Characters 2

Fate - Living embodiment of Fate created specifically to keep time.

Abdul Karin - Mr. Risk’s business partner

Adam Risk - Detective Mr. Risk, known as "the man who knows no fear," makes himself available to those in peril, especially when the case involves something beyond the norm. He is assisted by his faithful companion, Abdul and his enemies include the likes of The Cougar and Nadya Burnett.

Ace McCoy - Ace McCoy was a pilot and federal special agent who was aided by Bill Regan, his mechanic.

Jason McCloud - Black Puma, or sometimes the Puma, was a costumed criminal that led a crime ring that used slave labor to make counterfeit doped cigarettes under the orders of the Nazis. His lair was full of death traps and he had a fake hospital ship to use as a front for growing his drugs. He was eventually defeated by Magno and Davey. Even though it was his first published appearance, this was not the first time the heroes had faced Black Puma. He was not allied with the Nazis the last time they had met.

Ralph Nelson - Ralph Nelson, District Attorney, put on a costume to fight criminals as the Black Spider. He was assisted by his secretary, Peggy Dodge. Peggy was aware of his costumed identity and occasionally aided him, wearing a white handkerchief over the bottom of her face to conceal her identity. He had no powers but was a good fighter and carried specially trained spiders that he kept in a container on his belt.

James Mooney - The Vulture was a brilliant inventor who turned to piracy in the Gulf of Mexico. He wore a pair of artifical wings that allowed him to fly and he operated out of the Black City of the Sky, a floating castle fortress full of high tech weapons and technology. He used a substance called Purple Fog to confound the crew of the ships that his men attacked. The Vulture himself used a flame pistol and his wings could be used to protect him from attacks. Lash Lightning managed to destroy the Black City of the Sky, with the Vulture apparently trapped inside.

Unknown - A spiritual entity cursed to wander earth spiritual entity that narrated the stories but seldom interfered. There has been some speculation that the Unknown and Unknown Soldier are one and the same, but the comics themselves don't offer any proof that this is the case.

Walter Weston - Toad, or Weston as his men called him, was a Nazi agent who created a machine that sent out sonic waves and a second one converted sound waves into electric blasts powerful enough to kill. Using his dastardly machine the Toad forced Congress to sign a peace treaty with the Axis powers. However, Lash Lightning foils his plans by asking America go silent giving the Toad's machines no sound waves to manipulate. Now useless Lightning destroys the monster's machines and turns him into the authorities.

Nita Dell - Nita Dell and her partner in crime Brett Hannigan robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hideout from the police in a waxworks show's tent. They seek refuge in a hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. However, the police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody with a slight pulse.

However, the waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monster they hid in so that she could get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed and go on a killing spree with the cops helpless to stop them in their new bulletproof monster forms.

Lizette decides however to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch then convinces the duo to drink witch's brew in order to restore them to their human forms. Instead it makes them go into a berserk rage causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies though both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms.

The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of going with the police she runs into her burning cauldron and burns to death.

Terrance Silvertill - The Tiger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on "The Lost Island" just off Singapore. Later he teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to steal a ruby. He also tried to kill his niece, Rita Van Dyke, but he was stopped by Lash Lightning, who unmasked him.

Three Cheers. - Bart, Boom, and Sis were former vaudeville performers who joined the military. However, when a Nazi agent named Malko framed them for a crime they did not commit, they were discharged. Undaunted, they set out to clear their names as "the Three Cheers."

Victor Starlin The Teacher was a "free-lance espionage expert" and mad scientist who specialized in brainwashing. He dressed in a cap and gown and would hook his "students" up to mind control devices. The Teacher made Captain John Blake spy for the Japanese army in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Lash Lightning and Captain Blake's daughter Isobel came to Alaska to clear Blake's name. The Teacher sent men in insulated suits to capture them and wired Lightning to a device that would use his own electricity to kill him. But Lightning survived and transformed Isobel into Lightning Girl . She got help from the navy in time while Lightning broke the Teacher's hold on Captain Blake by showing him the American flag. Together they defeated the invading Japanese forces and Captain Blake died a hero, but the Teacher escaped.

