SAVING SPIRIT

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bobby Wilson 

OCCUPATION: NA 

IDENTITY: NA 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Adventures into the Unknown #9 (Feb. 1950) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 198 lbs 

EYES: Blue / Gray 

HAIR: Brown / White 

HISTORY 

NA 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

NA 

BRICK BAT

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Brock Brenner 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Chemically enhanced human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Quality, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Police Comics #05 (December 1941) 

HEIGHT: 6' 8" 

WEIGHT: 350 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY 

Brock Brenner was a criminal, a professional thug who decided to rise to the major leagues. To achieve this he contacted an individual known by the original nickname of "The Chemist." The Chemist designed two gases for Brock: one was a gas that killed anyone in a matter of seconds; the other, which served as prophylaxis, also provided temporarily inhuman strength and endurance (depending on the concentration of the gas). Brock eliminated the chemist and kept the gas formulas for himself. He then donned an ostentatious bat hood and called himself "Brickbat" and became one of the top hitmen.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The truth is that Brenner was already an above-average thug, by virtue of his intelligence and his cold, implacable character. Thanks to the Chemist he obtained a deadly weapon and a power-up that put him on a paranormal level. 

MECHANICAL MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Servant, bodyguard 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Android 

LEGAL STATUS: Property of Professor Rudio 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Feature Comics #83 (November 1944) 

HEIGHT: 6' 11" 

WEIGHT: 514 lbs 

EYES: Red 

HAIR: No hair 

HISTORY 

The Mechanical Man was an android designed and built by Professor Rudio, a true genius, to be his servant and bodyguard. Despite being a brilliant man, Rudio was not at all an altruistic perso: on the contrary, he only used his privileged intellect to amass wealth and power, regardless of who had to be trampled to obtain it. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Mechanical Man could go through walls, lift a car and pierce steel, it could jump very far, had photoelectric eyes, enhanced hearing, radar and acetylene torches in its fingers. 

DRAGON GOD MASK

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Grigori Ivanovitch 

OCCUPATION: Soviet "adviser" (formerly) 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the USSR 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: ТУЗ, USSR 

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Unnamed wife 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Communist Party 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Web Of Mystery #24 (May 10, 1954) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 192 lbs 

EYES: None 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Grigori Ivanovitch was a Soviet adviser in the People's Republic of China. He was also a passionate collector of antiques. Grogori was fascinated by an ancient mask that represented a dark dragon-god. His fascination gave way to homicidal obsession: Ivanovitch caused the death of the daughter of the guardian of the object and immediately afterwards he himself executed the elderly guardian of the mask, but not before the old man cursed him with his last breath. Full of joy, the Soviet put on the mask of the dragon god, beginning his eternal slavery. Under the mask there was no longer a human face, but a blank canvas devoid of eyes, mouth, nose or any other trace of humanity. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Before being the eternal slave of the dragon god, Comrade Gregori Ivanovitch was a textbook sociopath. Since his only face is the dark mask, Comrade Ivanovitch is even worse, imbued and moved by ancient and dark forces. What remains of humanity in him is no longer even a memory... 

GREEN HORROR

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: NA 

IDENTITY: NA 

CLASS: Sentient plant 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: New Mexico, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Fantastic Fears #8 (July-August 1954) 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: NA 

HAIR: NA 

HISTORY 

George and Martha Thornton, a newlywed couple who were traveling through New Mexico, collected a small cactus with striking and showy flowers. That was the most terrible and last mistake of their lives, since the apparently harmless plant was actually an extremely hostile organism, a product of the radiation from the atomic tests carried out in the area. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Green Horror is an unnamed species of intelligent parasitic flora that appears to be incredibly aggressive and will use tactics such as deception to lure fresh prey into range. It appears not to rely as much on solar energy as normal plants do. Green horror can infiltrate other living organisms through minor physical contact or even through spores. Once inside it will grow, feeding on its host until it is consumed. Amputating an infected limb stops the infection, but it is clearly not enough to stop the Green Horror completely. 

AKINA

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Akina 

OCCUPATION: Warrior, Chieftess 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human magic user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Democratic Republic of the Congo 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: DRC, Africa 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Chieftain Mwanga (deceased) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Pembe Nyeusi ("Black Horns") tribe 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Jungle Comics #15 (March 1941) 

HEIGHT: 5' 6" 

WEIGHT: 130 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Akina was the sorceress Queen of the small African kingdom of Lomar and archenemy of the hero Tabu. Apparently their rivalry was born from Akina's desire to demonstrate that her magic was superior to that of the Jungle Wizard. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Akina derived her vast magical powers from a jewel, the Stone of Hanniban, which her father gave her. The Stone of Hanniban gives its host the ability to project and manipulate mystical energy; create energy constructs in various shapes and sizes; flight; Protection against magic and physical attacks and the ability to become intangible. 

