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List Of All-Star Squadron Members
Members of DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, a superhero team made up of virtually every DC-owned character from the Golden Age of Comic Books and several newly retconned into that time period. Membership No previous affiliation * Air Wave (Lawrence Jordan) * Amazing-Man (Will Everett) * Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (''Pre-Crisis'' only) * Blackhawk (Janos Prohaska) * Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett) * Blue Boys (Tubby and Toughy) * Captain Triumph (Lance Gallant) * Commander Steel (Henry Heywood) * Captain X (Richard O'Dare)''JSA: The Golden Age'' * Dan the Dyna-Mite * Dr. Occult (Richard Occult) * Doll Girl (Martha Roberts) * Firebrand (Danette Reilly) * Gay Ghost (Keith Everett) * Great Defender (Stormy Foster) * Ghost Patrol * Guardian (Jim Harper) * Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders) * Harlequin (Molly Mayne)''Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #1 * Hercules (Joe Hercules) * Hop Harrigan * Invisible Hood (Kent Thurston) * Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian (DC Comics)
Guardian (James Jacob "Jim" Harper) is a DC Comics superhero introduced in April 1942 by writer/artist Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby. Guardian resembles the earlier Kirby and Simon character Captain America (first published 13 months earlier by Marvel Comics), as he had no super powers and carried an indestructible shield. When Kirby returned to DC in 1970, he eventually re-established the character as a supporting one in the '' Superman'' franchise: as a clone who was head of security for Project Cadmus. In the Arrowverse series ''Supergirl'', James Olsen, portrayed by Mehcad Brooks, became the superhero Guardian. Additionally, James Harper appeared in the first season as a marine colonel portrayed by Eddie McClintock. In the sixth season, James Olsen’s sister Kelly became known as the Golden Guardian played by Azie Tesfai. Publication history He first appeared in ''Star-Spangled Comics'' #7 (April 1942) and was created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Fictional chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon The Unknown
Neon the Unknown is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comic Books created by Jerry Iger for Quality Comics. Neon first appeared in a story penciled and inked by Lou Fine in ''Hit Comics'' #1 and was featured on the cover. His stories ran in issues 1–17. Like many characters owned by that company, he was later bought by DC Comics after Quality ceased operations. Fictional character biography Tom Corbet is a member of the Foreign Legion. While pursuing an enemy across the desert, his entire unit dies of dehydration. Surely he would have suffered the same fate if he hadn't found a magical oasis at the last second. Corbet drinks the glowing water and is transformed into Neon the Unknown, with the ability to fly and shoot energy from his hands. According to ''Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes'', "he uses his power to kill an attacking tiger, stop a would-be world conqueror, and go on to fight crime and evil and the Germans, as well as Darmus the Wizard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Thompson
Harry "Tex" Thompson (Thomson pre-1999) is a superhero owned by DC Comics who later became the masked crime-fighter Mr. America and then became an espionage operative called Americommando. He was often aided by his best friend Bob Daley, who for a brief time operated as his costumed sidekick "Fatman". Created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Baily, Tex debuted in ''Action Comics'' #1 (June 1938), the same comic that introduced Superman. During his original stories of the 1940s, several of his enemies were based on Yellow Peril stereotypes. Several of his earliest stories featured Gargantua T. Potts, a character based around minstrel show stereotypes about African-Americans. The "Tex Tomson" series in ''Action Comics'' featured Tex and his friend Bob Daley investigating various crimes and mysteries, sometimes alongside law enforcement. When Tex took on the identity Mr. America, he used a whip as his weapon of choice. Later on, he used a scientific experiment to endow his cape with the power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Pemberton
Merry Pemberton, also known as Gimmick Girl and Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. She is the adoptive sister of Sylvester Pemberton. Merry Pemberton first appeared in ''Star-Spangled Comics'' #81 in June 1948, and ran through #90 (March 1949). She was created by writer Otto Binder. Fictional character biography Born Merry Creamer, she is adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pemberton Sr., the parents of the original Star-Spangled Kid. She soon adopts a crime-fighting persona and works with her brother and Stripesy, ultimately supplanting them in their own feature. According to ''Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes'', Merry "fights her male opposite, the Gimmick Guy; Presto, a criminal stage magician; and the Rope, who uses rope-themed gimmicks". Merry eventually marries Henry King Sr., the supervillain known as the original Brain Wave. They had one son named Henry King Jr. who became the super-hero Brainwave, a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlin The Magician (comics)
Merlin the Magician is a fictional character and superhero in the publications of Quality Comics in the 1940s and, briefly in the 1990s, by DC Comics. Merlin first appeared in '' National Comics'' #1 (July 1940). The character is a direct descendant of the Arthurian wizard Merlin and spent most of his time fighting Nazis, using, as his title page frequently read, "occult powers to aid democracies in their fight against oppression". Fictional character biography In 1940, while unhappily contemplating his waning fortunes, playboy Jock Kellog is contacted by a messenger who tells him his eccentric, wealthy uncle is ill and might be dying. Kellog races to the scene in rural England, hoping his financial troubles will be ameliorated by a great inheritance. Instead of the palatial residence he expected, Jock arrives at a modest cottage. Upon entering, he discovers it is filled with numerous antiques of Arthurian vintage. Kellog's uncle is indeed dying, and he tells the young playboy th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhunter (Paul Kirk)
Manhunter (Paul Kirk) is a superhero and later anti-hero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He was the first published hero referred to as Manhunter within the DC Universe. Originally a plainclothes amateur detective character, Kirk was called "manhunter" only in the title of his stories, a slang term for someone who tracks down fugitives and criminals. He then dons a red and blue costume and officially adopts "Manhunter" as an alias in 1942. The character's stories ended in 1944. Paul Kirk was then revived in 1973 in a globe-trotting conspiracy thriller storyline told through a series of back-up published in ''Detective Comics'' vol. 1 #437-443. Reintroducing Kirk as a more ruthless and now lethal hero working against a villainous group called the Council, the story gave him a new costume, new weapons, and a superhuman healing ability. Though the 1973 story became a critical success with readers, Kirk dies at the end of it and was not resurrected by DC Comics. Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |