America-Smasher:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Short, chubby German agent wearing a spike-knuckled chain-mail glove. Fought Spy Smasher.

Anarcho: 1947, Comics Novel #1. "Dictator of Death" who employs Dr. Fu Tong, El Diablo, Erik Hevling, and Lord Craven. Stopped by Radar.

The Arson Fiend: April-July, 1941, Captain Marvel Adventures #2. Leaving fire in his wake wherever he walks, able to throw flames and burn with a touch, this demonic googly-eyed man terrorized the city, and even almost proved too much for Captain Marvel. He met Captain Marvel in a final battle ontop of a large fuel tank as flames blazed around until an earth shattering explosion spelt finis to the affair. Captain Marvel would emerge unscathed, but a body was found, that of George D. Tweedle, fire insurance agent and secretly the Arson Fiend through the use of a Jeckyll-Hyde type formula.

Aunt Minerva: 1946, Captain Marvel Adventures #59? A grandmotherly type in looks but a criminal mastermind. In her first appearance, she decides Uncle Marvel would make the perfect husband.

Uncle Ebenezer Batson: The real life uncle of Billy Batson, when rich he threw the poor boy out. Eventually, he fell on hard times and he visited Billy at the radio station, hoping to get money from him, erroneously thinking that Billy must be rich being a famous boy broadcaster. Failing that, he gets the idea that as Billy's real uncle, he'd expose Uncle Dudley as a fraud and gain control over all the money that Shazam, Inc brings in. And, failing in that but succeeding in getting a job as a clerk for Shazam, Inc, he contrives a fake emergency at sea (that turns out to be real) to get Captain Marvel and Dudley out of the office while he robs the company safe (attributing it to a gang of thieves) and from there he searches Billy's apartment for his "riches". However, Dudley had stumbled on to his lies and plans and alerts Billy who summons Captain Marvel who retrieves the money and kicks Uncle Ebenezer out to never return, preferring his fraud uncle to his real one.

The Beetle: 1943, Spysmasher #10. When Spysmasher fell afoul a plot where seeming loyal Americans were turning traitors and was branded one himself he found a master plotter in he Beetle. This brilliant Japanese spy built small mechanical bugs with drugged stingers that could listen in on any conversation and drug couriers allowing safe theft of plans. He was bald except for strands of his hair coming from the center of his forehead giving him a look like he had antennas.

Billy the Cad: 1942, Whiz Comics #26. An old western outlaw who has a dilemma: he doesn't want to perpetuate any crimes until he can stymie the Golden Arrow, but his gang wants nothing to do with the hero. He hits upon a plan and makes up some wanted posters with the hero's face on them, identifying the Golden Arrow as Billy the Cad, a notorious and dangerous outlaw to shoot upon sight. He plasters the posters around the small town Gold Pan City where neither the outlaw nor hero are known by sight and then summons the Golden Arrow to the town and lets the citizens take care of the hero. Everything goes well to plan, at one point the hero is wounded and in the clutches of the villain who decides to commit some crimes as the Golden Arrow and let the citizens later find his bullet filled body. However, while he struggles with Arrow's horse, a posse following the trail of blood find them all together. Golden Arrow proves his innocence to the townsfolk by showing how his face on the wanted posters was merely pasted over another, that of the outlaw, the true Billy the Cad.

Black Adam: 1945, Marvel Family #1. In ancient Egypt, the Wizard Shazam gave his powers to a man and named him Mighty Adam. However, the powers corrupted him and he deposed the Pharaoh. The Wizard then banished him so far away that it took Adam centuries to fly back to Earth at top speed. He immediately ran afoul of the Marvel family though neither could gain a clear advantage over the other. He's tricked into saying, "Shazam" by Uncle Dudley. Adam got his powers from Egyptian gods: Shu (Stamina), Heru (Swiftness), Amon (Strength), Zehuti (Wisdom), Aton (Power), Mehen (Courage).

Black Beauty: 1953, Captain Marvel Adventures #142. No, Captain Marvel didn't fight the horse. And not Green Hornet's car either. Black Beauty is a raven haired and black clad glamorous woman that set out to prove herself equal of men and to that end she seized control of a criminal empire by killing the previous mob boss in front of his own men. She managed to stay ahead of the law and Captain Marvel by playing on his own innate goodness and chivalry. But, he ultimately turned the tables on her and sent her to jail.

Black Clown:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Henry Parrish is the owner of the Black Hawk Traveling Circus Company where he ran illegal activities until he came across Mr. Scarlet.

Black Dragon Society. Wow #18. Japanese organization stopped by Commando Yank.

Black Flamingo: Wow #63. Used an odd black plane equipped with a loudspeaker. From the safety of the skies he would threaten airports demanding payment in a South American country called San Danito. Stopped by the Phantom Eagle.

Black Hood: X-Mas Comics #1. Black clad criminal mastermind and utterly ruthless. Fought El Carim.

Black Magician: 1946, Marvel Family #2.

Black Marco: Whiz Comics. Fought Dr. Voodoo from his castle of Doom in the distant past. Other than being a tyrant ala Doctor Doom, he has no super powers.

Black Pharaoh.: Ibis #1. Sorcerous uncle of Ibis revived by the Sons of Set. It was in battle with the Black Pharaoh. in ancient Egypt that Ibis received the Ibis Stick and his love was wounded and put in a deep sleep that would last centuries..

Black Poet: Minute Man #3. Agent Heinrick Von Strueber is undercover as an American millionaire. But he also wears a fright mask, hat and cloak and sends dark poems with paper soaked in a poisonous acid to kill the recipient. Stopped by Minute Man.

Black Rat: 1942, Bulletman #3. Master criminal that dressed up as a huge rat, planned crime waves and bedeviled Bulletman and Bulletgirl. While tough, he was defeated by the heroes and apparently fell to his death into a vat of molten steel. He was also member of the Revenge Syndicate, a group of villains that fought Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Black Sphinx: 1941, Wow Comics #7. Robed villain with a sphinx mask is robbing the Museum of Egyptology of all its wealth. He and his gang are captured by Mr. Scarlet where the Black Sphinx is revealed to be Powers, the chief guard.

Black Spider: 1941, Bulletman 1. In his secret lair underneath a large forest tree, the mysterious masked Black Spider wages a war on law and order with his gang and pet poisonous spider Suzy. He perishes in a fight with Bulletman and Bulletgirl. His story is revealed by Bulletman, that he was Jules Rey, a Frenchman convicted of murder and locked in a dungeon in Paris. He eventually went blind and befriended the spiders that crawled into his cell. Upon escaping, he vowed vengeance on all who helped convict him, including Bulletgirl's father Sgt. Barr.

Black Thorn: 1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Inventor of a ray that mummifies, Henry Hawley wears a costume with a single horn in the middle of his forehead. He's caught by the hero Mr. Scarlet. I assume he either made a comeback or this tale was reprinted in Wow #3.

Bluebeard: 1940, Wow Comics #4. Foe of Mr. Scarlet and Pinky

Bullethug and Bulletmoll: 1945, Master Comics 60. Max Monk and Gerty take up the Bullet theme to oppose El Carim. Just joking. Of course it was up against Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Calkins, Godfrey: Wow #1. Mad scientist millionaire type. He thinks that humans can survive on Venus and has developed a quick freezing process to preserve them on the trip through space. He and his henchmen arrange an accident and kidnap Dusty Davis and Janey Smart to test his theories on. The bad guys are stopped and Dusty and Janey are rescued by Atom Blake.

