Roll Call

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Quicksilver

First Appearance - National Comics 5, mmm yyyy
Later Mercury Max, time jumping Zen Master of the SpeedForce.
The Ray
"Happy" Terrill
First Appearance - Smash Comics 14, Sep 1940
Flying Yellow guy. Light based powers. Father of the second Ray.
Red Bee
Rick Raleigh
First Appearance - Hit Comics 1, Jul 1940
Get this, trained bees! Trained bees. :)
Red Torpedo
Jim Lockhart
First Appearance - Crack Comics 1, May 1940
Robotman
Robert Crane/Paul Dennis
First Appearance - Star-Spangled Comics 7, Apr 1942
Human scientist brain kept alive in the metallic tank of a body.
Sandman
Wesley Dodds
First Appearance - Adventure Comics 40, mmm yyyy
Fashion inept playboy with a gas-gun. Somehow, out of all the GA heroes, Wes garnered his own series in the 90's, Vertigo's Sandman Mystery Theatre.
Sandy
Sandy Hawkins
First Appearance - Adventure Comic 69, Dec 1941
Sandman's sometime kid partner, later silicon based monster. Years later, following the death of Wes, Sandy took the name Sand and became the first chairman of the 21st Century JSA.
Sargon the Sorceror

First Appearance - All American Comics 26, May 1941
Sorceror. Died during the American Gothic saga of Swamp Thing(?).
Scrapper
Patrick MacGuire
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 7, mmm yyyy
Member of the Newsboy Legion, later engineer.
Sergeant Rock

First Appearance - comic #, mmm yyyy
Leader of US Army's Easy Company. Appeared in Wonder Woman story where Hipolyta and Jay Garrick travel back in time.
Shining Knight
Sir Justin
First Appearance - Adventure Comics 66, Sep 1941
Thawed knight of Arthurs round table.
Spectre
none
First Appearance - More Fun Comics 52, Feb 1940
The nearly omnioptent corpse of detective Jim Brendan Corrigan. Jim's soul was finally freed from the Avenging Angel. Spectre later finds a new host in Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan.
Spider

First Appearance - Crack Comic 1, mmm yyyy
Quality character.
Spy Smasher
Alan Armstrong
First Appearance - Whiz Comics 2, mmm yyyy
Spy Smasher, later Crime Smasher, had a serial about him.
Starman
Ted Knight
First Appearance - Adventure Comic 61, mmm yyyy
Gravity Rod controlling astronomer. Father of future Starmen David and Jack Knight.
Star-Spangled Kid/Skyman
Sylvester Pemberton
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 1, mmm yyyy
Wealthy youth, who fought crime in a patriotic costume. Later, founder of Infinity Inc. Killed by a mislead Solomon Grundy.
Stripesy
Duggan
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 1, mmm yyyy
Star-Spangled Kid's chauffer and crime fighting partner.
Stuff

First Appearance - comic #, mmm yyyy
Sidekick of Vigilante (after Billy Gunn). There may actually have been two Stuffs.
Tarantula
Jonathon Law
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 1, Apr 1942
Sandman inspired mystery author. Tarantula is my 4th GA custom figure. He is still in process.
Tiger
none
First Appearance - (in costume?) Judomaster 93, mmm 1966
Boy martial arts expert. Partner of Judo Master.
Tigress
Paula
First Appearance - comic #, mmm yyyy
Young All Star. She later returned as a villain.
TNT
Tex Thomas
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 27, mmm yyyy
Washington DC area teacher with an explosive ring and kid partner. Killed by Valkerie Gudra.
Tommy
Thomas Tompkins
First Appearance - Star Spangled Comics 7, mmm yyyy
Newsboy Legion leader. Later Geneticist.
Tsunami
Miya Shimada
First Appearance - comic #, mmm yyyy
Youthful Japanese-American girl with control of the waves. Mother of Deep Blue.
Uncle Sam

First Appearance - National Comics 1, Jul 1940
Embodiment of the American Spirit. Leader of the Freedom Fighters.

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