MAN OF THE AGES

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Would be World conqueror 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: America's Greatest Comics #3 (1942) 

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 

WEIGHT: 132 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Bald 

HISTORY 

Of unknown origin, the Man of Ages has lived for at least 100.000 years and claims he would live another 100.000 years more. During the 20th Century, he caused chaos with terrorist actions focused on weakening the governments of the world to facilitate his rise to power, although his plans were always frustrated in one way or another, on many occasions by Adventure Inc. He has seemed to perish on more than one occasion, only to reappear later more resolute and dangerous. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Extraordinary longevity and durability. He has vast resources and a global network of agents who are blindly loyal to him. As a personal weapon he carried a weapon that fires a lethal gas. 

ATLAS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: James Randall  

OCCUPATION: Former office worker, bodybuilder, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Mystically enhanced human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal record 

OTHER ALIASES: Apollo Jim 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Waldman, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Henry Randall (uncle), Linda Randall (former Thompson -wife-), Andrew Thompson (brother in law) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Inc. (honorary) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Daring Adventures #18 (Jan. 1964) 

HEIGHT: 6' 4" 

WEIGHT: 258 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Jim Randall, a timid office worker, was beaten up by the thugs of mobster Duke Cazzini, while trying to protect Andy, Linda Thompson's brother, his romantic interest. Despite that, Linda pushed him aside due to her delay in acting and his inability to protect her properly. 

While he was still convalescing, Jim's subconscious, in some unknown way, connected with "the Domain", being revealed to him a series of "strange secret exercises". Randall went to his uncle Hank's ranch in Arizona, where he began performing these exercises. 

In a short time he began to gain great strength and agility. 

He then returned home, with new looks and abilities, and confronted Cazzini, who had continued to tease Linda and Andy in his absence. He defeated the gangster, regained his girlfriend (whom he soon married), and became a celebrated adventurer and showman. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Jim has superhuman strength and agility. 

MIGHTY MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Paul Martin 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 

OTHER ALIASES: Mr. Mighty 

PLACE OF BIRTH: California (USA) 

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Olga Martin (-former Mesmer- wife)

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Incorporated Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Amazing Man Comics #5 (1939)

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 178 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY

At the end of the 19th century, a group of pioneers entered a secret valley where everything was several times the normal size. The settlers settled in that valley, but little by little they fell ill and died, until there was only one survivor, a boy born in that strange place and who possessed unusual gifts. That last survivor was named Paul Martin and he was found by Mr. Janus Pierce and taken to the outside world, where he became known as Mr. Mighty. Paul married his teammate Olga Mesmer.

POWERS & WEAPONS

Mr. Mighty seems to have almost total control of his physiology. His body is malleable, being able to stretch it at will as if it were elastic. He has the ability to shrink to the size of a mouse or expand more than thirty meters in height. He is also capable of altering his facial features at will to look like anyone. Paul has been shown to possess, even at normal human size, superhuman strength and stamina. It is not known for sure how many time he spent at the Secret Valley, but it is highly probable that he also possesses immortality, or at least a longevity extended beyond normal human. 

PIERCE, J.

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Janus Pierce 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, businessman, philanthropist 

IDENTITY: Public 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 

OTHER ALIASES: John Pierce, Bud White 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Inc. Headquarters  

FIRST APPEARANCE: Bang-Up #1 (1941)

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 215 lbs 

EYES: Black/Blue 

HAIR: Black/White 

HISTORY

June, 1963. 

"Adventure, Inc. is a company specialized in getting to any place no matter how risky it may be, whether to solve a mystery or to carry out a dangerous exploration. 

Leading the team is Janus Pierce, who secretly coexists with his other (imaginary?) Self, Buddy White." 

POWERS & WEAPONS

Peak human condition. Supreme mind. Resources (apparently) inexhaustible.

PETER PLASTIC

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Peter Fenn 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Eric Fenn ("father")

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Inc. Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Forbidden Worlds #48 (November 1956)

HEIGHT: 3' 7" 

WEIGHT: 64 lbs 

EYES: Gray 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY

Peter was developed by Eric Fenn, a brilliant mechanical engineer and head of the development laboratories at Underwodd Educational Toys Corporation, one of the largest toy companies in the world. His goal had been to develop the most advanced robot doll in history. Peter was modeled to closely mimic a real human being. Unfortunately the project was abandoned due to excessive production costs and some problems with the power cells. So, Fenn took Peter to his home on Long Island to try to figure out how to make it work, but one night, there was a storm and Peter was struck by lightning. The lightning inexplicably brought the android to life. Peter showed great intelligence, but unfortunately his android strength and the volatility of his childish character made him extremely dangerous and unstoppable. At first, Fenn was tempted to destroy Peter, but then decided to leave him in the custody of Janus Pierce, leader of ADVENTURE INC."

POWERS & WEAPONS

In addition to his advanced intelligence, Peter possessed senses far superior to humans and superhuman strength and endurance.

MESMER, OLGA

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Olga Mesmer 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, scientist 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Olga Martin, Mrs. Mighty 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Hugo Mesmer (father-deceased-), Queen Margo (mother), Paul Martin (husband) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Incorporated Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Spicy Mystery Stories (August, 1937)

HEIGHT: 5' 6" 

WEIGHT: 135 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY

November, 1964. 

