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| Superheroes |
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| Batman |
| Superman |
| Spider–Man |
| Captain Marvel |
| Buck Rogers |
| Flash Gordon |
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See also The Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Wikipedia lists hundreds of characters on its List of superhero debuts page – not all of whom might be thought of as superheroes in the normal sense. (Some are included because they have influenced the superhero genre in some way, or otherwise contributed.)
The following table lists those who are mentioned elsewhere on this page, or elsewhere on this website – and also one or two that fall into the "influence or contribution" category.
| 1902 | Comic strip in the Chicago Tribune |  |
Hugo Hercules | |
| 1903 | Stage play | |
Scarlet Pimpernal | |
| 1912 | Story in The All–Story Magazine |
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Tarzan | |
| 1919 | Novel The Curse of Capistrano – serialised in All–Story Weekly magazine |
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Zorro | |
| 1929 | Syndicated comic strip |
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Buck Rogers | |
| 1929 | Thimble Theatre comic strip |
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Popeye | |
| 1930 | Detective Story Hour (radio programme)
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The Shadow | |
| 1931 | Syndicated comic strip |
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Dick Barton | |
| 1932 | The Phoenix on the Sword – story in Weird Tales magazine |
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Conan the Barbarian | |
| 1933 | Self–titled radio show |
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Lone Ranger | |
| 1934 | Comic strip syndicated by King Features Syndicate |
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Flash Gordon | |
| 1936 | Self–titled radio show |
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Green Hornet | |
| 1938 | Action Comics #1
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Superman |
| 1939 | Detective Comics #27 | DC |
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Batman |
| 1939 | Marvel Comics #1 | Marvel |
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Human Torch |
| 1940 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 | DC |
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The Flash |
| 1940 | Whiz Comics #2 | DC |
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Captain Marvel (a.k.a. Shazam) |
| 1940 | Detective Comics #38 | DC |
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Robin (the Boy Wonder) |
| 1940 | Batman comic #1 | DC |
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Catwoman |
| 1940 | Silver Streak #6 | Gleason |
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Daredevil |
| 1941 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 | Marvel |
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Captain America |
| 1941 | More Fun Comics #73 | DC |
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Aquaman |
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Green Arrow | |||
| 1941 | All Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics #1 | DC |
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Wonder Woman |
| 1956 | Detective Comics #233 | DC |
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Batwoman |
| 1960 | The Brave and the Bold #28 – team
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Justice League |
| 1961 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 – team
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Fantastic Four |
| 1962 | Tales to Astonish #27 | Marvel |
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Ant–Man |
| 1962 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 | Marvel |
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The (Incredible) Hulk |
| 1962 | Amazing Fantasy #15 | Marvel |
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Spider–Man |
| 1962 | Journey Into Mystery #83 | Marvel |
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Thor |
| 1963 | Tales of Suspense #39 | DC |
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Iron Man |
| 1963 | Strange Tales #110 | Marvel |
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Doctor Strange |
| 1963 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 – team
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Marvel |
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X–Men |
| 1963 | Self–titled comic book series, #1 – team
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Marvel |
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The Avengers |
| 1964 | Tales of Suspense #52 | Marvel |
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Black Widow |
| 1966 | Fantastic Four #48 | Marvel |
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Silver Surfer |
| 1966 | Fantastic Four #52 | Marvel |
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Black Panther |
| 1974 | 2000 AD magazine #2 | IPC |
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Judge Dredd |
| 1977 | Incredible Hulk #180 | Marvel |
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Wolverine |
| 1980 | Nutty (comic – parody) #1 |
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Bananaman | |
| 1981 | "Minicomic" with associated character figures
| Mattel |
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He–Man |
| 1984 | Self–titled comic book, #1 – team | Mirage | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| 1984 | Masters of the Universe "minicomic"
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Mattel | | She–Ra |
| Iron Man, The Wasp, Thor, the Hulk, Hawkeye, The Vision, The Scarlet Witch, The Giant Man: all are, or have been, members of |
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The Avengers |
| Cyclops, The Beast, Iceman, Angel and Marvel Girl were the original |
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X–Men |
| Wolverine, Jane Grey and Storm have all been members of |
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The X–Men |
| Mr. Fantastic, The Human Torch, The Thing, The Invisible Woman |
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The Fantastic Four |
