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 === February, 1936 === === February, 1936 ===
  
-  * **[[The Phantom XXI]]**, real name Paul Walker, begins protecting the jungles of Bangalla as his ancestors have done for centuries. //Note: The Earth-4 Phantom is not exactly the same as the Phantom who appeared in the Phantom comic strip. For example, Diana Palmer was born much later and became the wife of the 1960s/1970s Phantom. Also, this Phantom is named Paul instead of Kit, a name he gives his son.// [The Phantom (King Features Syndicate newspaper comic strip)]+  * **[[Phantom XXI|The Phantom XXI]]**, real name Paul Walker, begins protecting the jungles of Bangalla as his ancestors have done for centuries. //Note: The Earth-4 Phantom is not exactly the same as the Phantom who appeared in the Phantom comic strip. For example, Diana Palmer was born much later and became the wife of the 1960s/1970s Phantom. Also, this Phantom is named Paul instead of Kit, a name he gives his son.// [The Phantom (King Features Syndicate newspaper comic strip)]
  
 ==== 1937 ==== ==== 1937 ====
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   * [[Dr. Fung]], master sleuth of the Orient, begins adventures, with ally Dan Barrister. [Wonder Comics #1]   * [[Dr. Fung]], master sleuth of the Orient, begins adventures, with ally Dan Barrister. [Wonder Comics #1]
   * [[K-51]] (originally called K-5 and whose real name is Ken Flynn), agent in the Secret Service, begins adventures. //Note: K-51's name is never revealed in his original series.// [Wonder Comics #1]   * [[K-51]] (originally called K-5 and whose real name is Ken Flynn), agent in the Secret Service, begins adventures. //Note: K-51's name is never revealed in his original series.// [Wonder Comics #1]
-  * [[Richard G. "Gang-Buster" Robinson]] (also called Mob Buster Robinson) begins adventures. [Wonder Comics #1]+  * [[Gang-Buster Robinson|Richard G. "Gang-Buster" Robinson]] (also called Mob Buster Robinson) begins adventures. [Wonder Comics #1]
   * [[Spark Stevens]], sailor, begins adventures, with ally Chuck Lawton. [Wonder Comics #1]   * [[Spark Stevens]], sailor, begins adventures, with ally Chuck Lawton. [Wonder Comics #1]
  
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 === May, 1939 === === May, 1939 ===
  
-  * Gary Preston becomes the super-powered mystery man known as **[[the Flame]]**. [Wonderworld Comics #11 (origin); Wonderworld Comics #3]+  * Gary Preston becomes the super-powered mystery man known as **[[Flame (Gary Preston)|the Flame]]**. [Wonderworld Comics #11 (origin); Wonderworld Comics #3]
   * Yarko the Great battles Death and the Devil. [Wonderworld Comics #3]   * Yarko the Great battles Death and the Devil. [Wonderworld Comics #3]
   * K-51 battles recurring criminal foe [[Lin Sun]], a Mongolian princess, for the first time. Although Lin Sun appears to die, she actually fakes her death. //Note: K-51 and Z-19 (Claire Conos) become engaged sometime between this story and the next.// [Wonderworld Comics #3]   * K-51 battles recurring criminal foe [[Lin Sun]], a Mongolian princess, for the first time. Although Lin Sun appears to die, she actually fakes her death. //Note: K-51 and Z-19 (Claire Conos) become engaged sometime between this story and the next.// [Wonderworld Comics #3]
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 === June, 1939 === === June, 1939 ===
  
-  * Walter Green, a former soldier whose wife was murdered by criminals, becomes the mystery-man and outlaw known as **[[the Green Mask]]**, a modern-day Robin Hood based in New York City. Only "News" Blake Doakes of the //Daily Globe// is aware of his true identity. In his first case, the Green Mask smashes an insurance scam ring and captures its leader, a corrupt politician named Cyrus Boomer. //Note: It is evident that the non-powered, tall, and lanky Green Mask from Mystery Men #1-12 is a different individual than the more muscular, super-powered Michael Shelby, who first appears as the second Green Mask a year later. Walter Green is the father of Johnny Green, the third Green Mask, who is introduced as the son of the original Green Mask. Johnny is ten years old in 1939.// [Mystery Men Comics #1]+  * Walter Green, a former soldier whose wife was murdered by criminals, becomes the mystery-man and outlaw known as **[[Green Mask (Walter Green)|the Green Mask]]**, a modern-day Robin Hood based in New York City. Only "News" Blake Doakes of the //Daily Globe// is aware of his true identity. In his first case, the Green Mask smashes an insurance scam ring and captures its leader, a corrupt politician named Cyrus Boomer. //Note: It is evident that the non-powered, tall, and lanky Green Mask from Mystery Men #1-12 is a different individual than the more muscular, super-powered Michael Shelby, who first appears as the second Green Mask a year later. Walter Green is the father of Johnny Green, the third Green Mask, who is introduced as the son of the original Green Mask. Johnny is ten years old in 1939.// [Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * [[Chen Chang]], criminal mastermind who is accompanied by the sultry [[River Lily]], begins his criminal adventures, opposed by the heroic [[Richard Kendall]]. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * [[Chen Chang]], criminal mastermind who is accompanied by the sultry [[River Lily]], begins his criminal adventures, opposed by the heroic [[Richard Kendall]]. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * [[Wing Turner]], air detective, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * [[Wing Turner]], air detective, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * **[[Zanzibar]]**, magician mystery man, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * **[[Zanzibar]]**, magician mystery man, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * [[Inspector Bancroft]] of Scotland Yard begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * [[Inspector Bancroft]] of Scotland Yard begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
-  * Dan Garret, a rookie policeman, becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Blue Beetle]]**, originally a non-powered crime-fighter in a blue business suit, hat, and mask. His only confidante is Dr. Abe Franz, a druggist who keeps a special room in the back of his store for the Blue Beetle to operate from. In his first case, he avenges his policeman father who was killed. As a police officer himself, Dan is partnered with his father's old partner, Mike Mannigan. [Mystery Men Comics #5] [Blue Beetle #1 (origin); Mystery Men Comics #1]+  * Dan Garret, a rookie policeman, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Blue Beetle (Dan Garret)|the Blue Beetle]]**, originally a non-powered crime-fighter in a blue business suit, hat, and mask. His only confidante is Dr. Abe Franz, a druggist who keeps a special room in the back of his store for the Blue Beetle to operate from. In his first case, he avenges his policeman father who was killed. As a police officer himself, Dan is partnered with his father's old partner, Mike Mannigan. [Mystery Men Comics #5] [Blue Beetle #1 (origin); Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * [[D-13]] (Richard Anthony), secret agent, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * [[D-13]] (Richard Anthony), secret agent, begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
-  * [[Captain Denny Scott]] of the Bengal Lancers begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]+  * [[Denny Scott|Captain Denny Scott]] of the Bengal Lancers begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
   * [[Lt. Drake]] of Naval Intelligence begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * [[Lt. Drake]] of Naval Intelligence begins adventures. [Mystery Men Comics #1]
  
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   * September 1: Germany invades Poland, sparking World War II.   * September 1: Germany invades Poland, sparking World War II.
-  * [[David "Yank" Wilson]], a super-spy known as secret agent Q-4, has his first known case when Nome, Alaska, is attacked by the nation of North Polaria -- led by the dictator Raxola -- beginning a short but heated war between the United States and North Polaria. Wilson is appointed stratosphere commander in the air attack. While North Polaria has a slight advantage at the beginning of the war, it is soon sorely outmatched, and Raxola and his troops surrender within hours. //Note: This story probably takes place shortly after the invasion of Poland. North Polaria on Earth-4 is likely an unrecognized nation existing in the northern countries (much like Kurdistan exists in parts of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran) only in the early 20th century, and which is funded and armed by the Soviet Union as a defense against an attack from the U.S. over the Arctic Circle. Raxola likely takes it upon himself to invade the U.S. without consulting the Soviets. North Polaria as a nation and a political idea ceases to be after this moment.// [Fantastic Comics #1]+  * [[Yank Wilson|David "Yank" Wilson]], a super-spy known as secret agent Q-4, has his first known case when Nome, Alaska, is attacked by the nation of North Polaria -- led by the dictator Raxola -- beginning a short but heated war between the United States and North Polaria. Wilson is appointed stratosphere commander in the air attack. While North Polaria has a slight advantage at the beginning of the war, it is soon sorely outmatched, and Raxola and his troops surrender within hours. //Note: This story probably takes place shortly after the invasion of Poland. North Polaria on Earth-4 is likely an unrecognized nation existing in the northern countries (much like Kurdistan exists in parts of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran) only in the early 20th century, and which is funded and armed by the Soviet Union as a defense against an attack from the U.S. over the Arctic Circle. Raxola likely takes it upon himself to invade the U.S. without consulting the Soviets. North Polaria as a nation and a political idea ceases to be after this moment.// [Fantastic Comics #1]
   * [[Captain Savage]], sea rover, begins adventures on the high seas. [Mystery Men Comics #4 (November, 1939)]   * [[Captain Savage]], sea rover, begins adventures on the high seas. [Mystery Men Comics #4 (November, 1939)]
   * The Blue Beetle now wears his familiar long-sleeved chainmail costume devised by Dr. Abe Franz that provides almost full-body protection from bullets. [Mystery Men Comics #4 (November, 1939)]   * The Blue Beetle now wears his familiar long-sleeved chainmail costume devised by Dr. Abe Franz that provides almost full-body protection from bullets. [Mystery Men Comics #4 (November, 1939)]
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   * During the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, scientist Montague Dexter and his wife leave on a rocketship of his own invention, the destination: Mars. The public believes it is merely a publicity stunt but wonder about it when the couple is never seen again. //Note: Montague Dexter is the father of Rex Dexter of Mars, who becomes an interplanetary explorer in the year 2000 of an alternate timeline.// [Mystery Men Comics #1]   * During the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, scientist Montague Dexter and his wife leave on a rocketship of his own invention, the destination: Mars. The public believes it is merely a publicity stunt but wonder about it when the couple is never seen again. //Note: Montague Dexter is the father of Rex Dexter of Mars, who becomes an interplanetary explorer in the year 2000 of an alternate timeline.// [Mystery Men Comics #1]
-  * Sam, a super-strong, modern-day descendant of the Biblical hero Samson, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Samson]]** and has his first public case as a mystery man. [Fantastic Comics #1]+  * Sam, a super-strong, modern-day descendant of the Biblical hero Samson, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Samson (Earth-4)|Samson]]** and has his first public case as a mystery man. [Fantastic Comics #1]
   * [[Captain Kidd]], pilot, begins adventures. [Fantastic Comics #1]   * [[Captain Kidd]], pilot, begins adventures. [Fantastic Comics #1]
   * [[Flip Falcon]] (originally Flick Falcon), scientist and explorer, invents a fourth dimension machine and uses it to travel through the fourth dimension to explore various destinations, including other planets, other dimensions, the future, and the past. [Fantastic Comics #1]   * [[Flip Falcon]] (originally Flick Falcon), scientist and explorer, invents a fourth dimension machine and uses it to travel through the fourth dimension to explore various destinations, including other planets, other dimensions, the future, and the past. [Fantastic Comics #1]
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   * **Inspector Bancroft**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #6]   * **Inspector Bancroft**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #6]
   * **Mob Buster Robinson**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #9]   * **Mob Buster Robinson**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #9]
-  * Dr. Fung battles recurring criminal foes [[Karno the Chessman]] and his henchmen (several costumed, winged henchmen who use jet-packs to fly; one is dubbed [[the Moth]] by the press). [Wonderworld Comics #9]+  * Dr. Fung battles recurring criminal foes [[Karno the Chessman]] and his henchmen (several costumed, winged henchmen who use jet-packs to fly; one is dubbed [[Moth (villain)|the Moth]] by the press). [Wonderworld Comics #9]
  
 === December, 1939 === === December, 1939 ===
  
-  * Bill Powers (sometimes called Ted Powers) becomes the super-powered mystery man known as **[[the Eagle]]**. [Science Comics #1] +  * Bill Powers (sometimes called Ted Powers) becomes the super-powered mystery man known as **[[Eagle (Bill Powers)|the Eagle]]**. [Science Comics #1] 
-  * Jim Andrews gains electrical super-powers and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Electro]]**. [Science Comics #1]+  * Jim Andrews gains electrical super-powers and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Dynamo (Jim Andrews)|Electro]]**. [Science Comics #1]
   * **[[Marga, the Panther Woman]]**, is infused with panther blood and begins adventures alongside aviator Ted Grant in the jungles of Africa. [Science Comics #1]   * **[[Marga, the Panther Woman]]**, is infused with panther blood and begins adventures alongside aviator Ted Grant in the jungles of Africa. [Science Comics #1]
   * **[[Navy Jones]]**, able to breathe water and equipped with a special submarine, begins adventures in the deep sea, protecting the Undersea Kingdom populated by the fish-men (also called the gill-men) and ruled by Princess Coral and her father, the king of the sea. //Note: The Undersea Kingdom is also known as the Hidden Empire as seen in Doomsday +1 #4; although the events of Doomsday +1 take place in an alternate future, the Hidden Empire has existed for many centuries by that time and exists in the main timeline of Earth-4. Other underwater races include the chalk-white-skinned amphibians, who created the gill-men as well as their enemies, the shark-men.// [Science Comics #1]   * **[[Navy Jones]]**, able to breathe water and equipped with a special submarine, begins adventures in the deep sea, protecting the Undersea Kingdom populated by the fish-men (also called the gill-men) and ruled by Princess Coral and her father, the king of the sea. //Note: The Undersea Kingdom is also known as the Hidden Empire as seen in Doomsday +1 #4; although the events of Doomsday +1 take place in an alternate future, the Hidden Empire has existed for many centuries by that time and exists in the main timeline of Earth-4. Other underwater races include the chalk-white-skinned amphibians, who created the gill-men as well as their enemies, the shark-men.// [Science Comics #1]
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 === February, 1940 === === February, 1940 ===
  
-  * Jim Blake creates a winged flying costume and becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Moth]]**. [Mystery Men Comics #9] +  * The wealthy Jim Blake, endowed by a famous biologist with the power of flight and tremendous energy to overcome almost all obstacles, creates a winged flying costume to control his flight and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Lynx (Jim Blake)|the Moth]]**. [Mystery Men Comics #9] 
-  * Grant Farrel is given super-powers by the god Thor and begins adventures as the mystery man called **[[Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #1] +  * Grant Farrel is given super-powers by the god Thor and begins adventures as the mystery man called **[[Thor (Grant Farrel)|Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #1] 
-  * [[The Sorceress of Zoom]], sometimes a villainess, sometimes a heroine, begins adventures in Zoom, a traveling city in the clouds. //Note: The city of Zoom is probably originally from a magical dimension, such as the Land of the Nightshades.// [Weird Comics #1]+  * [[Sorceress of Zoom|The Sorceress of Zoom]], sometimes a villainess, sometimes a heroine, begins adventures in Zoom, a traveling city in the clouds. //Note: The city of Zoom is probably originally from a magical dimension, such as the Land of the Nightshades.// [Weird Comics #1]
   * [[Dr. Mortal]], criminal scientist, begins adventures. [Weird Comics #1]   * [[Dr. Mortal]], criminal scientist, begins adventures. [Weird Comics #1]
-  * [[The Voodoo Man]], witch doctor, begins adventures, opposed by young Dr. Bob Warren. [Weird Comics #1] +  * [[Voodoo Man|The Voodoo Man]], witch doctor, begins adventures, opposed by young Dr. Bob Warren. [Weird Comics #1] 
-  * **[[The Bird Man]]**, gifted with the ability to fly, begins adventures on the plains. [Weird Comics #1]+  * **[[Bird Man|The Bird Man]]**, gifted with the ability to fly, begins adventures on the plains. [Weird Comics #1]
   * A group of super-scientific criminals known as the Miracle Men led by a criminal scientist called Wolf-Eye abduct the wealthiest men in the United States using invisible vacuum tubes, then demand outrageous ransom sums for each of them. The FBI decides not to cooperate, and Stardust the Super-Wizard arrives just in time to save several FBI agents from being destroyed by Wolf-Eye's death-ray. Stardust then prevents a powerful artificial tornado created by Wolf-Eye from destroying New York City. Stardust captures Wolf-Eye and the Miracle Men and delivers them to the FBI, at the same time returning the abducted wealthy men to their homes. [Fantastic Comics #5]   * A group of super-scientific criminals known as the Miracle Men led by a criminal scientist called Wolf-Eye abduct the wealthiest men in the United States using invisible vacuum tubes, then demand outrageous ransom sums for each of them. The FBI decides not to cooperate, and Stardust the Super-Wizard arrives just in time to save several FBI agents from being destroyed by Wolf-Eye's death-ray. Stardust then prevents a powerful artificial tornado created by Wolf-Eye from destroying New York City. Stardust captures Wolf-Eye and the Miracle Men and delivers them to the FBI, at the same time returning the abducted wealthy men to their homes. [Fantastic Comics #5]
  