WEIRD CIRCLE

At some point in her criminal career, AH KU the ruthless daughter of Crime Lord FĀ ZHǓYÀO took the elimination of the YOUNG HEROES ALLIANCE (a group formed by the sons and heirs of the CRIME SMASHERS) as a personal objective, for which he gathered a group of freaks with special abilities and called them "THE WEIRD CIRCLE"! 

AZTLAN 

CYANIDE CINDY 

GOLLIWOGG 

JACKAL 

THRILLA 

PROFESSOR VENOM

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bernhard Rieker 

OCCUPATION: Government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human magic user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Germany 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Freudenberg, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Nazi Party 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Daredevil Comics #09 (April 1942) 

HEIGHT: 5' 6" 

WEIGHT: 187 lbs 

EYES: Gray 

HAIR: Black (shaved) 

HISTORY 

Herr Rieker was an agent of the Third Reich who posed as the mentalist "Professor Venom" to hide his work as a saboteur and spy in the United States and England. Well, actually he was a true mentalist, a really good one indeed. Though not good enough to escape America's masked heroes.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Professor Venom used a cane with an eye-shaped cap to hypnotize his victims and make them carry out any order he sent them like authentic automata.  

CROSSBOW

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Friedrich Hüter 

OCCUPATION: Government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: German citizen 

OTHER ALIASES: Die Ambrust 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Eigenschaft, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Nazi Party 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Germany, Poland, movile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Smash Comics #40 (1943) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 202 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Friedrich Hüter, AKA Crossbow, was a special agent of the German Third Reich who claimed descent from the "Order of the Teutonic Knights". Hüter became the nemesis of Baron Povalski (aka the Marksman), the most notorious freedom fighter in Nazi-occupied Poland.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Crossbow wore chain mail, a helmet, and used a crossbow as his weapon of choice (obviously). 

AH KU

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Ah Ku 

OCCUPATION: NA 

IDENTITY: Professional criminal 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of China 

OTHER ALIASES: The Princess of Crime 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lǐngdǎo, China 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Fā Zhǔyào (father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Nameless Crime Syndicate, Weird Circle 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Top-Notch Comics #4 (1940) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 

WEIGHT: 160 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Ah Ku is the daughter of the Mythical Crime Lord Fā Zhǔyào, also known as The Great Question. As "Princess of Crime" Ah Ku began to make her own name within the family crime syndicate from a very young age: Human trafficking, kidnapping, smuggling, drug dealing. She was utterly ruthless, ordering murders and carrying them out herself without a second thought. At some point in his criminal career, she took the elimination of the Young Heroes Alliance (a group formed by the sons and heirs of the Crime Smashers) as a personal objective, for which he gathered a group of freaks with special abilities "The Weird Circle" (Aztlan, Golliwogg, Jackal , Cyanide Cindy and Thrillah). It didn't go well... 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

She has proven to be a fierce fighter, able to stand up to even individuals with superhuman abilities thanks to her mastery of martial arts, which was instilled in her by her father, the evil Crime Lord Fā Zhǔyào. On top of that she is cunning and smart and has free access to the vast resources of her father's criminal network. 

JACKAL (HARVEY)

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Edward Kochanek 

OCCUPATION: Civil servant 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Eddie 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey City USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Weird Circle 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Harvey City, mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Green Hornet Comics #17 (March 1944) 

HEIGHT: 5' 8" 

WEIGHT: 170 lbs 

EYES: Blue (yellow as the Jackal) 

HAIR: Blond (brown as the Jackal)

HISTORY 

After a lifetime of abuse due to his appearance, Eddie Kochanek underwent an unexpected transformation... Each night his body mutated into a lupine creature dubbed "The Jackal" by the press. Eddie's fierce alter-ego turned the Harvey City docks into his own private hunting ground. No one was able to stop the beast until one day the attacks simply stopped. The mystery of his disappearance was solved when he reappeared as one of Ah Ku's Weird Circle freaks. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Eddie Kochanek was a scrawny little guy, extremely shy, but very smart. He possessed knowledge of physics, chemistry and computer science. On the other hand, when he became the Jackal, his strength, stamina and resistance to physical damage, as well as his senses, were increased above human. He also gained powerful claws and sharp teeth with which to tear his preys. 

