First Hero Boom Heroes

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So in my giant epic love-letter novel series to the entire history of speculative fiction in the 20th century, I have what is known as "hero booms", in which many heroes are born.   The first hero boom in the 20th century happened around the 1910s and early 1920s and led to a bunch of characters based on pulp stories and golden age comic tropes.  This is a list of the major ones, all based on pulp heroes and what not.   (Specifically they're altered versions of the Inventor/Space Hero, Shadowy Vigilante, Explorer, Asian Villian, Jungle Princess and Private Detective stories)

  1. Sebastian Dyer , technopathic abilities, was able to create a functioning jetpack and ray gun (what would become the Dyer pistol) from a crashed alien spaceship and used them as a guardian of the sky, defeating thousands of alien visitors, eventually formed the first heroic team, “The Society Of Champions”.  Born in 1916. www.tektek.org/avatar/54758057

  2. Randolph Fenner, able to teleport through areas of shadow, started as a vigilante dispensing justice to make up for his parents, noted criminals who were both executed when he was a child, one of the few who kept his identity a secret (due to fears of racial backlash), leading newspapers to call him The Ghost  Born in 1915. www.tektek.org/avatar/54758061

  3. Ellis Trescott,  super-strength, noted adventurer, he quickly became the spokesperson for the First Boom,  he used to travel with a group of companions until an adventurer to the island of Yokodate off the south-east coast of Japan where only Ellis returned.   He was the leader of the Society.  Born in 1914 www.tektek.org/avatar/54758063

  4. Zheng Huang, hypnosis, born in China and served as a nemesis to Ellis in the early days but switched allegiances when his daugher was kidnapped by an alien menace.  He joined the Society to help rescue her,  Born in 1910 www.tektek.org/avatar/54758072

  5. Sali, able to converse with animals, lost in the jungles of Africa, Sali was raised by a group of intelligent animals as one of their own, she spent years in the Africa jungles until a group of explorers discovered her and took her back to Roulon where she spent years as one of Society.  Born in 1921 www.tektek.org/avatar/54759442

  6. Gavin Zimmer, bulletproof, private investigator and detective, commonly worked with the American police.  One of the more proactive heroes, he and Ellis were the first to reveal their powers to the world.  He served as the police link to the Society.  Born in 1917. www.tektek.org/avatar/54759373

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I like this man this has potential. If this was drawn it would look very vivid on a page.