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* A huge criminal gang led by " | * A huge criminal gang led by " | ||
- | * The Blue Beetle | + | * The Blue Beetle |
* 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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* **Lt. Drake**' | * **Lt. Drake**' | ||
* Jack Cody becomes the western-based mystery man known as **[[Black Rider|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]]** |
* **[[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, | * 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, | ||
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* 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)] | * 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 | + | * Inspired by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, the patriotic |
* 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]]**, | * 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]]**, | ||
* After being shipwrecked, | * After being shipwrecked, | ||
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* **Gladiator**' | * **Gladiator**' | ||
* **Nightbird**' | * **Nightbird**' | ||
- | * **Green Mask** and **Domino**' | + | * **Green Mask** and **Domino**' |
* **Wraith**' | * **Wraith**' | ||
- | * **Lynx** and **Blackie**' | + | * **Lynx** and **Blackie**' |
* **Zanzibar**' | * **Zanzibar**' | ||
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=== January, 1942 === | === January, 1942 === | ||
- | * **[[Mystery Men of America|The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: | + | * **[[Mystery Men of America|The Mystery Men of America]]** is formed by eight costumed mystery-men: |
* 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 (android)|Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton' | * **[[Volton (android)|Volton II]]** appears. //Note: This is an android with all of the original Volton' | ||
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=== 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)] | ||
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* **Deep Sea Dawson**' | * **Deep Sea Dawson**' | ||
* **Captain Dash**' | * **Captain Dash**' | ||
- | * 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 === |