TORCHY BROWN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Zelda Brown 

OCCUPATION: Singer, dancer, nurse, adventuress, DANGER operator 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mississippi, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: William and Mary (parents) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Protectors Inc. 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Torchy Brown in "Dixie to Harlem" (Sept. 4, 1937) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 

WEIGHT: 136 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Zelda "Torchy" Brown was an attractive, brave and confident young African-American woman who left her home in Mississippi to pursue her dream of succeed on Broadway. But instead, Torchy ended up working at a small Harlem hospital as a nursing assistant. She soon got her nursing degree and began working closely with Dr. Paul Hammond. The young woman and the doctor fell in love, but a plague of poisonings in the community, caused by the corrupt company Fuller Chemicals, prevented them from enjoying the moment. Paul tried to find a cure while Torchy searched for evidence to unmask Fuller, but she was discovered and exposed to a massive dose of the poisonous substance. On the brink of death, Paul tested an experimental cure on the young woman. Fuller sent some goons to finish off Torchy and when Paul got between them and his girl, they killed him. Torchy miraculously recovered, having gained extraordinary light powers with which the young woman easily defeated the thugs and, after mourning her beloved, she exposed Fuller and their criminal methods to public opinion, becoming a heroine. Shortly after, Torchy was recruited and trained by DANGER to become an operative. Circumstances led Torchy and former yakuza assassin Madame Claw to begin collaborating and they eventually became good friends and partners. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

NA 

MADAME CLAW

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Ōhako Megumi 

OCCUPATION: Former assassin, government agent 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Cyborg 

LEGAL STATUS: Naturalized American 

OTHER ALIASES: Lady Claw 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Osaka, Japan 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Protectors Inc. 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Air Fighters Comics vol. 1 #04 (January 1943) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 

WEIGHT: 135 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Madame Claw was a cruel but cunning Yakuza assassin aided by her bodyguard, the gigantic brute Mia Kah, whom she personally brainwashed. After a showdown in Tokyo she faked her own death. Shortly afterward she reappeared, apparently seeking redemption, collaborating with Torchy Brown. Eventually the two women became good friends and partners. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Madame Claw was an exceptional martial artist, one of the most dangerous women in the world. Her left hand had been replaced by a fully functional metal prosthesis that was also a powerful weapon: The impervium alloy claw was capable of piercing steel and concrete and could exert a pressure of up to 1.8 tons. Hidden in her hair were ivory darts ("the dragon's fangs") impregnated with poison that she was able to throw with precision. She was also an expert in the use of fiber wire and knives.