Retribution Retribution appears to be the spirit of retribution. When an act needs retaliation, Retribution is there. He semi-narrated horror/suspense stories, acting as retribution for those needing retaliation but could not do it themselves. He achieved retribution for an Egyptian priestess and for an old, rich uncle.

Red Death - Soviet soldier who underwent the bloodshot program.

Faye Morgana - Faye Morgana was a powerful sorceress who sold her services to the Nazis during World War II. She was assigned the task of sabotaging American factories and destorying the heroes known as Sword and Lancer. She was eventually captured after she attempted to betray a villain named the Genius.

Stephen Thatcher - Stephen was a police detective and son of the police chief of Great City. He donned a globular helmet made of one way Argus glass to fight crime at night and steal the ill gotten gains of the corrupt. As the moon man, he also wore a black cloak and gloves. He stole money from criminals and distributed it to the needy. He also carried an automatic and was willing to kill criminals. He battled the Red Six, and picked them off one by one.

James Clay - Jim Clay, a former actor, discarded the make-up kit and joined the F.B.I. He adopted the role of Mr. Whiskers in order to conceal his real identity. His disguise was known only to his superior, Chief Foster, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Marvin Wilson - Marvo was a stage magician and detective who travelled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but they may have just been illusions as well. He speaks cod-Italian-sounding magic words.

David Landis - Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic objects. Later, he gets a sidekick named Davey. He is never seen in a civilian identity or wearing anything except his costume. The Clown was his archnemesis, but he also fought villains such as the Cobra and Black Puma.

Stan Carter - Before he died, Stan Carter's scientist father injected Stan and his brother, Dicky, with an experimental "Power Elixir" that he invented. It left both the Carter boys with a W-shaped scar on each of their chests and powers such as superhuman strength and speed. Using these abilities as well as their multi-terrain vehicle, the Wonder Ship, Stan went on to fight crime as the Lone Warrior with his younger brother Dicky as his sidekick. By day, Stan Carter was an Army enlistee.

Lance Larter - Gaining superhuman strength and armed with a magical lance whenever his friend Arthur Lake, the Sword, draws the Excalibur, Lance also transforms, becoming the Lancer.

Amos Aries - Professor Aries was a criminal who figured out the secret of invisibility. He would put on a blue skin-tight outfit and dip himself in super...er...invisible ink. He eventually decided to quit using this secret for petty crime and to put it to work by raising an army of invisible mercenaries to take over the United States. His squadron of invisible planes bombed a US city, and his invisible mercenaries slaughtered quite a few US troops, before the Unknown Soldier managed to defeat the entire mercenary army by creating a tornado.

Rufino Le Mair - Rufino Le Mair and his brother perfected a quick freezing refrigerating process in France, but then the Nazis invaded. While his brother escaped to America, Rufino joined the Nazis and used his quick freezing tech to become the Icicle. The Icicle had no powers, but could use quick-freezing gas that he let out from a tube connected to his wrist to kill with a touch. He then went to America to stop his brother from building a frozen food plant to aid in the war effort. However, Unknown Soldier accidentally kills him when the tube that releases his quick freezing gas is crushed while fighting and freezes Rufino solid.

Samuel Barkley - Sam Barkley was a famous sportsman who secretly harbored dreams of world domination. As the Green Mask he was willing to resort to murder and kidnapping to destroy America. He carried a gun, and led a gang which included his girlfriend, Lili Damora. He was stopped by X, the Phantom Fed, but he decided to kill himself with a capsule of prussic acid rather than be captured.

Elliot Aqua - The Eel was once a carnival sideshow freak known as Professor Aqua who demonstrated the ability to stay under water for a nearly indefinite amount of time. After years of being stared at, Aqua became tired of being a spectacle. When he realized that he had superhuman strength under water, he decided he could put his powers to use as the slickest criminal in the world. His crimes caught the attention of Lash Lightning, who brought him to justice.

Bud Steele - Budd Steele lost his father when he was only a boy. After witnessing his dad's murder, he strapped on his father’s guns and vowed to rid the west of all killers. In order to do this, Bud spent years becoming a lightning quick cross-draw earning him the nickname of the Cross-Draw Kid. Riding his horse, Thunder, he traveled throughout the West fighting outlaws such as the Skull and El Tigre.

