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Tabu. To quote from Tabu's first appearance: Deep in the heart of the jungle reigns a man with a sixth sense...according to legend, Tabu once saved an old witch-doctor from a terrible jungle death...and in return for the favor the witch-doctor gave Tabu an extra sense, which made him supreme in jungle-land. This sixth sense has made Tabu's instincts so keen that he excels over all animals. He can run faster than the deer or antelope, he can climb among the trees more agilely than any ape. He can stalk through the dense jungle grass more swiftly and more quietly than even the black panther. He can leap higher than the leopard. He can soar through the wind with more speed than the eagle. He can dart through the water more swiftly than the shark. This sixth sense, in addition to his human intelligence and his long experience with wild life, has made him a real wizard of the jungle and has taught him to be a foe of all that is evil and unjust among the jungle-born....First Appearance: Jungle Comics #1 (Fiction House) Tanero.
Tanero is the son of King Koliak, and a god. He assists his sister Nelvana
in fighting against the enemies of the "Eskimos" and all of Canada. He
has various godlike abilities, including the power to turn invisible, fly
at superspeeds, and control the weather.
Tangi.
Tangi is a Sheena clone. She is helped
by Ongah, the gorilla.
Tarantula.
Jonathan Law is an author who decides to investigate crime and becomes
the dreaded, Spider-like Tarantula. He has no powers but has a web gun.
Target.
The Target is Niles Reed, a metallurgist who doubles as a spy for the U.S.
Army (!). Niles’ brother James is killed by gangsters, so the enraged Niles
decides to go after them. He designs a special suit for himself, avenges
his brother’s death, and then begins helping the military on the homefront.
He is partnered with the Targeteers.
The Target has no powers, but he wears an “indestructible metallic fiber
suit” which renders him bullet- and grenade-proof. He also has spy skills.
Targeteers.
Dave and Tommy Reed are the wisecracking and crime- and evil-fighting sidekicks
of the Target. They have no superpowers,
but have more than enough attitude.
Taxi
Taylor. Taxi Taylor, an ordinary taxi driver, invented
the Wonder Car and brought it to the US government to use as a weapon against
evil. His offer was refused (the officials laughing at him as they did
so), and so he decided to use the car to fight crime--to show the government
officials they were wrong, of course. Taxi has no superpowers, but the
car...the car has enhanced hearing sensors, can fly via collapsible wings,
has a "radio-graph" that picks up & transmits wireless messages, can
turn into a submarine, has "contra-magnetic electric rays" that can repel
or attract, can generate "gas bubbles which agitate waters and create suction,"
has collapsible ladders, an automatically-regulated net, and chemical/water
jets with which he can fight fires.
Ted
O'Neil. O'Neil is an American fighter pilot and "flying
soldier of fortune" who joined the RAF and fought the Wehrmacht.
Ted Parrish. Jakeoster contributes the following: Ted Parris, the Man with 1000 Faces, was a master of disguise.First appearance: Speed Comics #1 (Harvey) Terrific
Whatzit. McSnurtle the Turtle, an ordinary anthropomorphic
turtle, is the subject of a bet between Prince Highness, the governor and
comptroller of all things good on Earth-Animal, and Prince Lowness, the
overseer of all things evil. Princes Highness and Lowness are wagering
about human corruptibility, and to decide the bet they bestow superpowers
on McSnurtle. Fortunately (?) McSnurtle is too lazy to give in to temptation.
Prince Highness also gives McSnurtle an "Automatic Conscience," which prods
McSnurtle into crimefighting. McSnurtle, a citizen of Zooville, becomes
The Terrific Whatzit, foe of anthropomorphic criminals everywhere.
Terror.
An unnamed amnesiac shows up on the doorstep of one Dr. Storm. Storm has
isolated a chemical which causes its subject to take on a skull face and
gain superstrength. Storm gives the amnesiac the chemical, but while it's
taking effect a gang of thugs try to force Storm to join their group. They
rough him up, but then the amnesiac comes to and, angered by what he's
seeing, turns into The Terror. He kills the gang and returns to Storm's
laboratory, only to see and hear Storm die. The amnesiac then decides to
fight against crime and evil.