JACKAL

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Blair Storm 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Hangman 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Archie, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Pep Comics #18 (August 1941) 

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 

WEIGHT: 210 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Blair Storm, a wanted criminal, found a new way to continue his criminal activities by disguising himself as the Jackal. Blair was a brutal individual, whose signature was to kill with a rope, by hanging his victims, anyone who got in the way of his plans. He was captured, but years later he escaped from prison and took refuge in an old monastery from where he continued his nightly ritual of brutal robberies and murders. His rivalry with the Dickering clan would ultimately lead to his death. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Blair was a brutal fighter and an expert in the art of disguise. He often disguised himself as respected members of society, such as priests or public officials, to evade law enforcement.  

AZTLAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Terrorist 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Son of Aztlan 

PLACE OF BIRTH: New Mexico, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Weird Circle, the Braves of Aztlan 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Fantastic Comics #13 (December 1940) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 190 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY 

In Aztec tradition, Aztlan is the name of the ancient ancestral home of the people who would become known as Aztecs.

The Son of Aztlan is an activist for the rights of his people, but also a ruthless terrorist killer. The Son of Aztlan leads his own terrorist group, "Los Bravos de Aztlan". For some reason, Aztlan decided to join Ah Ku's Weird Circle, probably with the promise of annihilating many palefaces and laying waste to their possessions. Aztlan maintains conversations with the invisible spirit of his deceased father, although his old man does not seem to hold him in high esteem. It's unclear if the spirit in question really exists or is the result of Aztlan's feverish mind.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Son of Aztlan possesses great powers that he claims are mystical, though there is no proof one way or the other. He basically has control over the four elements, water, fire, air and earth. Thanks to this mastery, he has been seen flying at high speed using air currents, creating a gigantic golem of earth with his shape, creating a fire bow with which he launched fiery arrows or summoning rain and thunder for his own purposes.  

JOLLY ROGER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Danny Hogan 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Whiz Valley, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Trigger Hogan (deceased father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Jolly Roger Gang (leader), Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Master Comics #35 (January 27, 1943) 

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 175 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Danny Hogan is the son of Albert 'Trigger' Hogan, a mob assassin betrayed by his bosses and killed in a shootout with the police. With his last words, Trigger asked his son not to follow in his footsteps and to become a musician (since he was a prodigy on the saxophone), but the young man, poisoned with hatred, swore revenge on the forces of order. Danny assumed the secret identity of Jolly Roger and forcibly proclaimed himself the leader of his late father's gang. Despite being a criminal and hating the police to death, Danny has a good heart and always tries to cause as little harm to civilians. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Danny was a Julliard student until the death of his father. In addition to being an excellent saxophonist, he also practiced other performing arts that he later used in his criminal career. Danny was a good acrobat, had advanced knowledge of horsemanship and fencing. He was also an expert in make-up, impersonation, and knew a little about sleight of hand. 

GOLLIWOGG

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bertrand Flossie 

OCCUPATION: Serial killer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Possessed doll 

LEGAL STATUS: Legally dead 

OTHER ALIASES: Bert, the Murdering Muppet 

PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Weird Circle 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg (1895) 

HEIGHT: 3' 0" 

WEIGHT: 45 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Bertrand "Bert" Flossie was a murderer and racist who abused and killed black children. He made the mistake of abusing the little brother of a gang leader, who managed to hunt him down. For several days, the entire gang was torturing him in the most brutal and sadistic ways imaginable. When they had finished with him, they hung him up and stuffed a Golliwogg doll into the shreds of clothing that remained on the corpse. That could have been the end of Bert Flossie, but something ancient and evil gave his spirit the power to inhabit the doll that had received his last breath... After taking bloody revenge, the Golliwogg began to make new and sick plans, but these were postponed, when he was recruited by Ah Ku for her Weird Circle. 

Golliwogg appears to be jovial, friendly and gallant, but inside he hides a true inhuman monster...

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Golliwogg is small and does not possess great strength, but it is extremely difficult to destroy. What he does possess is a psychopathic, sick and devilishly intelligent personality, capable of inventing the most depraved ways to cause pain and death. 

