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A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Richard Curtis Van Loan is a wealthy socialite who after serving in World War I becomes bored and craves the same level of "excitement" that he became used to in the trenches of the Great War. After being challenged to solve a crime that has baffled the police by his friend Frank Havens, publisher of the New York Clarion, Van Loan finds that he in fact has some ability as a detective. Solving mysteries provides Van Loan with the excitement he craves and so begins the career of the dilettante amateur sleuth, The Phantom Detective.

Bat Wings

From comic book's Golden Era, this cover of Career Girl Romances is a pop art classic.

A pair of militaristic bat wings

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Freedom fighter Kismet hides out in the forests of Southern France, battling his enemy the Rocketeer. He possesses no powers but is a good fighter. Kismet is also one of the earliest Muslim superheroes.

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The incredible shrinking woman! Cover of Forbidden Worlds no.58 from 1957. Inks and pencils by Ogden Whitney, now in the public domain.

flash old timey style. Classic speedster

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.

Cover art for Rulah the Jungle Goddess no.21, 1948, by Jack Kamen. Now in the public domain.

Tom Dash was a humble antiques dealer, who's daughter, Lola, was gunned down in the crossfire of a mob hit. Enraged, Tom swore to avenge his daughter's death, and rid the city of organized crime. For the next year, Tom dedicated himself to intensive training so that he could become the ultimate crime fighter. During his year of training, Tom became a crack shot with a handgun, and an expert in boxing, jiu-jitsu and knife throwing, among other things. He also studied under a Hollywood makeup artist to become a master of disguise.

Rollo P. Quinn (Little Dynamite) was a young leader of a kid gang. He lived in a slum in New York's East Side. He got his nickname because he was a strong fighter with a hair-trigger temper. Rollo did have a soft spot for his older sister, who pretty much raised him. As the years went on, Rollo started to mellow out, and his gang spent more and more time fighting crime.

Fantastic cover art for Amazing Stories magazine, November 1931. Artist unknown, now in the public domain.

District Attorney Jim Hornsby puts on a costume and teams up with his younger brother Bob (aka: the "Cobra Kid") to fight crime. He has no superpowers but is a skilled fighter.

Disco Berne is the son of a scientist who has created a high-explosive depth charge powder. The secret of the powder attracts the attention of foreign agents, and Disco and his dog Nicodemus stops them.

This is cover art from a golden age horror comic book, Adventures into the Unknown!

Believing that the world needed a defender, Thor, son of Odin and supreme ruler of Valhalla, bestowed upon the human Grant Farrel his own powers, which Grant used to become a crime fighter. When he transformed into Thor, Farrel could fly, throw lightning bolts, and generate storms. He wielded Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, which could be thrown hard enough to smash through multiple tanks but, like a boomerang, would return to his hand.

You shot yourself face by mistake.

Based on an old ad image for a mail-order monster mask (as seen in FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine circa 1960s. Enjoy these incredible mail order rubber monster masks and horror props from the late 50s that are guaranteed to "drive girls crazy" and "make everyone shudder in fright!" We especially love the Shock Monster, Skull, Vampire Girl Werewolf and Melting Man! If only we could still mail order these Halloween treasures today.

Wrestler Brett Carson possessed super strength that he used to fight crime. He was assisted by his sidekicks, Kid Muscles and Miss Muscles. His identity was publicly known.

Bob Dickering had a brother named John who was the superhero, Comet. However, when Bob's brother was shot whilst trying to save Bob from "Big Boy" Malone's gang, he became the hero Hangman to avenge his brother's death.

Ace Williams, known as the Ace of the Newsreels, was both a cameraman and journalist. He was assisted by his attractive reporter sidekick Jessica Frances Gibbons, who went by the nickname Foggy. They covered the news in cities such as Hopeville, Circleville, and Capital City. However they did not only report the news, they also fought crime.

Shield Wizard No.4 Starring the G-Man Extraordinaire and The Man with The Super Brain, All New, Smashing Action

Hilarious and just vague enough to make it a complete mystery.

Sci-fi adventurer Captain Venture who rescued Princess Zyra, the last survivor of Earth's Saturn colony, from the villainous Kag and Kashas. The Planet Princess, as she was called, joined Venture in his adventures from then on helping him fight the Spider People, liberate Camur from the Valhoes, defeat the villainous Zalko and his machines, and also stop an invasion of Gon gas.

While working in his grandfather's antique shop, Tommy Preston finds the Aztec "Heart of Gold," an artifact empowered by “the blood of a thousand martyred Aztecs.” The object gives “strength and courage” to those pure of heart and devoted to justice. Tommy only has to utter the words “Heart of Gold” and gain his powers of super strength, flight and high voltage vision (x-ray vision). The heart's magic also keeps Tommy from being recognized while he is in Golden Lad form.

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While aiding Dr. Lorenz in an experiment, Dash Dixon allowed the doctor to inject him with perpetual life rays. It made Dash immune to death, gave him superhuman leaps, super strength, and indestructibility. Normally, those powers would dissipate after 24 hours, but Dr. Lorenz gave Dixon a suit of pliable metal that contained his powers indefinitely. He used his powers to aid the police force in catching criminals.

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Cover art for Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1930 by H. W. Wesso, now in the public domain.

A Romantic Adventures cover with a retro couple being dramatic. Perfect for the romantic soul.