 === March, 1940 === === March, 1940 ===
  
-  * Flip Falcon stops the plan of his recurring foe, the fallen angel [[Lucifer]], to destroy the Earth. [Fantastic Comics #6]+  * Flip Falcon stops the plan of his recurring foe, the fallen angel [[Lucifer (Earth-4)|Lucifer]], to destroy the Earth. [Fantastic Comics #6]
   * March 15: Dr. Martinious, the warlord of Mars, uses Martian technology to invade the Earth during the Ides of March. The Brain Men of Mars, working for Martinious, begin an invasion of Earth by bombarding it with meteorites containing disease germs and Martian insects. Stardust the Super-Wizard delivers crucial chemicals to scientists on Earth to combat the disease germs and insects, then attacks the Martian laboratory of the Brain Men. The governments of the world, including both the Allies and the Axis, unite to combat the Martian invasion of microbes using Stardust's chemicals. Stardust destroys the stronghold of Dr. Martinious, presumably also killing him and the Brain Men with him. //Note: Since his lifeless body is not pictured, it is possible that Dr. Martinious survives his stronghold's destruction.// [Fantastic Comics #6]   * March 15: Dr. Martinious, the warlord of Mars, uses Martian technology to invade the Earth during the Ides of March. The Brain Men of Mars, working for Martinious, begin an invasion of Earth by bombarding it with meteorites containing disease germs and Martian insects. Stardust the Super-Wizard delivers crucial chemicals to scientists on Earth to combat the disease germs and insects, then attacks the Martian laboratory of the Brain Men. The governments of the world, including both the Allies and the Axis, unite to combat the Martian invasion of microbes using Stardust's chemicals. Stardust destroys the stronghold of Dr. Martinious, presumably also killing him and the Brain Men with him. //Note: Since his lifeless body is not pictured, it is possible that Dr. Martinious survives his stronghold's destruction.// [Fantastic Comics #6]
   * March 21: Victor Sage is born in Crown City.   * March 21: Victor Sage is born in Crown City.
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   * [[Buck Burke]], a zoologist commissioned to capture wild animals in Africa for American zoos, begins adventures with the help of his interpreter, Jo Jo. [Crash Comics #1]   * [[Buck Burke]], a zoologist commissioned to capture wild animals in Africa for American zoos, begins adventures with the help of his interpreter, Jo Jo. [Crash Comics #1]
   * [[Z-2]], secret agent, begins adventures. [Crash Comics #1]   * [[Z-2]], secret agent, begins adventures. [Crash Comics #1]
-  * Don-Vin becomes the super-fast mystery man known as **[[Blue Streak]]**. [Crash Comics #1] +  * Don-Vin becomes the super-fast mystery man known as **[[Blue Streak (Don-Vin)|Blue Streak]]**. [Crash Comics #1] 
-  * [[The Flying Trio]] ([[Ray]], [[Mac]], and [[Low]]), aviator soldiers of fortune, begin adventures. [Crash Comics #1]+  * [[Flying Trio|The Flying Trio]] ([[Ray (Flying Trio)|Ray]], [[Mac (Flying Trio)|Mac]], and [[Low (Flying Trio)|Low]]), aviator soldiers of fortune, begin adventures. [Crash Comics #1]
   * [[Jane Drake]], teenaged daughter of attorney Sheldon Drake, begins adventures as a detective aided by her boyfriend, Jerry King. [Crash Comics #1]   * [[Jane Drake]], teenaged daughter of attorney Sheldon Drake, begins adventures as a detective aided by her boyfriend, Jerry King. [Crash Comics #1]
   * Tom Kenny, a farm hand, gains super-speed after being caught up in a cyclone and becomes **[[Tornado Tom]]**. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * Tom Kenny, a farm hand, gains super-speed after being caught up in a cyclone and becomes **[[Tornado Tom]]**. [Cyclone Comics #1]
   * [[Mister Q]], master detective, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * [[Mister Q]], master detective, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]
   * [[Koroo the Black Lion]] begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * [[Koroo the Black Lion]] begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]
-  * [[Sgt. Buzz Sawyer]], state trooper, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]+  * [[Buzz Sawyer|Sgt. Buzz Sawyer]], state trooper, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]
   * [[Ted Cameron]], soldier of fortune, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * [[Ted Cameron]], soldier of fortune, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]
   * [[Anthony Conrad]], explorer, discovers the lost kingdom of Artica below the Arctic Ocean and becomes its new king. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * [[Anthony Conrad]], explorer, discovers the lost kingdom of Artica below the Arctic Ocean and becomes its new king. [Cyclone Comics #1]
-  * [[Lt. Nick Nelson]] of the U.S. Navy begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]+  * [[Nick Nelson|Lt. Nick Nelson]] of the U.S. Navy begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #1]
   * [[King Vito]] of the ancient kingdom of Verdina flees his nation after the Germans invade. He, Queen Elga, and their child are taken to the Moon in a spacecraft invented by the elderly scientist, Nerim. King Vito establishes the Kingdom of the Moon. [Cyclone Comics #1]   * [[King Vito]] of the ancient kingdom of Verdina flees his nation after the Germans invade. He, Queen Elga, and their child are taken to the Moon in a spacecraft invented by the elderly scientist, Nerim. King Vito establishes the Kingdom of the Moon. [Cyclone Comics #1]
-  * Guy Newton, a scientist, creates a device that turns him into the mystery man known as **[[Volton]]**, the human generator. [Cyclone Comics #1] +  * Guy Newton, a scientist, creates a device that turns him into the mystery man known as **[[Volton (Guy Newton)|Volton]]**, the human generator. [Cyclone Comics #1] 
-  * Peter Blake becomes the mystery man known as **[[Cyclone]]**. [Whirlwind Comics #1]+  * Peter Blake becomes the mystery man known as **[[Cyclone (Peter Blake)|Cyclone]]**. [Whirlwind Comics #1]
   * [[Smash Dawson]], reporter for the //New York Record//, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]   * [[Smash Dawson]], reporter for the //New York Record//, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]
-  * [[Inspector William Blake]] of Scotland Yard begins adventures. //Note: Blake (born circa 1881) was the boy named Billy, who was the protege of Sherlock Holmes in the 1890s (see the 1939 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and he is recognized as Holmes' successor at Scotland Yard.// [Whirlwind Comics #1]+  * [[William Blake (police officer)|Inspector William Blake]] of Scotland Yard begins adventures. //Note: Blake (born circa 1881) was the boy named Billy, who was the protege of Sherlock Holmes in the 1890s (see the 1939 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and he is recognized as Holmes' successor at Scotland Yard.// [Whirlwind Comics #1]
   * [[Wings Bordon]], aviator, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]   * [[Wings Bordon]], aviator, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]
-  * [[Lt. Jim Landis]] of the U.S. Coast Guard begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]+  * [[Jim Landis|Lt. Jim Landis]] of the U.S. Coast Guard begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]
   * [[Dick Blaze]], college sports hero, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]   * [[Dick Blaze]], college sports hero, begins adventures. [Whirlwind Comics #1]
   * Marga, the Panther Woman, gains super-strength from a serum created by the evil Dr. Meier, who had sought to change her into one of his monstrous winged beasts, but her panther blood kept her from transforming. [Science Comics #5]   * Marga, the Panther Woman, gains super-strength from a serum created by the evil Dr. Meier, who had sought to change her into one of his monstrous winged beasts, but her panther blood kept her from transforming. [Science Comics #5]
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 === June, 1940 === === June, 1940 ===
  
-  * Michael Shelby and his father, Senator Dan Shelby, are gunned down by agents of the Grim Circle; the senator dies, but his son barely clings to life. Prof. Martin Lascomb uses his experimental vita-ray machine to revive the injured Michael, but an accident causes him to be struck by thousands of volts of electricity at the same time, granting him the super-powers of strength, vitality, and limited flight. After meeting Walter Green, who retires as the original **Green Mask**, Shelby becomes **[[the Green Mask II]]**. An orphaned boy named Don Mason is injured and also healed by vita-rays, which grant him vitality but doesn't give him super-powers; he becomes **[[Domino the Miracle Boy]]**, the Green Mask II's teenaged crime-fighting partner, who uses a boomerang as his primary weapon. Together, the two bring down the Grim Circle in their first case together. //Note: Michael Shelby's vita-ray-induced super-powers begin to wane a few months after he gains them; it's likely that repeated vita-ray treatments are necessary to give him powers again. Don's last name is never revealed in the comics, so we have given him the last name of Mason in honor of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl) of Watchmen, who like Don Mason wore a domino mask and wrote a memoir about his heroic second life. It should also be noted that Don's surname is not Tracy, since that is the surname of Olivia Tracy, who is Michael Shelby's love interest. Domino is first referred to as Don in Green Mask #6.// [Green Mask #1]+  * Michael Shelby and his father, Senator Dan Shelby, are gunned down by agents of the Grim Circle; the senator dies, but his son barely clings to life. Prof. Martin Lascomb uses his experimental vita-ray machine to revive the injured Michael, but an accident causes him to be struck by thousands of volts of electricity at the same time, granting him the super-powers of strength, vitality, and limited flight. After meeting Walter Green, who retires as the original **Green Mask**, Shelby becomes **[[Green Mask (Michael Shelby)|the Green Mask II]]**. An orphaned boy named Don Mason is injured and also healed by vita-rays, which grant him vitality but doesn't give him super-powers; he becomes **[[Domino the Miracle Boy]]**, the Green Mask II's teenaged crime-fighting partner, who uses a boomerang as his primary weapon. Together, the two bring down the Grim Circle in their first case together. //Note: Michael Shelby's vita-ray-induced super-powers begin to wane a few months after he gains them; it's likely that repeated vita-ray treatments are necessary to give him powers again. Don's last name is never revealed in the comics, so we have given him the last name of Mason in honor of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl) of Watchmen, who like Don Mason wore a domino mask and wrote a memoir about his heroic second life. It should also be noted that Don's surname is not Tracy, since that is the surname of Olivia Tracy, who is Michael Shelby's love interest. Domino is first referred to as Don in Green Mask #6.// [Green Mask #1]
   * The Blue Beetle begins using Vitamin 2X, created by Dr. Abe Franz, which originally grants the Blue Beetle super-energy but later enables him to gain full-fledged super-powers. [Mystery Men Comics #13]   * The Blue Beetle begins using Vitamin 2X, created by Dr. Abe Franz, which originally grants the Blue Beetle super-energy but later enables him to gain full-fledged super-powers. [Mystery Men Comics #13]
-  * The Moth gains limited super-powers and changes his name to **the Lynx**. He adopts an orphaned boy named Phil, who becomes **[[Blackie the Mystery Boy]]**, the Lynx's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Mystery Men Comics #13]+  * Jim Blake changes his costumed name from the Moth to **the Lynx**. He adopts an orphaned boy named Phil, who becomes **[[Blackie the Mystery Boy]]**, the Lynx's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Mystery Men Comics #13]
   * The Eagle loses his wings and gains flight power through his cape. [Science Comics #7]   * The Eagle loses his wings and gains flight power through his cape. [Science Comics #7]
-  * Caius Martius, an ancient Roman, awakens from a 2,200-year sleep and becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Dart]]**, taking the name Caius Martius Wheeler in his everyday identity as high school history teacher. Andy Barlow becomes **[[Ace the Amazing Boy]]**, the Dart's teenaged crime-fighting partner, nicknamed the Amazing Boy. [Weird Comics #5]+  * Caius Martius, an ancient Roman, awakens from a 2,200-year sleep and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Dart (Caius Martius)|the Dart]]**, taking the name Caius Martius Wheeler in his everyday identity as high school history teacher. Andy Barlow becomes **[[Ace the Amazing Boy]]**, the Dart's teenaged crime-fighting partner, nicknamed the Amazing Boy. [Weird Comics #5]
   * **Thor**'s last case. [Weird Comics #5]   * **Thor**'s last case. [Weird Comics #5]
   * The Sorceress of Zoom attacks the city of Nagpur, India, but the aging Hindu sorcerer Rana Bhat (Rani-Bey) and his son Loknath Bhat (Lani-Bey) successfully fend off her attack. //Note: Since Bey is a Turkish-based title and a Muslim surname, it would be unusual to say the least for a Hindu family to bear this name; therefore, we have assumed that the names "Rani-Bey" and "Lani-Bey" are incorrect transliterations of similar-sounding Hindu names.// [Weird Comics #5]   * The Sorceress of Zoom attacks the city of Nagpur, India, but the aging Hindu sorcerer Rana Bhat (Rani-Bey) and his son Loknath Bhat (Lani-Bey) successfully fend off her attack. //Note: Since Bey is a Turkish-based title and a Muslim surname, it would be unusual to say the least for a Hindu family to bear this name; therefore, we have assumed that the names "Rani-Bey" and "Lani-Bey" are incorrect transliterations of similar-sounding Hindu names.// [Weird Comics #5]
-  * [[Jag]], a jaguar cub, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #3]+  * [[Jag (jaguar)|Jag]], a jaguar cub, begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #3]
   * In deep space, Stardust the Super-Wizard battles the interplanetary space warlord Moloka, destroying his fleet and preventing him from invading the solar system. [Fantastic Comics #9]   * In deep space, Stardust the Super-Wizard battles the interplanetary space warlord Moloka, destroying his fleet and preventing him from invading the solar system. [Fantastic Comics #9]
  
 === July, 1940 === === July, 1940 ===
  
-  * David Merrywether becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Cat-Man]]**. [Crash Comics #4]+  * David Merrywether becomes the mystery man known as **[[Cat-Man (David Merrywether)|the Cat-Man]]**. [Crash Comics #4]
   * Peter Thor gains super-powers and begins adventures as **[["Dynamite" Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #6]   * Peter Thor gains super-powers and begins adventures as **[["Dynamite" Thor]]**. [Weird Comics #6]
-  * An unnamed amnesiac boy becomes **[[David]]**, Samson's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Fantastic Comics #10]+  * An unnamed amnesiac boy becomes **[[David (hero)|David]]**, Samson's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Fantastic Comics #10]
   * **Anthony Conrad**'s last appearance. [Cyclone Comics #4]   * **Anthony Conrad**'s last appearance. [Cyclone Comics #4]
   * [[Reynard the Fox]] begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #4]   * [[Reynard the Fox]] begins adventures. [Cyclone Comics #4]
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   * A huge criminal gang led by "Skullface" Kurd carries out a planned terror assault on New York City, causing explosions in the subway system and dropping bombs on the streets and bridges using planes. The gang then begins slaughtering the police and rescue teams, but Stardust the Super-Wizard prevents the slaughter of any more, disintegrating the bombers and bringing the entire NYPD out of harm's reach. Stardust then captures the entire "Skullface" Kurd gang and takes them all to a distant planet full of gold and precious gems, where the gravity is too great for them to do anything with this mineral wealth. //Note: It is probable that patrolman Dan Garret (the Blue Beetle) is among the NYPD officers saved by Stardust. Possibly the first team-up of the Big Three occurs as a result of this story. Although this is not explained in the story, "Skullface" Kurd is most likely acting under the direction of a foreign power, such as Germany or Japan, which is somehow able to supply Kurd with the resources required for his assault.// [Fantastic Comics #11]   * A huge criminal gang led by "Skullface" Kurd carries out a planned terror assault on New York City, causing explosions in the subway system and dropping bombs on the streets and bridges using planes. The gang then begins slaughtering the police and rescue teams, but Stardust the Super-Wizard prevents the slaughter of any more, disintegrating the bombers and bringing the entire NYPD out of harm's reach. Stardust then captures the entire "Skullface" Kurd gang and takes them all to a distant planet full of gold and precious gems, where the gravity is too great for them to do anything with this mineral wealth. //Note: It is probable that patrolman Dan Garret (the Blue Beetle) is among the NYPD officers saved by Stardust. Possibly the first team-up of the Big Three occurs as a result of this story. Although this is not explained in the story, "Skullface" Kurd is most likely acting under the direction of a foreign power, such as Germany or Japan, which is somehow able to supply Kurd with the resources required for his assault.// [Fantastic Comics #11]
-  * The Blue Beetle meets [[Joan Mason]], reporter. [Mystery Men Comics #15]+  * The Blue Beetle begins regularly working alongside [[Joan Mason]], reporter for the //New York Chronicle// (later for the //Daily Star//)//Note: Since Joan Mason is already known to Blue Beetle in this story, it is possible that the Blue Beetle actually met Joan Mason in an earlier story featuring an unnamed kidnapped female reporter with strawberry blonde hair as seen in the 6th story (about an arson ring) in Blue Beetle #2 (May, 1940). Joan Mason is depicted as a blonde in this story.// [Mystery Men Comics #15]
   * K-51 begins using special vitamins that make him super-strong or increase his mental powers and hearing. //Note: The vitamins K-51 uses are probably very similar to Vitamin 2X, invented by Dr. Abe Franz and used by the Blue Beetle. It is possible that K-51 began using these vitamins in the previous story or even earlier.// [Wonderworld Comics #18]   * K-51 begins using special vitamins that make him super-strong or increase his mental powers and hearing. //Note: The vitamins K-51 uses are probably very similar to Vitamin 2X, invented by Dr. Abe Franz and used by the Blue Beetle. It is possible that K-51 began using these vitamins in the previous story or even earlier.// [Wonderworld Comics #18]
   * The Sorceress of Zoom briefly travels through time to the 6th century of Camelot, where she meets Sir Gareth and outwits the sorceress Morgana Le Fay, only to be outwitted herself by the wizard Merlin, who sends her back to her own time. [Weird Comics #7]   * The Sorceress of Zoom briefly travels through time to the 6th century of Camelot, where she meets Sir Gareth and outwits the sorceress Morgana Le Fay, only to be outwitted herself by the wizard Merlin, who sends her back to her own time. [Weird Comics #7]
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   * Flip Falcon stops the plans of Chang, a Tibetan lama who has invented his own fourth dimension machine and tried to loose all the monsters of the fourth dimension on Earth in an attempt to conquer the world. [Fantastic Comics #13]   * Flip Falcon stops the plans of Chang, a Tibetan lama who has invented his own fourth dimension machine and tried to loose all the monsters of the fourth dimension on Earth in an attempt to conquer the world. [Fantastic Comics #13]
   * Stardust the Super-Wizard uncovers a gigantic Fifth Column in the United States led by a scientist named Yew Bee. The Fifth Column installs its own officers at crucial defense points along the East Coast, where they cripple the defense and early warning systems, allowing a fleet of transport ships to bring in thousands of super-tanks to New York City and a fleet of bombers to reach U.S. airspace. Stardust causes the bombers to destroy the line of super-tanks, then destroy themselves by diving into the ocean. Stardust then transforms the lesser leaders of the Fifth Column into ice, which melts away, and the greater leaders into monster rats, which are chased into the river by Stardust, who is in the form of a panther. All except the transformed Yew Bee (who has his human head on a rat's body) are drowned, and Stardust delivers Yew Bee to the FBI for questioning. The FBI then makes several arrests of Fifth Column members all over the country. [Fantastic Comics #13]   * Stardust the Super-Wizard uncovers a gigantic Fifth Column in the United States led by a scientist named Yew Bee. The Fifth Column installs its own officers at crucial defense points along the East Coast, where they cripple the defense and early warning systems, allowing a fleet of transport ships to bring in thousands of super-tanks to New York City and a fleet of bombers to reach U.S. airspace. Stardust causes the bombers to destroy the line of super-tanks, then destroy themselves by diving into the ocean. Stardust then transforms the lesser leaders of the Fifth Column into ice, which melts away, and the greater leaders into monster rats, which are chased into the river by Stardust, who is in the form of a panther. All except the transformed Yew Bee (who has his human head on a rat's body) are drowned, and Stardust delivers Yew Bee to the FBI for questioning. The FBI then makes several arrests of Fifth Column members all over the country. [Fantastic Comics #13]
-  * October 7: The Blue Beetle, the Flame, and Samson team up for the first time as **[[the Big Three]]**. [supposition based on the cover of Big 3 #1]+  * October 7: The Blue Beetle, the Flame, and Samson team up for the first time as **[[Big Three|the Big Three]]**. [supposition based on the cover of Big 3 #1]
  