CAPTAIN MURDER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Johann Schrein 

OCCUPATION: SS officer  

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Germany 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Eichstätt, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: SS 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Zip Comics #29 (September 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 7" 

WEIGHT: 224 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Johann Schrein was a member of the SS specially commissioned by the Führer himself to supervise prison camps during World War II. His mission was to subdue the most rebellious prisoners as well as obtain as much information as possible from his unfortunate guests. Schrein, nicknamed "Captain Murder" by the Americans, was an extremely sadistic individual, who enjoyed torturing and killing his prisoners. He especially hated those with strong religious feelings and claimed that his only religion was the Nazi cause.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Schrein carried the service luger pistol and although he knew how to use it with precision, he generally relied on his whip, stating that he could kill a man with a single whip. During the course of the conflict, Schrein traded in his traditional whip for an even more dangerous and deadly electric one.  

BARON GESTAPO

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Joseph Von Schlachtfeld 

OCCUPATION: Scientist, nazi agent 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Germany 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Hildesheim, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Nazi party 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Zip Comics #27 (July 1942) 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Joseph Von Schlachtfeld was a German scientist affiliated with the National Socialist party. He soon caught the attention of the Führer both for his revolutionary scientist theories and for his fidelity to the party. Hitler gave him a blank check and leeway to help him crush Europe first and then the world. But neither of them had in mind the opposition of the Allied Mystery Men.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Von Schlachtfeld was a mighty genius, excelling in biology, chemistry, and engineering. In addition to designing superior weapons, he was also capable of using them himself. What's more, it is known that Von Schlachtfeld used a steroid of his invention to improve his strength and endurance so that he could face extraordinary individuals on equal terms. 

BARON DOOM

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Dominik Von Unheil 

OCCUPATION: Aristocrat, spy, government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Germany 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Vergnügendorf, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Silver Streak Comics #19 (March 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 185 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Baron Dominik Von Unheil was a wealthy German aristocrat who, at the start of World War II, instead of enlisting, decided to use his vast fortune to become a mystery man (Baron Doom) who fought for the Third Reich doing espionage and sabotage work. He was not especially fond of National Socialism and as the war progressed his discontent with the Führer's leadership and above all his contempt for the Nazi Final Solution led him to try to assassinate Hitler. He didn't make it. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Von Unheil invested his family fortune to become a super-spy, a mystery man capable of incredible feats thanks to his prodigious athletic and fighting skills as well as a host of specially designed gadgets and vehicles to give him tactical advantage in all sorts of scenarios. 

BLACK DRUID

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bert Dawson 

OCCUPATION: Travel agent, druid 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Possessed human/human magic user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Black Master 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ace City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: The Order of the Black Druids 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Ace City (USA); Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Baffling Mysteries #13 (January 10, 1953) 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: NA 

HAIR: NA 

HISTORY 

NA 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

NA 

DR. FEAR

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Philip Hoshi 

OCCUPATION: Former medical doctor, agent of the Black Dragon Society 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: I. M. Pheer 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Whiz Valley, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Aiko Hoshi (mother), Hideo Hoshi (father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Black Dragon Society 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Whiz Valley (USA); Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Master Comics #29 (August 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 140 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY 

Philip Hoshi was a Japanese-American doctor who worked at Whiz Valley Hospital, but secretly he was a fifth columnist loyal to Imperial Japan, the land of his ancestors, conducting experiments in his laboratory late at night with the intention of develop a fear toxin with which to cause chaos and terror in the United States and thus be able to steal plans and information vital to the defense of the West Coast during World War II. He was ultimately defeated by US Jones. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The toxin developed by Dr. Hoshi caused men to go mad with fear, to the point of doing irrational things like jumping out of windows for no reason or revealing their deepest secrets. Dr. Fear administered the gas to his victims through, for example, a hidden mechanism in a flower he wore on his lapel. 

MONSIEUR L'EPEE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Andre De Dijon

OCCUPATION: Count of Dijon, Captain of the French Royal Guard, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of France 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dijon, France 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: French Royal Guard 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Palace of Versailles (Paris, France) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Hi-Lite Comics #1 (Fall 1945 ) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 

WEIGHT: 180 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

During the last years of the reign of Louis XIV of France, Count Andre De Dijon was the captain of the Royal Guard and right-hand man of the monarch. When entrusted by the Sun King with a secret special mission, Andre used to disguise himself as the masked Monsieur L'Epee. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Monsieur L'Epee was a devilishly good swordsman. 

