Miss X is a character in the

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. She first appeared in ''

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'' #26 (May 1940), in the feature "

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". Although her

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was never expressly revealed, the reader was led to believe it was Margaret Janice Peggy Maloney, the daughter of District Attorney Maloney.

Fictional character biography

Miss X aided

and Bob Daley after the third member of their team, Gargantua T. Potts, left to become a cook in the French Army. She wore no costume, and her sole disguise consisted of a pair of dark sunglasses. Tex was intrigued and obsessed with finding out who the mysterious Miss X was. In the final panel of ''Action Comics'' #29, he confided to his partner that he thought he had figured out who she was. In ''Action Comics'' #33, Thompson was declared dead. This turned out to be a ruse, and Thompson returned as

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. Miss X made her final appearance in ''Action Comics'' #43 (Dec. 1941).

References

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