Captain Cutthroat: 1942, Fawcett #37. On the island of Komodo, the ruthless pirate and murderer Captain Cutthroat has discovered the Lost City of Kazar and its fabulous golden treasure. He kidnaps a beautiful woman to set her up as a White Goddess in order to control the natives and anybody that dares set themselves against him get fed to his fierce komodo dragons. Lance O'Casey and mate Mike Bellew are daring and chivalrous enough to do so anyway. At the end, it looks as if Captain Cutthroat might be becoming a snack for his pets.

Captain Nazi: Master #21. Superstrong and utterly ruthless. He fought Bulletman, escaped. Fought Captain Marvel and managed to escape that. However, by crippling Freddy Freeman and crippling his grandfather he sets in motion the creation of his most steadfast foe: Captain Marvel Jr.

Captain Nippon: 1942, Captain Marvel Jr. #2: Brutish Japanese equivalent of Captain Nazi. He was created by the Jamambux, sorcerers of the dark arts of medieval times, compounded of brute power, murder, hate, terror, lust and greed. Mind of a cunning spy, and strong enough to fight Captain Marvel Jr. toe to toe. Usually goes about wearing a loose fitting soldier's uniform and a spiked club. Possibly a member of Mr. Mind's Monster Society of Evil.

Catman. In service of a cat-goddess and brought back to life several times in an efforts to kill Ibis but always results in his own death.

Crime Czar: This mousy little crook used radio to organize criminals and balk police. Able to broadcast in on the police radio bands he could re-direct the cops as well as broadcast over the radio, call-station letters C-R-I-M-E, various criminal activities, all for a cut of course. Meanwhile, the police and Bulletman were confounded in their search for the Crime Czar by tracking down his signal as it seemed to move from location to location. Turns out, he broadcasted from a helicopter and ultimately apprehended by the flying detectives.

Crux, Victor, Dr.: America's Greatest Comics #7. Nazi spy specializing in smuggling industrial secrets, worked for Friedrick Outz. Like Marvel's Kingpin, he looked fat but his bulk actually hid a lot of muscle. Stopped by Balbo.

Dark Angel: Spy Smasher #1. Sultry villainess.

Dean: 1942, America's Greatest Comics #4. Recruits youthful offenders and teaches them the ways of crime in his "Crime College." He's revealed to be the lawyer of Max Mugg, who disguised himself with lifts in his shoes and a rubber face mask. Captured by Mr. Scarlet and Pinky.

Death Battalion:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. The villainous Brain engineers the escape of six of Mr. Scarlet's greatest foes,to form the Death Battalion and assassinate various American leaders. In addition to the Brain, the other members are Dr. Death, the Ghost, Black Clown, Horned Hood, Laughing Skull, and the Black Thorn. They are all defeated by Mr. Scarlet and Pinky and unmask the Brain as being the prison warden Loomis.

The Djinns: 1940, Slam-Bang Comics #3. Ameera is a daughter of a sheik and when her father and people are slain after venturing into a land ruled by Djinns, she alone lives to flee into the jungles. She's pursued by a scout Djinn but luckily runs into Lee Granger. He and the talking lion Eric defeat the Djinn and then prepare for a full fledged invasion through various inventions by Granger. He's ultimately captured by the Djinns and taken to their city high in the forbidden mountains. Upon being rescued by Ameera and Eric, he slays the Djinn leader. The Djinns are ugly green skinned bat-winged beings but don't seem to have any special powers other than flight.

Dr. Blizzard: 1942, Spy Smasher, vol 9. Dr. Blizzard is a nazi scientist who comes up with cold bombs which are delivered by a white bomber, sending Key West Florida into a freak snow storm for which American soldiers and military bases are unprepared for. The plan is for the Japanese to invade through the Aleutians while the Germans gain a foothold coming up through Florida. However, Dr. Blizzard is unprepared for a couple of things. One being that the storm has given him a nasty cold. The second is that Allan Armstrong, his fiancé Eve Corby and her father Admiral Corby are vacationing in Key West, which means Spy Smasher is on the case. Dr. Blizzard wears a trench coat and fedora, coated in ice and icesickles.

Dr. Carver: 1944, Master Comics #54. This homely man hated beauty so much he became a gifted plastic surgeon so that he could make beautiful people hideous. Opposed by Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Dr. Death: Whiz #2. Perfects a way to bring back the dead but he needs radium so he resorts to stealing it. Story uncovered by Scoop Smith.

Dr. Death:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Dietrich Neumann, skull and crossbones tattooed onto his forehead; a large man, strong and skilled fighter. Fought Mr. Scarlet.

Dr. Drown: 1940, Master Comics 1. Foe of Shipwreck Roberts

Dr. Eternity: Master #22. Nazi agent and a hypno-therapist. Fought Captain Marvel Jr.

Dr. Hex: Captain Marvel Jr. #1; Has a wand very similar to the Ibistick and is a self-professed master of mystic malevolence. Stopped by Ibis.

Dr. Hookah: Whiz #57. A race car driving fakir who uses black magic in an attempt to win the Acme Sports Meet but runs afoul of Ibis. NOTE The non-Fawcett Golden-age hero Silver Streak received his powers from a good fakir who had an interest in race cars, but whose drivers kept getting killed.

Dr. Pyrrho: 1947, Captain Midnight Comics #50. On top of a mountain, Dr. Pyrrho has mounted huge lens to magnify and direct the sun's heat on the cities of the Southwest, holding them for ransom for 10 million dollars. Captain Midnight uses his sub-car (one that digs through the Earth) to destroy Pyrrho's underground Mountain lab and his "sun gun".

Dr. Riddle: Bulletman #5. Sort of a macabre version of the Riddler. A hunchback psychopath who provides the police with riddling clues to his crimes. Stopped by Bulletman.

Dr. Weird: Master Comics 82. Famous sculptor Henry Gorgia went mad one day and started destroying his sculptures, thinking that he had somehow trapped the souls of the subject inside and that would free them. Only 4 remain after his death and their sale is bringing in lots of money for the Hadow Galleries. However, a masked man called Dr. Weird starts smashing the statues, claiming to free the souls trapped in the sculptures as well as killing their new owners in ways that mimic the subject of the sculptured bust ie the owner of the Lincoln bust is shot, the owner of the Caesar is stabbed. Bulletman and Bulletgirl investigate and Dr. Weird dies in a boating crash trying to fight/flee from them. Before he dies he is unmasked as Edmund Hadow. The statues were fake and he was sure that eventually that'd be uncovered and ruin him so he made it look like the work of a madman.

Dr. Yaki: Wow #40. Invented a serum that turns men into giants. Stopped by Commando Yank.