Terror
Squad. The Terror Squad are a trio of refugees from a
German concentration camp in Eastern Europe. They are Chuck Wilson (an
American), Stanisofski (a Russian), and Twimbly (a Brit), and all three
are expert fighter pilots. After they escape from the concentration camp
they go into action behind enemy lines. The story ends with them hooking
up with the Russians. They have no superpowers, but are pilots and guerrilla
fighters
Terry.
He is the two fisted, cigarette-smoking, tough guy pal and sidekick of
Lucky
Coyne.
Terry
Vance. Terry Vance, "the Schoolboy Sleuth," was a boy
detective. He had an attic laboratory in which he conducted a number of
experiments, and he was successful at inventing useful objects, like his
"large gas model airplane with radio control," his ultraviolet flashlight,
and his "detectoscope," a "sensitive microphone connected to earphones
and operating by two batteries" that can listen through solid stone waalls;
Vance may possibly have had superhuman intelligence, so varied were his
interests and achievements. He monitored police broadcasts on his radio,
and when a case attracted his interest, he swung into action, accompanied
by his "able assistant," the monkey "Dr. Watson." Dr. Watson had a very
limited vocabulary ("EEEK!" "EEE...EEE...EEE!" "OOK") but was definitely
sentient, capable of following Vance's instructions and using his "tiny
candid-camera" to help Terry solve crimes. Terry, for his part, was a clever
sleuth, known to the police and welcome at crime scenes. Terry was also
helped by his older friend, the ace reporter Deadline Dawson.
Texas
Kid. The Texas Kid is the "Robin Hood of the Range."
In his only appearance he was in action against raiders and desperadoes
who are burning settlers alive in the land around the Red Rim Canyon in
Texas. His horse's name is Spot.
Tex
Thomson. Tex Thomson, a cowboy, strikes it rich in the
oil fields of Texas and then leaves it. He has a wide range of exploring
adventures until he is asked to watch over a shipment of food on its way
to Europe. The liner is sabotaged and sunk, and Tex is the only survivor.
He returns to America and begins fighting crime in "Center City" as the
costumed, whip-wielding "Mr. America." Later still he goes to fight the
Germans in Europe as the Americommando. He is teamed with Bob Daley, later
the costumed Fatman. Tex has no powers
but is good in a fight.
Tex
Trainor. Tex is a freelance test pilot (usually a cattle
puncher) in the American southwest. He's an eccentric, afraid to ride in
autos or trains, but quite willing to risk any danger in mid-air. He of
course hates the Germans and fights against them and their agents whenever
he can.
Thelma
Gordon. Thelma is the girlfriend and sidekick of Bob
Dickering, aka the Hangman. Michael
Norwitz says, about her, that "Thelma didn't have a costume but she knew
his identity and helped him on cases, doing the legwork, as it were (and
a nice set of legs, too."
Thin
Man. Bruce Dickson, an explorer, discovered the lost
Himalayan city of Kalahia and was given the ability to stretch himself
by the inhabitants; he then returned to America to fight crime and evil
and that stuff.
13.
Harold Higgins is a very lucky child, up until his fifteenth year, when
his parents are murdered. From then on he dedicated himself to capturing
murderers, first as a private investigator and then as a costumed superhero.
He is assisted by Jinx. He is very,
very lucky though it's not clear whether this is an actual superpower or
not.
Thor.
Grant Farrel, a scientist, is trying to perfect his new electrical conductor
when he's struck by a bolt of lightning. (I hate when that happens) He
thereby gains the powers of Thor, the god of lightning, and so, naturally,
begins fighting crime. Whenever he is in danger lightning strikes him and
he gains Thor's abilities of superstrength and lightning projection.
The
Three Cheers. "Sis, Boom and Bart were framed by a Nazi
agent and were forced to leave the U.S. services. They banded together
as the Three Cheers and search for the framer to vindicate themselves."
3Xs.