 === November, 1940 === === November, 1940 ===
  
-  * Stardust the Super-Wizard learns that large numbers of the Fifth Column have survived and plan to take over South America and then the United States. He also learns that Nazi Germany has been approached by emissaries from Mars known as the Sky-Demons, who send a fleet of rocketships to assist Germany's planned invasion of the Americas. Stardust creates a decoy Earth created from Moon vapor, then causes the Earth to become invisible from space. Meanwhile, the Axis is able to quickly conquer the nations of South America with the assistance of the Fifth Column. As the Martian fleet arrives at the decoy Earth, it gives the signal to the Axis invaders to begin its invasion of North America. But Stardust uses rays to cause all members of the Fifth Column to become paralyzed and then transports them all through the air into outer space and into the decoy vapor Earth. The arriving Martian fleet destroys the vapor Earth with disintegration bombs, then heads back to Mars after discovering they had been tricked. Stardust then selects the loyal youth of the United States and forms an army of boys called **[[the Sixth Column]]**, temporarily granting them some of his powers. The Sixth Column attacks the Axis armies that are preparing to invade Panama and sends every soldier back to his own country. The boys form a youth civilian defense organization called the Stardust Sixth Column Club, with chapters all over the United States. [Fantastic Comics #14] +  * Stardust the Super-Wizard learns that large numbers of the Fifth Column have survived and plan to take over South America and then the United States. He also learns that Nazi Germany has been approached by emissaries from Mars known as the Sky-Demons, who send a fleet of rocketships to assist Germany's planned invasion of the Americas. Stardust creates a decoy Earth created from Moon vapor, then causes the Earth to become invisible from space. Meanwhile, the Axis is able to quickly conquer the nations of South America with the assistance of the Fifth Column. As the Martian fleet arrives at the decoy Earth, it gives the signal to the Axis invaders to begin its invasion of North America. But Stardust uses rays to cause all members of the Fifth Column to become paralyzed and then transports them all through the air into outer space and into the decoy vapor Earth. The arriving Martian fleet destroys the vapor Earth with disintegration bombs, then heads back to Mars after discovering they had been tricked. Stardust then selects the loyal youth of the United States and forms an army of boys called **[[Sixth Column|the Sixth Column]]**, temporarily granting them some of his powers. The Sixth Column attacks the Axis armies that are preparing to invade Panama and sends every soldier back to his own country. The boys form a youth civilian defense organization called the Stardust Sixth Column Club, with chapters all over the United States. [Fantastic Comics #14] 
-  * George Davis becomes the mystery man known as **[[Black Lion]]**. His nephew, Larry Davis, becomes **[[the Cub]]**, the Black Lion's teenaged crime-fighting partner. They battle their recurring criminal foe, [[Blitz]]. [Wonderworld Comics #21] +  * George Davis becomes the mystery man known as **[[Black Lion]]**. His nephew, Larry Davis, becomes **[[Cub|the Cub]]**, the Black Lion's teenaged crime-fighting partner. They battle their recurring criminal foe, [[Blitz]]. [Wonderworld Comics #21] 
-  * The Lynx battles recurring criminal foe [[the Rook]] (who uses a hypnoray) for the first time. [Mystery Men Comics #18]+  * The Lynx battles recurring criminal foe [[Rook|the Rook]] (who uses a hypnoray) for the first time. [Mystery Men Comics #18]
  
 === December, 1940 === === December, 1940 ===
  
   * Stardust the Super-Wizard, planning another assault on the Fifth Column in the U.S., communicates simultaneously at every Stardust Sixth Column Club and gives a number of youthful members star-metal uniforms like his own with thought-recording collars. The Sixth Column members telepathically track down members of the Fifth Column, who they learn are conspiring with racketeers to take over the country. They also learn that the Fifth Column is preparing to assist with another attempted invasion of the United States, using magnets that will draw powerful shells fired from Europe to crucial defense points and big industrial plants throughout the country. Stardust equips the leaders of the Sixth Column with powerful ray belts, which the boys use to destroy most of the incoming shells. After one shell accidentally destroys an ocean liner, Stardust causes all the other shells to destroy the approaching fleet of warplanes. While the Sixth Column rounds up as many Fifth Column members it can find, Stardust kills the Fifth Column leaders and then disintegrates all the remaining members. [Fantastic Comics #15]   * Stardust the Super-Wizard, planning another assault on the Fifth Column in the U.S., communicates simultaneously at every Stardust Sixth Column Club and gives a number of youthful members star-metal uniforms like his own with thought-recording collars. The Sixth Column members telepathically track down members of the Fifth Column, who they learn are conspiring with racketeers to take over the country. They also learn that the Fifth Column is preparing to assist with another attempted invasion of the United States, using magnets that will draw powerful shells fired from Europe to crucial defense points and big industrial plants throughout the country. Stardust equips the leaders of the Sixth Column with powerful ray belts, which the boys use to destroy most of the incoming shells. After one shell accidentally destroys an ocean liner, Stardust causes all the other shells to destroy the approaching fleet of warplanes. While the Sixth Column rounds up as many Fifth Column members it can find, Stardust kills the Fifth Column leaders and then disintegrates all the remaining members. [Fantastic Comics #15]
-  * The Eagle and Buddy fight recurring criminal foes [[the Beast]] and [[the Gimp]] (rivals) for the first time. [Weird Comics #11]+  * The Eagle and Buddy fight recurring criminal foes [[Beast (villain)|the Beast]] and [[Gimp|the Gimp]] (rivals) for the first time. [Weird Comics #11]
   * The Flame battles recurring criminal foe [[Doctor Drool]] for the first time, after the villain was brought back to life after being executed for his crimes. [Flame #4]   * The Flame battles recurring criminal foe [[Doctor Drool]] for the first time, after the villain was brought back to life after being executed for his crimes. [Flame #4]
  
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 === February, 1941 === === February, 1941 ===
  
-  * John Perry becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Black Fury]]**. Chuck Marley becomes **[[Chuck]]**the Black Fury's teenaged crime-fighting partner. [Fantastic Comics #17]+  * John Perry becomes the mystery man known as **[[Black Fury (John Perry)|the Black Fury]]**. **[[Black Fury (Chuck Marley)|Chuck Marley]]** becomes the Black Fury's teenaged crime-fighting partner, known only as **Chuck**. [Fantastic Comics #17]
   * February 5: Steve Austin -- the future cyborg OSI agent nicknamed the Six Million Dollar Man -- is born to Capt. Carl Austin of the U.S. Army Air Force and his wife Helen. //Note: Austin's driver's license as shown in the episode "Ghostly Teletype" says his birth year is 1942, but this is a mistake made by the production designer, according to the Bionic Wiki.// [The Six Million Dollar Man (1974 ABC television series)]   * February 5: Steve Austin -- the future cyborg OSI agent nicknamed the Six Million Dollar Man -- is born to Capt. Carl Austin of the U.S. Army Air Force and his wife Helen. //Note: Austin's driver's license as shown in the episode "Ghostly Teletype" says his birth year is 1942, but this is a mistake made by the production designer, according to the Bionic Wiki.// [The Six Million Dollar Man (1974 ABC television series)]
  
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   * [[Blaze Baylor]], anti-arsonist, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]   * [[Blaze Baylor]], anti-arsonist, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
-  * [[The Deacon]], a reformed crook, begins adventures with sidekick Mickey Matthews. [Cat-Man Comics #1]+  * [[Deacon|The Deacon]], a reformed crook, begins adventures with sidekick Mickey Matthews. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
   * Dr. Drake Gorden gains a black diamond that gives him super-strength and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Doctor Diamond]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #1]   * Dr. Drake Gorden gains a black diamond that gives him super-strength and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Doctor Diamond]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
   * [[Lucky Landers]], war correspondent, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]   * [[Lucky Landers]], war correspondent, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
-  * [[Hank "Hurricane" Harrigan]], cowboy adventurer, begins adventures in India. [Cat-Man Comics #1] +  * [[Hurricane Harrigan|Hank "Hurricane" Harrigan]], cowboy adventurer, begins adventures in India. [Cat-Man Comics #1] 
-  * Reporter Jay Garson, Jr., becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Rag-Man]]**, assisted by Tiny. [Cat-Man Comics #1] +  * Reporter Jay Garson, Jr., becomes the mystery man known as **[[Rag-Man (Jay Garson, Jr.)|the Rag-Man]]**, assisted by Tiny. [Cat-Man Comics #1] 
-  * Linda Masters becomes the mystery woman known as **[[the Black Widow]]** and has a **single case** in which she brings to justice the men who murdered her husband. [Cat-Man Comics #1]+  * Linda Masters becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Black Widow (Linda Masters)|the Black Widow]]** and has a **single case** in which she brings to justice the men who murdered her husband. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
   * [[Lance Rand]], explorer and soldier of fortune, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]   * [[Lance Rand]], explorer and soldier of fortune, begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #1]
-  * The Black Fury and Chuck battle recurring criminal foe [[the Fang]], who can become invisible, for the first time. [Fantastic Comics #18]+  * The Black Fury and Chuck battle recurring criminal foe [[Fang|the Fang]], who can become invisible, for the first time. [Fantastic Comics #18]
  
 === April, 1941 === === April, 1941 ===
  
   * [["Chute" Harmon]], aviator, and the Flying Legion begin adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #2]   * [["Chute" Harmon]], aviator, and the Flying Legion begin adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #2]
-  * [[The Commandos of the Devil Dogs]] begin adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #2]+  * [[Commandos of the Devil Dogs|The Commandos of the Devil Dogs]] begin adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #2]
   * **The Beast** and **the Gimp**, recurring criminal foes of the Eagle and Buddy, apparently die (the Beast kills the Gimp, and Eagle kills the Beast, but the two villains have both come back from the dead before). [Weird Comics #15]   * **The Beast** and **the Gimp**, recurring criminal foes of the Eagle and Buddy, apparently die (the Beast kills the Gimp, and Eagle kills the Beast, but the two villains have both come back from the dead before). [Weird Comics #15]
   * **Doctor Drool**, recurring criminal foe of the Flame, has his last recorded battle with the Flame, in which he dies for the third time but apparently revives (he was brought back to life already twice before). [Flame #5]   * **Doctor Drool**, recurring criminal foe of the Flame, has his last recorded battle with the Flame, in which he dies for the third time but apparently revives (he was brought back to life already twice before). [Flame #5]
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 === May, 1941 === === May, 1941 ===
  
-  * Lawyer Steve Prentice becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Pied Piper]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #2]+  * Lawyer Steve Prentice becomes the mystery man known as **[[Pied Piper (Steve Prentice)|the Pied Piper]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #2]
   * **Lucifer**, recurring evil foe of Flip Falcon, battles him for the last time. [Fantastic Comics #20]   * **Lucifer**, recurring evil foe of Flip Falcon, battles him for the last time. [Fantastic Comics #20]
   * The Eagle joins the U.S. Army. [Weird Comics #16]   * The Eagle joins the U.S. Army. [Weird Comics #16]
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 === June, 1941 === === June, 1941 ===
  
-  * Sandra Knight becomes the mystery woman known as **[[the Phantom Lady]]**. [Police Comics #1] 
   * After he is visited by the spirit of his Revolutionary War era ancestor, John Fearless dresses in buckskins and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Captain Fearless]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]   * After he is visited by the spirit of his Revolutionary War era ancestor, John Fearless dresses in buckskins and becomes the mystery man known as **[[Captain Fearless]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]
-  * [[Sgt. Dick Carter]] of the United States Border Patrol begins adventures guarding the U.S.-Mexico border. [Captain Fearless #1]+  * [[Dick Carter|Sgt. Dick Carter]] of the United States Border Patrol begins adventures guarding the U.S.-Mexico border. [Captain Fearless #1]
   * Joe Smith operates as the mystery man known as **[[Alias X]]** (he is actually just called X). //Note: According to the initial story, X has been fighting crime for about a year by this time.// [Captain Fearless #1]   * Joe Smith operates as the mystery man known as **[[Alias X]]** (he is actually just called X). //Note: According to the initial story, X has been fighting crime for about a year by this time.// [Captain Fearless #1]
   * [[Diamond Jim]], adventurer, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]   * [[Diamond Jim]], adventurer, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]
-  * [[Capt. Hannibal Stone]] (originally called Capt. Hannibal Storms), ace investigator of the Naval Marine Intelligance, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]+  * [[Hannibal Stone|Capt. Hannibal Stone]] (originally called Capt. Hannibal Storms), ace investigator of the Naval Marine Intelligance, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]
   * The unnamed son of the Unknown Soldier becomes the mystery man known as **[[Citizen Smith]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]   * The unnamed son of the Unknown Soldier becomes the mystery man known as **[[Citizen Smith]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]
   * [[Pat Corrigan]], trooper, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]   * [[Pat Corrigan]], trooper, begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]
   * Joan Wayne, stenographer, becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Miss Victory]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]   * Joan Wayne, stenographer, becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Miss Victory]]**. [Captain Fearless #1]
-  * [[Corp. Rusty Dugan]] begins adventures as a member of the French Foreign Legion. [Captain Fearless #1] +  * [[Rusty Dugan|Corp. Rusty Dugan]] begins adventures as a member of the French Foreign Legion. [Captain Fearless #1] 
-  * The magical mystery man known as **[[Mister Miracle]]** begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]+  * The magical mystery man known as **[[Mister Miracle (Earth-4)|Mister Miracle]]** begins adventures. [Captain Fearless #1]
   * Michael Shelby (the Green Mask II) meets Olivia Tracy, his love interest, when the Green Mask II proves that her uncle John Healey is innocent of murdering his partner, who faked his death. They also meet Olivia's driver and mechanic Peters, who is an amateur inventor. [2nd story, Green Mask #6 (August, 1941)]   * Michael Shelby (the Green Mask II) meets Olivia Tracy, his love interest, when the Green Mask II proves that her uncle John Healey is innocent of murdering his partner, who faked his death. They also meet Olivia's driver and mechanic Peters, who is an amateur inventor. [2nd story, Green Mask #6 (August, 1941)]
   * **"Dynamite" Thor**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #8]   * **"Dynamite" Thor**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #8]
-  * Jim O'Donnell becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Banshee]]** after his father is killed in Ireland by the masked villain the Scorpion. [Fantastic Comics #21]+  * Jim O'Donnell becomes the mystery man known as **[[Banshee (Jim O'Donnell)|the Banshee]]** after his father is killed in Ireland by the masked villain the Scorpion. [Fantastic Comics #21]
   * **The Fang**, recurring criminal foe of the Black Fury and Chuck, has his last recorded battle with Black Fury. [Fantastic Comics #21]   * **The Fang**, recurring criminal foe of the Black Fury and Chuck, has his last recorded battle with Black Fury. [Fantastic Comics #21]
   * **Flip Falcon**'s last case. [Fantastic Comics #21]   * **Flip Falcon**'s last case. [Fantastic Comics #21]
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   * Lens Crockett, photographer, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Nightbird]]**. [Green Mask #6]   * Lens Crockett, photographer, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Nightbird]]**. [Green Mask #6]
   * **Lt. Drake**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #25]   * **Lt. Drake**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #25]
-  * Jack Cody becomes the western-based mystery man known as **[[the Black Rider]]**. [Weird Comics #17] +  * Jack Cody becomes the western-based mystery man known as **[[Black Rider|the Black Rider]]**. [Weird Comics #17] 
-  * Jerry Steele becomes a patriotic mystery man called **[[U.S. Jones]]**, accompanied by his plainclothes pal, [[Grumbler Harris]]. [Wonderworld Comics #28]+  * **[[U.S. Jones]]** becomes a patriotic mystery man under his own name, accompanied by his plainclothes pal, [[Grumbler Harris]]. [Wonderworld Comics #28]
   * **[[Lu-Nar]]** arrives on Earth and begins adventures as a mystery man. //Note: Lu-Nar (often called Lunar) is likely a member of an offshoot of the Martian race, which is ten times stronger than humans.// [Wonderworld Comics #28]   * **[[Lu-Nar]]** arrives on Earth and begins adventures as a mystery man. //Note: Lu-Nar (often called Lunar) is likely a member of an offshoot of the Martian race, which is ten times stronger than humans.// [Wonderworld Comics #28]
 +  * June 9: Modifying a useless black-light ray device sent to her father to create her blackout ray, Sandra Knight decides to start adventuring as a costumed mystery-woman called **[[Phantom Lady (Earth-4)|Phantom Lady]]**, and soon creates a yellow and green costume for herself, as well as equipping the front and the back of a black roadster with blackout rays. In her first case as a costumed mystery-woman, Phantom Lady saves a bomb inventor named Raphael from Wenner, a man who planned to steal his uranium explosive and sell it to foreign powers. [[Don Borden (Earth-4)|Don Borden]], a State Department investigator, is Sandra Knight's boyfriend. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #1 (August, 1941)]
  
 === July, 1941 === === July, 1941 ===
  
-  * Shannon Kane becomes a mystery woman known as **[[the Spider Queen]]**, often assisted by plainclothes detective Mike O'Bell, who becomes her boyfriend. [Eagle #2 (September, 1941)]+  * Shannon Kane becomes a mystery woman known as **[[Spider Queen|the Spider Queen]]**, often assisted by plainclothes detective Mike O'Bell, who becomes her boyfriend. [Eagle #2 (September, 1941)]
   * [[Nagana, the Queen of Evil]], a criminal mastermind, begins adventures. [Fantastic Comics #22]   * [[Nagana, the Queen of Evil]], a criminal mastermind, begins adventures. [Fantastic Comics #22]
   * **Captain Kidd**'s last case. [Fantastic Comics #22]   * **Captain Kidd**'s last case. [Fantastic Comics #22]
   * **D-13**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #26]   * **D-13**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #26]
-  * Samson battles the Japanese agent known as [[the Dragon]] and his sister, [[Orchid]], in **only two cases**. [Fantastic Comics #22, Samson #6]+  * Samson battles the Japanese agent known as [[Dragon (villain)|the Dragon]] and his sister, [[Orchid (Earth-4)]], in **only two cases**. [Fantastic Comics #22, Samson #6]
   * **The Wasp**, recurring criminal foe of Samson, has his last recorded battle with Samson. [Samson #6]   * **The Wasp**, recurring criminal foe of Samson, has his last recorded battle with Samson. [Samson #6]
   * [[Dirk Delancey]], convict-turned-special agent, begins adventures. [Samson #6]   * [[Dirk Delancey]], convict-turned-special agent, begins adventures. [Samson #6]
-  * Barry Graham becomes the tuxedo-clad mystery man known as **[[the Topper]]**. [Samson #6]+  * Barry Graham becomes the tuxedo-clad mystery man known as **[[Topper|the Topper]]**. [Samson #6]
   * [[Peg Miller]], girl detective, begins adventures. [Samson #6]   * [[Peg Miller]], girl detective, begins adventures. [Samson #6]
   * [[Swoop Curtis]], aviator, begins adventures. [Weird Comics #18]   * [[Swoop Curtis]], aviator, begins adventures. [Weird Comics #18]
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   * **Citizen Smith**'s last case. [Captain Fearless #2]   * **Citizen Smith**'s last case. [Captain Fearless #2]
   * The Green Mask II battles a costumed killer called the Manx, who is equipped with a steel claw on a band on his right wrist. //Note: The Manx, a male minx, resembles DC's Wildcat, except with a brown costume.// [The Green Mask, Mystery Men Comics #26 (September, 1941)]   * The Green Mask II battles a costumed killer called the Manx, who is equipped with a steel claw on a band on his right wrist. //Note: The Manx, a male minx, resembles DC's Wildcat, except with a brown costume.// [The Green Mask, Mystery Men Comics #26 (September, 1941)]
-  * Samson battles recurring criminal foe [[the Wasp]], a bald midget killer, for the first time. [Big 3 #5]+  * Samson battles recurring criminal foe [[Wasp (Earth-4)|the Wasp]], a bald midget killer, for the first time. [Big 3 #5
 +  * When the Hermese Embassy in Washington, D.C., burns down, killing the ambassador, the tiny Asian nation of Herma blames the U.S. and threatens war. Phantom Lady discovers that the fire was caused by agents of Imperial Japan, who plan to step in and take over Herma in the guise of protecting it from the U.S. Phantom Lady finds and rescues Ambassador Kivoya of Herma, ending the threat of war between the U.S. and Herma. //Note: Imperial Japan is referred to in this story as Kioland.// [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #2 (September, 1941)]
  