The Dome: The criminal known as the Dome escapes from prison and starts hunting down dolls with blue dresses and breaking them open. Bulletman and Bulletgirl pursue him, trying to end this strange crime wave. Turns out he had hidden a necklace in a doll before his capture and is trying to find it again. The Dome's head is super-hard. Really. Hard enough to knock Bulletman's helmet off and stun him and able to receive lots of punishment which is fortunate if you're going to tangle with Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

The Dragon: 1940, Slam-bang Comics #4. The Dragon, a humanoid lizard-man, is head of a gang of Chinese hatchetmen in Chinatown and kills one of two men who run a hardware store in the town, the surviving partner Jones fears for his life and detective and mystery writer Jim Dolan investigates. Jim unmasks the Dragon as the partner Jones who wanted to convert their store to an opium den.

The Dude: The Beu Brummel of criminal masterminds. Recurring foe of Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

The Faker: 1943, Spysmasher #10. Playing a bad round of golf, Alan Armstrong comes across a group of Nazi saboteurs and fights them as Spysmasher, but not before their weight challenged leader Herr von Strudel turns on his strange machine that would send out a ray and smother the engines of bombers flying overhead. Only his machine doesn't work, it explodes stunning them. The spies escape, but the leader is nicknamed the Faker by his men and the visiting Inspector of Spies, because he talks a good game but too often amounts to nothing. He takes the name to heart and starts launching fake sabotage attempts in one location while pulling off the real job somewhere else. His downfall comes from his other namesake, his love of strudel. On the next job, he decides to really pull the job he is alerting the authorities about, and while investigating Spysmasher sees the tell-tale strudel crumbs always on hand near the other victorious jobs and he realizes the saboteurs are near-by. So, he fakes leaving in order to draw them out and catches them easily. Sadly, Alan Armstrong's golf game is not as easily fixed.

Slick Fokus: 1945, Captain Marvel Adventures, vol 2, #42. An unscrupulous photographer for the Peerless Photography Agency, Slick is fired when it is revealed that he faked photos of Captain Marvel's visit to St. Paul, Minnesota. Wanting revenge, he steals a camera that takes pictures hours into the future from a coworker and inventor and hooks up with a local crime boss. Thanks to a picture showing Captain Marvel being with the mayor and most of the police at 5, they knock over a bank at the same time, hoping to damage the good Captains reputation along with getting some dough. However, warned at 5 by a friend of the camera's inventor, Captain Marvel is able to get clear across town just a second later to bring it all, including the future camera, to a smashing end.

Flying Dutchman: Whiz #27. The legendary ghost captain fought Ibis. Revealed to have lost his soul to Satan in a game of dice, Captain von Falkenberg must deliver so many souls a year or face even a worse fate. Only the tears from a good woman who loves him will undo the curse but the best he can hope for is pity as Taia uses the Ibis stick to rob him of his undead life.

The Germ People: April-July, 1941, Captain Marvel Adventures #2. Sivana's latest scheme is to shrink Billy Batson/Captain Marvel and throws him in a potted plant before he shrinks down to microscopic size. Beautia happens to come in and protests, so dear old dad shrinks her too. In this world of giant plants and strange creatures, Billy and Beautia meet up with a race that call themselves the Germ People who revere Sivana who visits and teaches them. Beautia is taken as a slave to the chief's wife, while Billy is forced to fight for his life against the chief's champion, a magician with a whistle given by Sivana that summons all sorts of creatures. While he as Captain Marvel defeats the creatures and turns the tables on the chief and magician, Beautia finds the potion that Sivana uses to grow himself after his visits. Unfortunately for the Germ People, once her normal size, Beautia sprays the potted plant with some old fashioned germ killer.

Ghost:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Val Lukovichis a warehouse worker and shot through the head by thieves. He comes to and thinks he's dead and thus his purpose is to kill the living. He goes about in a white sheet strangling people until he is stopped by Mr. Scarlet.

The Ghost Gun: 1942, Golden Arrow #1. This hooded villain terrorized rancher Riggs and his daughter Gerry to the point of him seeking help from the Golden Arrow. He tells the Golden Arrow that has three enemies, any of them could be the ghost: Pete who was a drunkard, Shifty who he caught trying to rob his safe, and Jimmy who was courting Gerry behind his back. Golden Arrow investigates and discovers the ghost is none other than Gerry who was in love with Jimmy and was trying to scare off any cowhands her father hired in order to force him to hire Jimmy back. By the way, Jimmy seems a fine upstanding young man, deserving of Gerry's love.

Ghost of the Bell Tower: 1944, Captain Marvel Adventures #40. John Larch was the bellringer of the western town Chimeville, announcing births, deaths, weddings, etc. He accidentally falls and dies from a broken back, and subsequently buried at the base of the bell tower. Later, Chimeville is plagued by mysterious deaths and a "ghost" ringing the bell, announcing each death. Billy Batson is sent by the radio station to investigate and he comes across a strange and agile hunchback claiming to be the ghost and seems to vanish without a trace. Ultimately, Captain Marvel captures and reveals the hunchback as Larch himself who had gone mad when found buried alive and was killing off those who buried him.

Ghost of the Deep:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Al Spriggins, radio broadcaster for W.T.E.L. kills the inventor of the invulnerable Z-metal and steals the secret. He builds a suit of armor which he hid under black robes and hood. After a full-blown knock-down fight, Captain Marvel manages to bust open the armor and capturing the Ghost.

Ghost of the Fishing Ships: Don Winslow 52. Green skinned, yellow robed foe of Don Winslow. Pic can be found here.

Ghost of Hamlet: Bulletman 7. Jim Barr and Susan Kent are on vacation, watching the filming of a comedy version of Hamlet. Only his ghost rises up to strike down those making the movie. Bulletman and Bulletgirl have their hands full before they reveal it to be Thilby the research expert on the picture. Thilby hated the producer Groman and hoped to make the movie fail and replace him in the studio. Thilby chose to shoot himself over letting himself be captured.

Glass King: 1947, Wow Comics #58. Foe of Mr. Scarlet, revealed to be one Adam Slink.

Gog & Magog: Two ancient gigantic demons attempt to sow evil and take over the world by destroying a peace conference. Although disguised as statues during the day, Ibis suspects them and ultimately turns them to real statues.

Golden Wasp: Spy Smasher #7. Evil Green Hornet.

Graybeard: April, 1946 (?), Captain Marvel, Jr #37. In 1846, a man is sent to prison for a 99 year sentence. While there, he reads and studies every book on crime as well as exercising and keeping his body in tip top shape so that a century later, he is released from prison having served his entire term. Armed with a sword cane and having a long bushy graybeard he takes over a gang and puts his prison education to work. His crime wave brings him to the attention of Captain Marvel Jr, but even Junior has trouble outsmarting the old crime lord. In fact, at the end of #37, the Graybeard was still on the loose.

The Green Devil: 1940, Slam-bang Comics #3. He looks like his name, he's the gigantic ruler of Death Island and Walking Dead Men. In addition to mastering magic, he is also a master of science and inventions. Diamond Jack's magic proves more powerful and the Green Devil is ultimately turned into a book and his island is destroyed.

Adam Grimm: Wow Comics #1. Bully of Lincoln High and thorn in the flesh of Atom Blake and Dusty Davis. Always looking out for himself, willing to pick on others, and not willing to accept responsibility of his actions. Reggie Mantle without the charm.

Grosso: 1941, Whiz #15. Frankenstein-like monster and henchman for Spy Smasher's foe the Mask.

