AMERICAN CRUSADER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: NA 

IDENTITY: NA 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: NA 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: NA 

HAIR: NA 

HISTORY 

NA 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

NA 

JOHNNY DYNAMITE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Jonathan K. Peters

OCCUPATION: Government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Cyborg 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: DANGER, Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Washington DC 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Dynamite #3 (September 1953) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 198 lbs. 

EYES: Blue (right eye, red bionic)

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Johnny Dynamite was a private detective, a tough guy from Chicago, with connections on both sides of the law. His office was on State Street, New York City. Johnny was shot and lost his right eye, but some time later the government gave him a new high-tech one. Johnny was a chain smoker, foul-mouthed and with a very bad temper and with a bad habit of always surviving. His women always ended up murdered or wanted to murder him... Johnny was recruited by DANGER (Defense ★ Advanced ★ Network for ★ Geostrategic ★ Emergency ★ Response) the secret organization of the US government and later was in charge of gathering the Ultimate Super Agents (USA). 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Johnny Dynamite was an experienced and persistent detective. His weapons included a 45 caliber handgun and a Colt revolver, although he usually preferred to employ his fists. Thanks to the government eye implant, Johnny is able to perceive the entire visual spectrum and more (infrared /thermal vision). The optimized targeting optics of his cybernetic eye make him a terrifyingly accurate sniper. 

HUMAN DYNAMO

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Charles Robert Gibson 

OCCUPATION: Scientist, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Doctor Dynamo 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Speed Comics # 1 (October 1939) 

HEIGHT: 6' 4" 

WEIGHT: 200 lbs 

EYES: Grey 

HAIR: White 

HISTORY 

Charles Robert Gibson was a scientist and wealthy heir, who used his huge family fortune to finance his experiments. Due to a lucky lab accident, Charlie gained incredible powers and was soon recruited by the US Government as a superhuman agent. 

They gave him a uniform and a code name (Doctor Dynamo), and he was paired with a group of other extraordinary individuals to fight crime and communism together. There was him, Red Cross, Miss Espionage, Crimson Moth, Judo Joe, Mr. Q and their supervisor, DANGER agent John K. Peters, nicknamed Johnny Dynamite. They were called the Ultimate Super Agents (USA). 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Doctor Dynamo was able of generating massive amounts of electricity, which he could then fire as bolts of energy capable of melting metal and even penetrating thick concrete walls. He could also control electromagnetism to fly, move objects, simulate super-strength, or generate force shields. At first, he needed to recharge periodically, but his powers increased exponentially until it became less and less necessary. 

JUDO JOE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Joseph Smith 

OCCUPATION: Martial Arts instructor, adventurer, government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Japan 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Dr. John Smith (father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Judo Joe #1 (Aug. 1953) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 195 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

In 1932, Dr. John Smith and his wife traveled to Japan as Red Cross delegates, and shortly thereafter their son, Joe, was born. 

The leader of the community they lived in, Jiaozi, a great Judo master, fell seriously ill, but Dr. Smith was able to save his life. 

In gratitude, Jiaozi decided that he would teach Joe judo alongside his own son Yoshimiru. 

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Jiaozi hid the Smith family for protection and continued to teach Joe until the end of the war. When the war ended, Joe began to participate in children's Judo tournaments, becoming a great champion. 

In 1953, Dr. Smith decided to send his son to the US to complete his studies there. The kid enrolled in Mid-City High School where he met those who would become his best friends, Spike and Judy. 

Spike was initially a bully, but after taking a lesson from Joe, they became flesh and blood. 

Joe trained them both in martial arts, but on the condition that they use his teachings only for self-defense. He soon found himself in the position of having to use his knowledge of martial arts to deal with criminals and drug dealers who threatened the welfare of the community and Judo Joe was born to the world. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Joe Smith is a highly skilled and disciplined martial artist, one of the best in the world. He has also been trained in the use of almost all martial arts weapons. 

MISTER Q

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Harry Samson 

OCCUPATION: FBI agent, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Operative 17 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: FBI, Ultimate Super Agents 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Green Hornet Comics #11 (February 1943) 

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 

WEIGHT: 185 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Reddish blond 

HISTORY 

Mr. Q was actually FBI Agent Harry Sampson. Sampson was assigned to administrative tasks that he found terribly boring and longed to be a field agent. So, using his extensive training in criminology, athletics, and applied science, he developed the disguised personality of Mr. Q. He preferred to operate behind the scenes and let others take credit for their cases.