Fritz Martin Fritz Martin was a blackmailer called the Cougar. He was blackmailing an old man who had been to jail before he was married. At times, the old man left money for the Cougar to pick up. One day, one of the old man's twin sons, Tom, spied on the drop. He saw the Cougar and his true identity. He fled back home.

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Tom called Mr. Risk for help. The Cougar, dressed in a black cat costume, invaded the home, killed Tom and tried to kill Tim, not knowing which twin to kill. Mr. Risk arrived too late to save Tom. As the ambulance was leaving with Tim, the Cougar struck, entering the ambulance to finish Tim off. He removes the sheet to find it is Mr. Risk. The two fight until Mr. Risk throws Cougar off the front of the ambulance and onto the street, where Cougar is run down by the ambulance and killed.

The Cougar's claws were coated with lethal poison. He could claw someone with them, or remove them and throw them at his victims like a dart. He also used them to pick locks.

Leo Morez - Leo Morez, also known as the Cobra, was a fanged Nazi agent who dresses in a green or brown snake outfit with poisoned claws.

Clown - A malevolent crazy who seems to work for himself at times and other times for Adolf Hitler. He was a skilled swordsman and an inventor of various brain-washing devices. The Clown's background was never revealed, but his debut story hinted that he was not an American. He was decked out in face-paint and wore a clown outfit. This villain fought Magno the Magnetic Man and Davey on multiple occasions.

Jack Wilson - Jack Wilson worked as an aide to a U.S. Ambassador, but after discovering saboteurs planning to attack America, he becomes Captain Victory. Jack prevented the attack by intercepting and then sinking the ship.

Thomas Tootsie - Captain Tootsie was a superhero created to advertise a product. He would always need to consume a Tootsie Roll for a sudden boost of energy in whatever task he needed to perform. He had a sidekick, a boy named Rollo, and two other young cohorts named Fatso and Fisty (the three of whom, along with the Captain himself, made up the Secret Legion).

Kenjio Murikami - Captain Nippo was a non-powered, costumed Japanese agent who worked to defeat the Allied powers by any means necessary. Ruthless, murderous, self-serving and prone to occasional bouts of cowardliness when facing superior opponents, Captain Nippo was one of the more competent of the embodiments of wartime anti-Japanese stereotypes. Captain Nippo was a recurring opponent of Captain Courageous.

Robert Blake - Seeking to inspire his students, Robert Blake wears a blue buckskin costume and mask, becoming the hero known as Buckskin (or sometimes Buck Skin Blake).

Brett Hannigan - Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show's tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. However, the police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody with a slight pulse. However, the waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monster they hid in so that she could get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed, and go on a killing spree with the cops helpless to stop them in their new bulletproof monster forms.

Lizette decides, however, to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch then convinces the duo to drink witch's brew in order to restore them to their human forms. Instead it makes them go into a berserk rage causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies though, both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms.

The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of going with the police she runs into her burning cauldron and burns to death.

Greg Walsh - The Blue Spark was a mad inventor, who used his advanced technology to conduct criminal and terrorist activities, including kidnapping, murder, extortion and robbery. He was brought to justice by Magno. iger Man was once a pearl merchant operating on "The Lost Island" just off Singapore. Later he teamed up with a native named Sabbat, and staged his own kidnapping, in order to steal a ruby. He also tried to kill his niece, Rita Van Dyke, but he was stopped by Lash Lightning, who unmasked him.

**Three Cheers. -** Bart, Boom, and Sis were former vaudeville performers who joined the military. However, when a Nazi agent named Malko framed them for a crime they did not commit, they were discharged. Undaunted, they set out to clear their names as "the Three Cheers."

**[[Victor Starlin]]** The Teacher was a "free-lance espionage expert" and mad scientist who specialized in brainwashing. He dressed in a cap and gown and would hook his "students" up to mind control devices. The Teacher made Captain John Blake spy for the Japanese army in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Lash Lightning and Captain Blake's daughter Isobel came to Alaska to clear Blake's name. The Teacher sent men in insulated suits to capture them and wired Lightning to a device that would use his own electricity to kill him. But Lightning survived and transformed Isobel into Lightning Girl . She got help from the navy in time while Lightning broke the Teacher's hold on Captain Blake by showing him the American flag. Together they defeated the invading Japanese forces and Captain Blake died a hero, but the Teacher escaped.