Guardians of the Tomb: Whiz Comics. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh. En-Tep was a mighty black magic sorcerer. When he died and was entombed, the bones of his servants were placed in large clay jars to ensure his rest would be undisturbed. When his tomb is discovered and brought to America, his servants come to life in pairs to kill the men responsible. Ibis defeats them by destroying En-tep's mummy. With nothing left to guard, the guardians return to dust.

Half-Man: 1941, Whiz Comics #22. Mad-Eye Durrant recants: The Half-Man was a German officer who was hit by a shell and lost his right eye, his left leg and his right arm. After recovering from his injuries, which removed him from the battle lines, the man studied magic until, with the assistance of a demon who demanded the sacrifice of a hero for food, he became an adept sorcerer in his own right. He succeeded in robbing Prince Taia of her memory and she wandered behind enemy lines carrying the magic wand known as the Ibistick. Eventually, she regained her memory, but by that time her lover Prince Ibis was trying to escape from the clutches of the monocled Half-Man. After several adventures involving the Half-Man and his magic, which was stifling the Ibistick's power, Prince Ibis restored the Half-Man to his full strength and health. Repentant, the Half-Man used his magic to return Ibis and Taia to America.

Hata Hari: 1943, Master Comics 38. Sexy female agent, ace spy of the Gestapo. At some points she actually wears a costume: green dress with a small cutaway on the chest, golden belt and cowl that allows her dark hair to still curl around her shoulders. Opposed by Minute Man.

Hawk: Master #22. Godfrey Bun put on a bizarre costume that allowed him to fly: a cape, clawed gloves, a gargoyle mask, and bat wings. Not good enough against Minute Man.

The Hen: 1949, Marvel Family (33?): A thin woman who happens to be a ruthless criminal mastermind. So ruthless, she killed off her whole gang just so's not to share the loot. However, this kinda makes other criminals not want to work for her. So she teams up with Georgia Sivana, combining the Sivana daughter's goal with being Princess of Earth with her own goal to be the World's Wealthiest Woman. However, you cannot have two leaders and this team-up was doomed as eventually the two got to fighting over who was the best allowing Mary Marvel to capture them and put them in jail. Besides her thin angled features, she further mimics her name-sake by having a tendency to cackle. She is also a genius with gases.

Hooded Bandits: 1940, Master Comics #4. A large group of hooded and robed men with silenced guns and golden bullets attack several government arsenals and make off with tanks and guns and such. The government is in a panic, a prominent banker offers a huge reward and Master Man decides to investigate. One of the bandits is captured by the FBI and the bandit army stops at nothing in trying to silence him, from assination by rifle and an attack by airplane with bombs. Master Man stops them all and tracks the group to a tunnels in the hills of Kentucky leading to a massive underground lair. They manage to slow him down and launch an assault on Fort Knox but Master Man stops them from successfully escaping to flee to a foreign nation. The leader of the group stands revealed as the banker that offered the reward.

Horned Hood:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Joe Mallone, an enforcer who wore a devil costume and a lead-cored thorny club. Stopped by Mr. Scarlet.

Horrido: Whiz Comics 50. On a mountain lives a hermit, and this mountain is the source of mysterious disappearances of several new models of fighter planes. Spy Smasher investigates and uncovers the secret of the mountain and its hermit... Horrido a large muscular Japanese spy and a wind tunnel that sucks in planes for the capture in a base hidden inside of the mountain. Spy Smasher has several close calls in trying to put an end to Horrido once and for all.

The Hummer: 1940, Wow Comics #4. Foe of Mr. Scarlet and Pinky.

Hunchback: Xmas Comics #1. Up and coming actor Dennis Mills drinks a little too much and cripples himself. Eventually goes insane over the loss of his fame and disguises himself as a hunchback and haunts film studios. When they continue filming he becomes a murderer until stopped by Bulletman.

Hydra: All-Hero #1. John Oberon is able to turn into the Greek monster Hydra. Opposed by Ibis.

The Hydra II: 1945, Captain Marvel Adventures, vol 2, #42. In his war against Captain Marvel, Mr. Mind creates a monstrous body with a human head. Only the human head turns out to be an imbecile so Mr. Mind decides to kill his monster. When he chops the head off, it not only grows back but a dog's head does as well. Deciding such a creature could be useful, he takes it to steal some weapon plans. Losing and gaining more heads in battle with Captain Marvel and the police, the beast is finally defeated when Captain Marvel feeds it some raw meat and the various heads attack each other over it.

Ibac:1942, Captain Marvel Adventures #8. Petty crook Stinky Printwhistle shouts the name Ibac (Ivan the Terrible, Borgia, Attila the Hun, Caligula) and green flames blaze up transforming him into the muscular villain of the same name. Also served with Mr. Mind's Monster Society of Evil.

Illyria: Minute Man Dime Action Book. Nazi spy mistress seduces top-ranking officials for their secrets through the power of pheromones.

Invisible Man:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. Ben Leighton creates suit which grants him the power of invisibility. However, in low light, it doesn't seem to work and he's captured by Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Jap Devil Dragon: 1942, Spy Smasher #7. A large reptilian dragon, large enough to wipe out a destroyer and demolish a city while laughing off Allied planes. The dragon's breath even stalls out Spy Smasher's incredible gyro-sub (part submarine, part plane). He suspects something fishy as the dragon seems to be fighting for the Japanese and he leads it and a Japanese division into a mine-field, blowing both to kingdom come. The dragon is then revealed as being just a huge mechanical monster.

Jumbo: 1947, Captain Marvel, Jr. v8 no48. Jumbo is an incredibly large white sperm whale and lord of his domain. To the point that he purposely attacks and sinks merchant ships in the area. Captain Marvel, Jr. gets involved in order to rescue the sailors and has to tussle with Jumbo. After defeating Jumbo, Captain Marvel, Jr. uses his "tremendous intellect" that "enables him to decipher the sound vibrations of Jumbo... and translate them into language" to get Jumbo's side of the story. He arranges for the merchant ships whenever in Jumbo's domain to drop food over in tribute to the undersea king.

Khor: 1940, Slam-bang Comics #4. The Evil god of an Eastern temple, it turns out his eye jewel is the diamond used by Diamond Jack to fight evil. His believers seek to capture Diamond Jack and retrieve the "eye". When Jack takes the battle to the temple and the believers, the bronze statue of the god Khor is brought to life to strike him down. Jack's magic has no direct effect on the god, but he reasons that snuffing out the brazier used to bring it to life will render it lifeless. It does and as the falling statue crushes the priest that brought it to life.

King Kull: 1951, Captain Marvel Adventures #125. In the ancient past Kull and his race ruled over humans. However, they were only a few and humans were many and they raised up and overthrew their masters. Kull was cast into suspended animation and arose in the late 40's the last of his kind. He started anew plans for the subjugation of the human race. Interestingly, he had a rivalry with Dr. Sivana who didn't lke to concede that anyone could be as smart as him.

King of Darkness: 1947, Whiz Comics 84. Dating back to prehistoric man, The King of Darkness is the living embodiment of man's ancient fear and terror of the night, for at night he would leave his dark realm that exists below this one and prey on mankind. This bogeyman was a death-head villain all robed in white and only had one fear, one hatred himself, that of the light. He was defeated by Ibis, who used his Ibis stick to banish the King from the realm of darkness and he was consumed by the light.