| The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Green Lantern are |
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The Justice League (of America) |
| Arthur Curry
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Aquaman |
| Bruce Wayne |
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Batman |
| Natasha Romanova |
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Black Widow |
| Steve Rogers: after taking the Super Soldier serum, turned into |
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Captain America |
| Billy Batson |
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Captain Marvel |
| Selina Kyle |
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Catwoman |
| Scott Summers (often serving as the "field leader" of the X–Men) |
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Cyclops |
| Matt Murdock (blind attorney) |
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Daredevil |
| Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen
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The Flash |
| Oliver (Jonas) Queen |
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Green Arrow |
| Prince Adam of Eternia (Masters of the Universe) |
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He–Man |
| Dr. Bruce Banner: (when angry) mutates into |
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(Incredible) Hulk |
| Johnny Storm |
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The Human Torch |
| Susan Storm |
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The Invisible Woman |
| Tony Stark (genius inventor, consummate playboy, CEO of Stark Industries and a chief weapons manufacturer for the US military) |
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Iron Man |
| Reed Richards (scientific genius) |
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Mr. Fantastic |
| Dick Grayson |
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Robin the Boy Wonder |
| Norrin Radd (an astronomer from the planet Zenn–La) |
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Silver Surfer |
| Peter Parker |
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Spider Man |
| Clark Kent |
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Superman |
| Ben Grimm |
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The Thing |
| James Howlett |
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Wolverine |
| Diana Prince |
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Wonder Woman |
| First appeared in Detective Comics #27, March 30, 1939; drawn by Bob Kane, scripted by Bill Finger |
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Batman |
| Bruce Wayne is |
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Batman |
| Dick Grayson is |
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Robin the Boy Wonder |
| Bruce Wayne's mansion |
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Wayne Manor |
| Batman's home city |
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Gotham City |
| Psychiatric hospital that serves the above
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Arkham Asylum |
| Gotham City is supposed to represent |
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New York |
| Batman's (and Bruce Wayne's) tireless butler, assistant and confidante |
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Alfred (Pennyworth) |
| Gotham City police chief – an important ally of Batman |
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Commissioner Gordon |
| Enemy of Batman whose secret identity is Selina Kyle; played by Eartha Kitt (among others) in the 1960s TV series, and by Michelle Pfeiffer in the film Batman Returns (1992) |
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Cat Woman |
| Villain who uses the name Edward (E.) Nygma; played in Batman Forever (1995) by Jim Carrey |
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The Riddler |
| Villain whose real name is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot; played in the 1960s TV series by Burgess Meredith, and in Batman Returns (1992) by Danny DeVito |
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The Penguin |
| Creator of Batman (Detective Comics, 1939) |
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Bob Kane |
| Played Batman in the 1989 film, and in Batman Returns (1992) |
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Michael Keaton |
| Batman in Batman Forever (1995) |
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Val Kilmer |
| Played Batman in the 1960s TV series |
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Adam West |
| Played Robin to Adam West's Batman |
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Burt Ward |
| Played by Cesar Romero in the 1960s TV series, and by Jack Nicholson in the 1989 film |
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The Joker |
| Bruce Wayne's "love interest" – played in the 1989 film by Kim Basinger |
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Vicki Vale |
| Created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, when they were students at Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio |
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Superman |
| Superman's birthday |
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February 29th |
| Superman's home planet |
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Krypton |
| Substance that destroys Superman's powers |
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Kryptonite |
| Superman's name on Krypton |
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Kal El |
| Superman's father |
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Jor–El |
| Superman's mother |
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Lara Lor–Van |
| Clark Kent's home town |
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Smallville |
| City where Clark Kent lives and works, and in which the stories are set |
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Metropolis |
| Clark Kent's girlfriend |
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Lois Lane |
| Newspaper on which Clark Kent is a reporter |
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Daily Planet |