**[[Retribution]]** Retribution appears to be the spirit of retribution. When an act needs retaliation, Retribution is there. He semi-narrated horror/suspense stories, acting as retribution for those needing retaliation but could not do it themselves. He achieved retribution for an Egyptian priestess and for an old, rich uncle.

**Red Death -** Soviet soldier who underwent the bloodshot program.

**[[Faye Morgana]] -** Faye Morgana was a powerful sorceress who sold her services to the Nazis during World War II. She was assigned the task of sabotaging American factories and destorying the heroes known as Sword and Lancer. She was eventually captured after she attempted to betray a villain named the Genius.

**[[Stephen Thatcher]] -** Stephen was a police detective and son of the police chief of Great City. He donned a globular helmet made of one way Argus glass to fight crime at night and steal the ill gotten gains of the corrupt. As the moon man, he also wore a black cloak and gloves. He stole money from criminals and distributed it to the needy. He also carried an automatic and was willing to kill criminals. He battled the Red Six, and picked them off one by one.

[[James Clay]] - Jim Clay, a former actor, discarded the make-up kit and joined the F.B.I. He adopted the role of Mr. Whiskers in order to conceal his real identity. His disguise was known only to his superior, Chief Foster, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

**[[Marvin Wilson]] -** Marvo was a stage magician and detective who travelled the United States with his super-intelligent monkey, Tito, fighting criminals such as Lars Vilner using his powers of illusion. He may have possessed other abilities, but they may have just been illusions as well. He speaks cod-Italian-sounding magic words.

[[David Landis]] - Magno the Magnetic Man is a playboy adventurer with the super powers of magnetism and invulnerability who fights crime and battles the Axis. He uses his magnetism to fly and to draw or repel metallic objects. Later, he gets a sidekick named Davey. He is never seen in a civilian identity or wearing anything except his costume. The Clown was his archnemesis, but he also fought villains such as the Cobra and Black Puma.

[[Stan Carter]] - Before he died, Stan Carter's scientist father injected Stan and his brother, Dicky, with an experimental "Power Elixir" that he invented. It left both the Carter boys with a W-shaped scar on each of their chests and powers such as superhuman strength and speed. Using these abilities as well as their multi-terrain vehicle, the Wonder Ship, Stan went on to fight crime as the Lone Warrior with his younger brother Dicky as his sidekick. By day, Stan Carter was an Army enlistee.

**[[Lance Larter]] -** Gaining superhuman strength and armed with a magical lance whenever his friend Arthur Lake, the Sword, draws the Excalibur, Lance also transforms, becoming the Lancer.

**[[Amos Aries]] -** Professor Aries was a criminal who figured out the secret of invisibility. He would put on a blue skin-tight outfit and dip himself in super...er...invisible ink. He eventually decided to quit using this secret for petty crime and to put it to work by raising an army of invisible mercenaries to take over the United States. His squadron of invisible planes bombed a US city, and his invisible mercenaries slaughtered quite a few US troops, before the Unknown Soldier managed to defeat the entire mercenary army by creating a tornado.

[[Rufino Le Mair]] - Rufino Le Mair and his brother perfected a quick freezing refrigerating process in France, but then the Nazis invaded. While his brother escaped to America, Rufino joined the Nazis and used his quick freezing tech to become the Icicle. The Icicle had no powers, but could use quick-freezing gas that he let out from a tube connected to his wrist to kill with a touch. He then went to America to stop his brother from building a frozen food plant to aid in the war effort. However, Unknown Soldier accidentally kills him when the tube that releases his quick freezing gas is crushed while fighting and freezes Rufino solid.

**[[Samuel Barkley]] -** Sam Barkley was a famous sportsman who secretly harbored dreams of world domination. As the Green Mask he was willing to resort to murder and kidnapping to destroy America. He carried a gun, and led a gang which included his girlfriend, Lili Damora. He was stopped by X, the Phantom Fed, but he decided to kill himself with a capsule of prussic acid rather than be captured.

