The Forties

The war years and the influence of American comics saw the creation of the first genuine British comic book heroes. Demand soared as American comics became harder to obtain; a market had been created and now it needed needed filling. Some characters, such as the Bat, were obvious rip-offs of U.S. characters, but others were more original concepts, such as Robert Lovett, "Back from the Dead".

Post war Britain saw the influence of Superman become very evident, with a growing number of heroes with similar powers. Few of these characters lasted very long.

Superheroes

Ace Hart	Acromaid	Argo	Atom	Atomic Tommy
The Bat	Captain Crash	Captain Magnet	Captain Might	Captain Zoom
Cat-Girl	Crash Britanus	Electro Girl	Elektra	The Falcon
Gail Garrity	Garry	Garth	Halcon	Iron Fish
The Iron Teacher	The Iron Warrior	Jack Flash	Ju-Jitsu Jimmy	Krakos the Egyptian
Litening	Marsman	Maskman	Maxwell the Mighty	Mr Muscle
Mr. X	Moon Man	Powerman	Quicksilver	Ray Spede
Robert Lovett	Speed Gale	Streamline	Superboyo	Thunderbolt Jaxon
Tigerman	TNT Tina	TNT Tom	Tola the Strong	Tornado
Wonderman	Zom of the Zodiac	Phantom Maid	G-Boy	Wonder Boy
Venus	Starlite Rand	Crossbow	Cast-Iron Chris	Iron Boy
The Deathless Men	Scarlet Bat	Satin Astro	The Grey Ghosts

Villains

People with Powers

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