 === August, 1941 === === August, 1941 ===
  
-  * Jack Castle, a criminal scientist, has his brain transferred into the body of a gorilla and begins his war on mankind as [[the Gorilla]]. [Blue Beetle #9] +  * Jack Castle, a criminal scientist, has his brain transferred into the body of a gorilla and begins his war on mankind as [[Gorilla|the Gorilla]]. [Blue Beetle #9] 
-  * Jake Baxter becomes the aviator mystery man known as **[[the Blackbird]]**. [Blue Beetle #9]+  * Jake Baxter becomes the aviator mystery man known as **[[Blackbird|the Blackbird]]**. [Blue Beetle #9]
   * [[Davy the Wish Master]] is an ordinary, poverty-stricken boy suddenly given the magical ability to have his wishes granted. [Blue Beetle #9]   * [[Davy the Wish Master]] is an ordinary, poverty-stricken boy suddenly given the magical ability to have his wishes granted. [Blue Beetle #9]
-  * Two adventurers from the 19th century, [[the Yank and the Rebel]], arrive in the 20th century to help America in her hour of need. [Flame #7]+  * Two adventurers from the 19th century, [[Yank (Earth-4)|the Yank]] and [[Rebel (Earth-4)|the Rebel]], arrive in the 20th century to help America in her hour of need. [Flame #7]
   * **[[Tumbler]]**, a mystery man, begins adventures. [Green Mask #7]   * **[[Tumbler]]**, a mystery man, begins adventures. [Green Mask #7]
-  * Gary Kennedy dies and returns as the ghostly mystery man, **[[the Wraith]]**, able to briefly possess people as well as create a solid form of his Gary Kennedy identity when needed. [Mystery Men Comics #27]+  * Gary Kennedy dies and returns as the ghostly mystery man, **[[Wraith|the Wraith]]**, able to briefly possess people as well as create a solid form of his Gary Kennedy identity when needed. [Mystery Men Comics #27]
   * Linda Dale gains super-powers and becomes **[[Flame Girl]]**, the Flame's female crime-fighting partner. //Note: It's possible that Linda Dale is related to Alan Dale, also known as Captain V/The Puppeteer, and Barry Dale, also known as Atoman.// [Wonderworld Comics #30]   * Linda Dale gains super-powers and becomes **[[Flame Girl]]**, the Flame's female crime-fighting partner. //Note: It's possible that Linda Dale is related to Alan Dale, also known as Captain V/The Puppeteer, and Barry Dale, also known as Atoman.// [Wonderworld Comics #30]
   * U.S. Jones joins the Secret Service as an agent. [Wonderworld Comics #30]   * U.S. Jones joins the Secret Service as an agent. [Wonderworld Comics #30]
 +  * After Don Borden is kidnapped by a Nazi spy nest, Phantom Lady frees him and helps subdue the spies after being framed for the kidnapping herself, and Don begins to notice her resemblance to Sandra Knight. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #3 (October, 1941)]
  
 === September, 1941 === === September, 1941 ===
  
   * **Samson** and **David**'s last case in the 1940s. [Fantastic Comics #23]   * **Samson** and **David**'s last case in the 1940s. [Fantastic Comics #23]
-  * Dan Kenneth, art aficionado, becomes the Roman-themed mystery man known as **[[the Gladiator]]**. [Fantastic Comics #23]+  * Dan Kenneth, art aficionado, becomes the Roman-themed mystery man known as **[[Gladiator|the Gladiator]]**. [Fantastic Comics #23]
   * **Dynamo**'s last case. [Weird Comics #19]   * **Dynamo**'s last case. [Weird Comics #19]
   * **The Gorilla**'s last appearance. [Blue Beetle #10]   * **The Gorilla**'s last appearance. [Blue Beetle #10]
 +  * Phantom Lady saves Don Borden and the English ambassador from two Nazi spies named Kurtz and Heine, who sabotaged a dirigible before a test flight with a time bomb and replaced the American crew with Germans. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #4 (November, 1941)]
  
 === October, 1941 === === October, 1941 ===
  
-  * Katie Conn becomes the Cat-Man's teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[the Kitten]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #5] +  * Katie Conn becomes the Cat-Man's teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[Kitten|the Kitten]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #5] 
-  * FBI agent Craig Williams becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Hood]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #5]+  * FBI agent Craig Williams becomes the mystery man known as **[[Hood|the Hood]]**. [Cat-Man Comics #5]
   * [[Captain Aero]], a pilot fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of World War II, begins adventures. [Captain Aero Comics #1]   * [[Captain Aero]], a pilot fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of World War II, begins adventures. [Captain Aero Comics #1]
   * Major Hornet, aide to U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Flagman]]**, assisted by his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[Rusty]]**. [Captain Aero Comics #1]   * Major Hornet, aide to U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Flagman]]**, assisted by his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[Rusty]]**. [Captain Aero Comics #1]
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   * **Blackbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #8]   * **Blackbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #8]
   * **Tumbler**'s last case. [Green Mask #8]   * **Tumbler**'s last case. [Green Mask #8]
 +  * Phantom Lady exposes Captain Ortega of Parador as a Nazi spy and stops him before he can sink a U.S. Navy ship. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #5 (December, 1941)]
  
 === November, 1941 === === November, 1941 ===
  
-  * Rusty (Flagman's partner) forms [[the Pals of Freedom]], a kid gang. [Captain Aero Comics #2]+  * Rusty (Flagman's partner) forms [[Pals of Freedom|the Pals of Freedom]], a kid gang. [Captain Aero Comics #2]
   * U.S. Jones battles the fang-toothed villain [[Moloch]], who is a Nazi agent and master of disguise, during a **single case**, but Moloch may have appeared earlier. [U.S. Jones #2]   * U.S. Jones battles the fang-toothed villain [[Moloch]], who is a Nazi agent and master of disguise, during a **single case**, but Moloch may have appeared earlier. [U.S. Jones #2]
-  * U.S. Jones battles his recurring criminal foe, [[the Crimson Saint]], in **two cases**. [U.S. Jones #2]+  * U.S. Jones battles his recurring criminal foe, [[Crimson Saint|the Crimson Saint]], in **two cases**. [U.S. Jones #2]
   * **Grumbler Harris**, pal of U.S. Jones, makes his last appearance. [U.S. Jones #2]   * **Grumbler Harris**, pal of U.S. Jones, makes his last appearance. [U.S. Jones #2]
   * **Dirk Delancey**'s last case. [U.S. Jones #2]   * **Dirk Delancey**'s last case. [U.S. Jones #2]
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   * **Black Rider**'s last case. [Weird Comics #20]   * **Black Rider**'s last case. [Weird Comics #20]
   * **Swoop Curtis**' last case. [Weird Comics #20]   * **Swoop Curtis**' last case. [Weird Comics #20]
-  * **[[The Rapier]]**, a mystery man, has a **single case**. [Weird Comics #20]+  * **[[Rapier|The Rapier]]**, a mystery man, has a **single case**. [Weird Comics #20]
   * **Patty O'Day**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #33]   * **Patty O'Day**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #33]
   * **Yarko the Great**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #33]   * **Yarko the Great**'s last case. [Wonderworld Comics #33]
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 === December, 1941 === === December, 1941 ===
  
 +  * Phantom Lady captures a group of Nazi spies after Sir Edward Hendville is murdered at the English Embassy during a war-relief masquerade. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #7 (February, 1942)]
   * December 7: With the entry of the United States into World War II, several mystery men abandon their costumed identities and enlist. Some die during the war, while most of the others that survive the war simply never return to their costumed identities. [speculation based on the fact that Fox Feature Publications went bankrupt in early 1942 and ceased publishing, ending the adventures of a number of mystery men and adventurers]   * December 7: With the entry of the United States into World War II, several mystery men abandon their costumed identities and enlist. Some die during the war, while most of the others that survive the war simply never return to their costumed identities. [speculation based on the fact that Fox Feature Publications went bankrupt in early 1942 and ceased publishing, ending the adventures of a number of mystery men and adventurers]
-  * Inspired by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, the patriotic U.S. Jones joins the **[[V-Agents]]** and changes his name to **V-Man**. A select few members of the U.S. Jones Cadets (a U.S. Jones fan club) become the **[[V-Boys]]**, teenaged crime-fighting partners of V-Man led by Mickey Malone (the future Captain USA). [V...-Comics #1] +  * Inspired by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, the patriotic Jerry Steele joins the **[[V-Agents]]** and becomes **V-Man**, leader of the **[[V-Boys]]**, teenaged crime-fighting partners of V-Man led by Mickey Malone (the future Captain USA). [V...-Comics #1] 
-  * On December 9, U.S. war correspondent Jack Wayne is blinded by the Nazis while in Germany. A doctor calling himself Doctor Dismal gives him a special pair of glasses that enables him to see, and he becomes the mystery man known as **[[Blackout]]**, fighting the Nazis in Germany. [Cat-Man Comics #10]+  * On December 9, U.S. war correspondent Jack Wayne is blinded by the Nazis while in Germany. A doctor calling himself Doctor Dismal gives him a special pair of glasses that enables him to see, and he becomes the mystery man known as **[[Blackout (Jack Wayne)|Blackout]]**, fighting the Nazis in Germany. [Cat-Man Comics #10]
   * After being shipwrecked, [[Billy]], his sister [[Betty]], and their friend [[Mike]] become the rulers of the tribe there after the death of the king. [Cat-Man Comics #7]   * After being shipwrecked, [[Billy]], his sister [[Betty]], and their friend [[Mike]] become the rulers of the tribe there after the death of the king. [Cat-Man Comics #7]
   * [[Al Addin]], a young boy, gains a magic lamp with a genie at his command and begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #7]   * [[Al Addin]], a young boy, gains a magic lamp with a genie at his command and begins adventures. [Cat-Man Comics #7]
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   * **Gladiator**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #11]   * **Gladiator**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #11]
   * **Nightbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #9]   * **Nightbird**'s last case. [Green Mask #9]
-  * **Green Mask** and **Domino**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this case, Michael Shelby retires as the Green Mask II in order to join the army.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]+  * **Green Mask** and **Domino**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this case, possibly several months later, Michael Shelby retires as the Green Mask II in order to join the army.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]
   * **Wraith**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]   * **Wraith**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]
-  * **Lynx** and **Blackie**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]+  * **Lynx** and **Blackie**'s last case together//Note: Immediately after this case, the Lynx becomes the Moth once again.// [Mystery Men Comics #31]
   * **Zanzibar**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]   * **Zanzibar**'s last case. [Mystery Men Comics #31]
  
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 === January, 1942 === === January, 1942 ===
  
-  * **[[The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: the Black Fury, Blue Beetle, the Eagle, the Green Mask II, the Lynx, Phantom Lady, Spider Queen, and V-Man, though the lineup changes over the years. [speculation]+  * **[[Mystery Men of America|The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: the Black Fury, Blue Beetle, the Eagle, the Green Mask II, the Moth, Phantom Lady, Spider Queen, and U.S. Jones, though the lineup changes over the years. [speculation]
   * Lee Ainsley, counter-espionage agent, is believed to be killed but fights Nazi agents under the name [[Black Friday]]. [Cat-Man Comics #8]   * Lee Ainsley, counter-espionage agent, is believed to be killed but fights Nazi agents under the name [[Black Friday]]. [Cat-Man Comics #8]
-  * **[[Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton's memories who believes he is human.// [Cat-Man Comics #8] +  * **[[Volton (android)|Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton's memories who believes he is human.// [Cat-Man Comics #8] 
-  * Mickey Matthews and Katie Conn (the Kitten) form [[the Little Leaders]], a duo team of teenaged crime-fighters. [Cat-Man Comics #8]+  * Mickey Matthews and Katie Conn (the Kitten) form [[Little Leaders|the Little Leaders]], a duo team of teenaged crime-fighters. [Cat-Man Comics #8]
   * **Queen of Evil**'s last appearance. [V...-Comics #2]   * **Queen of Evil**'s last appearance. [V...-Comics #2]
   * **Banshee**'s last case. [V...-Comics #2]   * **Banshee**'s last case. [V...-Comics #2]
   * **Yank Wilson**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this story, Yank Wilson helps found the Command for the Hindrance of Espionage, Sabotage and Subversion (CHESS), becoming its first director, known as the King.// [V...-Comics #2]   * **Yank Wilson**'s last case. //Note: Sometime after this story, Yank Wilson helps found the Command for the Hindrance of Espionage, Sabotage and Subversion (CHESS), becoming its first director, known as the King.// [V...-Comics #2]
 +  * Sandra Knight, Senator Henry Knight, and Don Borden visit Havana, Cuba, where Phantom Lady and Don round up a group of Nazis planning to take over the island nation in a coup. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #8 (March, 1942)]
  
 === February, 1942 === === February, 1942 ===
  
   * [[Captain Aero's Sky Scouts]] (youngsters Jimmy Blair and Bobby Blair) begin adventures. //Note: The Sky Scouts may have appeared in earlier issues.// [Captain Aero Comics #4]   * [[Captain Aero's Sky Scouts]] (youngsters Jimmy Blair and Bobby Blair) begin adventures. //Note: The Sky Scouts may have appeared in earlier issues.// [Captain Aero Comics #4]
-  * Dan Collins, playboy millionaire, dons a tuxedo to become the mystery man known as **[[the Gargoyle]]** and has a **single case**. [Captain Aero Comics #4]+  * Dan Collins, playboy millionaire, dons a tuxedo to become the mystery man known as **[[Gargoyle (Dan Collins)|the Gargoyle]]** and has a **single case**. [Captain Aero Comics #4]
  
 === March, 1942 === === March, 1942 ===
  
-  * World War I flying ace Chuck Benson returns to his old identity of **[[the Phantom Falcon]]**, costumed aviator, and begins adventures fighting the Axis in the skies above Europe and Asia. [Cat-Man Comics #10]+  * World War I flying ace Chuck Benson returns to his old identity of **[[Phantom Falcon|the Phantom Falcon]]**, costumed aviator, and begins adventures fighting the Axis in the skies above Europe and Asia. [Cat-Man Comics #10]
  
 === April, 1942 === === April, 1942 ===
  
   * **Black Fury** and **Chuck**'s last independent case. //Note: John Perry (the original Black Fury) eventually becomes a newspaper publisher, while Chuck Marley grows up to become the second Black Fury in the 1950s/1960s.// [Blue Beetle #12]   * **Black Fury** and **Chuck**'s last independent case. //Note: John Perry (the original Black Fury) eventually becomes a newspaper publisher, while Chuck Marley grows up to become the second Black Fury in the 1950s/1960s.// [Blue Beetle #12]
-  * Dianne Grayson becomes the mystery woman known as **[[the Spider Widow]]**. [Feature Comics #57] 
   * Sparkington J. Northrup, an American orphan raised in England by his adoptive father, Lord Wellington Northrup of Suppleshire, England, is sent by boat to the United States to ensure his safety. On the way there, the convoy is attacked by Nazi U-boats, which causes a delay in the voyage by some months. [3rd story, Blue Beetle #15 (September, 1942); Blue Beetle #14 (August, 1942)]   * Sparkington J. Northrup, an American orphan raised in England by his adoptive father, Lord Wellington Northrup of Suppleshire, England, is sent by boat to the United States to ensure his safety. On the way there, the convoy is attacked by Nazi U-boats, which causes a delay in the voyage by some months. [3rd story, Blue Beetle #15 (September, 1942); Blue Beetle #14 (August, 1942)]
  
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 === July, 1942 === === July, 1942 ===
  
-  * Tony Grey becomes the Spider Widow's crime-fighting partner, the mystery man known as **[[the Raven]]**. [Feature Comics #60] +  * Dr. Peter Hall becomes the mystery man known as **[[Red Cross|the Red Cross]]**. [Captain Aero Comics #8]
-  * Dr. Peter Hall becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Red Cross]]**. [Captain Aero Comics #8]+
   * [[Hammerhead Hawley]] begins adventures. [Captain Aero Comics #8]   * [[Hammerhead Hawley]] begins adventures. [Captain Aero Comics #8]
   * Blue Beetle battles the Red Robe (who is likely the **Death Mask**), whom he unmasks as Otto Bohm, head of the Nazi Gestapo in the United States. ["Red Robe of Death," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)]   * Blue Beetle battles the Red Robe (who is likely the **Death Mask**), whom he unmasks as Otto Bohm, head of the Nazi Gestapo in the United States. ["Red Robe of Death," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)]
   * Blue Beetle battles the Japanese agent called the [[Yellow Fang]]. Joan Mason begins volunteering part-time as a nurse. ["The Terror of Yellow Fang," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)]   * Blue Beetle battles the Japanese agent called the [[Yellow Fang]]. Joan Mason begins volunteering part-time as a nurse. ["The Terror of Yellow Fang," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)]
-  * Blue Beetle battles [[the Eye]], who uses powerful, instantaneous hypnotism to make people do his bidding. ["The Blue Beetle Matches Wits with the Eye," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)] +  * Blue Beetle battles [[Eye|the Eye]], who uses powerful, instantaneous hypnotism to make people do his bidding. ["The Blue Beetle Matches Wits with the Eye," Blue Beetle #14 (September, 1942)] 
-  * Sparkington J. Northrup arrives in the United States, and patrolmen Dan Garret (Blue Beetle) and his partner Mike Mannigan are assigned to protect him from Nazi Gestapo agents led by an assassin named Hautman, who seek to kidnap the boy, who is sent to live with the Cartwright family in New York City. After the Nazis make a second attempt to kidnap Sparkington, the boy saves Blue Beetle's life and learns his secret identity after the hero's mask fell off. Blue Beetle makes Sparkington vow to keep his secret, and the boy agrees on the condition that he become the Blue Beetle's partner. Sparkington gains a blue and red costume and becomes **[[Sparky]]**, the Blue Beetle's teenaged crime-fighting partner. Together, the two capture Hautman. //Note: The full moon in this story places it around July 27, 1942. Although Sparky originally speaks using an English accent and uses English idioms, he adopts an American accent when crime-fighting alongside the Blue Beetle. Sparkington is portrayed originally with blond hair and later with red and auburn hair; we believe he used dye to make his hair blonder when in costume, but the rest of the time his hair was red/strawberry blond.// [3rd story, Blue Beetle #15 (October, 1942)]+  * Sparkington J. Northrup arrives in the United States, and patrolmen Dan Garret (Blue Beetle) and his partner Mike Mannigan are assigned to protect him from Nazi Gestapo agents led by an assassin named Hautman, who seek to kidnap the boy, who is sent to live with the Cartwright family in New York City. After the Nazis make a second attempt to kidnap Sparkington, the boy saves Blue Beetle's life and learns his secret identity after the hero's mask fell off. Blue Beetle makes Sparkington vow to keep his secret, and the boy agrees on the condition that he become the Blue Beetle's partner. Sparkington gains a blue and red costume and becomes **[[Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett)|Sparky]]**, the Blue Beetle's teenaged crime-fighting partner. Together, the two capture Hautman. //Note: The full moon in this story places it around July 27, 1942. Although Sparky originally speaks using an English accent and uses English idioms, he adopts an American accent when crime-fighting alongside the Blue Beetle. Sparkington is portrayed originally with blond hair and later with red and auburn hair; we believe he used dye to make his hair blonder when in costume, but the rest of the time his hair was red/strawberry blond.// [3rd story, Blue Beetle #15 (October, 1942)]
   * Sparkington J. Northrup, alias Sparky, joins the League of Infinity, comprising members from several historical and future eras. [speculation]   * Sparkington J. Northrup, alias Sparky, joins the League of Infinity, comprising members from several historical and future eras. [speculation]
 +  * One rainy night, Phantom Lady helps capture a group of Nazi saboteurs in Washington, D.C., after Sandra Knight and Don Borden find the corpse of a federal investigator. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #11 (September, 1942)]
  
