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Deep Sea Dawson was a deep-sea diver who, equipped with a specialized diving helmet, explores the wonders of the ocean and investigates its mysteries. During his adventurers, Dawson encounter numerous undersea races both hostile and friendly. Some of his enemies included the Seaweed Creatures and their Queen. Dawson also had an animal sidekick named Battler, who was a trained seal saved from poachers.

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.

While working in his grandfather's antique shop, Tommy Preston finds the Aztec "Heart of Gold," an artifact empowered by “the blood of a thousand martyred Aztecs.” The object gives “strength and courage” to those pure of heart and devoted to justice. Tommy only has to utter the words “Heart of Gold” and gain his powers of super strength, flight and high voltage vision (x-ray vision). The heart's magic also keeps Tommy from being recognized while he is in Golden Lad form.

Zero the Ghost Detective would exterminate evil ghosts by any means necessary. He would also help the ghosts of the innocent to bring their killers to justice. These ghosts were drawn to him, and he was drawn to them. He had no magical abilities but, he did possess an extensive knowledge of occult lore and was the master of many magical artifacts (such as his "Ring of the Moon") and, if that failed, he could fall back on conventional detective work. He was also fairly good at improvising on the spot.

Ginny Spears was a district attorney's secretary who became fed up with crime. She decides to become the costumed crime fighter known as the Veiled Avenger. Armed only with her bullwhip, the Veiled Avenger had no superpowers. She was not above using deadly force against her enemies, going as far as using her whip to make her foes shoot each other and themselves.

Futuro was a hero of unknown origin who operated in Europe during World War II. He was aided by the Futurians. In his only appearance, he and the Futurians rescued European refugees, kidnapped Adolf and took him to hell. But the dictator was able to strike a deal with Satan. Futuro had no choice but to return him to the mortal realm and let him face the mortal punishment instead. Futuro was able to receive visions of the future and turn invisible. He used a futuristic plane powered by the "cosmic gas" to get around.

Originally Kitty Kelly was an air hostess who wanted desperately to become a pilot. During the course of her appearances, she ran into spies, saboteurs and general criminal types but, she won through luck as much as she did through effort. The feature was later renamed Kitty Kelly: Yankee Girl. She then abandoned this name, changed professions to become a social worker, and gained a costume emblazoned with her initials "KK" as she lacked a superhero identity. Under times of extreme stress Kitty Kelly could gain super strength and self propelled flight.

Sgt. Strong was a U.S. Marine who fought in the Pacific front of WWII along with his fellow soldier and friend, Wally, nicknamed Angel.

Don Wallace was the hero known as Torpedo Man who operated out of a hidden base under the Statue of Liberty, in New York harbor. His costume gave him the power to fly.

Honey Blake, also known as the Blonde Bomber, was an ace newsreel camerawoman as well as an expert chemist who was involved in numerous strange adventures such as the stories Rocket Plane Mystery or Blood and Sharks' Teeth. Her sidekick and cameraman was Jimmy Slapso.

Barry Kuda was a water-breathing adventurer native to Merma, an underwater kingdom. He defended the kingdom from its hostile neighbors "the midget kingdom." He was assisted by his sidekick Algie. While he has no other powers, Barry could breathe underwater. He was a skilled fighter and carried a harpoon.

Pyroman is the secret identity of research student Dick Martin. Due to his work with high voltage electricity, his body developed the ability to store current. He discovered this ability after he was wrongly charged. Sentenced to die in the electric chair, he instead found himself possessed with electricity-based powers. After clearing his name, he decided to use his powers to fight crime.

Rod Page puts on a costume and fights crime as the Red Rocket in the year 2042. Rod had the ability of telepathy, allowing him to read anyone's mind.

The Tiger Girl, also known as Princess Vishnu, was a jungle girl from India. She was accompanied by her companions: Benzali, a tiger, and Abdola, an Indian man. She carried a whip and possessed a tiger ring which gave her strength if she looked at it.

Dr. Mortal was an elderly, brilliant mad scientist who lived outside the city with Marlene, his attractive young niece. Marlene discovers her uncle is creating monsters such as his Super Automaton, Man-Ape, and the Infra-Red Monster.

One day, Jake Miles is run down by an automobile and brought into Rance Raleigh's curio shop where he tries unsuccessfully to tell Rance something and then dies. But Rance's assistant Rocky sees the ancestral portrait of the Duke De Chantrey frown and Rance knows its time to go into action as the Cavalier. The Cavalier has no powers other than superlative swordsmanship, acrobatics and derring-do.

Nancy Lewis is at home considering her engagement to Roy Carlson. Roy is a scientist too busy to spend time away from his experiments, even for Nancy. When an unexpected knock sounds on her door, she encounters a man who turns out to be a vampire. He quickly hypnotizes her to gain access to Roy's laboratory. The vampire takes a box of dirt which Roy says is "the perfect soil," similar to the original soil once covering Earth. Roy believes the soil will help mankind, while the vampire plans to use it to permit vampires the ability to gather anywhere and anytime. Roy goes to the vampire's lair to retrieve the box of soil, but he has to survive the rest of the night while fending off the attacks of the League of Vampires until daybreak.

Believing that the world needed a defender, Thor, son of Odin and supreme ruler of Valhalla, bestowed upon the human Grant Farrel his own powers, which Grant used to become a crime fighter. When he transformed into Thor, Farrel could fly, throw lightning bolts, and generate storms. He wielded Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, which could be thrown hard enough to smash through multiple tanks but, like a boomerang, would return to his hand.

Policewoman Peggy Allen is the department's best undercover operative. In order to deflect suspicion from her undercover role, usually as a nurse or maid working at the scene of the crime, she adopts the costume of the Woman in Red. She wears a red floor-length coat, a hood, and a mask. Peggy solves each case through deduction, athletic prowess, and a willingness to brandish her pistol. In some cases, she displays scientific knowledge and gadgetry, including in one story a "tear gas fountain pen." Each story ends with Peggy debriefing the police chief, who knows of her Woman in Red disguise and praises her good work.

Typhon was an adventurer and inventor who commanded numerous submarines with the help of his crew. He also possessed a "charm-dispelling ring that had been handed down to him from ancient times." His enemies included the Ruler of the Underseas and his serpents as well as Mikal and his Sea Demons. While battling Mikal, Typhon became allies with Queen Mea, the ruler of an undersea kingdom of Sea Amazons called Mermea.

The Sorceress of Zoom was the ruler of the magical cloud city of Zoom. The city could appear, disappear and travel through the sky at her whim. Her subjects, within the city, were monsters magically created by her from the remains of those who were killed in her raids on earthbound cities. Her ultimate goal was world domination. She briefly reformed and helped to fight the Axis, but the Sorceress quickly returned to her wicked ways and her mad quest for power.

The Bird Man, winged hunter of the plains and descendant of an ancient Native American god, was gifted with the ability to fly and the keenness of a bird of prey. His wings were said to be as durable as steel. He carried with him a hunting knife and a bow and quiver.

A vigilante of Ancient Republic Rome, Caius Martius was given by the gods the power of flight so that he might fight for the rights of the average citizen. One day, he took on an evil sorcerer and was trapped in a block of stone. Later, he emerged in the modern era from the stone to find himself in an American museum. He takes a new last name, "Wheeler," and begins fighting crime in modern society with his new sidekick, Ace, the Amazing Boy, who joins Dart after witnessing a horrifying drive-by shooting which kills his parents. The dart can fly and wields a sword in combat.

Ken Wyman comes from a wealthy family in banking but prefers life as a reporter for the Carterville Daily Blade. However, he was also the crime fighter known as Devil's Dagger. Dressed in a top hat and tux, he used a signature red-handled stiletto and the Speed Ghost, a super fast car driven by his chauffeur, Pat Gleason.

