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<HEAD><TITLE>Don Markstein's Toonopedia: DC Comics </TITLE> <script language="JavaScript"></script> <META name = "author" content = "Donald D. Markstein"> <META name = "description" content = "Hypertext encyclopedia of comics and animation"> <META name = "subject" content = "Hypertext encyclopedia of comics and animation"> <META name = "keywords" content = "comic books animated cartoons animation comics comix syndicated comic strips"> <META name = "publisher" content = "Donald D. Markstein"> <META name = "format" content = "text/html"> <META name = "language" content = "EN"> </HEAD><BODY> <body onload="if (self!= top) top.location = self.location"></body> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" TEXT="000000" LINK="0000EE" VLINK="551A8B"> <TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=310 VALIGN="CENTER"><IMG GALLERYIMG="NO" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT=306 WIDTH=300 ALT="DC's logo, as it appeared in the 1950s." SRC="dc.jpg"> <TD VALIGN="CENTER"> <H1>DC COMICS</H1><FONT SIZE=4> <B>Primary Product:</B> Comic Books <BR><B>Producing Since:</B> 1935 <BR><B>Noted For:</B> Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and much, much more<FONT SIZE=3> <! BEGIN DONATION CODE> <HR><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="993366"><CENTER> If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, <BR>Please contribute to its necessary financial support. <BR><A HREF="http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/pay/T1237L0BCY25QA" TARGET="_blank">Amazon.com</A> or <A HREF="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=don%40toonopedia.com&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_cod e=USD" TARGET="_blank">PayPal</A> </FONT></CENTER><HR> <! END DONATION CODE> <P><A NAME="cont"> DC has probably racked up more important firsts than any other American comic book publisher. Its <I>New Fun Comics</I> and <I>New Comics</I> started the trend toward producing new material, not  <P ALIGN="RIGHT"><A HREF="#cont"><FONT SIZE=2><I>continued below</A></FONT> </TABLE> <CENTER><! BEGIN ADSENSE "LEADERBOARD" CODE> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <! END ADSENSE CODE></CENTER> <P><TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP"> reprinted from newspaper comics, in comic books. Its <I>Detective Comics</I> was the first to make a success of a single-theme, non-reprint comic book. And its <I>Action Comics</I> was the first to feature a <A HREF="glossary.htm#superhero">superhero</A> — <A HREF="superman.htm">Superman,</A> who quickly became the first hit character to emerge from the fledgling comic book medium, and the first character to star in his own regularly-published comic book. What's more, DC did the first superhero spoof, <A HREF="tornado1.htm">The Red Tornado.</A> In recognition of its record, in late 1999, readers of <I>Comics Buyers Guide,</I> a trade paper devoted to the comics industry, voted DC "Comics Publisher of the Century". <P> DC started out as three separate companies — National Allied Publications, founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Detective Comics, Inc., founded by Harry Donenfeld and J.S. Liebowitz; and <A HREF="all-amer.htm">All-American Publications,</A> founded by M.C. Gaines, who had earlier packaged comic books for <A HREF="dell.htm">Dell Comics.