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Post by dave on Aug 5, 2023 1:33:35 GMT
Yes Egghead and Mentor came back twenty or more years later. So did Bucky and Ferro Lad. But for 1966 killing heroes was bold, poignant, and different.
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Post by dave on Aug 5, 2023 2:02:27 GMT
In the Fall of 1966 DC canceled House of Secrets with issue #80 in September; though the title would return in 1969 as a vehicle for horror stories old by Abel. But 1966 it had two stars. The villainous Eclipso whose evil schemes were usually thwarted by his heroic alter ego Dr Bruce Gordon,
The second was Prince Ra-Man, an other dimensional man with a wide variety of physical and mental powers. Prince Ra-Man is incorrectly listed in Who's Who and elsewhere as Mark Merlin. Mark Merlin died giving his life force to the then deceased Prince Ra-Man in House of Secrets Vol 1 #73 July 1965).
Mark was a private detective and accomplished occultist with a wide variety of mystical tailsmen, but he was not a spell-caster of any sort. The only ability he had was to transfer his consciousness back and forth to his cat. He was engaged to his partner Elsa Magnusson and they had nice 6 year run of debunking supposed magical fraud and defeating true eldritch menaces until an old foe of Mark banished him to the Dimension of RA.
Mark was permanently stuck there while Elsa was being threatened by his foe. However a long dead hero of Ra could transport back to earth and save Elsa if someone gave his life force to Prince Ra-Man. Mark willingly gave up his life and Prince Ra-Man saved Elsa.
Prince Ra-Man longed to return to his home dimension and his love, Rimah. But he stayed on Earth with the grieving Elsa as his assistant to battles the evil as Mark did as an obligation to his life giver.
Therefore I have two list of villains.
Mark Merlin Cathcart (House of Secrets Vol 1 #56 September 1962) Dr Seven (House of Mystery Vol 1 #61 July 1963) Gargoyle III (House of Secrets vol 1 #73 July 1965) Mongoose (House of Secrets Vol 1 #69 November 1964) The Morloo (House of Secrets Vol 1 #67 July 1964)
Price Ra-ManEclipso (House of Secrets Vol 1 #76 January 1966) Gargoyle III (House of Secrets vol 1 #73 July 1965) The Heap (House of Secrets Vol 1 #75 November 1965) Helio (House of Secrets Vol 1 #76 January 1966) Lord Leopard (House of Secrets Vol 1 #78 May 1966) The Vulkani (House of Secrets Vol 1 #77 March 1966)
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Post by dave on Aug 5, 2023 18:21:12 GMT
IN an unspecified future a space farer named Ace Arn was changed into Ultra-the Multi Alien. He had a short 10 issue run in Mystery in Space and except for his Who's Who listing was never seen again to my knowledge. It was an interesting concept. Here are his villains:
Craniac, the Satellite-Master (Mystery in Space Vol 1 #106 March 1966) Dr Dynamo (Mystery in Space Vol 1 #105 February 1966) Dr Taxo (Mystery in Space Vol 1 # 104 December 1965) Pied Piper VII (Mystery in Space Vol 1 #110 September 1966)
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Post by dans on Aug 6, 2023 11:55:27 GMT
one of the unique things about the Thunder Squad was that they regularly worked with secret agents who didn't have powers, and those agents were considered part of the team and got a lot of air time, as well as the powered agents.
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Post by dave on Sept 11, 2023 1:39:10 GMT
The Sea Devils were a team of scuba divers who were adventuring heroes. the found hidden civilizations and stopped alien invasions as well as battling monsters and villains. They inspired and international team that included a Black African named Molo. Their cancelation left a couple of subplots unresolved. the fate of Dane's father Captain X and his ongoing battle with Man-Fish as well as the romantic triangle between Dane, Judy and Man-Fish. Here are their villains:
Captain (Jared) Hood I (Sea Devils Vol 1 #18 July 1964) Captain Shark II (Sea Devils Vol 1 #1 September 1961) Dr Deep (Sea Devils Vol 1 #19 September 1964) Dr Quad (Sea Devils Vol 1 #21 January 1965) Gamester (Sea Devils Vol 1 #26 November 1965) Horro (Showcase Vol 1#29 November 1960) Man-Fish (Sea Devils Vol 1 #22 March 1965) (See Captain X II) Mantas (Showcase Vol 1#29 November 1960) Mister Neptune II (Sea Devils Vol 1 #2 November 1961) Mister Nero I (Sea Devils VO l #3 January 1962) Octopus Man (Sea Devils Vol 1 #1 September 1961) Scorpio III (Challengers of the Unknown Vol 1 #51 August 1966) (See Challengers of the Unknown, The Sponge) Sea Wolf II (Sea Devils Vol 1 #33 January 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 11, 2023 2:30:09 GMT
Miss Liberty was a sometime guest star in Tomahawk. Bess Lynn ran a network of spies for the Americans during the Revolutionary War and sometime wore a costume as well. She and Tomahawk shared only one villain: the Hood I/Lady Schilling (Tomahawk Vol 1 #110 May 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 11, 2023 3:03:17 GMT
The Superman of 2965 - 2967 is Klar Ken T- 5477 and is a reporter for the Daily Interplanetary News. He is the seventh man to hold the title of Superman. In his last appearance he teamed up with the 20th Batman in the new caped Crusader's first case. Here are the villains of this Version of Superman:
Muto (Superman Vol 1 #181 November 1965) Joker XX (World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #166 May 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 17, 2023 2:50:45 GMT
Animal Man had 7 sporadic appearances in Strange Adventures in 1965- 1967 and only 1 named villain before he returned in the 1980's
Gorilla Boss II (Strange Adventures Vol 1 #201 June 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 17, 2023 5:04:02 GMT
Undersea Agent was a nice companion comic to Thunder Agents that was another United Nations organization. US Navy Lt Davy Jones was he title character and he and his team had a lot of villains for the series short 6 issue run.