| Clark Kent's editor at the Daily Planet |
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Perry White |
| Daily Planet photographer who idolises Superman |
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Jimmy Olsen |
| Superman's arch enemy – played in the 1978 film, and two of its three sequels, by Gene Hackman; in Superman Returns (2006) by Kevin Spacey, and in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) by Jesse Eisenberg |
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Lex Luthor |
| The only substance or material that Superman's X–Ray vision doesn't work through |
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Lead |
Superman was killed off in 1992, only to return three months later as four different characters, in four separate storylines that would soon become very confusing indeed. Those four characters were:
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The Man of Steel – later known simply as Steel |
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The Man of Tomorrow (a.k.a. The Cyborg Superman) |
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The Metropolis Kid (Superboy) |
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The Last Son of Krypton |
| Creator of Spider–Man; makes a cameo appearance in each film |
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Stan Lee |
| Spider–Man's powers result from being bitten by a |
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Radioactive spider |
| Newspaper at which Peter Parker works |
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Daily Bugle |
| The Scorpion, Dr. Octopus, The Hobgoblin, The Green Goblin, The Lizard, The Rhino, Electro and Venom are enemies of |
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Spider–Man |
| Peter Parker's love interest – played in the movies (2002, 2004, 2007) by Kirsten Dunst |
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Mary Jane Watson |
| Affluent New York suburb that Peter Parker lives in |
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Forest Hills |
| Magic word used by Billy Batson to change into Captain Marvel |
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Shazam! |
| Creator of Captain Marvel |
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C. C. Beck |
| First appeared in Amazing Stories magazine, 1928, in the novella Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan. First name Anthony (but see below) |
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Buck Rogers |
| Syndicated newspaper cartoon strip (… in the 25th Century) 1929–67, revived 1979–83 | ||
| Radio series 1932–47 – said to be the first sci–fi radio programme | ||
| 12–part film serial produced in 1939 by Universal | ||
| Played by Gil Gerard on TV, 1979–81: William "Buck" Rogers is a space shuttle commander who is "frozen in space" for 504 years following a gas leak, and awakes to find Earth under threat from the spaceborne armies of the planet Draconia |
| Flash Gordon's arch–enemy |
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Ming the Merciless |
| Planet ruled by the ruthless tyrant Ming the Merciless |
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Mongo |
| Flash Gordon's female companion |
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Dale Arden |
| Brilliant scientist who creates a rocket and forces Flash and Dale Arden to come with him to the planet Mongo, and fight against Ming the Merciless |
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Hans Zarkov |
| British parody superhero: began as the star of the comic Nutty, 1980–5, moved to the Dandy when Nutty folded; also appeared in the Beano, and in a 1983 BBC animated series. Alter ego of Eric Wimp (an ordinary schoolboy living at 29 Acacia Road, Nuttytown/Dandytown/Beanotown) in the comic strip, or Eric Twinge in the BBC series. Voiced by Graeme Garden; Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke–Taylor voiced other characters |
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Bananaman |
| A modern version of the Lone Ranger, to whom he is related |
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Green Hornet |
| Masters of the Universe: defends Eternia (the planet at the centre of the Universe) and the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the evil forces of Skeletor |
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He–Man |
| Pepper Potts (played in films by Gwyneth Paltrow) is the love interest of |
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Iron Man |
| Formidable law enforcement officer of Mega City One: first appeared in 1977 in the British comic 2000 AD; subsequently played on film by Sylvester Stallone (in 1995) and Karl Urban (in 2012) |
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Judge Dredd |
| First name shared by Bruce Wayne's mother and Superman's adoptive (Earth) mother |
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Martha |
| Crime–fighting vigilante: best remembered in a 1930s American radio series (some episodes of which were voiced by Orson Welles), introduced by the line "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" |
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The Shadow |
| He–Man's twin sister |
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She–Ra |
| Came to Earth in the service of the "planet devourer" Galactus, but was persuaded back to the side of good by the Fantastic Four |
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Silver Surfer |
| Arch–enemy of He–Man (a muscular blue humanoid, with a purple hood over his yellow bare–bone skull) |
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Skeletor |
| Fantastic Four member: famous for his battle cry "It's clobberin' time!" |
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The Thing |
| Commonly associated with the X–Men: real name James Howlett, commonly known as Logan; his skeleton is reinforced by adamantium |
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Wolverine |
| First appeared 1919; real name Don Diego de la Vega; a fictional nobleman in Spanish California; name is Spanish for 'Fox'; left a letter Z (slashed with his sword) as his signature |
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Zorro |
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