</A> Nicholson and the Donenfeld/Liebowitz company formed a partnership in 1936, and in '37, the latter bought Nicholson out. The resulting company was officially named National Comics (later National Periodical Publications), but used "DC", which stood for "Detective Comics", in its logo. <P> Gaines's All-American Publications shared offices with DC starting in 1938, and its comics, too, appeared under the DC logo. But it remained a separate corporate entity for years, although the two cross-promoted each other's titles and characters sometimes passed between them. In 1944, the two briefly separated, and an "AA" logo appeared on the All-American titles. But in '45, Gaines sold most of his existing titles to DC, and went off to found <A HREF="ec.htm">EC Comics.</A> <P> DC's comics included <I>Action Comics, Detective Comics, Star-Spangled Comics, Adventure Comics, More Fun Comics, Leading Comics, World's Finest Comics, All Funny Comics,</I> and all their offshoots. All-American's titles were <I>All-American Comics, Flash Comics, All Star Comics, Sensation Comics, Funny Stuff, Comic Cavalcade,</I> and their offshoots. <P> DC was not only the first to publish superheroes — it was also prominent among the companies exploiting the trend. By the early 1940s, not just Superman, but also <A HREF="batman.htm">Batman,</A> <A HREF="flash1.htm">The Flash,</A> <A HREF="lantern1.htm">Green Lantern</A> and <A HREF="wonderwo.htm">Wonder Woman</A> were appearing in their own comics; and the anthology titles were also dominated by that genre. Even <I>Funny Stuff</I> featured a costumed, super-powered turtle called <A HREF="mcsnurt.htm">The Terrific Whatzit,</A> and <I>All Funny's</I> <A HREF="geniusj.htm">Genius Jones</A> often appeared in costume as "Answer Man". <P> In 1940, DC brought several of its characters together as <A HREF="jsa.htm">The Justice Society of America</A> — another first — which contained four characters from DC comics and four All-American ones. (The JSA itself appeared in an All-American title, and temporarily dropped the DC characters during the 1945-46 split.) DC was also the first to publish a Justice Society imitation — <A HREF="7soldrs.htm">The Seven Soldiers of Victory</A> ran in <I>Leading Comics</I> from 1941-45. <P> During the late 1940s, superheroes fell out of favor. <I>Leading Comics</I> and <I>Comic Cavalcade</I> converted to <A HREF="glossary.htm#funnyanimal">funny animals,</A> <I>More Fun</I> to general humor, <I>All-American</I> and <I>All Star</I> to western, <I>Sensation</I> to mystery, and <I>Star-Spangled</I> to war stories, while <I>Flash</I> ceased entirely. In the '50s, DC also published science fiction, spy stories, teenage humor, romance, and even celebrity vehicles — Pat Boone, <A HREF="superhip.htm">Bob Hope</A> and several other stars appeared in their own regularly-published DC comics. Unlike most comics publishers, however, DC never put out the sort of gruesome horror and crime comics that brought on the protest that led to the formation of the Comics Code Authority. <P> Just as it had led the way in the original superhero trend, DC led in their revival. A <A HREF="flash2.htm">new Flash</A> in 1956 and a <A HREF="lantern2.htm">new Green Lantern</A> in 1959 paved the way for a wholesale revival of the genre in the early 1960s. Before long, the '50s variety show had been buried under the likes of <A HREF="metamor.htm">Metamorpho,</A> <A HREF="hawkman2.htm">Hawkman,</A> <A HREF="doompatr.htm">Doom Patrol,</A> <A HREF="ultra.htm">Ultra the Multi-Alien</A> and, of course, <A HREF="jla.htm">The Justice League of America.