The 3Xs are a famous trio of crime-busting brothers with a suspicious similarity
to Jack, Doc,
and Reggie, the three-man team of the radio show "I Love A Mystery."
No origin is given to them. 1X is the Sam Spade-like detective of the brothers;
2X is the bald "walking encyclopedia," and possible inventor (he uses a
"disintegration gun"); and 3X is the hulking "strong-arm" of the brothers.
Thunderer. See Black Avenger. Thunderhoof.
Thunderhoof was the "mighty half-legendary stallion whose brave exploits
wrought history in the annals of Old Arizona." These exploits included
fighting crime, on behalf of both whites and natives, and in general doing
good.
Tiger
Girl. Tiger Girl is a blonde Sheena-style
heroine. She is from India who works the mean streets of Africa's jungles,
enforcing justice with the help of her whip, her pet tiger Benzali, and
her Sikh servant Abdola.
Tiger
Hart. Saturn, in Tiger Hart's universe, is like Earth
during the Middle Ages, and Tiger Hart, "who was dreaded by the lawless,"
is the horned-hat wearing Thrunk Broadchest hero. He even lived in a castle
and used a sword. Except for its location, Saturn, there's nothing science
fictional about "Tiger Hart," which makes one wonder what the strip was
doing in Planet Comics. But oh well....
Tigerman.
Tigerman was a "white youth who has been raised by natives, and who rules
the jungle with his tamed Bengal tiger, Balu." (And his friend Rangoo,
the chimp). Interestingly, Tigerman's features and his adventure made it
look as if he was active in the jungles of India, rather than Africa. Tigerman
is a Tarzan...imitator...with all of Lord Greystoke's skills.
Tim.
Tim Roland works at the same drugstore as Bob Benton. When Bob discovers
a formula that gives him super-powers, he confides his secret in Tim, and
so when Bob becomes the Black Terror
Tim becomes his sidekick Tim. Tim, who takes the same formula as Bob, has
superstrength and limited invulnerability.
Tiny.
Tiny is the sidekick of Ragman. He
has no powers.
TNT.
Thomas "Tex" Thomas is a high school chemistry teacher who works on chemistry
experiments with his friend and student, Dan Dunbar. They discover that
they've been absorbing the chemicals and that when they come into contact
with each other they create a big explosion which leaves them charged for
a time with superspeed, strength, and invulnerability. They decide to put
these powers to use as TNT and Dyna-Mite.
Tomahawk.
Tom Hawk was adopted as a boy by a tribe of Indians, who taught him their
skills. As an adult, he fights for the Americans in the Revolutionary War,
but also takes on evils of all nationalities on the frontier and in the
cities of early America.
Tommy
the Amazing Kid. Tommy is the sidekick of the
Amazing Man. He has the same powers as his mentor: great superstrength,
invulnerability, and the ability to "make himself disappear in a cloud
of green vapor."
Tom
Kerry.
Tom Kerry is a fightin' District Attorney, as willing and able to use guns
to solve a crime and cure criminals of what ails them as he is to use the
law.
Tommy
Tomorrow. In the middle of the 21st century Thomas
Tomorrow graduates at the top of his class and joins the Planeteers, a
group of solar policemen. Tommy
works his way up to become their best agent and one of their leaders, fighting
against criminals both alien and human as well as having all sorts of outer
space adventures. He is armed with a ray gun and has a powerful single-person
ship.
Tommy
Tyme. Tommy Tyme is a typical Brooklynite kid very similar
to Brooklyn (of the Boy Commandos) and Scrapper (of the Newsboy Legion),
although Tommy was (as far as I know) not done by Joe Simon or Jack Kirby,
as Brooklyn and Scrapper were. Tommy, in his first issue, is fishing when
he pulls in a genie, who tells Tommy that he's allowed one wish. Tommy
is nudged by the genie as to what he hates more than anything. The inevitable
answer is of course "School!" so the genie gives Tommy the "Clock of Ages,"
which--well, Ronald Byrd says it looks like an alarm clock, but my memory
says in later issues it looks like a pocket watch--which allows Tommy to
travel back in time; he sets when and where he wants to go back, and then
the watch's alarm, which will bring him back to the present. Tommy has
adventures in various times and places, aiding Merlin and Horatio (of "Horatio
on the bridge"), although most of the time his adventures are done so he
can correctly answer the questions of his disapproving school teacher.
