Public Domain Super Heroes
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Zero the Silent
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Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

A Human Fly (1931)

Original Publisher

Ridgway

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

Zero the Silent, the human fly, was a masked pulp mystery man. He was a disgraced Scotland Yard detective who invented a highly advanced costume intending to become a cat burglar as vengeance but changed his mind after policemen were being killed by the Rattlers, a gang from Chicago terrorizing London.

Powers and Abilities[]

The costume was skin-tight black rubber with "suction discs" on the hands and knees, allowing him to crawl along walls and ceilings. Attached to his wrist on an elastic cord was a rubber "throwing ball" with a lead core; Zero bowled googlies at his opponents, with the elastic bringing the ball back to him.

Notes[]

  • His masked crimefighting outfit predated that of the Phantom and Batman.
  • He had a fox terrier named Mickey who did not sit on the sidelines.
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