Rueben Ruebens was a young orphan who ran away from the orphanage. He hid out in an old castle, but discovered it was his ancestor's home. His ancestors still haunted the castle as ghosts, all sharing the same name as their descendant, and wanted to help him. The ghosts each gave him the powers they possessed in life: strength, wisdom, speed, invulnerability, and courage. All he needed to do to use these powers was call out "Hey Rube" and he would transform into Red Rube, a fully grown hero.

The Flying Dutchman was an aviator from the Netherlands whose family was killed. He takes revenge for his family by killing the murderers and then flying as an air mercenary for the Allies. His identity is never revealed but his first name is hinted as being Jan. The Flying Dutchman battled such enemies as the Deathless Brain. In addition to being an ace fighter pilot, the Flying Dutchman was also a good fist fighter, and usually carried a pair of handguns on his hips.

Mysterious, beautiful and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madame Strange matched her nerve and strength against grim foes who threatened America's far-flung air outposts and naval stations. To accompany her amazing physical speed and strength, Strange was blessed with a great arm and pin-point accuracy which she displayed on several occasions, wielding a plethora of throwing knives often used to best her enemies.

George Chance, the Ghost, knows real magic, learning it when he was raised in India as the adopted son of an immortal yogi teacher. A woman named Betty helped him. His Archenemy was time traveller Professor Fenton. The Ghost once traveled back in time to King Arthur's court in order to stop the villainous Professor Fenton. While there he met Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Sir Kay, and King Arthur himself.

The son of Father Neptune, the Shark (or Shark-Man) is called such because he is often seen in the company of large, man-eating sharks. He once lived in an undersea kingdom but set out to fight against all crimes committed at sea. His powers included the ability to live underwater and hypnotism, and he is also a skilled inventor and swimmer (thanks to webbed hands and feet).

The Iron Skull was originally a soldier who was gravely injured during World War II (which, in this timeline, was fought partially on American soil well into 1950s). He was brought to Chicago, where Dr. Watson, a surgeon at "Chicago Hospital," worked to replace his flesh and bones with metallic components. The resulting cyborg was super-strong, resistant to bullets and capable of limited telepathy. His new face was missing a nose, giving him a skull-like appearance. By the year 1960, the Second World War wound down and reconstruction began. This year also saw a rise of rampant crime that the police struggled to contain. The cyborg decided to use his abilities to fight crime in Chicago as the Iron Skull.

Dianne Grayton was a wealthy and beautiful young woman who grew bored and decided to become "the most horrible dispenser of justice of all times." She started disguising herself as a classic Halloween witch and using her spiders to scare and punish villains. Her power is to control black widow spiders. She is also athletic and a skilled fighter.

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.

Marga the Panther Woman was raised by a group of black panthers and inoculated with their abilities such as superhuman strength and cat-like claws. She was a highly skilled fighter, hunter and athlete, capable of bending steel bars, punching out an elephant, or swinging a lion by its tail. She was at one time, aided by a former police dog named Homer. She eventually left the jungle to joins her aviator boyfriend Ted Grant on adventures.

Samar, as a child, was adopted and raised in the jungle by a nomadic tribe in India (though, at times, the comic treated it as if it were Africa). Samar dealt with jungle foes such as Mona, Queen of the Apes, Cavemen, the Panther Men, the Bat-Men, and the Hyena-Men. Samar also dealt with two different Amazon tribes the Amazons of Nesbo and Lazana's Amazons.

This naive alien with super-strength tries to right wrongs and fight crime on Earth even though he considers all earthlings stupid!

Ray Cardell was looking through his telescope one evening when he was suddenly struck by an unknown beam of energy. After being exposed to this mysterious energy, Ray gains X-ray vision and the ability to paralyze/burn people with eye beams. He believed his new powers will "strike terror into the hearts of the most hardened criminals". So, He becomes the crime fighter Master Key.