 === August, 1942 === === August, 1942 ===
  
   * The Blue Beetle and Sparky battle [[Madam Fang]], a Japanese agent. //Note: Madam Fang's lieutenant, Moto, may be the father of the villainous scientist Dr. Tetsuo Moto and the grandfather of the heroic boy scientist Akira Moto; see "Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants."// [1st story, Blue Beetle #15 (October, 1942)]   * The Blue Beetle and Sparky battle [[Madam Fang]], a Japanese agent. //Note: Madam Fang's lieutenant, Moto, may be the father of the villainous scientist Dr. Tetsuo Moto and the grandfather of the heroic boy scientist Akira Moto; see "Sentinels of Justice: Fantastic Giants."// [1st story, Blue Beetle #15 (October, 1942)]
 +  * After Sandra Knight and her father Senator Henry Knight visit U.S. Army testing grounds to find new army tanks in poor shape, Sandra goes undercover by getting a job in the factory as a riveter, where she makes a friend named Maisie. Phantom Lady quickly discovers saboteurs at work damaging one tank with acid, sledgehammers, and wrenches as it is built in the factory. A few days later, the same saboteur gang commandeers a tank during the test, while Phantom Lady drives the faulty one, and thanks to her action, the good tank passes the test instead of all the tanks being dismissed because of the faulty one. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #12 (October, 1942)]
  
 === September, 1942 === === September, 1942 ===
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   * **The Phantom Falcon** dies while destroying a Japanese base and killing 20,000 Japanese soldiers, preventing an attack on the Allied forces. [Cat-Man Comics #15]   * **The Phantom Falcon** dies while destroying a Japanese base and killing 20,000 Japanese soldiers, preventing an attack on the Allied forces. [Cat-Man Comics #15]
   * **The Devil Dogs**' last appearance. [Captain Aero Comics #9]   * **The Devil Dogs**' last appearance. [Captain Aero Comics #9]
 +  * Phantom Lady is framed for bombing a neutral foreign consul in Washington, D.C., and hunted by the law. While driving with her friend Maisie, Sandra Knight gives a ride to a woman wearing a Phantom Lady costume beneath her coat, and Phantom Lady discovers that she is an impostor working for Nazi agents. Phantom Lady stops their next plan, which is to bomb the White House. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #13 (November, 1942)]
  
 === October, 1942 === === October, 1942 ===
  
-  * The Blue Beetle and Sparky battle [[the Mimic]], a master of disguise named Chalmers, who supposedly **dies**. ["Who is the Mimic?" Blue Beetle #17 (December, 1942)]+  * The Blue Beetle and Sparky battle [[Mimic (Chalmers)|the Mimic]], a master of disguise named Chalmers, who supposedly **dies**. ["Who is the Mimic?" Blue Beetle #17 (December, 1942)] 
 +  * October 24-25: While Sandra Knight and her spinster Aunt Priscilla are visiting the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Phantom Lady stops two criminals working for a German spy from drugging the soldiers' breakfast, and delivers them to the police. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #14 (December, 1942)]
  
 === November, 1942 === === November, 1942 ===
  
   * Sparky changes his nickname to **Spunky**. [Blue Beetle #18]   * Sparky changes his nickname to **Spunky**. [Blue Beetle #18]
-  * The Blue Beetle and Spunky battle [[the Red Knight]], a German officer capitalizing on an ancient curse dating from the Crusades to gain a huge, invaluable diamond. ["The Case of the Red Knight," Blue Beetle #18 (January, 1943)]+  * The Blue Beetle and Spunky battle [[Red Knight (German villain)|the Red Knight]], a German officer capitalizing on an ancient curse dating from the Crusades to gain a huge, invaluable diamond. ["The Case of the Red Knight," Blue Beetle #18 (January, 1943)]
   * **Hammerhead Hawley**'s last appearance. [Captain Aero Comics #13]   * **Hammerhead Hawley**'s last appearance. [Captain Aero Comics #13]
 +
 +=== December, 1942 ===
 +
 +  * Sandra Knight visits the home of Baron Thorpe, who runs an informal school instructing gullible women on how to be a spy. One young woman named Melinda uses her knowledge to plant a clock containing a dictagraph within it, then delivers it to Baron Thorpe, not realizing he is a real Nazi spy and has helped him learn when the U.S. Navy ship the //S.S. Ambria// is sailing the next day. Phantom Lady, suspecting Thorpe, rescues Melinda from from her imprisonment in Thorpe's home and, with Don Borden's help, warns the Coast Guard that a U-boat is on its way to the ship, then they capture Baron Thorpe and his gang. //Note: A calendar places this story in December. Phantom Lady begins wearing a yellow full-face mask in this story, but only wears it for this case and the next.// ["The School for Spies," Police Comics #15 (January, 1943)]
  
 ==== circa 1942-1945 - World War II ==== ==== circa 1942-1945 - World War II ====
  
   * [[Ian Heath]], the Iron Corporal, has adventures as an American volunteer in the Australian army in New Guinea. [Army War Heroes #22-37]   * [[Ian Heath]], the Iron Corporal, has adventures as an American volunteer in the Australian army in New Guinea. [Army War Heroes #22-37]
-  * [[Captain Rufus Archer]] and [[Corporal Jack]] have adventures. [Army War Heroes #24-29] +  * [[Rufus Archer|Captain Rufus Archer]] and [[Corporal Jack]] have adventures. [Army War Heroes #24-29] 
-  * [[The American Eagle]], the most-feared fighter pilot in Europe's skies, has adventures with his team, [[the Eagles]] (Reb Folsom, Hotrock Hutchins, and Ugly Harrison Clymes). [Fightin' Air Force #50-53] +  * [[American Eagle|The American Eagle]], the most-feared fighter pilot in Europe's skies, has adventures with his team, [[Eagles|the Eagles]] (Reb Folsom, Hotrock Hutchins, and Ugly Harrison Clymes). [Fightin' Air Force #50-53] 
-  * [[The Devil's Brigade]], two rogue American and British tank crews, have adventures in North Africa. [War Heroes #27; Fightin' Army #79, 81-83]+  * [[Devil's Brigade|The Devil's Brigade]], two rogue American and British tank crews, have adventures in North Africa. [War Heroes #27; Fightin' Army #79, 81-83]
  
 ==== 1943 ==== ==== 1943 ====
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   * **V-Man**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #19]   * **V-Man**'s last case. [Blue Beetle #19]
   * **Spark Stevens**' last case. [Blue Beetle #19]   * **Spark Stevens**' last case. [Blue Beetle #19]
-  * Spider Widow and Raven battle and defeat the Spider Man, a German saboteur riding a mechanical spider. [Feature Comics #66]+  * Spider Queen and Mike O'Bell battle and defeat the Spider Man, a German saboteur riding a mechanical spider. [Feature Comics #66]
   * The Masters of the Elements (minor incarnations of the Olympian gods) save the life of a toddler named David Crandall, son of Floyd and Myra Crandall, also imbuing him with some of their power over fire, earth, air, and water, which will turn him into Nature Boy thirteen years later. [Nature Boy #3]   * The Masters of the Elements (minor incarnations of the Olympian gods) save the life of a toddler named David Crandall, son of Floyd and Myra Crandall, also imbuing him with some of their power over fire, earth, air, and water, which will turn him into Nature Boy thirteen years later. [Nature Boy #3]
  
 === February, 1943 === === February, 1943 ===
  
-  * Sherlock Holmes battles arch-foe [[Professor Moriarty]], who is still alive and in league with the Nazis. Moriarty supposedly dies at the conclusion of this case, but in reality he survives once more. [Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943 Universal Studios film)]+  * Sherlock Holmes battles arch-foe [[James Moriarty|Professor Moriarty]], who is still alive and in league with the Nazis. Moriarty supposedly dies at the conclusion of this case, but in reality he survives once more. [Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943 Universal Studios film)]
  
 === April, 1943 === === April, 1943 ===
  
-  * In the city of Knickerbocker, radio station WWGL owner Don Wickett becomes the mystery man known as **[[Shaman]]**, and his assistant Kandy Wilson becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Flame II]]**; together, as Shaman and Flame, they have several undocumented cases. //Note: although Shaman and Flame only appeared once in a 1946 story they were supposed to have been operating for several years by that time, which probably means at least three years.// [Golden Lad #5]+  * In the city of Knickerbocker, radio station WWGL owner Don Wickett becomes the mystery man known as **[[Shaman]]**, and his assistant Kandy Wilson becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Flame (Kandy Wilson)|Flame II]]**; together, as Shaman and Flame, they have several undocumented cases. //Note: although Shaman and Flame only appeared once in a 1946 story they were supposed to have been operating for several years by that time, which probably means at least three years.// [Golden Lad #5]
   * Sherlock Holmes has a case in the United States. [Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943 Universal Studios film)]   * Sherlock Holmes has a case in the United States. [Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943 Universal Studios film)]
   * Dan Garret (Blue Beetle) quits the police force to enlist as an intelligence agent, spending a few months in training until his graduation at this time, alongside his new friend Bill Dailey. ["The Case of the Transformation," Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #22 (June, 1943)]   * Dan Garret (Blue Beetle) quits the police force to enlist as an intelligence agent, spending a few months in training until his graduation at this time, alongside his new friend Bill Dailey. ["The Case of the Transformation," Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #22 (June, 1943)]
 +  * Phantom Lady (Sandra Knight) saves her father Senator Henry Knight from being killed by a time-bomb set beneath his house by criminals. //Note: This is the first of three murder attempts on Senator Knight or his daughter over two months.// ["Mystery of the Black Cat," Police Comics #19 (May, 1943)]
 +  * April 25: During an Easter egg hunt at the Knight estate, Sandra Knight and Don Borden uncover a plot by a man dressed as the Easter Bunny to kill Senator Henry Knight with explosives in the shape of golden eggs. Phantom Lady unmasks the Easter Bunny as Killer Dan, a criminal whom Knight sentenced to prison ten years ago when he was a judge. //Note: Phantom Lady wears a black domino mask in this story. This is the second of three murder attempts on Senator Knight or his daughter over two months.// ["Golden Egg," Police Comics #18 (April, 1943)]
  
 === May, 1943 === === May, 1943 ===
  
-  * [[Captain Willy Shultz]], an American officer in North Africa (the Germans withdrew from North Africa in May of 1943, hence the first half of the series takes place before and during that withdrawal) of German extraction is falsely accused of a battlefield murder, supposedly having killed his commanding officer who was actually killed by a German soldier. He gets railroaded into a court-martial and is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, though he escapes into the desert and dons the uniform of a dead German soldier, seeking refuge in the Afrika Corps. ["The Charge Is Murder," Fightin' Army #76] +  * [[Willy Shultz|Captain Willy Shultz]], an American officer in North Africa (the Germans withdrew from North Africa in May of 1943, hence the first half of the series takes place before and during that withdrawal) of German extraction is falsely accused of a battlefield murder, supposedly having killed his commanding officer who was actually killed by a German soldier. He gets railroaded into a court-martial and is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, though he escapes into the desert and dons the uniform of a dead German soldier, seeking refuge in the Afrika Corps. ["The Charge Is Murder," Fightin' Army #76] 
-  * Phantom Lady teams up with the Raven. [Police Comics #20]+  * Sandra Knight (Phantom Lady) is nearly murdered by two assassins working for a gang boss who wants to get even with her father Senator Henry Knight for his racket-busting. //Note: This is the third of three murder attempts on Senator Knight or his daughter over two months.// [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #19 (May, 1943)]
  
 === June, 1943 === === June, 1943 ===
  
-  * Sgt. Rip Jagger, the last remaining U.S. soldier on a small island in the South Pacific, is taught martial arts by a Japanese martial arts master known only as Sensei after saving the life of his granddaughter, Suzikawa. After some time of training, he is presented with a costume with which he becomes the martial arts mystery man known as **[[Judomaster]]**. [Special War Series #4] +  * Sgt. Rip Jagger, the last remaining U.S. soldier on a small island in the South Pacific, is taught martial arts by a Japanese martial arts master known only as Sensei after saving the life of his granddaughter, Suzikawa. After some time of training, he is presented with a costume with which he becomes the martial arts mystery man known as **[[Judomaster (Rip Jagger)|Judomaster]]**. [Special War Series #4] 
-  * Phantom Lady teams up with both Spider Widow and the Raven. [Feature Comics #70, Police Comics #21]+  * Receiving a note from Detective Mike O'Bell that Senator Henry Knight is being held prisoner, Phantom Lady rushes to the docks, where she fights a gang and frees both O'Bell (who was captured shortly before) and Senator Knight. //Note: In the original story, the Raven appears instead of Mike O'Bell, but since Spider Widow and the Raven are Earth-X characters, their closest equivalents, Spider Queen and Mike O'Bell, must be substituted.// [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #20 (July, 1943)] 
 +  * Detective Mike O'Bell introduces Sandra Knight (Phantom Lady) to Shannon Kane (the Spider Queen), in order to capture the gang responsible for the assassination attempts on Sandra and her father, Senator Henry Knight. But after the Spider Queen and Phantom Lady track down the gang leader and fight the gang with O'Bell's help, the two mystery-women's jealous bickering enables the leader to escape. [The Spider Widow, Feature Comics #69 (July1943)] 
 +  * The gang responsible for trying to assassinate Senator Henry Knight lures Phantom Lady, the Spider Queen, and Detective Mike O'Bell into a trap by sending a note to Phantom Lady purportedly from the Spider Queen challenging her to a duel, while the Spider Queen receives a similar note. Spying on the two as they duel, the gangsters recognize them without their masks before they start shooting at them, striking O'Bell with a bullet in the back. Phantom Lady and the Spider Queen capture the killers and hand them over to the police, while O'Bell is hospitalized for a few weeks. ["Phantom Lady Versus the Spider Widow," Police Comics #21 (August, 1943)]
  
 === July, 1943 === === July, 1943 ===
  
-  * Phantom Lady has her last team-up with both Spider Widow and the Raven. [Feature Comics #71, Police Comics #22]+  * While talking on the phone with Sandra Knight (Phantom Lady), Shannon Kane (the Spider Queen) is kidnapped by a gang and taken to the remote Lookout Hotel. There Shannon finds that Detective Mike O'Bell has supposedly joined the gang responsible for assassination attempts on Sandra and her father, Senator Henry Knight. The big boss, Larkins, arrives soon after disguised as Senator Knight, since he intends to replace him for a few days in the U.S. Senate. Phantom Lady arrives to rescue the Spider Queen but ends up needing a rescue by O'Bell. On the run from the gang, the trio manage to capture Larkins, but he is accidentally shot by his own gang when they fire on the getaway car. ["The Spider Widow with the Raven and Phantom Lady," Feature Comics #70 (August, 1943)] 
 +  * Detective Mike O'Bell attempts to end the feud between the Spider Queen and Phantom Lady by forcing them to work together, only to put all their lives in danger when gangsters try to kill them. Working together, they defeat the gang, and the two heroines become friends at last. ["Peace... It's Wonderful, "Feature Comics #71 (August, 1943)] 
 +  * Saying goodbye to the Spider Queen and Detective Mike O'Bell, Phantom Lady learns that her father Senator Henry Knight is involved in tests of a super-submarine, and upon arriving at the launch she is invited to participate. While on board the submarine, Phantom Lady stops a saboteur from destroying it. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #22 (August, 1943)]
  
 === August, 1943 === === August, 1943 ===
  
-  * **Spider Widow**'last case. [Feature Comics #72] +  * In her last solo case**Phantom Lady** (Sandra Knight) fights a group of lunatics who have escaped from the asylum and taken over her home after tying up the servants. [Phantom Lady, Police Comics #23 (October, 1943)]
-  * **Phantom Lady**'s last solo case during World War II. [Police Comics #23]+
  
 === September, 1943 === === September, 1943 ===
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 === October, 1943 === === October, 1943 ===
  
-  * Dr. Malcolm Muir becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Grey Mask]]**, assisted by the Dove. [Suspense Comics #1]+  * Dr. Malcolm Muir becomes the mystery man known as **[[Grey Mask|the Grey Mask]]**, assisted by the Dove. [Suspense Comics #1]
   * [[Martin Corliss]], a private detective known as the Tracker, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]   * [[Martin Corliss]], a private detective known as the Tracker, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]
   * [[Sunset Kid]], private detective, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]   * [[Sunset Kid]], private detective, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #1]
   * [[Boxie Weaver]], prize fighter, begin adventures. [Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #28]   * [[Boxie Weaver]], prize fighter, begin adventures. [Blue Beetle (Holyoke) #28]
-  * October 22: Phantom Lady leaves the Mystery Men of America to form **[[the All-Girl Squad]]** with Miss Victory, Spider Widow, and Marga the Panther Woman, fighting Nazi agents. [speculation based on Femforce Special #1]+  * October 22: Phantom Lady leaves the Mystery Men of America to form **[[All-Girl Squad|the All-Girl Squad]]** with Miss Victory, Spider Queen, and Marga the Panther Woman, fighting Nazi agents. [speculation based on Femforce Special #1]
  
