Changes: Super-Boy

Roy the Super-Boy
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Real Name	Roy Carter
First Appearance	Top-Notch Comics #8 (1940)
Original Publisher	MLJ
Created by	Harry Shorten and Edd Ashe

Revision as of 08:05, 25 May 2018

Origin

Roy Carter was formerly an orphaned shoeshine boy, but he was taken in by Blaine Whitney, secretly a crime fighter known as the Wizard. The Wizard saw potential in the boy and trained him as his sidekick. So from that day on Roy was Roy the Super Boy.

He later formed the team known as the Boy Buddies with fellow sidekick Dusty the Boy Detective.

Powers and Abilities

He had no powers.

Public Domain Appearances

Shield-Wizard Comics #2-13
Top-Notch Comics #8-27
Special Comics #1
Hangman Comics #2-8
The Black Hood Comics #9, 11

Notes

Many sites claim "Rossman" as Roy's last name however, it never appeared in a comic and is simply fan fiction.

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-|Row 1 info  = Roy Rossman
+|Row 1 info  = Roy Carter
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-== Golden Age Origin ==
+== Origin ==
- Roy was formerly an orphaned shoeshine boy, but he was taken in by Blaine Whitney, secretly a crime fighter known as the Wizard. The Wizard saw potential in the boy and trained him as his sidekick. So from that day on Roy was Roy the Super Boy. He had no powers. He later formed the team known as the [[Boy Buddies]] with fellow sidekick [[Dusty the Boy Detective]].
+Roy Carter was formerly an orphaned shoeshine boy, but he was taken in by Blaine Whitney, secretly a crime fighter known as the [[Wizard]]. The Wizard saw potential in the boy and trained him as his sidekick. So from that day on Roy was Roy the Super Boy.
+He later formed the team known as the [[Boy Buddies]] with fellow sidekick [[Dusty the Boy Detective]].
-== Golden Age Appearances  ==
+[[File:Boybuds.png|thumb|left]]
+== Powers and Abilities ==
+He had no powers.
+== Public Domain Appearances ==
 *Shield-Wizard Comics #2-13
 *Top-Notch Comics #8-27
 *Special Comics #1
 *Hangman Comics #2-8
-The Black Hood Comics #9,11
+*The Black Hood Comics #9, 11
 == Notes ==
+*Many sites claim "Rossman" as Roy's last name however, it never appeared in a comic and is simply fan fiction.
-While the golden age MLJ  Roy the Superboy is public domain, subsequent versions used by Archie comics are '''NOT'''.
 == See Also ==
-*[http://www.toonopedia.com/boybuds.htm Toonopedia]
 *[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/r/roythesuperboy.htm International Hero]
-*[http://www.mightycrusaders.net/handbook/roy.htm Mighty Crusaders Handbook]
+*[http://www.mightycrusaders.net/superboy/ Mighty Crusaders Handbook]
+[[Category:Comic Book Characters]]
-*[http://www.dpccomics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/theamericancomicshop/goldenagedatabase/index.php?search=superboy&searchnames=on Golden Age Heroes Directory]
+[[Category:Sidekicks]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_(Archie_Comics) Wikipedia]
+[[Category:MLJ Characters]]
+[[Category:1940 Debuts]]
+[[Category:Harry Shorten - Creator]]
+[[Category:Patriotic Characters]]
+[[Category:Male Characters]]
+[[Category:Non-Powered Characters]]
+[[Category:Edd Ashe, Jr. - Creator]]
+[[Category:Juvenile Heroes]]
+[[Category:Protagonists]]
+[[Category:Orphan Characters]]
+[[Category:Carter Family Characters]]

Roy the Super-Boy

Real Name	Roy Carter
First Appearance	Top-Notch Comics #8 (1940)
Original Publisher	MLJ
Created by	Harry Shorten and Edd Ashe