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Hero Name	Image cursor on image enlarges	Civilian Name — Occupation	First Year — Creator
Aquaman		Arthur Curry Orin — king of Atlantis	1941 — DC Comics.  Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger
Batman		Bruce Wayne — billionaire industrialist	1939 — DC Comics.  Created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger)
Black Canary		Dinah Drake — florist	1947 — DC Comics.  Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino)
The Black Hood		Kip Burland — policeman	1940 — MLJ comics
The Cape		Vince Faraday — police detective	2011 — NBC Television
Captain America		Steve Rogers — freelance artist	1941 — Marvel Comics.  Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Captain Marvel		Billy Batson — radio broadcaster	1939 — Originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics.  Created by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker
Catwoman		Selena Kyle — varingly wife of an abusive man, amnesiac flight attendant, prostitute	1940, 1970s, 1986 — DC Comics.  Originally created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane Batman
The Comet (1)		John Dickering — scientist, adventurer	1940 — MLJ comics.  Created by Jack Cole
The Comet (1)		Rob Connors — baseball player want-to-be	1940 — DC Comics' Impact Comics series.  Created by Tom Lyle and Mark Waid
Daredevil (old)		Bart Hill — boomerang marksman	1940 — Lev Gleason Publications.  Created by Jack Binder
Daredevil (new)		Matt Murdock — lawyer	1964 — Marvel Comics Universe.  Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett
Doctor Fate		Kent Nelson — archaeologist	1940 — All-American Comics.  Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman
Doll Man		Darrell Dane — research chemist	1940 — Quality Comics--now DC Comics.  Created by writer Will Eisner
Durango Kid		Steve (last name varied) — cowboy	1940 — Columbia Pictures movies; played by Charles Starrett
Flash (old)		Jay Garrick — college student	1940 — All-American Comics.  Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert
Flash (new)		Barry Allen (police scientist), (1956-1986); Wally West, nephew of Barry Allen, (1986-2006); Bart Allen, grandson of Barry Allen, (2006-	1956 — DC Comics.  Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert
Green Arrow		Oliver Queen — billionaire	1941 — DC Comics.  Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp
Green Hornet		Britt Reid (2) — newspaper publisher	1936 — Radio station WXYZ in Detroit.  Created by Fran Striker
Green Lantern (old)		Alan Scott — engineer	1940 — All-AMerican Comics.  Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell
Green Lantern (new)		Hal Jordan — test pilot	1959 — DC Comics.  Created by John Broome and Gil Kane
Hawkman		Carter Hall — archeologist	1940 — DC Comics.  Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville
Hourman		Rex Tyler — chemist	1940 — DC Comics.  Created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Bailey
The Hulk		Bruce Banner — nuclear physicist	1962 — Marvel Comics.  Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Invisible Woman		Susan (Storm) Richards — actress, mother	1961 — Marvel Comics.  Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby
Ironman		Anthony Stark — inventor	1963 — Marvel Comics universe.  Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
Lone Ranger		John Reid (3) — former Texas Ranger	1933 — Radio station WXYZ in Detroit.  Created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker
Metamorpho		Rex Mason — adventurer	1964 DC Comics.  Created by Bob Haney
Miss America (original)		Joan Dale — reporter	1941 — Quality Comics, DC Comics.  Created by Elmer Wexler
Miss America		Madeline Joyce — heiress, beauty queen	1943 — Timely/Marvel Comics.  Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Gabriele
The Phantom		Kit Walker — crime fighter	1936 — King Features comicstrip.  Created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician
Plastic Man		Patrick “Eel” O’Brian — former crook turned crime fighter	1941 — Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole
The Punisher		Frank Castle — war veteran	1974 — Marvel Comics Universe.  Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru
Sandman (4)		Wesley Dodds — financier	1940 — DC Comics.  Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman
The Shadow		Born Kent Allard, a famed aviator during World War I, faked his death and became Lamont, wealthy man-about-town	1930 — Dectective Stories Magazine.  Created by Walter B. Gibson
The Shield		Joe Higgins — FBI agent	1940 — MLJ, now known as Archie Comics.  Created by writer Harry Shorten and artist Irv Novick
Spider-Man		Peter Parker — photographer	1962 — Marvel Comics.  Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
The Spirit		Denny Colt — crime fighter	1940 — In newspapers.  Created by Will Eisner
Supergirl (original)		Linda Lee Danvers, alias Kara Zor-El — college graduate, student counseling, news reporting, and TV acting	1958 — DC Comics.  Created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino
Supergirl		Linda Danvers — daughter of a policeman	1996 — DC Comics.  Created by Peter David and Gary Frank
Superman		Clark Kent, alias Kal-El — newspaper reporter	1938 — Detective Comics.  Created by Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster
The Wasp		Janet Van Dyne — flighty heiress	1963 — Marvel Comics.  Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Wonder Man (old)		Fred Carson — unknown	1939 — Wonder Comics.  Created by Will Eisner. One issue only because DC Comics claimed copy infringement with its Superman character and sued.
Wonder Man (new)		Simon Williams — industrialist	1964 — Wonder Comics.  Created by Stan Lee, and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby
Wonder Woman		Diana Prince (Trevor) — secretary, nurse	1941 — All Star Comics.  Created by William Moulton Marston
Yellowjacket (5)		Henry Pym — biochemist	1962 — Marvel Comics.  Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
Yellowjacket (5)		Vince Harley — unkown	1944 — Charlton Comics.  Creators unknown
Zorro		Don Diego de la Vega — wealthy ranchero	1920 — All-Story Weekly magazine. Created by Johnston McCulley