 === November, 1943 === === November, 1943 ===
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 === December, 1943 === === December, 1943 ===
  
-  * [[The Mysterious Traveler]] first appears, telling tales of mystery, detection, and suspense. //Note: A number of early episodes state that, prior to becoming the Mysterious Traveler, he practised medicine or worked as a coroner, usually under the name Dr. Smith.// [The Mysterious Traveler (1943 Mutual Broadcasting System radio series); Mysterious Traveler Comics #1; The Mysterious Traveler Magazine]+  * [[Mysterious Traveler|The Mysterious Traveler]] first appears, telling tales of mystery, detection, and suspense. //Note: A number of early episodes state that, prior to becoming the Mysterious Traveler, he practised medicine or worked as a coroner, usually under the name Dr. Smith.// [The Mysterious Traveler (1943 Mutual Broadcasting System radio series); Mysterious Traveler Comics #1; The Mysterious Traveler Magazine]
  
 ==== 1944 ==== ==== 1944 ====
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   * Capt. Lloyd Raleigh of U.S. Army Intelligence becomes the mystery man known as **[[Boomerang]]**, fighting German and Japanese agents. He is accompanied by **[[Diana]]** of British Intelligence, who is a champion archer. [Terrific Comics #2]   * Capt. Lloyd Raleigh of U.S. Army Intelligence becomes the mystery man known as **[[Boomerang]]**, fighting German and Japanese agents. He is accompanied by **[[Diana]]** of British Intelligence, who is a champion archer. [Terrific Comics #2]
-  * [[Molly O'Moore]] and [[Scoop Scanlon]], reporters, begin adventures. [Terrific Comics #2]+  * [[Molly O'Moore]] and [[Scoop Scanlon (Earth-4)|Scoop Scanlon]], reporters, begin adventures. [Terrific Comics #2]
   * [[Captain Flight]], aviator, begins adventures. [Captain Flight Comics #1]   * [[Captain Flight]], aviator, begins adventures. [Captain Flight Comics #1]
   * [[Ace Reynolds]], war correspondent, begins adventures. [Captain Flight Comics #1]   * [[Ace Reynolds]], war correspondent, begins adventures. [Captain Flight Comics #1]
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 === April, 1944 === === April, 1944 ===
  
-  * [[The Hell's Angels]], a trio of soldiers ([[Lank Strong]], [[Clem West]], and [[Gil Little]]) in the Pacific Theater of World War II, begin adventures fighting the Japanese in the South Pacific. [Sparkling Stars #1]+  * [[Hell's Angels|The Hell's Angels]], a trio of soldiers ([[Lank Strong]], [[Clem West]], and [[Gil Little]]) in the Pacific Theater of World War II, begin adventures fighting the Japanese in the South Pacific. [Sparkling Stars #1]
   * Joan Mason, reporter friend of the Blue Beetle, begins solo adventures. [Blue Beetle #31]   * Joan Mason, reporter friend of the Blue Beetle, begins solo adventures. [Blue Beetle #31]
   * [[Dusty Dugan]] has a **single case**. [Power Comics #1]   * [[Dusty Dugan]] has a **single case**. [Power Comics #1]
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 === May, 1944 === === May, 1944 ===
  
-  * Michael Shawn, taxi driver (originally named Matty Martin), dons a tuxedo and top hat to become the mystery man known as **[[the Reckoner]]**, accompanied by uncostumed partner Chipper. [Cat-Man Comics #25] +  * Michael Shawn, taxi driver (originally named Matty Martin), dons a tuxedo and top hat to become the mystery man known as **[[Reckoner|the Reckoner]]**, accompanied by uncostumed partner Chipper. [Cat-Man Comics #25] 
-  * Dennis Quinn, air ace of World War I, fights in World War II as the aviator mystery man known as **[[the Golden Eagle]]**, accompanied by his pet eagle, Liberty. [Contact Comics #1] +  * Dennis Quinn, air ace of World War I, fights in World War II as the aviator mystery man known as **[[Golden Eagle|the Golden Eagle]]**, accompanied by his pet eagle, Liberty. [Contact Comics #1] 
-  * Col. Moore Williams becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Flamingo]]**. [Contact Comics #1]+  * Col. Moore Williams becomes the mystery man known as **[[Flamingo|the Flamingo]]**. [Contact Comics #1]
   * Mary Roche, a physical therapist and aviator, becomes the leatherclad mystery woman known as **[[Black Venus]]**. [Contact Comics #1]   * Mary Roche, a physical therapist and aviator, becomes the leatherclad mystery woman known as **[[Black Venus]]**. [Contact Comics #1]
   * [[Tommy Tomahawk]], pilot, begins adventures accompanied by his pal, Red Wing. [Contact Comics #1]   * [[Tommy Tomahawk]], pilot, begins adventures accompanied by his pal, Red Wing. [Contact Comics #1]
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 === June, 1944 === === June, 1944 ===
  
-  * On his 15th birthday, schoolboy Johnny Green becomes the super-powered mystery man **[[the Green Mask III]]** when he screams emotionally. //Note: Johnny's father is the original Green Mask, alias Walter Green, who quit his mystery-man career to serve in the military, where he is active in the Pacific Theater of War. Walter Green is the original, unpowered, unnamed Green Mask who appeared in Mystery Men Comics #1-12 and is not to be confused with Michael Shelby, the second Green Mask. The general public is likely unaware that there was more than one Green Mask. Johnny transforms into the Green Mask, complete with super-powers, whenever he becomes agitated. The reason behind this is likely mystical in nature rather than pseudo-scientific.// [Green Mask #10]+  * On his 15th birthday, schoolboy Johnny Green becomes the super-powered mystery man **[[Green Mask (Johnny Green)|the Green Mask III]]** when he screams emotionally. //Note: Johnny's father is the original Green Mask, alias Walter Green, who quit his mystery-man career to serve in the military, where he is active in the Pacific Theater of War. Walter Green is the original, unpowered, unnamed Green Mask who appeared in Mystery Men Comics #1-12 and is not to be confused with Michael Shelby, the second Green Mask. The general public is likely unaware that there was more than one Green Mask. Johnny transforms into the Green Mask, complete with super-powers, whenever he becomes agitated. The reason behind this is likely mystical in nature rather than pseudo-scientific.// [Green Mask #10]
   * Capt. Patrick Kelly, a U.S. Army Air Force pilot in the Pacific Theatre of War, becomes known as [[Rocket Kelly]] after he is shot down on the Burma Road, is imprisoned by Japanese soldiers, and finally escapes by affixing a rocket to his plane that he got from a dying fellow prisoner who is a brilliant engineer. Capt. Kelly is accompanied by Corp. Whacky, a former Brooklyn cab driver who acts as his gunner and mechanic in their modified plane, the Rocket-Avenger. Kelly's father is Prof. Kelly, a noted astronomer at Mt. Glacier Observatory. //Note: Whacky is later called Punchy, but both Punchy and Whacky must be nicknames, possibly for a difficult-to-pronounce name such as Prokop Waclawski, a Polish name.// [Green Mask #10]   * Capt. Patrick Kelly, a U.S. Army Air Force pilot in the Pacific Theatre of War, becomes known as [[Rocket Kelly]] after he is shot down on the Burma Road, is imprisoned by Japanese soldiers, and finally escapes by affixing a rocket to his plane that he got from a dying fellow prisoner who is a brilliant engineer. Capt. Kelly is accompanied by Corp. Whacky, a former Brooklyn cab driver who acts as his gunner and mechanic in their modified plane, the Rocket-Avenger. Kelly's father is Prof. Kelly, a noted astronomer at Mt. Glacier Observatory. //Note: Whacky is later called Punchy, but both Punchy and Whacky must be nicknames, possibly for a difficult-to-pronounce name such as Prokop Waclawski, a Polish name.// [Green Mask #10]
-  * [[Satan]], the evil prince of darkness and the king of racketeers, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #5]+  * [[Satan (Earth-4)|Satan]], the evil prince of darkness and the king of racketeers, begins adventures. [Suspense Comics #5]
   * **[[Black Raider]]** begins adventures. [Power Comics #3]   * **[[Black Raider]]** begins adventures. [Power Comics #3]
   * **[[Doctor Mephisto]]** begins adventures. [Power Comics #3]   * **[[Doctor Mephisto]]** begins adventures. [Power Comics #3]
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   * [[Danny King]], the famed circus animal trainer called the King of the Beasts, begins adventures. [Yellowjacket Comics #1]   * [[Danny King]], the famed circus animal trainer called the King of the Beasts, begins adventures. [Yellowjacket Comics #1]
   * Juan Martinez becomes known as [[Fip, the Filipino Kid]], Phillippine resistance fighter and spy who works against the Japanese occupation of the Phillippines and spies in Japan for the U.S.. [Yellowjacket Comics #1]   * Juan Martinez becomes known as [[Fip, the Filipino Kid]], Phillippine resistance fighter and spy who works against the Japanese occupation of the Phillippines and spies in Japan for the U.S.. [Yellowjacket Comics #1]
-  * Anteas (Antaeus) of Greek myth, in the form of a statue sculpted by his descendant, artist Adam Anteas, Jr., becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Bouncer]]**. [The Bouncer #10] +  * Anteas (Antaeus) of Greek myth, in the form of a statue sculpted by his descendant, artist Adam Anteas, Jr., becomes the mystery man known as **[[Bouncer|the Bouncer]]**. [The Bouncer #10] 
-  * [[Kitty Kelly]], adventuress, begins adventures. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of Kitty Kelly, not to be confused with the Kitty Kelly character earlier published by Dynamic/Harry A. Chesler or the unrelated Yankee Girl character published by the same company.// [Captain Flight Comics #4]+  * [[Kitty Kelly]], adventuress, begins adventures. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of Kitty Kelly, not to be confused with the Kitty Kelly character earlier published by Dynamic/Harry A. Chesler or the unrelated Yankee Girl character published by the same company, or Kit Kelly the girlfriend of Manhunter on Earth-X.// [Captain Flight Comics #4]
   * During the "Threat from Saturn" adventure, the Blue Beetle battles the evil [[Saturnia]] and [[Gloat]], two criminals exiled from Saturn in a meteor who have the ability to possess human bodies (much like Jericho of Earth-1's Teen Titans) and plan to set themselves up on Earth as the king and queen of evil. At one point, Gloat manages to possess the Blue Beetle himself and goes on a super-powered rampage in order to discredit him as a hero, but Blue Beetle forces him out before Gloat is able to commit mass murder using his body. After the conclusion of the case, **Saturnia** and **Gloat** make no further appearances. //Note: This story ended at Chapter 6, with Joan Mason kidnapped by Gloat and Saturnia, who fled into one of several underground tunnels. The story was never concluded; although we know that Joan Mason survived, the fate of the villains from Saturn remains unknown.// [Blue Beetle #34-36, 38-39, 41]   * During the "Threat from Saturn" adventure, the Blue Beetle battles the evil [[Saturnia]] and [[Gloat]], two criminals exiled from Saturn in a meteor who have the ability to possess human bodies (much like Jericho of Earth-1's Teen Titans) and plan to set themselves up on Earth as the king and queen of evil. At one point, Gloat manages to possess the Blue Beetle himself and goes on a super-powered rampage in order to discredit him as a hero, but Blue Beetle forces him out before Gloat is able to commit mass murder using his body. After the conclusion of the case, **Saturnia** and **Gloat** make no further appearances. //Note: This story ended at Chapter 6, with Joan Mason kidnapped by Gloat and Saturnia, who fled into one of several underground tunnels. The story was never concluded; although we know that Joan Mason survived, the fate of the villains from Saturn remains unknown.// [Blue Beetle #34-36, 38-39, 41]
   * **Boomerang** and **Diana**'s last case. [Terrific Comics #5]   * **Boomerang** and **Diana**'s last case. [Terrific Comics #5]
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 === August, 1944 === === August, 1944 ===
  
-  * Tetsuro Tanaka, a 13-year-old Japanese orphan, becomes **[[Tiger]]**, Judomaster's teenaged crime-fighting partner. //Note: Tiger's real name of Tanaka is revealed in the post-Crisis L.A.W. series, and it is the same in Earth-4's continuity as well. This name is obviously inspired from Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond -- inspired by real-life Japanese author Torao "Tiger" Saito -- who appears in the novel You Only Live Twice and the film based on it, where he is played by actor Tetsuro Tamba. In tribute to that actor, we use the name Tetsuro as Tiger's first name.// [Judomaster #93]+  * Tetsuro Tanaka, a 13-year-old Japanese orphan, becomes **[[Judomaster (Tiger Tanaka)|Tiger]]**, Judomaster's teenaged crime-fighting partner. //Note: Tiger's real name of Tanaka is revealed in the post-Crisis L.A.W. series, and it is the same in Earth-4's continuity as well. This name is obviously inspired from Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond -- inspired by real-life Japanese author Torao "Tiger" Saito -- who appears in the novel You Only Live Twice and the film based on it, where he is played by actor Tetsuro Tamba. In tribute to that actor, we use the name Tetsuro as Tiger's first name.// [Judomaster #93]
   * Rocket Kelly and Whacky meet the mysterious Manta, leader of a primitive tribe in Burma. She soon joins Kelly and Whacky in their adventures. [The Bouncer #12]   * Rocket Kelly and Whacky meet the mysterious Manta, leader of a primitive tribe in Burma. She soon joins Kelly and Whacky in their adventures. [The Bouncer #12]
  
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   * [[Merciless the Sorceress]], an evil jungle sorceress, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]   * [[Merciless the Sorceress]], an evil jungle sorceress, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]
   * **[[Red Robbins]]**, super-speedster mystery man, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]   * **[[Red Robbins]]**, super-speedster mystery man, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]
-  * [[Titan]], detective, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]+  * [[Titan (detective)|Titan]], detective, begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]
   * [[Johnny Earthquake]] begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]   * [[Johnny Earthquake]] begins adventures. [All Top Comics (1944)]
   * **Kid Terrific**'s last case. [Terrific Comics #6]   * **Kid Terrific**'s last case. [Terrific Comics #6]
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   * Captain V changes his name to **the Puppeteer**. [All Good Comics (1944)]   * Captain V changes his name to **the Puppeteer**. [All Good Comics (1944)]
-  * Anita (Ann) Morgan becomes the mystery woman known as **[[the Purple Tigress]]**. [All Good Comics (1944)]+  * Anita (Ann) Morgan becomes the mystery woman known as **[[Purple Tigress|the Purple Tigress]]**. [All Good Comics (1944)]
   * In Harlem, Red Robbins meets black teenager Sam "Speed" Karr, who becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner. [All Good Comics (1944)]   * In Harlem, Red Robbins meets black teenager Sam "Speed" Karr, who becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner. [All Good Comics (1944)]
-  * Jethro Dumont becomes **[[the Green Lama]]** and begins his adventures. //Note: this version of the Green Lama is the one designed by Mac Raboy and published by Spark Publications; he is not the same character as the version first seen in Prize Comics #7 or the earlier pulp magazine character from Double Detective.// [Green Lama #1] +  * Jethro Dumont becomes **[[Green Lama|the Green Lama]]** and begins his adventures. //Note: this version of the Green Lama is the one designed by Mac Raboy and published by Spark Publications; he is not the same character as the version first seen in Prize Comics #7 or the earlier pulp magazine character from Double Detective.// [Green Lama #1] 
-  * Tuffy, Mickey, and Wellington Smith team up as the boy gang known as [[the Boy Champions]]. [Green Lama #1]+  * Tuffy, Mickey, and Wellington Smith team up as the boy gang known as [[Boy Champions|the Boy Champions]]. [Green Lama #1]
   * Nerdy, bespectacled boy Wilbur Klutz gains super-powers and hires out his services as **[[Lieutenant Hercules]]**. [Green Lama #1]   * Nerdy, bespectacled boy Wilbur Klutz gains super-powers and hires out his services as **[[Lieutenant Hercules]]**. [Green Lama #1]
   * [[Rick Masters]], aviator, and his sidekick Mike, together nicknamed the Twin Eagles, begin adventures. [Green Lama #1]   * [[Rick Masters]], aviator, and his sidekick Mike, together nicknamed the Twin Eagles, begin adventures. [Green Lama #1]
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 === November, 1944 === === November, 1944 ===
  
-  * Steve Drake, FBI agent, becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Black Cobra]]**, spy smasher. An office boy at the FBI becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[the Cobra Kid]]**. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of the Black Cobra, a character originally published by Dynamic/Harry A. Chesler.// [Captain Flight Comics #6]+  * Steve Drake, FBI agent, becomes the mystery man known as **[[Black Cobra|the Black Cobra]]**, spy smasher. An office boy at the FBI becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[Cobra Kid|the Cobra Kid]]**. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of the Black Cobra, a character originally published by Dynamic/Harry A. Chesler.// [Captain Flight Comics #6]
   * Rocket Kelly, Whacky, and Sue Andrews travel to the planet Selura. There, with the help of a dwarf ally named Sabio, they liberate the planet Selura from an Earthman named Dr. Malik, a scientist. Contacting Earth, they receive a reply stating that Kelly is the official Earth ambassador to Selura. On Earth, a rocketship capable of interplanetary travel called the New Yorker is built and launched into space, where it is magnetically pulled to Selura by Kelly. From this point on, Rocket Kelly becomes an interplanetary explorer and hero, traveling in a rocketship. //Note: Although it is not evident, the building of the New Yorker and the communications with Kelly on Selura are actually completely classified and top secret, known only to the highest levels. The public merely believes that a science fiction movie is being filmed. Probably the New Yorker was built using the same classified technology as that of Dr. Hans Zarkov, ally of Flash Gordon. It is never explained how Dr. Malik first traveled to Selura, but presumably he also had access to Zarkov's technology and may even have been a collaborator.// [Everybody's Comics #1, The Bouncer #10]   * Rocket Kelly, Whacky, and Sue Andrews travel to the planet Selura. There, with the help of a dwarf ally named Sabio, they liberate the planet Selura from an Earthman named Dr. Malik, a scientist. Contacting Earth, they receive a reply stating that Kelly is the official Earth ambassador to Selura. On Earth, a rocketship capable of interplanetary travel called the New Yorker is built and launched into space, where it is magnetically pulled to Selura by Kelly. From this point on, Rocket Kelly becomes an interplanetary explorer and hero, traveling in a rocketship. //Note: Although it is not evident, the building of the New Yorker and the communications with Kelly on Selura are actually completely classified and top secret, known only to the highest levels. The public merely believes that a science fiction movie is being filmed. Probably the New Yorker was built using the same classified technology as that of Dr. Hans Zarkov, ally of Flash Gordon. It is never explained how Dr. Malik first traveled to Selura, but presumably he also had access to Zarkov's technology and may even have been a collaborator.// [Everybody's Comics #1, The Bouncer #10]
  