</A> Before long, as in the early '40s, practically everybody that published comics, published superheroes. Since then, the intensity of that genre's domination of the comics market has waxed and waned to a certain extent, but there has never been any doubt that superheroes dominated the market. <P> In 1956, <A href="quality.htm">Quality Comics</A> went out of business, and DC acquired its assets. That made <A HREF="blakhawk.htm">Blackhawk,</A> <A HREF="plas.htm">Plastic Man</A> and quite a few other characters DC properties. In 1967, Dick Giordano, who had formerly been chief editor of <A HREF="charlton.htm">Charlton Comics,</A> moved to DC. He was instrumental in engineering a 1983 deal whereby DC acquired all of Charlton's superheroes, such as <A HREF="capatom1.htm">Captain Atom</A> and <A HREF="beetle3.htm">The Blue Beetle.</A> In 1973, DC licensed <A HREF="capmarv1.htm">Captain Marvel</A> and <A HREF="marvlfam.htm">his associated characters</A> from <A href="fawcett.htm">Fawcett Publications.</A> Later, it bought those characters, and all the rest of Fawcett's superheroes, such as <A HREF="spysmash.htm">Spy Smasher</A> and <A HREF="buletman.htm">Bulletman,</A> outright. <P> In 1967, DC — by that time, America's largest comic book publisher — was itself acquired by Kinney National Services, which changed its name to Warner Communications a year later, when it later bought the <A HREF="warner.htm">Warner Bros.</A> movie studio. Thus, the same corporate giant owned all of the above sets of characters, plus <A HREF="bugs.htm">Bugs Bunny,</A> <A HREF="tweety.htm">Tweety</A> & <A HREF="sylvestr.htm">Sylvester</A> and the rest of that crowd. Later mergers and acquisitions brought the <A HREF="hannabar.htm">Hanna-Barbera</A> characters, including <A HREF="flintstn.htm">The Flintstones</A> and <A HREF="yogi.htm">Yogi Bear;</A> the <A HREF="mgm.htm">MGM</A> properties, such as <A HREF="droopy.htm">Droopy</A> and <A HREF="b_bear.htm">Barney Bear;</A> and <A HREF="mad.htm"><I>Mad</I> magazine,</A> under control of the same media mega-conglomerate, AOL Time Warner. <P> In 1976, the name of the company, now just a division of the media empire, was officially changed from National Periodicals, which nobody ever called it anyway, to DC Comics. <P> In 1993, DC started a new imprint, Vertigo, and transferred a couple of its ongoing fantasy/horror titles, <I><A HREF="sandman3.htm">The Sandman</A></I> and <I><A HREF="swamp_th.htm">Swamp Thing,</A></I> to the new line. Since then, Vertigo has flourished as a separate imprint aimed at adult comic book readers. Other attempts to start new imprints, such as Paradox Press (for creator-owned comics), !mpact Comics (which licensed the <A HREF="mlj_arch.htm">Archie Comics</A> superheroes, such as <A HREF="fly.htm">The Fly</A> and <A HREF="blakhood.htm">The Black Hood</A>) and Helix (science fiction) have been less successful. In 1999, DC acquired Homage/Wildstorm Studios, and has continued to publish its titles as a separate imprint. <P> A couple of decades back, <A HREF="marvel.htm">Marvel Comics,</A> riding high on its 1960s innovations, overtook DC in comics market share — but recently, the "other" half of comics' Big Two has surged back and re-taken the lead. DC Comics may or may not be the "Comics Publisher of the Century" — but considering its size, its staying power and its corporate connections, it's certainly one of the century's biggest successes in comics. <P ALIGN = "RIGHT">— DDM <P><B>DC Comics articles in <I>Don Markstein's Toonopedia:</I></B> <BR><CENTER>  <A HREF="animlman.htm">A-Man</A>  <A HREF="adamstr.htm">Adam Strange</A>  <A HREF="airwave1.htm">Air