Minotaur

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.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Exciting Comics #2: Thesson, Son of the Gods was told the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur by Professor Craig.
 * National Comics #8: Merlin the Magician encountered the Oracle of Delphi who take three dictators from Merlin's time; Ribbo, Gasolini, and Molo; and consign them to the monsters of the ancient world: the Minotaur, Scylla, and a Cyclopes.
 * Zip Comics #24: Dicky of the Magic Forest saved his friends Jackie and Freckles from the Minotaur by using his magic paintbrush to create a copy of Minotaur to defeat and kill the beast.