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Heroes and Villains

This page provides links to articles about comic book and comic strip heroes and villains, including those of differing ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, genders, and gender identities.

Diverse Superheroes, Villains and Others

He-She Transgender Villain

Voodah Crown Comics 3 by Matt Baker courtesy of DCM
disabled heroes

African Heroes and Villains in Comic Books

African American Heroes and Villains in Comic Books

Chinese Heroes and Villains in Comic Books

Heroes and Villains with Disabilities in Comic Books

Latinx Heroes and Villains in Comic Books

LGBTQ Comic Book Characters

Native American Heroes and Villains

Popular Culture Heroes and Villains by Year

Popular Culture Heroines and Villains by Year

Golden Age Superheroes and Villains by Publisher

(Under Constuction–Underlined Publishers have Current Posts, includes notable villains for each)

Ace (Magno, Lash Lightning and Lightning Girl, Unknown Soldier, etc.)

Centaur (Amazing Man, Speed Centaur, Magician from Mars, etc.)

Chesler (Dynamic Man, Lady Satan, Yankee Doodle Jones, etc.)

Columbia (Skyman, the Mask, Raja the Arabian Knight, etc.)

Fawcett–The Shazam Family (Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel)

Fawcett–All Others (Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Ibis the Invincible, Spy Smasher etc.)

Fox (Blue Beetle, Phantom Lady, Rulah, etc.)

Gleason (Daredevil, Crimebuster, Bronze Terror, etc.)

Harvey (Black Cat, Green Hornet, Johnny Fox, etc.)

Hillman (Airboy, the Boy King, Gunmaster, etc.)

Holyoke (Cat-Man, Grey Mask and Dove, Miss Victory, etc.)

MLJ (The Shield, Black Hood, Steel Sterling, etc.)

Nedor (Black Terror, Fighting Yank, Miss Masque, etc.)

Novelty (Blue Bolt, Chameleon, Sub-Zero, etc.)

Prize (Black Owl, Yank and Doodle, Green Lama, etc.)

Rural Home (Green Turtle, El Kuraan, Maureen Marine, etc.)

Misc. Forties Superheroes (Funnyman, Mad Hatter, Moon Girl, etc.)

Misc. Fifties Superheroes (The Avenger, the Fantastic Dr. Foo, Tomboy, etc.)

Comic Strip Heroines

Promotional art for Friday Foster comic strip
Friday, Sean and Cleve

Dixie Dugan headshot
Winnie Winkle by Frank Bolle

The “Career Girls” of Apartment 3-G

Brenda Starr

Dixie Dugan

Ella Cinders

Friday Foster

Jane Arden

Levy’s Law

Mary Worth

Winnie Winkle

Comic Strip Heroes

Cover of Big Chief Wahoo with supporting characters
Don Winslow of the Navy
Judge Parker
Kerry Drake in trenchcoat

head shot of Mark Trail

Big Chief Wahoo

Brick Bradford

Buz Sawyer

Captain Easy

Dateline: Danger

Don Winslow of the Navy

Joe Palooka

Judge Parker

Kerry Drake

Mark Trail

Rex Morgan

Secret Agent X-9

Steve Roper and Mike Nomad

Image of Rex Morgan and Gale
Heroes and Villains
Steve Roper and Mike Nomad uses judo

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