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Lieutenant Hercules
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Real Name

Wilbur Klutz

First Appearance

Green Lama #1 (1944)

Original Publisher

Spark Publications

Created by

H.L.Gold & Irv Tirman

Origin[]

Wilbur Klutz was given superhuman powers by Merlin the wizard and decided to use his new powers to make money as Lieutenant Hercules, a superhero for hire. Klutz set himself up in an office, taking out advertisements in the Daily Bugle and Daily Blah with Merlin as his manager.

Powers and Abilities[]

His powers included indestructibility, flight, superhuman strength, wisdom, and speed. Lieutenant Hercules could change between his human and superhuman forms by employing a magical formula, but eventually, he got stuck in his superhuman state after visiting "comic land" for an extended period of time.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Green Lama #1-8

See Also[]

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