Wave (1942)</A>  <A HREF="airwave2.htm">Air Wave (1978)</A>  <A HREF="alfred_e.htm">Alfred E. Neuman</A>  <A HREF="spider.htm">Alias The Spider</A>  <A HREF="all-amer.htm">All-American Publications</A>  <A HREF="alstarsq.htm">The All-Star Squadron</A>  <A HREF="ambushbg.htm">Ambush Bug</A>  <A HREF="mramer.htm">Americommando</A>  <A HREF="amethyst.htm">Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld</A>  <A HREF="angelape.htm">Angel and the Ape</A>  <A HREF="animlman.htm">Animal Man</A>  <A HREF="animani.htm">Animaniacs</A>  <A HREF="geniusj.htm">Answer Man</A>  <A HREF="anthro.htm">Anthro</A>  <A HREF="aquaman.htm">Aquaman</A>  <A HREF="arak.htm">Arak, Son of Thunder</A>  <A HREF="arion.htm">Arion, Lord of Atlantis</A>  <A href="astrocit.htm">Astro City</A>  <A HREF="atom1.htm">The Atom (1940)</A>  <A HREF="atom2.htm">The Atom (1961)</A>  <A HREF="atomic_k.htm">The Atomic Knights</A>  <A HREF="atomctot.htm">Atomictot</A>  <A HREF="barker.htm">The Barker</A>  <A HREF="nt-force.htm">Baron Winters</A>  <A HREF="batgirl.htm">Batgirl</A>  <A HREF="batlash.htm">Bat Lash</A>  <A HREF="batman.htm">Batman</A>  <A HREF="outsidrs.htm">Batman & the Outsiders</A>  <A HREF="b-beyond.htm">Batman Beyond</A>  <A HREF="creeper.htm">Beware the Creeper</A>  <A HREF="binky.htm">Binky</A>  <A HREF="bizarro1.htm">Bizarro</A>  <A HREF="bcanary.htm">The Black Canary</A>  <A HREF="blcondr1.htm">The Black Condor</A>  <A HREF="blakhawk.htm">Blackhawk</A>  <A HREF="b_lightn.htm">Black Lightning</A>  <A HREF="blorch-1.htm">The Black Orchid (1973)</A>  <A HREF="blorch-2.htm">The Black Orchid (1988)</A>  <A HREF="blpirate.htm">The Black Pirate</A>  <A HREF="beetle2.htm">The Blue Beetle (1964)</A>  <A HREF="beetle3.htm">The Blue Beetle (1966)</A>  <A HREF="bluedevl.htm">Blue Devil</A>  <A HREF="blue-tr.htm">The Blue Tracer</A>  <A HREF="h_boltin.htm">Henry Boltinoff</A>  <A HREF="timhuntr.htm">Books of Magic</A>  <A HREF="boosterg.htm">Booster Gold</A>  <A HREF="boycoman.htm">The Boy Commandos</A>  <A HREF="bozorobo.htm">Bozo the Robot</A>  <A HREF="geek.htm">Brother Power, the Geek</A>  <A HREF="drumhead.htm">Bulldog Drumhead</A>  <A HREF="buletman.htm">Bulletman</A>  <A HREF="burp.htm">Burp the Twerp</A>  <A HREF="buzzy.htm">Buzzy</A>  <A HREF="bwana.htm">B'Wana Beast</A>  <A HREF="candy.htm">Candy</A>  <A HREF="capac.htm">Captain Action</A>  <A HREF="capatom2.htm">Captain Atom</A>  <A HREF="carrot.htm">Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew</A>  <A HREF="capcomet.htm">Captain Comet</A>  <A HREF="capcomps.htm">Captain Compass</A>  <A HREF="capmarv1.htm">Captain Marvel</A>  <A HREF="capmarvj.htm">Captain Marvel Jr.</A>  <A HREF="capstorm.htm">Captain Storm</A>  <A HREF="triumph.htm">Captain Triumph</A>  <A HREF="whip.htm">El Castigo</A>  <A HREF="catwoman.htm">The Catwoman</A>  <A HREF="cavcarsn.htm">Cave Carson</A>  <A HREF="chalngrs.htm">Challengers of the Unknown</A>  <A HREF="charlton.htm">Charlton Comics</A>  <A HREF="chrskl99.htm">Chris KL-99</A>  <A HREF="clock.htm">The Clock</A>  <A href="colan.htm">Gene Colan</A>  <A HREF="steel1.htm">Commander Steel</A>  <A HREF="comyank.htm">Commando Yank</A>  <A HREF="congobil.htm">Congo Bill</A>  <A HREF="congoril.htm">Congorilla</A>  <A HREF="helblazr.htm">Constantine</A>  <A HREF="creeper.htm">The Creeper</A>  <A HREF="crimson.htm">The Crimson Avenger</A>  <A href="earth1-2.htm">Crisis on Infinite Earths</A>  <A HREF="faraday.htm">Danger Trail</A>  <A HREF="darwinj.htm">Darwin Jones</A>  <A HREF="deadman.htm">Deadman</A>  <A HREF="deathpat.htm">Death