When Queen Margo was driven from her underground kingdom by a coup, she went into exile on the surface where she met Dr. Hugo Mesmer, a scientist. Both fell in love and shortly after they got married. Margo became pregnant and gave birth to a girl, Olga, who was born with tremendous and uncontrollable mental powers due in part to her underground heritage and to her father's scientific experiments that had altered his DNA. Little Olga ended up unintentionally causing the death of her own father. Margo, devastated, returned to her underground kingdom leaving the girl in charge of philanthropist Janus Pierce. Despite being raised like his daughter, Olga was always attracted to her benefactor and mentor, though she would eventually end up getting engaged to Paul "Mr. Mighty" Martin, her Adventure Inc. teammate. 

POWERS & WEAPONS

She has the powers of mind control, telekinesis, levitation and telepathy. 

PHOTON-MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Prahs 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

LEGAL STATUS: Alien 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Planet Danar 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Inc. Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Amazing Adventures #6 (Fall 1952)

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: White Light 

HAIR: None 

HISTORY

June, 1963. 

"Prahs claims to be a visitor from the planet Danar. 

The dominant lifeform in Danar is composed of sentient light instead of carbon, the Photon-Men of Danar, ruled by the 'King Deutrino' from his throne of light in 'The White City'.

Photon-Man was taken under Janus Pierce's wing and became part of the ADVENTURE INC team."

POWERS & WEAPONS

Photon-Man is capable of absorbing ultraviolet radiation, storing it to later produce a variety of effects. As an extended application of his energy processing powers, Prahs can fly through the force generated by the energy he absorbs. His speed in flight is close to the speed of light.

ADVENTURE INCORPORATED

HISTORY

June, 1963. Adventure, Inc. is a team that goes wherever adventure is found, whether it's solving mysteries or conducting dangerous explorations.

The team is made up of Janus Pierce (leader, millionaire, double personality disorder), Olga Mesmer (incredible mental powers), Mr. Mighty (able to control his physiognomy to astonishing levels), Photon Man (Prahs, an alien made of light ), Gorilla Jack (a human brain in the body of a great ape) and Peter Plastic (the robot boy). 

For a short time, Mr. Ozzie Feathers (Winged Monkey) became the group's mascot after a visit to the dimension beyond the rainbow.

But Mr. Feathers is a restless boy and he ended up joining The Tyro Team.

Another ally of the team was Apollo Jim (Atlas), the mystery bodybuilder.

ATLAS 

GORILLA JACK 

MESMER, OLGA 

MIGHTY MAN 

PETER PLASTIC 

PHOTON-MAN 

PIERCE, J. 

WINGED MONKEY 

WINGED MONKEY

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: NA
OCCUPATION: Adventurer 
IDENTITY: Public 
LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: Mr. Ozzie Feathers 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Oz 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Inc., Tyro Team 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

HEIGHT: NA 
WEIGHT: NA 
EYES: Purple 
HAIR:  Purple 

HISTORY

The Winged Monkeys were once a free people, living in the forests of Oz. They were carefree, but rather mischievous. They were punished for his pranks making them slaves to the Golden Cap. Eventually, the cap fell into the hands of the Wicked Witch of the West, who used the Winged Monkeys to conquer the Winkie Country, defeat the Great Oz and capture Dorothy Gale and the Cowardly Lion, destroying the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman in the process. After the witch was defeated Dorothy gave the cap to Glinda, The Good Witch of the South who finally gave the Cap to the Winged Monkeys as their own, to free them. 

POWERS & WEAPONS

Agile as a monkey and able to fly like the most graceful of birds. His tail is practically better than a third arm.

GORILLA JACK

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Jack Castle 
OCCUPATION: Former laboratory Assistant, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human brain in big ape body 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: NA 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Fox City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Adventure Incorporated 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Adventure Incorporated Headquarters  
FIRST APPEARANCE: Blue Beetle #9 (October 1941)

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 
WEIGHT: 295 lbs 
EYES: Black 
HAIR: Black 

HISTORY

Jack Castle was working as a lab assistant for a morally dubious scientist, Dr. Brock. One day, after a heated argument, Brock knocked Castle unconscious and used him as a human guinea pig in one of his experiments. In this case, the scientist transplanted Castle's brain into the body of a gorilla with altered vocal cords. When Jack woke up, he freaked out at what he had turned him into, and blinded with rage he killed the mad doctor. Desperate and in need of help, he went to the home of an old friend, world-renowned scientist Dr. Mishkin. Panicked, Mishkin tried to call the police. Castle tried to stop him and killed him by accident. He then tried to contact Elsa Brock (Dr. Brock's niece), but she shot him before he could explain himself. Jack managed to escape despite being injured. Trying to hide, Jack ends up facing Renard's gang, whom he easily defeats thanks to his gorilla strength. The gang sets him up as their new leader. Reluctantly, Jack takes advantage of the situation to try to contact Elsa Brock again, causing the gang to kidnap her, but she managed to escape with the help of her boyfriend and before Jack could chase them, his gang betrayed him and shot him, leaving him badly injured. and in the hands of the police. 

However, Mr. Janus Pierce offered him a new life as a member of Adventure Inc.

POWERS & WEAPONS

Gorilla physiology