Dr Fang (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #1January 1966) Dr Malevolent (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #3 June 1966) Dr Mayhem (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #3 June 1966) The Eel V (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #5 October 1966) King Midas III (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #2 April 1966) Mastermind (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #3 June 1966) (See T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents) T.H.E.M. (The Hosts of Evil Motives) (Undersea Agent Vol 1 #2 April 1966) Mold-Master Mold-Master (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Vol 1 #134 July 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 24, 2023 2:41:57 GMT
The Sentinels were a trio of folk singers who wore masks when they performed on stage, but not then they fought crime. they had a short run as the backup feature in Thunderbolt. It was an interesting strip and I wish they had had longer stories as it had a lot of potential in my opinion. They only had one for and his sentient android.
Mind-Bender (Thunderbolt Vol 2 #55 December 1966) The Titan (Thunderbolt Vol 1 #56 February 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 28, 2023 21:37:45 GMT
Peacemaker was a one-man arsenal determined to stop war even as his alter ego was the imminent peace negotiator Christopher Smith. He started as the backup feature in Fightin' Five in 1966 before flipping positions in 1967. Here are his villains:
The Commodore (Peacemaker Vol 1 #1 March 1967) Emil Bork (Fightin' Five Vol 1 #40 November 1966) Mister Blaze (Peacemaker Vol 1 #5 November 1967)
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Post by dave on Sept 28, 2023 21:46:51 GMT
The Fightin' Five were a team of American are recruited by the CIA to be a special tactical unit. They have been called the poor man's Blackhawks. The Blackhawks always were an international team. the Fightin' Five were all American of differing national ancestry until the Former Russian agent Sonya joined the team. They also boasted the first Jewish hero in DC, Charlton, Quality, or Fawcett Comics. Sadly he was the only one killed. Here are their villains:
Black Dragons (Fightin Five Vol 1#33 July 1965) D.E.A.T.H. (Dedicated Enemies of and Traitors to Humanity)(Fightin' Five Vol 1 #40 November 1966) Lady Dawn (Fightin' Five Vol 1 #40 November 1966) Leonted Jrozva (Peacemaker Vol 1 #1 March 1967) S.A.T.A.N.(Fighting Five Vol 1 #58 July 1966)
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Post by dave on Sept 29, 2023 17:36:03 GMT
Peter Cannon was the Thunderbolt, the formidable and reluctant hero. His was a short interesting strip with more than a few villains.
Cobra VII (Thunderbolt Vol 1 #56 February 1967) The Dragon VI (Thunderbolt Vol 1 #57 May 1967) Dragon Master (Thunderbolt Vol 1 #60 November 1967) The Hooded One (Thunderbolt Vol 1 #1 January 1966) Mummy III (Thunderbolt Vol 2 #55 December 1966) Princess Evila (Thunderbolt Vol 2 #51 March 1966) The Tong II (Thunderbolt Vol 2 #53 August 1966)
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Post by dave on Sept 30, 2023 23:27:32 GMT
captain Atom was one of the first Charlton Comic's Action Heroes as well as possibly being the most powerful. He debut in 1960 and had a couple of short runs until the end of 1967 when Charlton stopped their super-hero line. Here are his villains:
The Ghost V (Captain Atom Vol 1 #82 September 1966) (See Nightshade II) Dr Spectro Rodent (Captain Atom Vol 1 #79 February 1966) The Fiery-Icer (Captain Atom Vol 1 #87 August 1967) Iron Arms (Captain Atom Vol 2 #83 November 1966) Jewelee (Captain Atom Vol 2 #85 March 1967) (See Nightshade II) Punch II (Captain Atom Vol 2 #85 March 1967) (See Nightshade II) Rodent Rodent (Captain Atom Vol 1 #79 February 1966) Professor Koste (Captain Atom Vol 2 #83 November 1966) Silver Lady (Space Adventures Vol 1 #42 October 1961)
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Post by dave on Sept 30, 2023 23:33:40 GMT
Nightshade was one of the last Charlton Comics heroes of the 1960's and the only female. SHe seemed to have a lot of similarities with Phantom Lady. She was also trained by Judomaster's sidekick Tiger in the 1950's and was one of Captain Atom's romantic interests and the last backup feature in his title. Her are her villains: The Ghost V Ghost V (Captain Atom Vol 1 #82 September 1966) (See Captain Atom I) The Image II (Captain Atom Vol 1 #87 August 1967) Incubus (Captain Atom Vol 1 #87 August 1967) Jewelee (Captain Atom Vol 2 #85 March 1967) (See Captain Atom I) Punch II (Captain Atom Vol 2 #85 March 1967) (See Captain Atom I)
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