SNOWBIRD

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Lotte Schäfer 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Chemically enhanced human 

LEGAL STATUS: Naturalized citizen of Canada 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mainz, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Luther (brother) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Toronto, Canada 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Pep Comics #31 (September 1942) 

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 

WEIGHT: 125 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Red 

HISTORY 

Luther Schäfer, aka Snowbird, was a petty criminal and cocaine addict who became the Strangler's partner in crime. For a brief period of time Schäfer and the Strangler took control of the New York underworld, but were stopped by the TyroTeam. The Strangler escaped and Snowbird went to jail, where he would end up dying in circumstances yet to be clarified. Lotte Schäfer, Luther's sister, teamed up with the Strangler as the new Snowbird to "avenge" the death of her brother, which she blamed on the Tyro Team. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Lotte snorts a kind of synthetic cocaine called "Schneesturm" (Snowstorm - SS) that gives her superhuman abilities. The SS provides her with superhuman strength, speed, and resistance to physical damage. Also It grants her a touch that produces effects similar to those of a cocaine overdose.

STRANGLER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Heinrich 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal, former Stasi agent 

IDENTITY: Public identity 

CLASS: Artificially created human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the German Democratic Republic 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mainz, Germany 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Stasi (formerly), Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile, Toronto (Canada) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Pep Comics #30 (August 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 5" 

WEIGHT: 300 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Heinrich the Strangler was an ex-stasi agent turned professional criminal. Originally he was the product of Nazi experimentation, born in a laboratory, with hyper-increased physical abilities and appearance similar to a huge ape. He teamed up with a petty criminal nicknamed Snowbird (due to his strong cocaine addiction) and they became the leaders of New York City's criminal element, until they were stopped by the Tyro Team. However Heinrich managed to escape. Some time later the Strangler teamed up with a new Snowbird (the sister of the previous one) to get revenge on Tyro Team. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Heinrich, the Strangler, was a towering hulk of a man with inhuman physical strength, durability and stamina, plus he was skilled as a hand-to-hand combatant, spy and interrogator. 

THREE CHEERS

HISTORY 

The Three Cheers are a trio of heroes and interdimensional travelers. They come from a world where World War II resulted in the total destruction of the world. Faced with the prospect of certain defeat, Adolf Hitler initiated the Gotterdämmerung protocol: super-atomic bombs scattered around the world detonating at the moment of his death. The dictator went to hell dragging the world with him. Bart, Boom, and Sis were the only survivors, jumping from their world to ours.

Bart is the brains of the group. He is a peerless tactician and a shrewd detective. He has advanced combat skills (judo, boxing) and great aptitude for science and chemistry.

Boom is said to be strong enough to stop a locomotive, fast enough to dodge a bullet, and agile enough to climb onto the roof of a skyscraper in a single jump.

Sis is an empath, able to sense the emotions of others, making her a human polygrapher. She is a healer, but also a fierce fighter. 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Our Flag Comics #01 (Aug. 1941) 

DR. SAVAGE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Seymour Savage 

OCCUPATION: Scientist, professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Chronarch 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Charlton, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Space Adventures #14 (Jan. 1955) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 

WEIGHT: 159 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: White 

HISTORY 

Dr. Seymour Savage was an inventor without moral scruples who designed and built a helmet that allowed its wearer to travel through time. Savage used his assistant, Miss Arkady, as a human guinea pig. The young woman was transported to a dystopian future where she was mugged and murdered. Her killer donned the helmet and was transported to another point in the future, to an Earth at war, where he was forced to trade the helmet for access to an underground shelter. The new wielder time-jumped into the future, to a ruined Earth, devastated by a horrific plague, and he was eaten alive by mutants. One of the creatures put on the helm and was thrown into the future, where it was captured by a tribe of cavemen. They removed the helmet from the spawn and shortly after the helmet activated automatically and returned to the starting point, to the laboratory of dr. Savage. With all the information collected and his invention tested, the good doctor decided to start a lucrative criminal career becoming the Chronarch. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The chronal helm (his chronal crown as he calls it) allows dr. Savage travel through time at will. 

GLOAT

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Extraterrestial 

LEGAL STATUS: Subject of Chroturnus 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Planet Chroturnus 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Blue Beetle #34 (September 1944) 

HEIGHT: 6' 4" 

WEIGHT: 270 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Bald 

HISTORY 

Gloat is Saturnia's henchman. Both are criminals on the run from the planet Chroturnus. They changed one world for another, but not their habits, and the first thing they did as soon as they arrived on Earth was to plan how to seize power. Luckily, Earth's heroes were able to defeat them, thwarting their plans for domination. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Gloat demonstrated the ability to transform his body into anything he desired.