THE TARANTULA I

DC Comics promoted the Tarantula's few seventies appearances by calling him "the original Web-Slinger." The Tarantula was actually writer Jonathan Law. The Tarantula was a good fighter and his costume gave him the ability to walk up walls. He also had a special web gun. This is the Tarantula's original costume (which was apocryphally designed by Dian Belmont). His regular outfit (introduced in the pages of All-Star Squadron) can be found at the Psycho-Pirate's Gold & Silver Gallery.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Cape- using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

TEMPEST I

Joshua Clay's powers made themselves known in Viet Nam, where the medic went berserk after seeing his own men massacre a village. Joshua made his way back to the States and joined the New Doom Patrol, serving as both a hero and a doctor with the oddball team. He was shot dead by The Niles Caulder, the leader of the Doom Patrol.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE TEN-EYED MAN

Philip Reardon was injured in Vietnam when a grenade fragment hit him between the eyes. When he returned to the states and became a warehouse guard, he tussled with some thieves and inadvertantly fought the Batman as well, which prevented either of them from stopping a bomb the thieves had planted. Reardon's retinas were burned out as a result, but a Dr. Engstrom reconnected his optic nerves to his fingertips, enabling him to see through them and carry out several failed campaigns of vengeance against the Batman (and Man-Bat).

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Alpha - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE TERROR

The Terror is the greatest criminal of the twentieth century...and possibly a little bit of the nineteenth. He has worked with Hitler, Stalin and faced off against Teddy Roosevelt. He once tried to punch out Mount Rushmore for revenge!

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic_Tall_Teen - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THAROK

Tharok is the leader of the Fatal Five, arch-enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He was a petty criminal who accidentally had half of his body vaporized by Science Police officers. He was saved when a robotic body half was grafted onto him, which in turn also gave Tharok great intelligence.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE THORN I (a.k.a. ROSE AND THE THORN)

Rose Canton used the sap of a jungle root to give herself both superpowers and a virtual split personality known as The Thorn. She battled the original Flash, and was later cured of her affliction by the Amazons on Paradise Island. After marrying Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, Rose's dual personality resurfaced in the form of Alyx Florin. An accidental fire made Green Lantern think his new wife was dead, but she had actually fled, later leaving two children to be adopted. The children grew up to be Jade and Obsidian of Infinity, Inc. In a later battle with the Green Lantern and Infinity, Inc., Rose's personality resurfaced enough to force the Thorn to commit suicide rather than kill her husband and children.

Base Mesh/Skin: Female_Cape - using DarkJared's Generic_Female Skin.

THUNDERBOLT I (PETER CANNON)

Peter Cannon was an American orphan in a Himalayan lamasery who was trained by the High Abbot to the highest degree of mental and physical perfection. He was also the Chosen One and entrusted with the knowledge of the Ancient Scrolls. He and his friend Tabu returned to the outside world, were Peter used his abilities (somewhat reluctantly) in the guise of Thunderbolt.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE THUNDERER

Also known as The Black Avenger, The Thunderer was really ham radio buff Jerry Carstairs, who used technology to amplify his voice and scare the beejeezus out of the bad guys. You'd think that would work maybe about once, but I guess villains back in the golden age were a superstituous and cowardly lot...

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Hood - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THUNDERFIST

Thunderfist was a member of the British WWII superteam known as the Crusaders (the Marvel Comics' equivalent of DC's Freedom Fighters). He wore special gauntlets that gave him super-strong punches with almost explosive force. He battled the Invaders when the Crusaders were tricked into believe that the preeminent super-team of the time had turned traitor, when in fact the Crusaders themselves had been duped into working for the Nazis.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Heavy - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

TINYMAN

Tinyman was District Attorney Jack Baker, and is one of the few super-villains to completely reform and become a super-hero. He was originally captured by Captain Marvel II during an armored car heist. Upon his release from prison he worked his way up from circus freak to district attorney (like many D.A.'s nowadays still do). He worked with Elasticman for a very short time before he finally decided to reform, but never committed any criminal acts with him.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

TITAN

Frank Wells awoke one day to find himself transformed into Titan, one of the mightiest heroes of Golden City. He is one of the heroes who respects the typical values of "truth, justice and the American Way" in Dark Horse's "Comic's Greatest World."