Like Brooklyn, Tommy is good with his fists and a crack shot with a pea-shooter.
Tommy
Paige. "Tommy Paige, Marine Correspondent, starts out
with his combat unit, to cover an invasion story--but Tommy is too much
an AMerican to stand idly by while his buddies do the fighting! It isn't
long before he shows the Japs what is meant by the 'Power of the Press'--in
a manner of speaking, that is!"
Tom
Powers. Tom Powers, otherwise known as "Powers of the
Press," is the "ace reporter of the Free Press" newspaper. He fights
crime with the help of his sidekick "Candid Kenny Roberts," a photographer.
Tom
Sherrill. Sherrill is a scout on America's frontier in
the days of the Revolutionary War.
Topper.
Barry Graham is the Topper, a top-hat-and-tails wearing member of the upper
classes who puts on a domino mask to fight crime.
Tor.
Jimmy Slade is a press photographer who has a secret: he’s actually a powerful
magician. When someone needs help, or if evil threatens, Jimmy puts on
a fake mustache and magician’s costume and flies in to help. He speaks
his spells backwards, ala Zatara, and
can do whatever the plot calls for him to do.
Tornado
Tom. A farmer is picked up by a cyclone and thrown about
for hours on end before being deposited back on Earth, without his memory.
He gains in exchange superpowers, however, and he uses these to fight crime.
He has the speed and strength of a tornado.
Toro.
The Human Torch was flying by a circus
one day when he noticed a boy who was fireproof. He approached the boy
and the two
Torpedo
Man. Don Wallace puts on a costume which gives him the
ability to fly and fights crime. Jakeoster adds, "Torpedo Man's headquarters
were located beneath the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor."
Torro.
When Captain Nelson Cole is confronted
with a special problem he puts on his magic clothing and whip and becomes
Torro, who can fly, is invulnerable to weapons, and is skilled with the
whip.
Tough Kid Squad. I'm going to turn over the reins of narration for this character to the formidable Ronald Byrd, who describes them so much better than I could: The Tough Kid Squad (from the one-issue of the same name) consists of Wally and Tom Danger, Butch (the fat kid; evidently his parents expected him to turn out to be the tough kid), Derrick Dawes (the actual tough kid), and Eagle (Timely's first and, mercifully, only Native American kid (think "-um")). Our main focus is the Danger kids, identical twins, who were orphaned as infants back in 1926, when one Doctor Klutch, business partner of the twins' scientist father Doctor Danger (no relation, one assumes, to the magnet-wielding opponent of Kid Colt; how often do you see just a run-of-the-mill scientist with a name like that?), has the doctor and his wife killed as part of his plan to assume sole ownership of a serum that enhances human development (in 1926? huh). Separated, the two are adopted by very different men: Wally is raised by the scholarly Professor Moxon, while Tom falls under the influence of the criminal Wong Chee (the Fox), who calls him "Little Owl" (that whole Asian thing, you know, grasshopper). Both boys, as it happens, received the (well let's just call it a) super-serum before Doctor Danger's death, so that Wally is unusually smart, Tom is unusually strong (and scrappy, so that we have two tough kids on the same team, which seems redundant), and both are quite fit. Actually, both may have full enhancement, but the fact that Wally was raised by a scientist and Tom by a criminal may have led to the development of each one's given specialty.First Appearance: Tough Kid Squad #1 (Timely) Triple
Terror. The Brandon brothers, Richard, Barton, and Bruce,
put on costumes and put their abilities to use as Chemix,
Lectra, and Menta, the Triple
Terror.
Trojak.
Trojak was the son of a Great White Explorer who helped a native African
tribe, saving them from an attack by another tribe; the Great White Explorer
was killed in battle, and so the unnamed tribe raised Trojak as their own.
