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233:! But I need your help, Whizzer, to keep my physical body safe when I am away from it β understand?" Whizzer says that he does. Then they're abruptly interrupted by noises coming from a nearby room, where a professor is being held by a group of spies who are trying to steal his invention that can turn salt water into engine fuel.
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173:#45 (July 1940) heralds, "Introducing Phantasmo, Master of the World". Phantasmo is seen on the cover as a giant figure, barely dressed in shorts and a transparent cape, grasping a crumbling city building as a crowd of tiny onlookers flees from the area. A profile of Stoner in
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193:. The over-sized hero motif appeared on many of his covers throughout his career." The scene, which does not appear in the comic itself, establishes the unparalleled might of the new hero.
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1599:Guardian
1510:Batwoman
1495:Air Wave
1279:The Moth
1144:Dan Dare
928:The Whip
881:The King
842:Hawkgirl
777:Al Pratt
772:The Atom
732:The Flag
664:26 April
639:25 April
614:25 April
582:25 April
306:See also
2750:Cat-Man
2444:Rockman
2399:Mercury
2369:The Fin
2202:Red Bee
2197:The Ray
1961:Pyroman
1785:Starman
1705:Sandman
1604:Hourman
1500:Aquaman
1465:The Web
1440:The Fox
1086:The Owl
990:The Eye
933:Wildcat
854:Hawkman
353:8 April
277:Costume
186:Spectre
165:History
2755:Kitten
2733:Airboy
2607:Skyman
2424:Namora
1868:Zatara
1812:Kal-El
1768:Squire
1756:Speedy
1658:Miss X
1631:Krypto
1505:Batman
1284:Samson
1264:Dynamo
970:Airman
752:Vulcan
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2520:Misc.
2484:Venus
2419:Namor
2312:Bucky
2142:Magno
2019:Prize
1683:Robin
1101:Zorro
148:Tibet
2479:Toro
2067:#711
1377:Claw
1342:Kato
666:2020
641:2020
616:2020
584:2020
534:ISBN
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450:ISBN
422:ISBN
397:ISBN
355:2020
342:ISBN
217:and
201:and
1841:TNT
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