Public Domain Super Heroes
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The Super-Boy
Roy-superboy

Real Name

Roy Carter

First Appearance

Top-Notch Comics #8 (1940)

Original Publisher

MLJ

Created by

Harry Shorten and Edd Ashe

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.

Boybuds

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.

See Also[]

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