Patrol</A>  <A HREF="demon.htm">The Demon</A>  <A HREF="destiny.htm">Destiny</A>  <A HREF="chimp.htm">Detective Chimp</A>  <A href="devildag.htm">The Devil's Dagger</A>  <A HREF="dexter.htm">Dexter's Laboratory</A>  <A HREF="diablo1.htm">El Diablo (1970)</A>  <A HREF="diablo2.htm">El Diablo (1989)</A>  <A HREF="dialh-1.htm">Dial H for Hero (1966)</A>  <A HREF="dialh-2.htm">Dial H for Hero (1981)</A>  <A HREF="fate.htm">Doctor Fate</A>  <A HREF="mid-nite.htm">Doctor Mid-Nite</A>  <A HREF="droccult.htm">Doctor Occult</A>  <A HREF="doc13.htm">Doctor Thirteen</A>  <A HREF="dodofrog.htm">The Dodo and the Frog</A>  <A HREF="dollman.htm">Doll Man</A>  <A HREF="doodles2.htm">Doodles Duck</A>  <A HREF="doompatr.htm">The Doom Patrol</A>  <A HREF="doverclo.htm">Dover and Clover</A>  <A HREF="fate.htm">Dr. Fate</A>  <A HREF="mid-nite.htm">Dr. Mid-Nite</A>  <A HREF="droccult.htm">Dr. Occult</A>  <A HREF="doc13.htm">Dr. Thirteen</A>  <A HREF="sgt_rock.htm">Easy Co.</A>  <A href="earth1-2.htm">Earth-One</A>  <A href="earth1-2.htm">Earth-Two</A>  <A HREF="ec.htm">EC Comics</A>  <A HREF="eclipso.htm">Eclipso</A>  <A HREF="elfquest.htm">Elfquest</A>  <A HREF="elongman.htm">Elongated Man</A>  <A HREF="enchantr.htm">The Enchantress</A>  <A HREF="enemyace.htm">Enemy Ace</A>  <A HREF="demon.htm">Etrigan the Demon</A>  <A href="fawcett.htm">Fawcett Publications</A>  <A HREF="filmatn.htm">Filmation</A>  <A HREF="firebrnd.htm">Firebrand</A>  <A HREF="firestor.htm">Firestorm, the Nuclear Man</A>  <A HREF="flash1.htm">The Flash (1939)</A>  <A HREF="flash2.htm">The Flash (1956)</A>  <A HREF="flash3.htm">The Flash (1986)</A>  <A HREF="flatfoot.htm">Flatfoot Burns</A>  <A HREF="flippity.htm">Flippity and Flop</A>  <A HREF="foreverp.htm">The Forever People</A>  <A HREF="fox_crow.htm">The Fox and the Crow</A>  <A HREF="freedomf.htm">The Freedom Fighters</A>  <A HREF="ultraman.htm">Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man</A>  <A HREF="gayghost.htm">The Gay Ghost</A>  <A HREF="geek.htm">The Geek</A>  <A HREF="geniusj.htm">Genius Jones</A>  <A HREF="doc13.htm">The Ghost Breaker</A>  <A HREF="ghostpat.htm">The Ghost Patrol</A>  <A HREF="gldarrow.htm">Golden Arrow</A>  <A HREF="gnewsboy.htm">The Golden Guardian</A>  <A HREF="grnarrow.htm">Green Arrow</A>  <A HREF="lantern1.htm">Green Lantern (1940)</A>  <A HREF="lantern2.htm">Green Lantern (1959)</A>  <A HREF="lantern3.htm">Green Lantern (1994)</A>  <A HREF="grnteam.htm">The Green Team</A>  <A HREF="gayghost.htm">The Grim Ghost</A>  <A HREF="gnewsboy.htm">The Guardian</A>  <A HREF="harrigan.htm">The Guardian Angel</A>  <A HREF="gunnrsrg.htm">Gunner & Sarge</A>  <A HREF="hannabar.htm">Hanna-Barbera Studio</A>  <A HREF="hauntedt.htm">The Haunted Tank</A>  <A HREF="hawkman1.htm">Hawkman (1939)</A>  <A HREF="hawkman2.htm">Hawkman (1961)</A>  <A HREF="hawkdove.htm">The Hawk and the Dove</A>  <A HREF="hayfoot.htm">Hayfoot Henry</A>  <A HREF="helblazr.htm">Hellblazer</A>  <A HREF="he-man.htm">He-Man and the Masters of the Universe</A>  <A href="herc-dc.htm">Hercules</A>  <A href="hotline.htm">Hero Hotline</A>  <A HREF="jonahhex.htm">Hex</A>  <A HREF="hoodedj.htm">Hooded Justice</A>  <A HREF="harrigan.htm">Hop Harrigan</A>  <A HREF="hourman1.htm">Hourman</A>  <A HREF="bozorobo.htm">Hugh Hazzard and His Iron Man</A>  <A HREF="h-bomb.htm">The Human Bomb</A>  <A HREF="humntarg.htm">The Human Target</A>  <A HREF="ibis.htm">Ibis the Invincible</A>  <A HREF="rraymond.htm">Impossible — But True</A>  <A HREF="impulse.htm">Impulse</A>  <A HREF="inferior.htm">The Inferior Five</A>  <A HREF="infinity.htm">Infinity Inc.