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Alpha - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

T.N.T.

Chemistry teacher Tex Thomas and student Daniel Dunbar discovered by accident that they had absorbed some of the radioactive chemicals they were experimenting with, endowing them with explosive super-powers. They fought crime in the guises of T.N.T. and Dan the Dyna-Mite. Tragically, T.N.T. was killed by Fifth Columnist saboteurs shortly after the formation of the wartime All-Star Squadron. Dan remained with the group, joining the Young All-Stars.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Cape - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

TOMMY TOMORROW

Tommy Tomorrow might have become the boy known as Kamandi if the Great Disaster had actually occurred. Instead, General Horatio Tomorrow of the Space Planeteers found the lad and adopted him. Tommy's natural intelligence, scientific aptitude and curiosity allowed him to rise through the ranks of the Planeteers, eventually becoming the epitome of what a Space Planeteer should be.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE TOP

Roscoe Dillon was always fascinated by toy tops, so it wasn't surprising when he turned to them as a motif for criminal enterprise. As the Top, he spun his way into the Flash's Rogue Gallery. Eventually his spinning activities affected his brain, giving him mental powers. His brain was also somehow affected by the Flash's super-speed vibrations, which lead to his death.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

TUATARA

Tuatara is a member of the Global Guardians, and has a third eye that gives him the ability to see the future.

This was my first attempt at an original skin and it shows. The colors are correct, but a little off-hue, which causes a little clashing. Sometime I'll have to redo so the green is a little darker to offset the brightness of the yellow. And hopefully by then someone will come out with a mesh for heroes with fins on their heads, too.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE ULTRA-HUMANITE (JOHNNY THUNDER)

The Ultra-Humanite has spent several lifetimes moving his brain from body-to-body. In his latest attempt for world conquest, the Ultra-Humanite managed to take control of Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt, remaking the entire world in his own insane scheme. Luckily, a newly-formed JSA led by Hourman and Jakeem Thunder were on hand to face off against his villainy.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Suit_Effects - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

VOLTON

Volton possessed "the electrical power of elongation"...which basically meant he was super-strong, could fly, and could emit bolts of lightning and electrify his hands. He later took the low road and joined Dr. Death's Battle Axis in support of the Third Reich.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

VULCAN

Vulcan was a descendant of the Roman God of Fire, and could control all fire, flame and heat. He could fly, project fire, was super-strong and was virtually bulletproof (for his heat and flames always melted bullets before they hit him). He was a fixture in Super Mystery Comics for over three years.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

WING

Wing How was the chauffeur and sidekick to Lee Travis, the original Crimson Avenger. Wing valiantly gave up his life to save the world from the menace of the Nebula Man.

This was my first attempt at doing a skin. It is a re-colored and slightly altered version of the Crimson Avenger skin that Psycho-Pirate made for the All-Squadron page of his excellent Gold & Silver Gallery.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE WIZARD

The Wizard was a major foe of the Justice Society of America, but did briefly act as leader of the Secret Society of Super-Villains. This costume is the one he wore during that stint, and includes the Power Glove, Clock of Invisibility, and Mystic Prism, which helped him wrest control of the Secret Society from Funky Flashman.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Hood - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

THE WIZARD II

The Wizard was known as "The Man with the Super-Brain" and that Super Brain (he had a photographic memory) gave Blane Whitney some cool powers, including clairvoyance, telescopic vision, flight, super-strength. He was joined in his adventures by his sidekick, Roy The Superboy.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Cape - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.

ZYKLON

Zyklon (German for "Cyclone") was a Nazi agent who was given super-speed by the scientists of the Third Reich. He has attempted to kill the heroine Liberty Belle (who was after Zyklon for the murder of her friend Tom Revere) and he and Baron Blitzkrieg attempted to heist the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia in order to use it to destroy the city. Needless to say, the All-Star Squadron stopped this threat, and Zyklon found himself to be really no match for the combined speeds that Johnny Quick and the Golden Age Flash could reach. He and the Baron did manage to escape, and Zyklon has not been heard from since.

Base Mesh/Skin: Male_Basic - using the Gryphon's Generic Muscle Skin.