Octopus

Golden Age Origin
The three armed human, Octopus, was seeking to gain complete control over the city's racketeers and set out with his gain to eliminate all of his rivals. One of these rival gang leaders was Linda Dale's Uncle John. After serving his time in jail, Uncle John sought out to start a new crime free life with his niece,but the Octopus was still out to kill his rival. Linda asks Gary Preston to help protect her and her uncle, which he does as the Flame. However, the octopus lures him into a trap and using a reflector ray nearly kills the Flame. Luckily, he is save by Linda who he instructs to take a formula that will give her the same powers that he possesses transforming her into Flame Girl. They end up confronting the villain who ends up dying in the resulting exposing caused by the conflict. Octopus had no powers, but possessed a third arm and a mirror powered death ray.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Wonderworld Comics #30