 === December, 1944 === === December, 1944 ===
  
-  * Rocket Kelly meets his arch-nemesis[[Diablo]] the master of evil, who seeks to rule outer space. [Rocket Kelly (1944)]+  * Rocket Kelly meets his arch-nemesis [[Diablo]] the master of evil, who seeks to rule outer space. While saving the mystical Flame of Democracy, Kelly becomes the new Keeper of the Flame after the old Keeper -- a man of ancient Rome -- dies. //Note: The home of the Flame of Democracy is apparently a small planetoid with an artificial gravity field that looks much like Earth on its surface. It seems to exist in real space, despite the fact that the Flame of Democracy is also a symbolic concept. It is probable that the home of the Flame only exists in physical space whenever the Keeper of the Flame is replaced.// [Rocket Kelly (1944)] 
 +  * Rocket Kelly battles his arch-nemesis Diablo again. [Rocket Kelly (1944)] 
  
 ==== 1945 ==== ==== 1945 ====
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-  * Col. Carver, retired, becomes the aviator mystery man known as **[[the Phantom Flyer]]** (also called the Flying Phantom), accompanied by his ward, Kenny, and has a **single case**. [Contact Comics #5]+  * Col. Carver, retired, becomes the aviator mystery man known as **[[Phantom Flyer|the Phantom Flyer]]** (also called the Flying Phantom), accompanied by his ward, Kenny, and has a **single case**. [Contact Comics #5]
  
 === February, 1945 === === February, 1945 ===
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   * Armed with a crossbow, editor Jon Dart of the Weekly Star becomes the mystery man known as **[[Swiftarrow]]**. [Golden Lad #1]   * Armed with a crossbow, editor Jon Dart of the Weekly Star becomes the mystery man known as **[[Swiftarrow]]**. [Golden Lad #1]
   * [[Johnny Hopper]], air rover, begins adventures. [Golden Lad #1]   * [[Johnny Hopper]], air rover, begins adventures. [Golden Lad #1]
-  * Stretch, Rags, and Dickie team up as the boy gang known as [[the Kid Wizards]]. [Golden Lad #1]+  * Stretch, Rags, and Dickie team up as the boy gang known as [[Kid Wizards|the Kid Wizards]]. [Golden Lad #1]
   * A small party of Nazis reach the Moon in an experimental rocket ship. There, they meet a race of telepathic aliens who do not breathe but live on cosmic rays. At first the Nazis are given free reign to live among the aliens, but their hatred soon causes discord among the alien civilization, and they are kept isolated for at least the next twenty years. //Note: Although this story implies that Adolf Hitler was one of these Nazis, it is more likely these were all SS officers.// ["Objective Moon," Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #2 (January, 1957)]   * A small party of Nazis reach the Moon in an experimental rocket ship. There, they meet a race of telepathic aliens who do not breathe but live on cosmic rays. At first the Nazis are given free reign to live among the aliens, but their hatred soon causes discord among the alien civilization, and they are kept isolated for at least the next twenty years. //Note: Although this story implies that Adolf Hitler was one of these Nazis, it is more likely these were all SS officers.// ["Objective Moon," Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #2 (January, 1957)]
  
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   * **Deep Sea Dawson**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]   * **Deep Sea Dawson**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]
   * **Captain Dash**' last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]   * **Captain Dash**' last case. [Captain Flight Comics #10]
-  * Rocket Kelly battles his arch-nemesis Diablo again, saving the mystical Flame of Democracy from him and becoming the new Keeper of the Flame after the old keeper -- a man of ancient Rome or Greece -- dies. //Note: The home of the Flame of Democracy is apparently a small planetoid with an artificial gravity field that looks much like Earth on its surface. It seems to exist in real space, despite the fact that the Flame of Democracy is also a symbolic concept. It is probable that the home of the Flame only exists in physical space whenever the Keeper of the Flame is replaced.// [Rocket Kelly #1] 
  
 === November, 1945 === === November, 1945 ===
  
-  * [[The Old Witch]] (also known as the Ancient Witch) appears for the first time, regaling listeners with tales of terror. [Yellowjacket Comics #7]+  * [[Old Witch|The Old Witch]] (also known as the Ancient Witch) appears for the first time, regaling listeners with tales of terror. [Yellowjacket Comics #7]
   * Rocket Kelly battles **Diablo** for the last time. [Rocket Kelly #1]   * Rocket Kelly battles **Diablo** for the last time. [Rocket Kelly #1]
  
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 === February, 1946 === === February, 1946 ===
  
-  * Golden Lad battles criminal recurring enemy [[the Minstrel]] for the first time. [Golden Lad #4]+  * Golden Lad battles criminal recurring enemy [[Minstrel (Earth-4)|the Minstrel]] for the first time. [Golden Lad #4]
   * **Atoman**'s last case. [Atoman Comics #2]   * **Atoman**'s last case. [Atoman Comics #2]
   * **Boy Champions**' last case. [Atoman Comics #2]   * **Boy Champions**' last case. [Atoman Comics #2]
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 === December, 1946 === === December, 1946 ===
  
-  * **[[The Blue Flame]]**, fire-powered mystery man, has a **single case**. [Captain Flight Comics #11]+  * **[[Blue Flame|The Blue Flame]]**, fire-powered mystery man, has a **single case**. [Captain Flight Comics #11]
   * **Black Cobra** and **Cobra Kid**'s last case in the 1940s. [Captain Flight Comics #11]   * **Black Cobra** and **Cobra Kid**'s last case in the 1940s. [Captain Flight Comics #11]
   * **Torpedo Man**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #11]   * **Torpedo Man**'s last case. [Captain Flight Comics #11]
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 === June, 1947 === === June, 1947 ===
  
-  * Sandra Knight resumes her solo mystery woman career as **[[the Phantom Lady]]** with a new costume. [Phantom Lady #13]+  * Sandra Knight resumes her solo mystery woman career as **the Phantom Lady** with a new costume. [Phantom Lady #13]
  
 === July, 1947 === === July, 1947 ===
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 === February, 1950 === === February, 1950 ===
  
-  * Dan Garret returns to the U.S. after a year-and-a-half absence and becomes **[[the Blue Beetle]]** again. [Blue Beetle #58]+  * Dan Garret returns to the U.S. after a year-and-a-half absence and becomes **the Blue Beetle** again. [Blue Beetle #58]
   * [[Jungle Lil]] begins adventures in the jungle. [Jungle Lil #1]   * [[Jungle Lil]] begins adventures in the jungle. [Jungle Lil #1]
   * [[Bwaani]] begins adventures. [Jungle Lil #1]   * [[Bwaani]] begins adventures. [Jungle Lil #1]
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   * **Jungle Lil**'s last adventure. [Feature Stories Magazine #3]   * **Jungle Lil**'s last adventure. [Feature Stories Magazine #3]
   * [[Monty Hall]] of the U.S. Marines has his first adventure as the Korean War breaks out. [Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines #1]   * [[Monty Hall]] of the U.S. Marines has his first adventure as the Korean War breaks out. [Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines #1]
-  * [[Sgt. Sam "Tripoli" Shores]], fighting U.S. marine, has adventures as the Korean War breaks out. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #15 (#1) +  * [[Tripoli Shores|Sgt. Sam "Tripoli" Shores]], fighting U.S. marine, has adventures as the Korean War breaks out. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #15 (#1) 
-  * [[Sgt. "Leatherneck" Jack Rogers]] has adventures as the Korean War breaks out. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #15 (#1)]+  * [[Leatherneck Rogers|Sgt. "Leatherneck" Jack Rogers]] has adventures as the Korean War breaks out. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #15 (#1)]
  
 === August, 1950 === === August, 1950 ===
  
-  * [[Captain Atom]], a costumed adventurer equipped with devices based on proven scientific principles, begins adventures accompanied by friends Professor King, Rusty, Jeff, and Jill. [Captain Atom (Nation-Wide) #1]+  * [[Captain Atom (adventurer)|Captain Atom]], a costumed adventurer equipped with devices based on proven scientific principles, begins adventures accompanied by friends Professor King, Rusty, Jeff, and Jill. [Captain Atom (Nation-Wide) #1]
   * [[Canteen Kate]] has adventures in Japan during the Korean War. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #2]   * [[Canteen Kate]] has adventures in Japan during the Korean War. [Fightin' Marines (St. John) #2]
  
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 === November, 1951 === === November, 1951 ===
  
-  * [[Mr. and Mrs. Chase]], private detectives, begin adventures. Curtis Chase is a famous mystery writer and amateur sleuth, and Merry Chase is his wife. [Crime and Justice #5]+  * Mr. and Mrs. Chase, private detectives, begin adventures. [[Curtis Chase]] is a famous mystery writer and amateur sleuth, and [[Merry Chase]] is his wife. [Crime and Justice #5]
  
 === December, 1951 === === December, 1951 ===
  
-  * During an experiment, a physicist named Dr. Eustus Riko transports an ape into Dimension 2-K-31, resulting in [[the Creature from Dimension 2-K-31]] (a genetically engineered, shape-changing, telepathic monster from that dimension) crossing into this world. The Creature appears on the battlefields of the Korean War and battles both American and North Korean soldiers before being trapped in a Russian tank within an air-sealed crate. //Note: The Creature was created by the otherdimensional Katu of the world of Erehwon ("nowhere" spelled backwards) to be an unstoppable force to end all war. The fact that it was captured fairly simply on Earth simply means that it is still young and is still learning and adapting; it is possible that the Creature cannot be destroyed at all but only detained or transported away. Its only weakness seems to be steel, which draws the Creature magnetically to it and can trap it.// [The Thing! (Charlton) #1]+  * During an experiment, a physicist named Dr. Eustus Riko transports an ape into Dimension 2-K-31, resulting in [[Creature from Dimension 2-K-31|the Creature from Dimension 2-K-31]] (a genetically engineered, shape-changing, telepathic monster from that dimension) crossing into this world. The Creature appears on the battlefields of the Korean War and battles both American and North Korean soldiers before being trapped in a Russian tank within an air-sealed crate. //Note: The Creature was created by the otherdimensional Katu of the world of Erehwon ("nowhere" spelled backwards) to be an unstoppable force to end all war. The fact that it was captured fairly simply on Earth simply means that it is still young and is still learning and adapting; it is possible that the Creature cannot be destroyed at all but only detained or transported away. Its only weakness seems to be steel, which draws the Creature magnetically to it and can trap it.// [The Thing! (Charlton) #1]
  
 ==== 1952 ==== ==== 1952 ====
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 === March, 1952 === === March, 1952 ===
  
-  * [[Police Inspector J.J. O'Malley]] begins his adventures as leader of the Racket Squad. //Note: although this series is based on a television show called Racket Squad, O'Malley and others that appear in the series are original characters not based on the television continuity, which thus does not take place on Earth-4.// [Racket Squad in Action #1]+  * [[J.J. O'Malley|Police Inspector J.J. O'Malley]] begins his adventures as leader of the Racket Squad. //Note: although this series is based on a television show called Racket Squad, O'Malley and others that appear in the series are original characters not based on the television continuity, which thus does not take place on Earth-4.// [Racket Squad in Action #1]
  
 === May, 1952 === === May, 1952 ===
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 === July, 1952 === === July, 1952 ===
  
-  * [[Spurs Jackson]], a cowboy, rancher, and electronic engineer, meets men from Mars led by Korok who land their flying saucer at Jackson's Bar-Z Ranch in Arizona, attracted there by Jackson's experimental moon missiles. When the Martians bring Jackson, along with a horse and his ranch hands [[Hank Roper]] and [[Strong Bow]], back to Mars with them, Jackson learns that Queen Thula must give up her rulership over Mars because Korok claims to have conquered the Earth. Jackson wins Thula's throne back for her and ends up becoming prime minister of Mars. Becoming known as the Space Vigilantes, and equipped with a Martian spaceship and armed with six-guns that fire miniature atomic bombs," they fight various menaces on both Earth and Mars, including outlaws, evil Martians, and Nazis in space. ["The Saucer Men," Space Western Comics #40 (September-October, 1952)]+  * [[Spurs Jackson]], a cowboy, rancher, and electronic engineer, meets men from Mars led by Korok who land their flying saucer at Jackson's Bar-Z Ranch in Arizona, attracted there by Jackson's experimental moon missiles. When the Martians bring Jackson, along with a horse and his ranch hands [[Hank Roper]] and [[Strong Bow (Earth-4)|Strong Bow]], back to Mars with them, Jackson learns that Queen Thula must give up her rulership over Mars because Korok claims to have conquered the Earth. Jackson wins Thula's throne back for her and ends up becoming prime minister of Mars. Becoming known as the Space Vigilantes, and equipped with a Martian spaceship and armed with six-guns that fire miniature atomic bombs," they fight various menaces on both Earth and Mars, including outlaws, evil Martians, and Nazis in space. ["The Saucer Men," Space Western Comics #40 (September-October, 1952)]
  
 === August, 1952 === === August, 1952 ===
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 === October, 1952 === === October, 1952 ===
  
-  * [[Dr. Tom "Ramar" Reynolds]], jungle doctor, begins his adventures. [Ramar of the Jungle (1952 syndicated television series); Ramar of the Jungle (Toby) #1]+  * [[Ramar of the Jungle|Dr. Tom "Ramar" Reynolds]], jungle doctor, begins his adventures. [Ramar of the Jungle (1952 syndicated television series); Ramar of the Jungle (Toby) #1]
   * **Romeo Tubbs**' last adventure. [Romeo Tubbs (Green) #27]   * **Romeo Tubbs**' last adventure. [Romeo Tubbs (Green) #27]
  
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 === August, 1953 === === August, 1953 ===
  
-  * Tetsuro Tanaka, the former teenaged crime-fighting partner of Judomaster, at the age of 22 becomes **[[the Tiger]]**, Japan's first costumed crime-fighter. [speculation]+  * Tetsuro Tanaka, the former teenaged crime-fighting partner of Judomaster, at the age of 22 becomes **the Tiger**, Japan's first costumed crime-fighter. [speculation]
   * [[Rip Ryan]], U.S. marshal of the western city of Cowtown, has first public case. [Cowboy Western Comics #46]   * [[Rip Ryan]], U.S. marshal of the western city of Cowtown, has first public case. [Cowboy Western Comics #46]
   * **Spurs Jackson**, **Hank Roper** and **Strong Bow**'s last known case. [Cowboy Western Comics #46]   * **Spurs Jackson**, **Hank Roper** and **Strong Bow**'s last known case. [Cowboy Western Comics #46]
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 === September, 1953 === === September, 1953 ===
  
-  * A middle-aged man identified only as [[the Teller of Tales]] begins telling stories of horror from his personal library. He keeps company with monsters who also act as storytellers called [[Freddie Demon]], [[Garry Ghoul]], [[Victor Vampire]], and [[Walter Werewolf]], although it should be noted that these are not their real names, since the Teller admits to making up these comical aliases for his own amusement. The Teller's true name is Walker, a former scientist who was caught in an explosion while experimenting with radioactive isotopes and through the accident gained amazing mental powers and the ability to see through walls and read anyone's mind. While he originally attempted to use his powers to help people, he soon found that he could not change fate and became an observer. [Horrific #8]+  * A middle-aged man identified only as [[Teller of Tales|the Teller of Tales]] begins telling stories of horror from his personal library. He keeps company with monsters who also act as storytellers called [[Freddie Demon]], [[Garry Ghoul]], [[Victor Vampire]], and [[Walter Werewolf]], although it should be noted that these are not their real names, since the Teller admits to making up these comical aliases for his own amusement. The Teller's true name is Walker, a former scientist who was caught in an explosion while experimenting with radioactive isotopes and through the accident gained amazing mental powers and the ability to see through walls and read anyone's mind. While he originally attempted to use his powers to help people, he soon found that he could not change fate and became an observer. [Horrific #8]
  
 === November, 1953 === === November, 1953 ===
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 === December, 1953 === === December, 1953 ===
  
-  * Death itself appears in the form of [[Doctor Death]] for the first time. [This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) #15]+  * Death itself appears in the form of [[Doctor Death (Earth-4)|Doctor Death]] for the first time. [This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) #15]
   * The mummy of Rah Kamsis, an ancient Egyptian sorceress and witch of the dead, is briefly brought back to life by a ray invented by the famous scientist Prof. Vincent Huntley, who happens to be a direct descendant of Tutankhamun, the Pharaoh who entombed Rah Kamsis. After Prof. Huntley brings the mummy of Rah Kamsis back to his estate to display his revival ray, the mummy murders Huntley and drains his life force, then kills several other scientists there. The mummy then attempts to place Rah Kamsis' soul into Huntley's daughter Karen, Tutankhamun's last descendant. Huntley's assistant Steve Drake uses the black book entombed with the mummy to summon the spirit of Tutankhamun, who finally defeats Rah Kamsis once and for all. //Note: Rah Kamsis is likely a protege of the Egyptian sorceress Hatshepsut II, known as Princess Evila, sorceress of the Nile, who rose to power some 50 years before Rah Kamsis' own rise to power in ancient Egypt. Steve Drake and Karen Huntley survive and probably marry and reproduce sometime after this story, allowing the descended line of good King Tut to continue.// [The Thing! (Charlton) #12]   * The mummy of Rah Kamsis, an ancient Egyptian sorceress and witch of the dead, is briefly brought back to life by a ray invented by the famous scientist Prof. Vincent Huntley, who happens to be a direct descendant of Tutankhamun, the Pharaoh who entombed Rah Kamsis. After Prof. Huntley brings the mummy of Rah Kamsis back to his estate to display his revival ray, the mummy murders Huntley and drains his life force, then kills several other scientists there. The mummy then attempts to place Rah Kamsis' soul into Huntley's daughter Karen, Tutankhamun's last descendant. Huntley's assistant Steve Drake uses the black book entombed with the mummy to summon the spirit of Tutankhamun, who finally defeats Rah Kamsis once and for all. //Note: Rah Kamsis is likely a protege of the Egyptian sorceress Hatshepsut II, known as Princess Evila, sorceress of the Nile, who rose to power some 50 years before Rah Kamsis' own rise to power in ancient Egypt. Steve Drake and Karen Huntley survive and probably marry and reproduce sometime after this story, allowing the descended line of good King Tut to continue.// [The Thing! (Charlton) #12]
  
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 === August, 1954 === === August, 1954 ===
  