[[Elliot Aqua]] - The Eel was once a carnival sideshow freak known as Professor Aqua who demonstrated the ability to stay under water for a nearly indefinite amount of time. After years of being stared at, Aqua became tired of being a spectacle. When he realized that he had superhuman strength under water, he decided he could put his powers to use as the slickest criminal in the world. His crimes caught the attention of Lash Lightning, who brought him to justice.

[[Bud Steele]] - Budd Steele lost his father when he was only a boy. After witnessing his dad's murder, he strapped on his father’s guns and vowed to rid the west of all killers. In order to do this, Bud spent years becoming a lightning quick cross-draw earning him the nickname of the Cross-Draw Kid. Riding his horse, Thunder, he traveled throughout the West fighting outlaws such as the Skull and El Tigre.

[[Fritz Martin]] Fritz Martin was a blackmailer called the Cougar. He was blackmailing an old man who had been to jail before he was married. At times, the old man left money for the Cougar to pick up. One day, one of the old man's twin sons, Tom, spied on the drop. He saw the Cougar and his true identity. He fled back home.

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Tom called Mr. Risk for help. The Cougar, dressed in a black cat costume, invaded the home, killed Tom and tried to kill Tim, not knowing which twin to kill. Mr. Risk arrived too late to save Tom. As the ambulance was leaving with Tim, the Cougar struck, entering the ambulance to finish Tim off. He removes the sheet to find it is Mr. Risk. The two fight until Mr. Risk throws Cougar off the front of the ambulance and onto the street, where Cougar is run down by the ambulance and killed.

The Cougar's claws were coated with lethal poison. He could claw someone with them, or remove them and throw them at his victims like a dart. He also used them to pick locks.

[[Leo Morez]] - Leo Morez, also known as the Cobra, was a fanged Nazi agent who dresses in a green or brown snake outfit with poisoned claws.

[[Clown]] - A malevolent crazy who seems to work for himself at times and other times for Adolf Hitler. He was a skilled swordsman and an inventor of various brain-washing devices. The Clown's background was never revealed, but his debut story hinted that he was not an American. He was decked out in face-paint and wore a clown outfit. This villain fought Magno the Magnetic Man and Davey on multiple occasions.

[[Jack Wilson]] - Jack Wilson worked as an aide to a U.S. Ambassador, but after discovering saboteurs planning to attack America, he becomes Captain Victory. Jack prevented the attack by intercepting and then sinking the ship.

[[Thomas Tootsie]] - Captain Tootsie was a superhero created to advertise a product. He would always need to consume a Tootsie Roll for a sudden boost of energy in whatever task he needed to perform. He had a sidekick, a boy named Rollo, and two other young cohorts named Fatso and Fisty (the three of whom, along with the Captain himself, made up the Secret Legion).

[[Kenjio Murikami]] - Captain Nippo was a non-powered, costumed Japanese agent who worked to defeat the Allied powers by any means necessary. Ruthless, murderous, self-serving and prone to occasional bouts of cowardliness when facing superior opponents, Captain Nippo was one of the more competent of the embodiments of wartime anti-Japanese stereotypes. Captain Nippo was a recurring opponent of Captain Courageous.

[[Robert Blake]] - Seeking to inspire his students, Robert Blake wears a blue buckskin costume and mask, becoming the hero known as Buckskin (or sometimes Buck Skin Blake).

[[Brett Hannigan]] - Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show's tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. However, the police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody with a slight pulse. However, the waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monster they hid in so that she could get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed, and go on a killing spree with the cops helpless to stop them in their new bulletproof monster forms.

Lizette decides, however, to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch then convinces the duo to drink witch's brew in order to restore them to their human forms. Instead it makes them go into a berserk rage causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies though, both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms.

The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of going with the police she runs into her burning cauldron and burns to death.

[[Greg Walsh]] - The Blue Spark was a mad inventor, who used his advanced technology to conduct criminal and terrorist activities, including kidnapping, murder, extortion and robbery. He was brought to justice by Magno.