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Minotaur
Minotaur

Real Name

Minotaur

First Appearance

Unknown

Original Publisher

Greek Myth

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull". The monster in the Cretan Labyrinth, which was a maze designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus on the command of King Minos of Crete to contain the Minotaur. The Minotaur was slain by the legendary Greek hero, Theseus.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Adventures into Darkness #13
  • Humdinger vol. 2 #1
  • National Comics #8
  • Whiz Comics #97
  • Zip Comics #24

See Also[]

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