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Icicle

(Joar Makent part #1])

The Golden Age version of the character, though he endured into the 1990s. Criminal, genius, wielder of the cold gun. As of January of 2020, this profile was overhauled for concision and smoother reading. It was also cleft in two to facilitate reading on smartphones.

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G.I. Robot Mk2 “Mac”

(a.k.a. GI Robot)

Apparently the second prototype of the G.I. Robot program of World War Two in the DC Universe. As of November of 2019, this profile was polished and received a Mutants & Masterminds robot module.

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Master Mind Excello

(Earl Everett)

Obscure 1940 proto-Marvel super-hero. All-knowing and nigh-invincible defender of America. As of January of 2019, this profile received excellent M&M stats and was mindfully remastered.

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Black Widow

(Natalia Romanova) (Profile #1 - 1927-1946)

An unreasonably thorough explanation about the Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) from the origins to the end of the Great Patriotic War. Buckle up, it's something of a ride. As of January of 2019, this profile has received yet more polishing, and was cleft due to length.

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Black Widow

(Natalia Romanova) (Profile #2 - 1946-1965)

Part the second of our beautiful and deadly character profile for Natalia Romanova. This one covers 1946-1965, but in practice it mostly corresponds to her earliest Marvel appearances as a femme fatale after Tony Stark's industrial assets. Or at least, what he insists are industrial assets.

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Nyola the Aztec rain priestess

A 1940s DC Comics character with a surprising amount of backstory - once you start thinking about it. Magical weather powers.

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Catwoman

(Profile #1 - 1940s, part 1)

This is specifically for the earliest (1940-1949) versions of Catwoman (a.k.a. the Cat, a.k.a. the Cat Woman). Because she changes a lot over time. As of November of 2018, this article was overhauled, and is now presented as a two-parter due to all the additional material.

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Mister Who

An obscure yet perfectly viable enemy of Doctor Fate, mostly seen during the 1940s. Growth and (sometimes) physical adaptation/morphing powers. Criminal mastermind type.

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Superwoman

(Lois Lane in 1943)

In 1943, a dreaming Lois Lane became the first Superwoman. It was a short but intriguing story, and clearly it can be made even better by adding RPG stats. I mean, that's obvious to everyone, right ?

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Captain Ironfist

An obscure 1942 enemy of Superman and Lois Lane. Possibly a ghost pirate, but prolly not.

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Night-Owl

(1940s Superman enemy)

A criminal mastermind with darkness technology. He fought Superman and Lois Lane in 1942. Those were the days, my friend.

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Monster

(Jason Rogers)

One of the notable enemies of the Justice Society of America during the 1940s - there aren't that many, really. He's a cliché yet he works pretty well.

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Madame Death

A 1940s mobster with some potential to her, who later became a time traveller since that was a Tuesday. Ally of the Future Man.

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Future Man

(Timely Comics)

A 1946 proto-Marvel time-travelling villain, who fought the All-Winners (the post-War version of the Invaders, more or less). He's confirmed to have existed in the Marvel Universe, and seems useful.

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Terror

(Laslo Pevely)

A fairly obscure Golden Age killer vigilante with minor powers and a sinister Gothic appearance. As of October of 2017, the Terror has received skull-faced M&M stats. And as of June of 2018, the illustrations were redone and the text was combed back.

Water Sprite

An obscure Superman enemy from the 1940s. When the nights were young, when we could do no wrong.

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Dawn Man

An odd but generally friendly prehistoric man. He appeared in a 1940s Superman story.

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Strongarm Bandit

A circus strongman who fought Superman that one time, in 1940.

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B.J. Blazkowicz

(Profile #1 - Wolfenstein 3D)

So that's the version of B.J. Blazkowicz who is featured in the vintage Wolfenstein 3D video game - later (and earlier) versions would be a different profile. Super-elite World War Two commando. The profile includes game emulation rules. As of September of 2017, B.J. now has dauntless M&M stats.

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Tigress

(Zatara enemy)

An early (1938) Golden Age villainess who fought Zatara the Magician (DC Comics' Mandrake expy). She has an interesting legacy, she does. Now with elegantly striped M&M stats, to boot.

Vanishing Banisher

A foppish occult defender with something of a hereditary curse problem.

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White Rajah

One of those colonial White Saviour types from the Golden Age. More specifically, White Rajah appeared a few times in Fawcett comic books, starting with Master Comics #1 in 1940. He has an elephant, but do not fret - the elephant is white too.

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Giganta

(Golden Age version)

This is Giganta as she appeared a few times in 1940s Wonder Woman adventures. Peak human strength, agility and ferocity.

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Syonide

(1946 Wonder Woman enemy)

An obscure, odd Golden Age Wonder Woman encounter. A crazy goblin with an axe and an obsession about Pocahontas.

Invisible Knight

One of the characters created for our Halloween of 2015 contest. International adventurer with various magical artefacts and decades-long ties to a city lost in dreams.

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Pat Parker, War Nurse

A 1940s action heroine whose strip was published by Harvey Comics in Speed Comics. She's a two-fisted nurse fighting WWII in hot pants and a mask, as was the style of the day.

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Magician from Mars

One of the earliest comic book super-powered heroines, debuting in 1940. An odd, brief-lived character with unlimited powers.

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Fantomah

Fantomah is probably the first super-powered heroine in US comics. She starred in pretty weird stories starting in 1940, and is a powerful mystical guardian.

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Generic Vahine

(The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain)

Here they are at least - the tiger women of Wildmoon Mountain with their potions, their flying tiger mounts, and so on. They once attacked The Jungle protected by Fantomah.

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Org and the giant spiders

A notable foe of Fantomah, with hypnotic drum beats and a small army of elephant-sized spiders.