</A>  <A HREF="foreverp.htm">Infinity Man</A>  <A HREF="cavcarsn.htm">Inside Earth</A>  <A href="iii.htm">Interplanetary Insurance, Inc.</A>  <A HREF="hoodedj.htm">The Invisible Hood</A>  <A HREF="isis.htm">Isis</A>  <A HREF="faraday.htm">I  Spy</A>  <A HREF="jester.htm">The Jester</A>  <A HREF="jimminy.htm">Jimminy and the Magic Book</A>  <A HREF="jimmyo.htm">Jimmy Olsen</A>  <A HREF="helblazr.htm">John Constantine</A>  <A HREF="j-cloud.htm">Johnny Cloud, Navajo Ace</A>  <A href="jperil.htm">Johnny Peril</A>  <A HREF="johnny-q.htm">Johnny Quick</A>  <A HREF="jthundr1.htm">Johnny Thunder (1939)</A>  <A HREF="jthundr2.htm">Johnny Thunder (1948)</A>  <A HREF="joker.htm">The Joker</A>  <A HREF="jonahhex.htm">Jonah Hex</A>  <A HREF="jonnjonz.htm">J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars</A>  <A href="rufus.htm">J. Rufus Lion</A>  <A HREF="dredd.htm">Judge Dredd</A>  <A HREF="judomstr.htm">Judomaster</A>  <A href="jperil.htm">Just a Story</A>  <A HREF="jla.htm">The Justice League of America</A>  <A HREF="jsa.htm">The Justice Society of America</A>  <A HREF="kamandi.htm">Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth</A>  <A HREF="ka-boom.htm">Katie Ka-Boom</A>  <A HREF="kenshan.htm">Ken Shannon</A>  <A HREF="eternity.htm">Kid Eternity</A>  <A HREF="kidflash.htm">Kid Flash (1960)</A>  <A HREF="impulse.htm">Kid Flash (2003)</A>  <A HREF="theking.htm">The King</A>  <A HREF="faraday.htm">King Faraday</A>  <A HREF="kissyfur.htm">Kissyfur</A>  <A HREF="kngalaxy.htm">Knights of the Galaxy</A>  <A HREF="kobra.htm">Kobra</A>  <A href="korak.htm">Korak, Son of Tarzan</A>  <A HREF="krypto.htm">Krypto the Superdog</A>  <A href="astrocit.htm">Kurt Busiek's Astro City</A>  <A HREF="ladydngr.htm">Lady Danger</A>  <A HREF="lando.htm">Lando, Man of Magic</A>  <A HREF="7soldrs.htm">The Law's Legionnaires</A>  <A HREF="binky.htm">Leave It to Binky</A>  <A HREF="legion.htm">The Legion of Super Heroes</A>  <A HREF="lexluthr.htm">Lex Luthor</A>  <A HREF="libertyb.htm">Liberty Belle</A>  <A HREF="l-b-blue.htm">Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys</A>  <A HREF="lobo.htm">Lobo</A>  <A HREF="loislane.htm">Lois Lane</A>  <A HREF="losers.htm">The Losers</A>  <A HREF="luthor.htm">Luthor</A>  <A HREF="mad.htm">Mad magazine</A>  <A HREF="mllemari.htm">Mademoiselle Marie</A>  <A HREF="fatal.htm">Madam Fatal</A>  <A HREF="manhntrq.htm">Manhunter (Quality Comics)</A>  <A HREF="manhntr1.htm">Manhunter (1942)</A>  <A HREF="manhntr2.htm">Manhunter (1973)</A>  <A HREF="m_merlin.htm">Mark Merlin</A>  <A HREF="marksman.htm">The Marksman</A>  <A HREF="marmadkm.htm">Marmaduke Mouse</A>  <A HREF="jonnjonz.htm">The Martian Manhunter</A>  <A HREF="airwave2.htm">Maser</A>  <A HREF="marymarv.htm">Mary Marvel</A>  <A HREF="mask.htm">M.A.S.K.</A>  <A HREF="he-man.htm">Masters of the Universe</A>  <a href="matsavag.htm">Matt Savage, Trail Boss</a>  <A HREF="maxmerc.htm">Max Mercury</A>  <A HREF="sh_mayer.htm">Sheldon Mayer</A>  <A HREF="mazingmn.htm">'Mazing Man</A>  <A HREF="mcsnurt.htm">McSnurtle the Turtle</A>  <A HREF="merry.htm">Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks</A>  <A HREF="metalmen.htm">The Metal Men</A>  <A HREF="metamor.htm">Metamorpho the Element Man</A>  <A HREF="midnight.htm">Midnight</A>  <A HREF="minute-m.htm">Minute Movies</A>  <A HREF="misamer1.htm">Miss America</A>  <A href="miss-x.htm">Miss X</A>  <A HREF="mmiracle.htm">Mister Miracle</A>  <A HREF="mllemari.htm">Mlle. 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