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Golden Age Family Relations

Posted by Strannik on March 1, 2008, 7:57 pm
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A while back, a put together an extensive list of public domain superheroes (complete with a short breakdown of civilian IDs, affiliations, powers and other notable features) for a project I've been working on and off for the past three years. While looking at it, I couldn't help but notice many similarities in terms of power sets (to the point I started classifying superheroes by power), origins and, most intriguingly, surnames. Since, for the purpose of my project, they all co-existed in the same universe, I wondered if they could be related. I am not saying that they have to be related, but it's a fun thought.

With that in mind, I used Microsoft Word's internal document search function to find superheroes and supporting characters with similar surnames. Some resulting groups were fairly small, while others were comparatively sizable. For your benefit, I arranged them all in an alphabetical order, by surnames.

With that in mind... The list:

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Diana Adams – Miss Masque
Rusty Adams – Crash Kid
Tip Adams – member of Four Comrades

Buzz Allen – Invisible Avenger
Judy Allen – Black Orchid (Harvey Comics).
Peggy Allen – Woman in Red

? Blake – detective, ally of Linda Masters (Black Widow)
Louis Blake – Super-powered partner of Blue Bolt
Isobel Blake – Lightning Girl, partner of Flash/Lash Lightning
Robert Blake – Buckskin
Robert Blake – Hydroman

Jack Bradley – Flint Man
Jim Bradley – Dr. Nemesis

Fred Carson – Wonder Man (Fox Feature Syndicate)
Jim Carson – Echo

Bruce Carter III – Fighting Yank
Craig Carter – non-costumed adventurer with a magic ring
Richard “Dicky” Carter – brother and sidekick of Lone Warrior
Stan Carter – Lone Warrior

Bradford Cole – Vapo-Man
Nelson Cole – Torro (Fiction Press). Future space policeman
Richard Cole – Wonder Boy. Orphan

Linda Dale – Flame Girl
Jean Dale – Miss America
Barry Dale – Atoman (Prize Comics)

Calvin Dalton – The Ferret
Dean Dalton – a non-costumed adventurer, foe of The Conqueror
Doris Dalton – Rocketgirl
Thomas Dalton – Magno (Quality)

Darrel Dane – Doll Man
Terry Dane – Private Investigator, love interest of K the Unknown/Black Owl I

Dash Dixon - science-powered, non-costumed hero
Jeff Dixon – Bronze Terror. Full-blooded Indian

John Doyle – The Zebra, a non-powered hero/Lawyer in civilian ID
Steele Doyle – Skyrocket Steele, a 26th century adventurer

Fred Drake – The Stuntman
Mallory Drake – Whistler

Bill Foster – non-powered pilot of Mekano, a semi-sentient giant robot
Clip Foster – Fly-Man
Stormy Foster – Great Defender

Doctor Hale – one of Purple Zombie’s creators
Nathan Hale – Hale Battle, sidekick of Captain Battle
Dr. Peter Hall – Red Cross
Howard Hall – Nightshade (Centaur)

Bruce King – King of Darkness
Rex King – Black Fury (Street & Smith)

Alan Knight – Red Knight, science-powered
Denis Knight – Green Knight, uses magic dagger

Prof. Archibald Masters – American Crusader
Linda Masters - Black Widow (Holyoke)

Cal Martin – Rocketman
Carol Vance Martin – Wildfire
Jim Martin – Waspet, sidekick of the Hooded Wasp
Lucille Martin – Blue Lady
Richard Martin – Pyroman
Victor Martin – Yankee Boy

Ann Morgan – Purple Tigress
Dr Morgan – inventor of a rejuvenating ray that also gave users control over fire. Red Blazer got his powers from his invention
Michael Morgan – Prankster, a non-powered stage magician/crime fighter
“Red” Morgan – Sparkler
Robert Morgan – Spectro, psychic killer vigilante
Robert Morgan – Flash/Lash Lightning

Barry Moore – Scarlet Seal, police detective. His costumed ID is a stereotypical “Chinaman”
Dr. Moore – creator of Dynamic Man
Hardy Moore – Chief of Police, potential love interest of Lady Luck

David Nelson – Airboy
Ralph Nelson – Black Spider
Doris Parker – Iron Lady (Hillman)
Pat Parker – nurse/adventurer, operated as War Nurse, then non-costumed leader of Girl Commandoes

Gary Preston – the Flame (Fox Feature Syndicate)
Joseph Preston – Captain Wizard
Tommy Preston – Golden Lad

Bob Reed– Red Dragon
Dave Reed, Tommy Reed– Targeteers, younger brothers of Niles Reed
Kenshaw Reed – Mr. Twilight (Street & Smith)
Niles Reed – Target

Martha Roberts – Doll Girl
“Red” Roberts, the Electro Man (Hillman)

Burton Slade – Wasp
Jim Slade – Tor
Tim Slade – Steel Fist
Tom Slade – member of Phantom Falcon’s team

Buddy Smith - sidekick of Uncle Sam
Swoop Smith/Swoop Storm (Lev Gleason)

Dr. Drake Stevens – Air Man
Dr. Kenneth Stevens – Airmale
Robert Stevens – Stampy, sidekick of Air Male
Bob Stevens – The Sand Hog, a non-powered adventurer who fights crime by digging tunnels

Allan Turner – Skyman
Linda Turner – Black Cat

Dan Wallace – Torpedoman
John Wallace – Music Master

Joan Wayne – Miss Victory
Jack Wayne – Black Out (Holyoke), a non-powered pilot

Craig Williams – the Hood (Holyoke)
Col. Moore Williams – Flamingo

Daniel Wilson – Black Dwarf
Kandy Wilson – Flame, sidekick of The Shaman (Spark Publications)
Kit Wilson – Black Kitten, sidekick of Black Cat
Jack Wilson – Captain Victory
Jay Wilson – Rainbow Boy