-  * After a few years of special classified work overseas for the Central Intelligence Department, Dan Garret returns to the U.S. Still a CID agent, he rejoins the New York Police Department as his cover and resumes his **[[Blue Beetle]]** mystery man career, marking the beginning of a new (although brief) era of mystery men, which finally ends with the disappearance of Nature Boy at the end of the 1950s. //Note: This story is a reprint, and the first new Blue Beetle story is not until Blue Beetle (Charlton) #20, but this issue can be marked as Blue Beetle's return. Although Joan Mason (now a redhead) and Mike Mannigan call Dan Garret a rookie, they mean it as a friendly jibe aimed at him after his return to the NYPD after his third absence from the police force (the first was from 1942-1944, the second was from 1948-1950, and the third was from 1950-1954). As part of his cover as a secret CID agent, Dan also acts much less competent than he really is.// [Space Adventures #13] +  * After a few years of special classified work overseas for the Central Intelligence Department, Dan Garret returns to the U.S. Still a CID agent, he rejoins the New York Police Department as his cover and resumes his **Blue Beetle** mystery man career, marking the beginning of a new (although brief) era of mystery men, which finally ends with the disappearance of Nature Boy at the end of the 1950s. //Note: This story is a reprint, and the first new Blue Beetle story is not until Blue Beetle (Charlton) #20, but this issue can be marked as Blue Beetle's return. Although Joan Mason (now a redhead) and Mike Mannigan call Dan Garret a rookie, they mean it as a friendly jibe aimed at him after his return to the NYPD after his third absence from the police force (the first was from 1942-1944, the second was from 1948-1950, and the third was from 1950-1954). As part of his cover as a secret CID agent, Dan also acts much less competent than he really is.// [Space Adventures #13] 
-  * **[[The Black Cobra]]** resumes his mystery man career as a communist spy smasher. An office boy at the FBI becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[the Cobra Kid II]]**. [Black Cobra (Ajax-Farrell) #1]+  * **The Black Cobra** resumes his mystery man career as a communist spy smasher. An office boy at the FBI becomes his teenaged crime-fighting partner, **[[Cobra Kid II|the Cobra Kid II]]**. [Black Cobra (Ajax-Farrell) #1]
   * In an unnamed U.S. city, Lt. Detective Paul Andrews encounters an extraterrestrial shapeshifter who kills a few people while in the guise of another alien species. After informing Andrews that the human race has no chance of surviving without outside intervention, and that it hasn't decided whether humanity is worthy of their help, it flies away in the form of a flying saucer. ["Monster in the Building," Strange Fantasy #14]   * In an unnamed U.S. city, Lt. Detective Paul Andrews encounters an extraterrestrial shapeshifter who kills a few people while in the guise of another alien species. After informing Andrews that the human race has no chance of surviving without outside intervention, and that it hasn't decided whether humanity is worthy of their help, it flies away in the form of a flying saucer. ["Monster in the Building," Strange Fantasy #14]
  
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 === October, 1954 === === October, 1954 ===
  
-  * Sandra Knight resumes her mystery woman career as **[[Phantom Lady]]**. [Phantom Lady (Ajax-Farrell) #5 (1)] +  * Sandra Knight resumes her mystery woman career as **Phantom Lady**. [Phantom Lady (Ajax-Farrell) #5 (1)] 
-  * Kip Adams becomes the mystery man known as **[[the Flame III]]**. [Flame (Ajax-Farrell) #5 (1)]+  * Kip Adams becomes the mystery man known as **[[Flame (Kip Adams)|the Flame III]]**. [Flame (Ajax-Farrell) #5 (1)]
  
 === November, 1954 === === November, 1954 ===
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   * **Yarko the Great**, mightiest magician of all time, returns for a **single case** in which he combats a group of Viking warriors that had been preserved in the ice for a thousand years and thawed out by a criminal. //Note: This story is actually an Ibis the Invincible story reprinted from Whiz Comics #45, with the year updated from 1943 to 1955. Since this is merely a reprint and not an original Ibis story, we conclude that there is no Ibis the Invincible on Earth-4. Rather, Yarko the Great acted as a substitution in this story, assisted by an unnamed wife (in place of Ibis' wife Taia) whose identity has not yet been revealed.// [Danger and Adventure #22]   * **Yarko the Great**, mightiest magician of all time, returns for a **single case** in which he combats a group of Viking warriors that had been preserved in the ice for a thousand years and thawed out by a criminal. //Note: This story is actually an Ibis the Invincible story reprinted from Whiz Comics #45, with the year updated from 1943 to 1955. Since this is merely a reprint and not an original Ibis story, we conclude that there is no Ibis the Invincible on Earth-4. Rather, Yarko the Great acted as a substitution in this story, assisted by an unnamed wife (in place of Ibis' wife Taia) whose identity has not yet been revealed.// [Danger and Adventure #22]
-  * **[[Wonder Boy]]**, an alien boy with super-strength, begins adventures. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of Wonder Boy and is not the same character as the original version published by Quality Comics, as this version is a boy in the 1950s, while the original was a boy in the 1940s. The Quality version of Wonder Boy exists on Earth-X.// [Terrific Comics (Ajax-Farrell) #16]+  * **[[Wonder Boy (Earth-4)|Wonder Boy]]**, an alien boy with super-strength, begins adventures. //Note: This is the Earth-4 version of Wonder Boy and is not the same character as the original version published by Quality Comics, as this version is a boy in the 1950s, while the original was a boy in the 1940s. The Quality version of Wonder Boy exists on Earth-X.// [Terrific Comics (Ajax-Farrell) #16]
   * **Black Cobra** and **Cobra Kid**'s last case. [Black Cobra (Ajax-Farrell) v2 #3]   * **Black Cobra** and **Cobra Kid**'s last case. [Black Cobra (Ajax-Farrell) v2 #3]
  
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   * **Samson** resumes his mystery man career. [Samson (Ajax-Farrell) #12]   * **Samson** resumes his mystery man career. [Samson (Ajax-Farrell) #12]
-  * Donning a power-suit slightly boosting his agility, speed, and strength, Rip Regan becomes the globetrotting mystery man known as **[[the Red Rocket]]** and has a **single case**. //Note: This story is edited and slightly redrawn from a Power-Man story from Fight Comics #14, published by Fiction House. Because of this, the Red Rocket can be considered the Earth-4 version of Power-Man. Although the Red Rocket's identity is never stated in this story, he probably has the name Rip Regan, which is Power-Man's identity. This Red Rocket is not the same character as the Red Rocket of the year 2042 AD, published in Captain Flight Comics by Four Star Publications. The 2042 Red Rocket (Rod Page) is probably a descendant of Rip Regan.// [Phantom Lady (Ajax-Farrell) #3] +  * Donning a power-suit slightly boosting his agility, speed, and strength, Rip Regan becomes the globetrotting mystery man known as **[[Red Rocket (Rip Regan)|the Red Rocket]]** and has a **single case**. //Note: This story is edited and slightly redrawn from a Power-Man story from Fight Comics #14, published by Fiction House. Because of this, the Red Rocket can be considered the Earth-4 version of Power-Man. Although the Red Rocket's identity is never stated in this story, he probably has the name Rip Regan, which is Power-Man's identity. This Red Rocket is not the same character as the Red Rocket of the year 2042 AD, published in Captain Flight Comics by Four Star Publications. The 2042 Red Rocket (Rod Page) is probably a descendant of Rip Regan.// [Phantom Lady (Ajax-Farrell) #3] 
-  * [[Capt. Michael Gallant]] of the Foreign Legion begins his adventures. [Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955 NBC television series); Captain Gallant #1]+  * [[Michael Gallant|Capt. Michael Gallant]] of the Foreign Legion begins his adventures. [Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955 NBC television series); Captain Gallant #1]
  
 === March, 1955 === === March, 1955 ===
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   * [[Mike Danger]] begins his adventures. [Danger and Adventure #24]   * [[Mike Danger]] begins his adventures. [Danger and Adventure #24]
   * [[Johnny Adventure]] begins his adventures. [Danger and Adventure #24]   * [[Johnny Adventure]] begins his adventures. [Danger and Adventure #24]
-  * [[Bo]], a dog, begins his adventures. [Bo #1] +  * [[Bo (dog)|Bo]], a dog, begins his adventures. [Bo #1] 
-  * [[Inspector John K. Farnsworth]] of Scotland Yard has first public case. [Scotland Yard #1]+  * [[John K. Farnsworth|Inspector John K. Farnsworth]] of Scotland Yard has first public case. [Scotland Yard #1]
   * [[Capt. Brooks]], secret agent, has **only two cases**. [Danger (Charlton) #12]   * [[Capt. Brooks]], secret agent, has **only two cases**. [Danger (Charlton) #12]
   * The USSR builds a space platform and puts it into orbit. On a reconnaisance assignment from the CID, Blue Beetle is attacked by Soviet weapons and retaliates by bringing the platform out of orbit and back into Earth's atmosphere, ending the nuclear threat to the world. [Blue Beetle (Charlton) #20]   * The USSR builds a space platform and puts it into orbit. On a reconnaisance assignment from the CID, Blue Beetle is attacked by Soviet weapons and retaliates by bringing the platform out of orbit and back into Earth's atmosphere, ending the nuclear threat to the world. [Blue Beetle (Charlton) #20]
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   * **Samson**'s last case. [Samson (Ajax-Farrell) #14]   * **Samson**'s last case. [Samson (Ajax-Farrell) #14]
   * [[Danny Blaze]], firefighter, begins his adventures. [Danny Blaze #1]   * [[Danny Blaze]], firefighter, begins his adventures. [Danny Blaze #1]
-  * [[The Unknown Soldier]], the spirit of an unidentified fallen soldier who represents them all, appears for the first time to tell tales of the tragedy of war. [Never Again #1]+  * [[Unknown Soldier (Earth-4)|The Unknown Soldier]], the spirit of an unidentified fallen soldier who represents them all, appears for the first time to tell tales of the tragedy of war. [Never Again #1]
   * [["Gumbo" Galahad]], screwball of the hills, has various comedic adventures with his friends and relatives in the Ozarks. [Hillbilly Comics #1]   * [["Gumbo" Galahad]], screwball of the hills, has various comedic adventures with his friends and relatives in the Ozarks. [Hillbilly Comics #1]
  
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   * **Danny Blaze**'s last case. [Danny Blaze #2]   * **Danny Blaze**'s last case. [Danny Blaze #2]
   * **Little Al Conway** of the Secret Service's last case. [Scotland Yard #3]   * **Little Al Conway** of the Secret Service's last case. [Scotland Yard #3]
-  * The great English detective [[Sherlock Holmes]], still not having aged after nearly a century of sleuthing, has a series of adventures in the United States working alongside local law enforcement and by request of the U.S. government. //Note: The 1940s Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone -- beginning with Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) and ending with Dressed to Kill (1946) -- may feature the same character, a Sherlock Holmes who operates in contemporary times (in that case World War II) without having aged at all since the Victorian Era.// [Sherlock Holmes (Charlton) #1]+  * The great English detective **Sherlock Holmes**, still not having aged after nearly a century of sleuthing, has a series of adventures in the United States working alongside local law enforcement and by request of the U.S. government. //Note: The 1940s Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone -- beginning with Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) and ending with Dressed to Kill (1946) -- may feature the same character, a Sherlock Holmes who operates in contemporary times (in that case World War II) without having aged at all since the Victorian Era.// [Sherlock Holmes (Charlton) #1]
  
 === September, 1955 === === September, 1955 ===
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   * The mysterious [[Doctor Haunt]] makes his first appearance. [This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #12]   * The mysterious [[Doctor Haunt]] makes his first appearance. [This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #12]
   * **The Unknown Soldier**'s last appearance. [Never Again #8]   * **The Unknown Soldier**'s last appearance. [Never Again #8]
-  * [[Nyoka the jungle girl]], begins adventures as a jungle guide in Kenya. //Note: Nyoka of Earth-4, who is blonde, has strange speech patterns, and appears only in new Charlton stories, is a parallel Earth version of Nyoka Gordon of Earth-S, who is brunette and appears in the original Fawcett series and the film serials. Therefore, the Fawcett series does not take place on Earth-4.// [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #17]+  * [[Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Earth-4)|Nyoka the Jungle Girl]], begins adventures as a jungle guide in Kenya. //Note: Nyoka of Earth-4, who is blonde, has strange speech patterns, and appears only in new Charlton stories, is a parallel Earth version of Nyoka Gordon of Earth-S, who is brunette and appears in the original Fawcett series and the film serials. Therefore, the Fawcett series does not take place on Earth-4.// [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #17]
   * **Mike Danger** and **Johnny Adventure**'s last case. [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #17]   * **Mike Danger** and **Johnny Adventure**'s last case. [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #17]
   * **"Gumbo" Galahad**'s last appearance. [Hillbilly Comics #4]   * **"Gumbo" Galahad**'s last appearance. [Hillbilly Comics #4]
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   * **Mister Muscles**' last case, as well as that of **Kid Muscles** and **Miss Muscles**. [Mr. Muscles #23]   * **Mister Muscles**' last case, as well as that of **Kid Muscles** and **Miss Muscles**. [Mr. Muscles #23]
-  * [[The Mysterious Traveler]], who claims that nothing is unknown to him, reappears for the first time since his last appearance in 1952. He is a figure wearing a dark trench coat and hat who is able to observe events unseen, has vague mystical powers, seems to be able to travel through time and space effortlessly, and rarely intervenes (but does intervene occasionally). [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #1]+  * **The Mysterious Traveler**, who claims that nothing is unknown to him, reappears for the first time since his last appearance in 1952. He is a figure wearing a dark trench coat and hat who is able to observe events unseen, has vague mystical powers, seems to be able to travel through time and space effortlessly, and rarely intervenes (but does intervene occasionally). [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #1]
   * The Mysterious Traveler meets the spirit of time itself, Father Time, who prevents a plot to destroy a Swiss watchmaking factory that makes the greatest timepieces in the world. [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #1]   * The Mysterious Traveler meets the spirit of time itself, Father Time, who prevents a plot to destroy a Swiss watchmaking factory that makes the greatest timepieces in the world. [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #1]
   * **Johnny Dynamite**'s last case. [Foreign Intrigues #15]   * **Johnny Dynamite**'s last case. [Foreign Intrigues #15]
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-  * [[Martin Kane]], private investigator, resumes adventures as a globe-trotting detective after setting up shop in London, England. [Martin Kane, Private Investigator/The Return of Martin Kane/The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957 syndicated television series)]+  * **Martin Kane**, private investigator, resumes adventures as a globe-trotting detective after setting up shop in London, England. [Martin Kane, Private Investigator/The Return of Martin Kane/The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957 syndicated television series)]
   * **Nyoka**'s last adventure. [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #22]   * **Nyoka**'s last adventure. [Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Charlton) #22]
  
 === October, 1957 === === October, 1957 ===
  
-  * An Englishman named John Potter, who has never needed food but only water and whose skin has turned green, prompting people to call him [[the Green Man]], learns that he is a plant-man and leaves civilization in search of a green girl like him. **No further appearances**. ["The Green Man," This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #14]+  * An Englishman named John Potter, who has never needed food but only water and whose skin has turned green, prompting people to call him [[Green Man (John Potter)|the Green Man]], learns that he is a plant-man and leaves civilization in search of a green girl like him. **No further appearances**. ["The Green Man," This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #14]
   * [[Lance Cabot]], a chemistry student at a state university, has an accident with chemicals that changes his atomic structure, causing him to shrink. He is able to tell his story to Capt. Samuels of the Bureau of Missing Persons just before he shrinks to microscopic size and even smaller. ["The Man Who Disappeared," This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #14]   * [[Lance Cabot]], a chemistry student at a state university, has an accident with chemicals that changes his atomic structure, causing him to shrink. He is able to tell his story to Capt. Samuels of the Bureau of Missing Persons just before he shrinks to microscopic size and even smaller. ["The Man Who Disappeared," This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton) v2 #14]
   * A man named [[Mister Evriman]] becomes a hit on quiz game shows when anyone looking at him sees a person just like himself. Mister Evriman, calling himself Homer Evriman at this time, is nothing less than the collective spirit of humanity itself, appearing at its hour of need. ["Mister Evriman," Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #6]   * A man named [[Mister Evriman]] becomes a hit on quiz game shows when anyone looking at him sees a person just like himself. Mister Evriman, calling himself Homer Evriman at this time, is nothing less than the collective spirit of humanity itself, appearing at its hour of need. ["Mister Evriman," Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #6]
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 === November, 1957 === === November, 1957 ===
  
-  * [[Sgt. Joe Pride]] of the Racket Squad police division, with partner Hank O'Hare, has his first public case. //Note: this appears to be a story intended for a comic based on the Dragnet television series, since Sgt. Joe Pride is identical to Sgt. Joe Friday. Because Ms. Michael Tree is Joe Friday's daughter in her own continuity, Ms. Tree is Joe Pride's daughter in Earth-4's continuity.// [Racket Squad in Action #28]+  * [[Joe Pride|Sgt. Joe Pride]] of the Racket Squad police division, with partner Hank O'Hare, has his first public case. //Note: this appears to be a story intended for a comic based on the Dragnet television series, since Sgt. Joe Pride is identical to Sgt. Joe Friday. Because Ms. Michael Tree is Joe Friday's daughter in her own continuity, Ms. Tree is Joe Pride's daughter in Earth-4's continuity.// [Racket Squad in Action #28]
   * The Mysterious Traveler rescues the Soviet dog Laika from Sputnik 2 while in orbit. The general public believes that Laika died in space. [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #12]   * The Mysterious Traveler rescues the Soviet dog Laika from Sputnik 2 while in orbit. The general public believes that Laika died in space. [Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #12]
  
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   * After Nature Girl dies of illness, Nature Boy rebels against the Masters of the Elements who granted them powers. They retaliate by taking away his memories, and David Crandall wanders the world as an amnesiac who doesn't know his powers until 1985, when his memories return during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"]   * After Nature Girl dies of illness, Nature Boy rebels against the Masters of the Elements who granted them powers. They retaliate by taking away his memories, and David Crandall wanders the world as an amnesiac who doesn't know his powers until 1985, when his memories return during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. ["The Natural: Masters of the Elements"]
 +  * In Los Angeles, Assistant District Attorney Larry Davis (formerly the Cub, kid sidekick to the original Black Lion, George Davis) becomes the **[[Black Lion (Larry Davis)|Black Lion II]]** and takes on the Mafia single-handedly as a vigilante. Sometime later he goes missing, and he is rumored to have been killed by the Mafia, with his body buried under Dodger Stadium (which began construction in September, 1959, and was officially opened in 1962). ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-4/paragons1985-01-2/|The Paragons: Deus Ex Astra, Book 1, Chapter 2: The Dart]]"]
  
 === February, 1959 === === February, 1959 ===
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 === August, 1959 === === August, 1959 ===
  
-  * Clint Curtis joins [[the Road Knights]]. [Hot Rods and Racing Cars #42]+  * Clint Curtis joins [[Road Knights|the Road Knights]]. [Hot Rods and Racing Cars #42]
  
 === September, 1959 === === September, 1959 ===
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