Tag Archive for "1930s debut"

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.

Jimmy Olsen

(During the Silver Age, as Superman's Pal)

An overview of Jimmy Olsen as he specifically appeared in those goofy, surreal Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Pal comics of the Silver Age. Super duper !

Shadow

(Matt Wagner's version)

This is specifically the version of The Shadow who appears in the excellent Year One miniseries by Matt Wagner.

Margo Lane

(Matt Wagner's The Shadow: Year One)

The version of Margo Lane -- The Shadow's "friend and companion" -- appearing in Matt Wagner's excellent The Shadow: Year One for Dynamite Comics.

Snow White

(Walt Disney version)

This profile is for the 1937 Walt Disney cartoon version, which you might remember has super-powers.

Superman

(Superman Chronicles vol. 1)

Superman during his earliest appearances (1938-1939).

Captain Marvel

(1941 Republic serial version)

The version of Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) in the 1941 Republic serial, the first comic book adaptation to video. Shazam !

Conan the Barbarian

(Classic Marvel Comics version)

An overview of Conan during his Marvel Comics appearances (both original stories and literary adaptations). The profile comes with various setting notes.

John Aman, the Prince of Orphans

The most powerful of the Immortal Weapons of the Heavenly Cities in Immortal Iron Fist.

Kato Hayashi

(Matt Wagner take)

The chauffeur and partner of the Green Hornet, active during the 1930s and 1940s. This is the Matt Wagner retelling version.

Green Hornet

(Britt Reid) (Matt Wagner take for Dynamite)

One of the essential mystery men - masked vigilantes from the pulps and radio series. Tremble, evil !

Sorcerer Supremes of Earth – a chronology

A useful timeline of the persons who were Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Universe.

Deep Ones

(Cthulhu mythos)

These are the Deep Ones from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, and particularly his Shadow over Innsmouth novella.

Spider, master of men

(Richard Wentworth)

A pulps ultra-violent vigilante with an horrific appearances and, of course, twin death-dealing blazing .45s.

Superman

(Clark Kent) (Earth-1 version, PRE-CRISIS SCALE)

A primarily technical DC Heroes RPG article about Superman as he generally existed before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, using the pre-Crisis power scale.