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A site dedicated to the Marvel Family, has entries and
images to several of the later villains:
http://www.marvelfamily.com/WhosWho/
Golden Age MLJ/Archie Comics:
http://www.goldcomics.com/forum/
Mikel Midnight's Golden Age Directory:
http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/comics.html
Jess Nevins' wonderful site:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/
Comic Fanzine MZS Apa:
www.mzsapa.com
Golden/Silver Age Message board:
http://www.comicboards.com/gsmb/
Wonderful site on characters and history of comic books,
comic strips and animation:
www.toonopedia.com
A great link with many entries on various characters
and stories from the golden age of comics: http://members.aol.com/MG4273/comics.htm
A site on the history of comics, only
it's in German:
http://www.geschichte-der-comics.de/
Major Reprinter of golden-age comics, AC
Comics: http://www.accomics.com/
Major Reprinter and seller of Pulps:: www.adventurehouse.com
Music
Links:
www.claireholley.com
http://www.duckonbike.com/liveradio.asp
http://christinekane.com/
For additions, corrections, questions, email me! cash_gorman@yahoo.com
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DC Villains
Highwayman: 1948, All-American Western #104 (All-American Publishing/DC).
In the Old West, a mysterious costumed mask man is robbing
stage coaches and payrolls. He even manages to outfight Lt.
Dan Foley of the Fighting 5th who had been sent to investigate.
Eventually Foley and his Indian guide and friend Wingfoot
manage to capture the masked man and he stands revealed as
transplanted Englishman and rancher Reginald Torbin who was
emulating his ancestor Dick Torbin, the famous highwayman.
His downfall was in part to carrying the emulation too far
in wearing an identical costume as the one of Dick’s in a
portrait hanging in his home that Foley had seen while meeting
with the rancher.
Tigress: 1938, Action Comics #1 (DC).
Sexy and dangerous master criminal and foe of the magician
Zatara. Even in this adventure, they already had met at least
once before. While she had a penchant for tight striped tops,
she didn't wear a costume as such, a red headband, black &
yellow top and blue skirt. She isn't above manhandling the
hero, and is the leader of a gang of crooks. Fred Guardineer's
bold line art helps to make her really stand out.
Unknown
Sources
The
Hawk: Anthony Durrant
tells us: The Hawk was a slender villain who dressed up
as a hawk and carried a trained hawk that he would use to
bring down various circus acrobats, which he kept concealed
under his cape. Unfortunately for him, his last target was
the circus run by the Announcer, and in the process of trying
to stop a set of quadruplets from performing their trapeze
act, he was killed by the lion after he ran into his cage
to retrieve his pet hawk, which had flown into the lion's
cage. His real name was Ravonno and he was a former circus
magician which explained his ability to disappear and to
switch himself for his trained hawk, making it look like
he changed shape. NOTE: Sadly Mr. Durrant didn't
provide me with any publishing info, so not sure where the
proper place is for this entry.
Pretty
Face: Anthony Durrant
tells us: Pretty Face was a ruthless killer who left his
trademark - a card with a picture of a heart pierced with
an arrow on it - at the scenes of his murders. He mistakenly
kidnapped Ethan Hunt, Special Police Operative 13, on the
assumption that he was Tom, a fellow police officer and
the fiance of a girl named Rosie. His plan was to burn down
his hideout with both Tom and Rosie in it, killing them
both. Unfortunately for him, Rosie dashed water in his face,
and Hunt pulled off Pretty Face's handsome face to reveal
his real one - Pretty face's real face was hairless, with
big wild eyes and frizzy hair, the result of a warehouse
fire. Just as Pretty Face was about to shoot Hunt, Tom burst
in and shot him.
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