King of the Fishmen: 1948, Whiz Comics 100. A millennia ago, a race of fishmen terrorized the Earth and were cast down by the gods. The king however was immortal, and so he was struck and thrown into a pool where he was trapped until someone would help him escape. The help comes from a young lad skipping school and decides to fish at the Forbidden Pool as no one would look for him there. Passing by, Ibis and Taia hear his screams as he's attacked by the immortal. Recognizing his foe, Ibis and Taia put up a valiant fight, but the Fishman gets ahold of the Ibistick and pronounces a doom upon by the two, to be struck down by the fist of Jove. As per the magic of the Ibistick, the fist instead strikes him down and he's taken back to the pool. The King of the Fisherman had the head and tentacles of an octopus but the torso and legs of a man and he could control fish.

King of Villains: see Count Storm von Kloud under V

Kruger, Daniel, Dr.:1940, Wow #1. A mad scientist with a scheme only a mad scientist could love. No, not dolphins with lasers. He has perfected a way of turning men into human vultures: bird-like heads, feathers, clawed hands and possessing superhuman strength. He operates out of Terror Valley, but his lab, sanitarium, inhuman army and plans of world dominion are washed away when Diamond Jack destroys the dam. NOTE: Apparently the previous information claiming the vulture men were merely hypnotized men with costumes on was erroneous unless the good doctor and his monster men made another appearance where this was revealed.

Ku Chung: Wow Comics? Anthony Durrant tells us: He was a ruthless extortioner who masterminded a plot to blow up the Yangtze dam in order to extort money from the Chinese government. It was "a swell racket" until he was apprehended by Commando Yank and unmasked as Louie the Lug, an American Gangster.

Lady Killer: 1947, Wow Comics #57. Mr. Durrant writes: The Lady Killer was the widow of the mobster Blacky Zach, who was murdered by his three henchmen whom he had double-crossed by hiding stolen jewels in canned cherries in the basement of his house. Murdering Tom Gordy - the first of the three henchmen - she assumed his identity and began searching the house - which was now a boarding house run by Miss Prim, the former secretary of the hero Mr. Scarlet, who was staying there under his real identity, and was able to kill off Max Moore and Bart Benton, the other two henchmen. Eventually Mr. Scarlet's sidekick Pinky and Miss Prim's ward Abigail found the jewels in the basement where Mr. Zach had hidden them and the Lady Killer was exposed and apprehended by Abigail herself, who used the $5000 dollar reward for the recovery of the jewels to pay for her education. According to Comics.org, Abigail also donned a red costume and became an unofficial partner to Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. Not sure how Miss Prim relates to Miss Wade, Mr. Scarlet's longtime secretary.

Laughing Skull:1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. John Dodd, former banker/embezzler, pretty much goes over the bend. He puts on a skull mask and white robes and kills people associated with banking often by burying them alive under tombstones with rhyming epitaphs. At least until he ran into Mr. Scarlet.

Limping Mummy: X-Mas Comics #1. Jason Hilder, editor for the New York Times, decides to become the Limping Mummy until stopped by Bulletman.

Loki: Whiz Comics 50. You have to give Ibis credit, he doesn't go after the easy villains.Yes, this is that Loki, who apparently Ibis crossed paths with at least once before as Loki calls him his "ancient enemy." However, since then, Loki's been imprisoned in ice in the far north with the wolf Fenris and the serpent Iormungandr. Their ice encased bodies are found and ultimately find their way into a circus where they are used as a side show. Loki's mind takes over another's and has him smash the refrigeration apparatus that was keeping him on ice but Ibis' magical Ibistick had already drawn him and Taia there. The two are evenly matched, their respective magics unable to conquer the other so Loki flees with the beautiful Taia. Ibis follows them to a mighty tower and calls forth the one being capable of stopping Loki, Thor, the god of thunder.

Henry Lomac: Master Comics (Fawcett). Captain John Baker travels to the South Seas island Parro where a great pearl is kept. However, Henry Lomac escapes with it and a giant slave, Wittak, who he claims is the strongest man in the world but leaves Baker behind claiming he died at sea. In reality the natives captured Captain John and will kill him if it¹s not returned before a year is up, driving the man¹s wife to attempt stealing the pearl and then bringing in her husband¹s old friend Zoro, the mystery man. Zoro manages to defeat Wittak and return both the slave and pearl to the island and freeing Captain Baker while Lomac and his crew are captured.

Mad Medicine Man: 1942, Golden Arrow #1. The medicine man of Chief Standing Bear's tribe desires to kill him and his son so that he can take over the tribe. Thinking they are beset by evil spirits, he sends for his friend, the Golden Arrow. The Golden Arrow uncovers the medicine man's plot when he fails to poison them all with a peace pipe and helps prevent war from breaking out between them and the white man. When his clothes are caught on fire, the medicine man leaps off a cliff into a gorge to certain doom.

Mad Mummy: 1953, Marvel Family #79. The wizard Shazam had stopped the Mad Mummy in ancient Egypt, sealing the murderous underworld being in a tomb and then dropping the tomb into the ocean. However, clues to the location were discovered b archaeologists and the Marvels innocently retrieved the pyramid from the depths and the Mad Mummy was let loose on civilization once more. With his Horn of Horus, he was able to call forth demons and mummies to fight the Marvel family. Eventually the heroes overcame him and took him back to Shazam who re-imprisoned him in a new pyramid dropped again into the deepest depths of the ocean.

Man in the Iron Mask: Spy Smasher #4; Spy Smasher foe. The greatest classical musician in Germany one day failed to salute Hitler. For his disrespect an iron mask is welded shut over his head. He is sent to America to carry out acts of sabotage and if he ever brings Hitler the head of Spy Smasher, the mask will be removed (Ok. Don’t know why he wouldn’t just hire someoneover here to remove it for him..). He first clashes with Spy Smasher when he sets out to prevent the conversion of an old castle into Fort Corby.

The Mask: 1940, Whiz #2-15. Foreign master spy and first major villain of Spy Smasher. Even was able to briefly turn him evil and have him fight Captain Marvel.

The Mask II: 1941, Wow Comics #7. A red masked criminal has the circus folks of the Farnum circus commiting crimes. When Mr. Scarlet intervenes he is confused when both he and Pinky try to chase the villain down in two different areas of the circus. He manages to ultimately unmask the Mask as the siamese twins, who had an operation that separated them though left their inside legs a bit shorter than the outside.

Rex Midaz: Wow Comics #17. In his atom-smashing laboratory, Dr. Carlson has succeeded in changing lead into gold. But, being a true scientist not concerned with material wealth he just throws it out the window into the hands of down on their luck passerbys, Brian Butler and Pinky (alias Mr. Scarlet and Pinky for those not in the know). Well, Carlson is human in one respect, he calls Rex Midaz the miser to gloat seeing as how Midaz once refused to fund his experiments. Well, that's enough to get Midaz after the formula and to set Mr. Scarlet and Pinky after Midaz. Ultimately, Midaz' own greed does him in as well as destroying the only copy of the formula. But, Carlson doesn't mind, he succeeded in making copper from cement, something more valuable to the war effort. The heroes turn the gold over to the government and Brian Butler and Pinky are broke once more.