But because Trojak is white, he has to leave them (even though they make
it clear they love him like a son). So Trojak goes a-wandering, helping
various tribes (including his own) against bad white men and Germans. Trojak
is the "Tiger Man," whose best friend is "Balu, the Tiger" (even though
there are no tigers in Africa...but never mind) and "Sator, the falcon;"
he can speak to the animals, and has the usual skills of a Tarzan...imitator.
Interestingly, the tribe that raised him finds his strength and ability
to communicate with animals as exceptional as the reader does; it is not
a normal thing to them.
Trooper
"Pat" Corrigan. Corrigan is a two-fisted, gun-wielding
state trooper for New York who diligently patrols the highways and by-ways
of rural New York state.
Tuk. Tuk was a caveboy, similar to DC's Anthro (who, I should point out, came long after Tuk). To quote from the text, Ak, the last of the
shaggy ones, called him Tuk! But the boy didn't realise that Tuk meant
'Avenger' and that he was destined to
Tuk actually has a somewhat complicated history.
Years ago the the "hairless ones" are abandoned on the shores of an unnamed
land. The
The pair are attacked by "Gholla the woolly
horned" (some kind of rhinocerous); the blond wrestles and kills Gholla,
but the rhino runs the
Ak relates all this to Tuk and then tells
him that he is the child, now possibly 10 years old, of the "hairless ones."
He leaves his "beloved
Tulpa
of Tsang. "In faraway Tibet a few of hte holiest Lamas
are said to possess strange mystical powers. By employing an age-old secret
of concentration they can actually will unto being Tulpas of phantoms of
themselves. Such a lama was Tsang."
2023
Super-Police. Rex, Joan, the Professor and Axel are members
of the Super-Police of the year 2023. Their brief is the whole Earth, although
they seem to represent the U.S. ("There are 6 billion stories on the lonely
planet. This is one of them. My name is Rex. I carry a holo-badge") They
fly around the world in the Hi-Lo, a superplane, which receives
SOSs on "photolight" and which travels around the Earth by creating a "tubular
wall of cosmic rays" and which allows the Hi-Lo to zoom through
a vacuum either in the stratosphere or under the seas or even into space.
The Hi-Lo is also armed with "cosmic ray guns" and other high-tech
weapons and detection instruments. They take on wizard-pirates and other
such types. They have no superpowers, however.
Twilight.
Sergeant Terry Gardner, a Marine who was a private detective before joining
the Corps, tangles with some Germans who mean to kill the man Gardner is
bodyguarding. The Germans, though, kill a gypsy, and the gypsy's parrot,
Polly, helps Gardner to avenge his owner's death. Polly visits Gardner
and gives him a card telling him that "At Twilight you will be Master."
Thus inspired Terry makes a costume for himself and begins fighting crime.
He is helped by Polly (in some stories Snoopy), who he uses to gather information
(and to talk to).
Twister.
A nameless man is picked up by a tornado and left back on Earth, a changed
man. He now has the ability to become "a part of the cyclone itself" and
to control it. He begins calling himself the Twister and working in Manhattan.
In addition to his control over tornados he has superstrength, flight,
and can whirl his arms around to create tornados, Flash-style. He also
wields the fearsome Cyclone Gun, which blows blasts of air.
Two-Gun
Kid. Clay Harder is a singing cowboy who wanders
the range, dispensing justice with his six-shooters and his fists.
Ty
Gor. "Tyrone Gorman, raised by a tigress in the wilds
of Malay, has been brought to America by explorer Davis and his daughter
Joan." Predictable wackiness ensues.
Typhon.
Typhon is a Bronc McThrustTorso type who is an undersea adventurer and
pilot/creator of a supersubmarine.
Typhoon
Tyson. "Typhoon Tyson, master marine and adventurer,
is skipper of the salvage steamer Sea Lion. His Chief Mate and partner
is Salty, hard-bitten Anzac Peters." Naturally, their job brings them in
the way of adventure.
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