In addition, he was also part of The Ultimate Super Agents (USA).

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Mr. Q was able to appear and disappear in clouds of smoke, thanks to his Q bombs. He also used a gun. of sleeping darts to knock out his enemies. 

U*S*A

HISTORY 

Johnny Dynamite assembled a group of secret agents with special abilities to fight against the forces that threaten the United States of America. His name The Ultimate Super Agents (USA). 

HUMAN DYNAMO 

JOHNNY DYNAMITE 

JUDO JOE 

MISS ESPIONAGE 
MISTER Q 

MOTH 

RED CROSS 

MISS ESPIONAGE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Athena Woolfolk 

OCCUPATION: Government agent, adventuress 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal Human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Major Ralph Woolfolk (father), Jeanne (deceased mother), Margaretha (deceased grandmother) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Power Comics #3 (September 1944) 

HEIGHT: 5' 8" 

WEIGHT: 139 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Ginger 

HISTORY 

Miss Espionage's mother, was a former communist spy who fell in love with an american diplomat and defected. When Athena (Ms. Espionage) and her brother were still children, the KGB found her mother and kidnapped her and the two children, taking them back behind the Iron Curtain. Jeanne tried to escape with her children, but she only managed to save little Athena, at the cost of her own life. Miss Espionage's brother remained a prisoner of the communist regime.

Before Jeanne died, Athena promised her mother that she would one day return to rescue her brother. With this in mind, the young Athena began her self-imposed training. Joseph Smith, also known as Judo Joe, her future partner in the Ultimate Super Spies (USA), was her martial arts coach. She became a CIA operative under Miss Espionage codename, often collaborating with Dr. Dynamo. Her ultimate goal of returning to East Germany and rescuing her brother never came to pass (her brother actually became a KGB agent).

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Miss Espionage trained to become the ultimate secret agent. She was a master of disguise and a fighter capable of taking on more than one man in hand-to-hand combat. She was also an excellent athlete and pilot. She was able to speak fluently in both German and Russian.  

RED CROSS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Peter Hall  

OCCUPATION: Medicine Doctor, adventurer, government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Crusader 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Holyoke, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Red Cross, U.S.A. (Ultimate Super Agents)

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Geneva, Switzerland 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Captain Aero Comics #8 (September 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 

WEIGHT: 205 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Dr. Peter Hall was so eager to protect human life and health, ensure respect for all human beings, and prevent and alleviate the human suffering that he was willing to kill for it. With such a high purpose and such a difficult mission, Dr. Hall became a one-man paramilitary commando, the Red Cross. 

No one knew he was the Red Cross, not even his close friend, nurse Lucy Feller.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

He had no powers, but he used firearms and his fists with tremendous dexterity.

The Red Cross uniform is actually a very flexible bulletproof cloth. His helmet is also bulletproof and is specially reinforced in its emblem.

Red Cross sometimes uses a jetpack. 

MOTH

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Magically empowered human (supposedly) 

LEGAL STATUS: DECEASED 

OTHER ALIASES: Crimson Moth 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Mystery Men Comics #9 (April 1940) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 189 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

 

HISTORY 

The first hero known as Crimson Moth was a true man of mystery. He used to act on Fox City and was a member of Ultimate Super Agents (USA), but other than that, little else is known about him.

When Jakob Karno, aka the ChessMaster, and his Chessmen kidnapped scientist Dr. Fung and his young assistant, american Dan Barrister, the old hero Crimson Moth came to the rescue. Unfortunately Crimson Moth was defeated by the Chessmen and killed. But thanks to the hero's sacrifice, Fung, Barrister and young heiress Irene Jonson managed to escape taking with them one of the Chessmen's combat suits. Fung modified the uniform for his assistant to wear, calling himself the Crimson Moth, after the man who had sacrificed his life for them. Barrister (with Fung's help) managed to defeat the Chessmen and turned Karno over to justice to finally pay for all of his crimes. Dan, as Crimson Moth, was part of The Crime Smashers Unlimited, where he met and formed an unbreakable friendship with his partner Rip Regan, aka the Power Jacket. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The first Crimson Moth possessed authentic super-powers, such as increased strength, great resistance to physical damage, and the ability to fly. He never revealed the true origin of those powers. Crimson Moth II, for his part, wore a bulletproof battle-suit (a modified Chessmen one), which allowed him to fly and wielded a gas gun as weapon.