Mr. Alias: Marvel Family #90 (An unpublished, synopsis in Best of Alter Ego) Plastic Man-like powers and an earthquake gun, goes up against the Marvel Family.

Mr. Atom: 1947, Captain Marvel Adventures #78. Giant atomic robot.

Mr. Hyde: 1940, Wow Comics #4. Secretly Dr. Jelke. Foe of Mr. Scarlet and Pinky.

Mr. Ego: 1942, Bulletman Comics #8. Well-dressed and intelligent gangleader with more than a small bit of arrogance. Not only are his crimes well-thought out, but he also invites the police to stop him, telling them the actual crime he plans on committing. Stopped by that dynamic duo Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Mr. Green & Greeny: Wow #28. Evil Green Arrow, but basically extortionists. Mr. Green is a bowman with only trick arrow being a flaming arrow. He's really a butler to Mr. Archibald Greene whom he tries to set up; Greeny is not an archer but the standard gun wielding henchman. NOTE: It should be noted that the Arrow (both a Centaur hero and Superman villain), Golden Arrow, Green Arrow, and Mr. Green all owe their popularity to the mystery novel THE GREEN ARCHER by Edgar Wallace which probably explains lots in regards to the initials and color choices.

Mr. H: 1941, Master Comics 7 (Identity revealed in issue 20). Masked criminal mastermind and recurring foe of the Devil's Dagger. Is secretly Holfax, a reporter and co-worker of Ken Wyman, the Devil's Dagger.

Mr. Macabre: 1942, Captain Marvel Jr. #1?Foe of Captain Marvel Jr.

Mr. Mind: About the most unlikely supervillain he first appeared in "The Monster Society of Evil," a 25-part serial published 1943-1945. "The most evil mind in the universe," Mister Mind is an alien worm in glasses capable of mentally controlling others and bent on world domination. When the serial started, it had not been decided that Mr. Mind was a worm.

Mr. Murder: Bulletman Dime Action Book.

Mr. Power: Marvel Family #26. Becomes bigger and stronger the more he is hit.

Mr. Z: Master Comics. Masked crime boss running all of the vice in the city. Captured by Bulletman and Bulletgirl when a letter reveals him to be Police Commissioner Lane.

Mr. Skeleton: 1941, America's Greatest Comics #1. A ten-foot corpse-like monster with a skull face who kidnaps Army leaders and kills them leaving only skeletons behind. Minute-Man manages to bust him into pieces.

Monster Society of Evil: Mr. Mind (leader), Dr. Sivana, Ibac, Captain Nazi, Captain Nippon, Nippo, Jeepers Creepers: a bat creature), Herkimer & Sylvester (crocodile men), Mr. Banjo.

Murder Prophet: Bulletman #5. Carries out his own evil prophecies.

Nightowl: 1948, Mary Marvel 24. Mary Marvel foe.

Oggar: 1946, Captain Marvel Adventures 61. Oggar is an immortal spirit in a mortal body (though one equal of Captain Marvel's). 3000 years ago, he was a pupil of the wizard Shazam and learned many mighty magic spells before Shazam discovered his evil nature. Like other great men and gods, he once was part of Shazam's pantheon rendering his name Shazamo. He was cursed by Shazam in a couple of ways: he could only use a spell one time and he had cloven hooves on his feet so he might be recognized as the evil god he was. He used his hooves to bind men to his "Cult of the Curse." If they left his service, they were driven mad. He comes to the present day to re-establish ancient Egypt and Greece and his curse. Unfortunately, he only gets 4 men to join him, all lunatics thinking they are: Samson, Nero, Napoleon, and Julius Caesar. Across 6 chapters and issues, Captain Marvel stymies him from further recruits while trying to find the one mortal weakness Oggar possesses..

Okoro: Whiz Comics #7. Medicine man of the white indian tribe of the Blancas in Brazil, he fears the popularity of Dr. Hal Carey aka Dr. Voodoo and tries to kill him.

The Phantom: 1942, America's Greatest Comics #5. The Phantom fought Mr. Scarlet and Pinky and apparently perished in this one outing in the case of "The Phantom of Marston Manor". His real identity was Formes.

The Phantom Axe Murderer: 1940, Slam-Bang #1 (Fawcett). We don't get the full details, it's one of many unsolved cases that is mentioned as being ultimately solved and turned into a story for DARING DETECTIVE MAGAZINE by Jim Dolan, hard hitting writer and editor, which helps earn him the respect and co-operation of the police force.

Pied Piper of Himmler: 1942, Captain Marvel Jr. #2. Foe of Captain Marvel Jr.

The Plotter: 1942, America's Greatest Comics #5. "A writer's mind, once filled with hope, snaps under a telling strain of discouragement! And the Ploter, crime's cleverest criminal, is born… the vengeful spawn of frustration and despair!" For a while, this unnamed would-be writer lives up to the build-up, scripting letter-perfect crimes to the chagrin of the police. However, his crime spree is stopped by Bulletman and Bulletgirl who captures his gang. He dies while trying to escape, falling into a burning furnace at a steel plant.

Professor D: Anthony Durrant says: Professor D was a madman whose physical appearance was that of a small, mild-mannered man with a bald head and glasses. Apparently, he had encountered Bulletman and Bulletgirl on an earlier case. This time, the Professor allowed himself to be arrested and jailed so that he could free all the inmates from the prison and lead them on a rampage of theft and murder. In the end, his plans were foiled by Bulletman and Bulletgirl, and he did when he jumped onto a conveyor belt to retrieve some stolen jewels and was crushed to death.

Queen of Spies: 1953, Captain Marvel Adventures 147. Delura is the sexy Queen of Spies for the Communists, out to get a fantastic invention that a Tibetan was going to give to America. Luckily, Captain Marvel was around to stop her.

Rameses: 1942, Whiz Comics (25?). Rameses (sic) is the resurrected cadaverous mummy, no covered in white strips of cloth for this mummy, giving him a rather chilling look. Defeated once by Ibis and his people turned against him (presumably recounted in issue 25), Rameses descends to beseech the nether gods for help. First he binds the terrible sphinx to his cause by correctly answering her riddle and her friends and gods Bes (mostly human looking with long lanky arms) and Khor (an alligator god). Ibis easily defeats Khor and answers a harder riddle and thus commands the Sphinx to fight Bes. Rameses escapes by diving into the underground Waters of Death where even the gods fear to go. Ibis reasons that since he too has died and come back to life like Rameses, he hasn't much to fear. Still he uses a boat made by the marvelous Ibistick to further pursue his foe and face unknown dangers in the following issue..

Rat Catcher: 1943, Master Comics 41. Ransome Trappe, a rat-faced con was in prison developing something he called the crime catcher when he was suddenly paroled. He snuck back into prison to steal his invention and then set out to catch his one time fellow crooks for the reward (his device is a big electrical gun that shocks them into submission). However, when Bulletman & Bulletgirl apprehend one of his bounties, he decides to turn the tables on them and catch them for a reward. All it ultimately does is land him back in prison.

The Red Crusher: 1952, Captain Marvel Adventures #139. North Korean yellow menace monster-man and foe of Captain Marvel.

