OK time for another poll! I will be listing characters by year of debut. Who are your favorites? You can vote for as many as you like.
Doctor Occult (Richard Occult) -- 1935
Rose Psychic (Rose Spiritus) -- 1935
Superman (Clark Kent) -- 1938
Zatara -- 1938
Americommando (Harold "Tex" Thompson) -- 1938
Fatman (Bob Daley) --1938
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis) --1938
Wing --1938
The Guardian Angel (Hop Harrigan) --1939
Batman (Bruce Wayne) -- 1939
Ma Hunkel and Sisty/Red Tornado and the Cyclone Kids --1939
Sandman (Wesley Dodds) --1939
Ultra-Man (Gary Concord, Jr.) -- 1939
Flash (Jay Garrick) -- 1940
Hawkman (Carter Hall) -- 1940
OK time for another poll! I will be listing characters by year of debut. Who are your favorites? You can vote for as many as you like.
Last edited by Air Wave; 08-25-2023 at 06:35 AM.
I like all of these characters. I didn't vote for Tex and his buddy or the Crimson and his buddy or Hop or Gary, because I haven't read enough of their strips to have an opinion on them. There are some other favourites I can think of from this period, but maybe they'll show up on the next poll.
I believe The Flash and Hawkman were both on news stands in 1939, FWIW..
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Rose Psychic debuted in 1937
Did she? I'm seeing conflicting info.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Psychic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...R#Rose_Psychic
Plus this synopsis from the first Doctor Occult appearance:
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Before this topic, I did not know Hop Harrigan briefly became a super-hero called the Guardian Angel--also the Black Lamp. In what issues did he become either?
Went with Doc Occult, Rose, Superman, and Sandman.
Surprised to see that Batman is trailing behind Flash!
Also, Alas, poor Ultra-Man! Not a single vote as of this writing! But that's not too surprising I guess. Not a very well-known character! And unlikely to ever get a serious revival, especially with TsuPro's Ultraman being increasingly awarded the title of the One True Ultraman - which I support.
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Superman leading the pack here so far! Followed by the Flash (Jay)!
It's surprising that it's a race between the original Superman and Flash. I would have thought that Batman would be in the lead. I guess his Bat-tery powered running shoes aren't what they're cracked up to be. Har har.