatures, and carried a large knife.

Star of Dolan's Mammoth Circus, Miraco the Great possesses not only hypnotic powers, but also commands real magic and occult abilities as well as superhuman strength.

Some time in the late 1800s, a group of pioneers entered a secret valley where everything was several times the normal size. They were unable to find their way out, so they settled. While most of them seem to have died out, one of their children survived. Because he was born within the valley, he was as tall as everything else there. He stood about 15 feet high and possessed incredible strength, even for his gigantic size. He became known as Mighty Man.