Red Death: Winter 1941, Spy Smasher #2. Graduating from the Red Skull School of Villainy, from country to country, the Red Death and his gang wreak havoc for the Fatherland. He starts in the U.S. by killing a prominent general at a meeting among various military leaders and matches wits against Spy Smasher. He is apparently killed when the gas globes containing his deadly gas are broken while they are fighting the hero. Spy Smasher escapes, but their plane crashes into the waters overlooked by the Statue of Liberty.

The Red Vulture: 1952, Marvel Family 78. The Red Vulture used his star-shaped space station to fight American forces for the Koreans. It was destroyed and he was defeated by the Marvel Family.

Rednose the Terrible: 1943, Master Comics 38. A plump crook with a bulbous red nose that would suggest a life as a clown more than a crook. Not only that, as a criminal he¹s a flop, inadvertantly doing good despite his worst intentions. Opposed more or less by Bulletman and Bulletgirl.

Revenge Syndicate: Bulletman #7. A trio of Bulletman foes: the Black Rat, the Murder Prophet, the Weeper

Sabbac: Gained his powers from demons: Satan, Any, Belial, Beelzebub, Asmodeus and Crateis.

Satyr: Marvel Family #90 (unpublished, synopsis in Best of Alter Ego) An evil incarnation of the god Pan that faces the Marvel Family.

Shadow that Walks: Captain Marvel, Jr. #1. Beautiful stage ventriloquist Yvonne Sergo learned of a hidden fortune in the walls of the Dumont Family estate. She uses her talking shadow act to become a murderous shadow villain, hoping to keep everyone away from the estate until she finds the hidden treasure.

Singapore Sal: Whiz Comics/Don Winslow. Here's an interesting case study. Singapore Sal is a modern day sexy lady pirate. And unlike most villains of the time, she doesn't have one hero that she be-devils but 2. One is the sea-faring adventurer of Whiz Comics, Lance O'Casey, appearing at least as early as 1949. The other is the long running Don Winslow, also apparently in the late '40s but I can't nail down the exact date. Fawcett didn't own Don Winslow, though at the time he was licensed by them and they produced new stories by him (his prior appearances at other companies reprinted his newspaper strip adventures). So, not entirely sure which character she started out as a villain for before jumping ship to another strip. A quick search on the GCD also reveals what I assume is a completely different Singapore Sal that fought the adventurer Steve Conrad in 1940 at Adventure Comics as well as referencing an old movie (one copy in existance) based on an obscure story.

Sivana Family:

Uriah Slumboor: 1947, Captain Marvel Adventures vol 13, #75. Toy repairman Uriah Slumboor has perfected a device that allows him to transmit dreams. He targets young Danny Jordan and through a dream of a "shining knight" and treasure, gets him to rob a bank. Unfortunately for him, Danny is a member of the Captain Marvel Fan Club, and Captain Marvel with the help of the other members capture this dream transmitter.

Spider-man: 1947, Whiz Comics Vol. 15, # 89. This villain wore a hairy black suit and invented a gun that fires a liquid plastic that becomes a sticky thread which he used to bind his villains as well as create giant webs. His first crime was to hijack the plane carrying gold for Fort Knox but he was foiled by Captain Marvel who saved the gold and captured his henchmen. He then embarked on a crime spree but was eventually brought to justice by Captain Marvel.

The Spider Men: April-July, 1941, Captain Marvel Adventures #2. Invading Earth from Mars, the Spider Men look like large 4 limbed beetles only about 12 feet tall. As Captain Marvel fights this invading force, he discovers they aren't truly alive but mechanical robots. So, he travels to Mars to fight the human looking ruler there, exacting a promise never to invade again. He then returns to Earth to wipe up the remaining robots.

The Spider People: 1940, Nickel Comics #5. Captain Venture and the Planet Princess investigate a strange unknown planet on the outskirts of the solar system. While the planet seems dark approaching from space, it is incredibly lit up by the luminous undersides of heavy cloud cover. Here they discover two dangers, a giant 3 headed dinosaur type beast that regrows its heads hydra-like if one is destroyed, and a race of giant intelligent spiders. Captured by them, the leader reveals plans to transplant a couple of Spider-brains and convert them to spies so that they can conquer humans. Panicking, Princess breaks down and in a bid to save her life reveals that there's a device on their space-ship that can help and she'll show it to them. The ruler accompanies her back, where she tricks him into touching the power-battery to the ship and electrocuting himself. Meanwhile, Venture breaks his bonds and escapes by crafting a web-parachute, building a fire and then floating away on the heated air.

Angelo Spigetti: 1942, Whiz Comics #26. A professional knife-thrower dressed as a gypsy and with a hatred of America since they put him away for some years for a murder. He now works as a spy, assassin and saboteur for a foreign agent named Musso. Hired to kill Spy Smasher, he is at a masked ball and kills Ferdie who had shown up in a Spy Smasher costume and was Alan Armstrong's chief rival for Eve Corby's attentions. Angelo used the pirate knife from Alan's costume to divert suspicion, so that while he killed the wrong Spy Smasher he still succeeded in putting Spy Smasher out of action. However, Spy Smasher managed to catch both Angelo and Musso and clear the good name of his alter-ego with a little help from his fiance Eve.

Malva Stone: Anthony Durrant writes: This malevolent monster was a sculptress who had her models cover their faces with a cream that caused them to age rapidly, turning into old hags right in front of other people, while allegedly sculpting a series of busts of the nation's most beautiful women. She was stopped by Minute Man, who revealed that she was actually a man, a madman who had declared war on beauty after being rejected by a famous beauty after proposing marriage to her! His real name was never revealed in the story.

Snake: Don Winslow 50. This ultra-thin villain was a foe of Don Winslow. Pic can be found here.

Sun Man: Wow #30. Weather man Bernie Zunn uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to give his victims sunstroke. When fighting, he uses trick mirrors to blind and burn his opponents. Stopped by Mr. Scarlet.

Tarantula: Black garbed foe with a web gun. Captured by Captain Marvel. Possibly Spider-man (above)?.

Teantee: 1941, Wow Comics #7. Teantee.. TNT, get it? Ha ha. Anyways, this beautiful woman agent helped undermine, Poland, Norway, and France when her latest assignment sent her to a Japanese base in Asia to help rid them of a nearby American airbase. Unfortunately, this base happened to be where young Mickey Malone worked as a grease monkey and flew the skies as the Phantom Eagle. Miss Teantee was last seen running into a burning field for the planes. Don't know if she ever returned to try to topple more governments.

Theo Hagge: 1953, Captain Marvel Adventures #150. Foe of the Captain Marvel

Thief of Arts: Master #63. M. Tupay, art galley owner turned thief arms himself with an electrified sword-cane and fights Bulletman.

The Tigress: Winter 1941, Spy Smasher #2.. Blonde Nazi agent, wears a sleeveless tiger-striped tunic. An international spy, the sexy Tigress aims to to kill and replace senators in order to squelch a South American fortification bill. Spy Smasher is on the case when he witnesses the murder of one senator and then later sees him alive. Captured, Ludwig, her top agent and assassin, impersonates Spy Smasher himself in order to get to Admiral Colby, but Spy Smasher escapes and manages to capture the Tigress. Ludwig is mistakenly killed by the Tigress. In addition to her agents, the Tigress also keeps two man-eating tigers on hand.

Togg: 1949, Captain Marvel Adventures #97 (text story). Thief from the year 5000 AD used a time ship to rob and loot through the ages since the police of his own time were too vigilant. However, he made a mistake when he set himself up against Jon Jarl who managed to turn his own time machine against him and capture the time bandit.

Tong: 1953, Marvel Family 80. Not just any Yellow Peril Communist menace, Tong proclaims himself to be the greatest conqueror since Genghis Khan. And to that end he used a disembodied human brain called "The Great Red Brain." Not that it was colored red, but a Communist. No subtlety here. Tong and the Great Red Brain fought against American forces in the Korean War before the brain was destroyed by the Marvel Family and apparently killing him. However, he did eventurally return to bedevil the Marvels again a few issues later.

Trug: 1940, Whiz #2. Indian con man uses his mysticism knowledge to steal fortunes from people all over the world until stopped by Ibis.

Tut-Ankor: Whiz Comics. Evil tyrant from Prince Ibis' time, his mummy is uncovered by Professor Rankin along with some seeds that were still good centuries later. Consumed by curiosity, Rankin grinds them up into a solution and feeds them to the mummy. Tut-Ankor comes to life and bedevils Ibis once again. However, he and other mummies he revived are no match for the power of the Ibistick. They are killed while he finds the seeds did more than just bring him back. They made him plantlike and when fleeing across rich soil of a potted plant he takes root.

Twister: Master Comics. Robed and hooded thief that forces young boys to steal for him as well as controlling his own gang of thugs and rough necks. He and the gang are captured by the magician El Carim.

Undertaker: Master Comics #32. A long haired somber gent dressed somberly in a suit and string bow-tie may look like your idea of a friendly undertaker but is actually a paid killer working for the mysterious Mr. Z. Even managed to get both Bulletman and Bulletgirl into a pair of coffins. A pity for him they weren¹t dead yet.

Unholy Three: Master Comics. The cunning dwarf Nosey, Herbert the ape, and the hulking Brutus with the strength of 20 are the Unholy Three and under the command of J. Twiddley Fairchild, a long-hair professor type. They went up against Bulletman and Bulletgirl a couple of times. During a prison break, Fairchild is shot and killed (Master Comics 18, 1941) making the three just three.

Professor Van Ish: Wow #30. Is able to reach into mirrors by use of the Z-ray. He can then reach out from the other side of a mirror to rob. The mirror world is maddening: a Wonderland world of talking flowers and playing card kings and queens. Plus, powers work backwards, ie you fly backwards to go forwards, and hit lightly to knock out the bad guy.

The Voice: 1942, Wow Comics 6. The disembodied voice of the master villain directed his gang of thieves in daring robberies and crashes of subway cars. Revealed by Mr. Scarlet and Pinky to by the president of the subway Mr. Stimson who was broke and used small 2-way radios concealed in gang members pockets. Anthony Durrant writes to me of another Voice that fought Mr. Scarlet in a remarkably similar sounding story only the Voice was revealed to be a Mr. Seymour. Don't know if one was a reprint of the other only with the name changed or a completely redone and retelling of the other story or even which one was the first Voice.

Baron Von Gatz: Captain Midnight #3 (1942?). Head of a Nazi spy ring in America, he sets out to steal a prototype of a large glider that Captain Albright (Captain Midnight). In addition to being an all-around bad guy, he's capable enough to go toe -to-toe against the hero and give him a hard time. Since he wears something that passes for a costume, thought to include him here.

Count Storm von Kloud: 1943, Captain Midnight #14. Billed as "The King of Villains", he gave Captain Midnight an epic fight across several chapters in issue 14. He would reappear at least once more in issue 47, December 1946. This bald Prussian Count is a German patriot but not a fan of the Nazis. Thus, he is willing to come up with incredible inventions but not to actively fight. At least not until a Gestapo agent appeals to his vanity, saying that Germany could win the War if not for the actions of Captain Midnight and that a man of von Kloud's reputation could easily beat Midnight. He sets out to do just that. Von Kloud has trained eagles, an eagle plane and his clever mind and inventions such as a machine that makes tidal waves. He also has a thing for changing his white gloves every time they are soiled if even from just slapping one perceived as an inferior.

Vultura: Master #50. Queen ruler of a renegade band of Arabian outlaws and protected bya giant gorilla named Satan. Fought Nyoka. Also appeared in the movie serial PERILS OF NYOKA.

The Waxer: Nobody appreciates an artist. At least not Bulletman. The obviously insane Waxer ties his victims to a huge turntable and records their dying screams as the equally huge recording needle drops on them while they spin at 78 rpm.

The Weeper: Despite his tears, the Weeper is capable of the most brutal of murders. He wears an opera cape and top hat, and carries a walking stick and gas bombs. Fought Bulletman.

The Weeper II: Mary Marvel #8. At some point, the Weeper died and was replaced by his son. He teams up with Dr. Riddle and the duo tangles with Mary Marvel and Bulletgirl.

Were-tiger: Monstrous foe of Tawky Tawny.

Wildman of the Jungles: 1952, Nyoka, the Jungle Girl v12 no68. This wildman was discovered by the elderly Ted Harper. Incredibly strong, he goes back to the States where Harper educates him and makes him a strongman, the star performer of his circus. While Nyoka and her fiance Larry are visiting the circus while it's in Africa, there's an accident that gives the strongman amnesia through a blow on the head. He goes beserk in trying to get back to the jungles. Eventually, his memory is restored, in time to rescue Nyoka by fighting a couple of gorillas mano y mano. He wore the traditional strongman suit of a leopard skin, bracelets and boot-like sandals.

Wing Po: Chinese mandarin and commands a ship complete with followers in the Tropics. Stopped by Dave Dean

The Witch: 1940, Slam-Bang #1 (Fawcett). Not given a name beyond the description, this old hag has the powers of a witch thanks to a book of spells. When Diamond Jack proves too tough for a group of thugs, they go to the witch and ask her to handle him. She seems to have heard of Jack and she summons a smoke-demon to seek out and destroy him, but Jack is able to dispatch the demon. He disguises himself as the demon and confronts the witch. He spares her but changes her book to a cookbook, "1000 Ways to Cook Spinach" and then heads out to capture the gang.

The Witch II: 1946, Master Comics #73. Not really named, on Halloween this stereotypically garbed witch goes on a murdering spree apparently killing by mystic means (but revealed to be all too normal devious tricks). She's revealed to be a he, an escaped mental patient and crackpot inventor named Bentley who claimed to have invented the airplane and is killing off the members of the A.B.C. and D Aircraft Company whom he thinks stole the idea. His broom is jet propelled though.

The Witch III: 1949, Master Comics 99. 300 years ago, Ebenezer Brewster captured a witch and put her to death, but not before she swore that her daughter would gain vengeance on his descendents. Sure enough, a young woman attempts to do so through her poisonous witch's brew. She is stopped by Captain Marvel Jr. but falls into a lake and apparently drowns.

Wizzo the Wizard: 1952, Captain Marvel Adventures 139. In order to graduate from the School of Black Magicians, the devilishly dapper Wizzo animates a reflection of Captain Marvel to create Niatpac Levram, (he also talks backwards) and uses him to terrorize the city and bother Captain Marvel.