Criminals!
Unnamed Gambler:
Not much is revealed about this fellow, but what we do know for sure is that he has access to a super strength drink and that he has been using it to clean up on gambling by slipping it to boxers and race horses with long odds. He also relies on the potion to help him escape from the cops, which backfires on him because Presto Martin, having taken the place of one of the boxers, is also hopped up on super juice and engages him in thrilling aerial combat.
This super strength potion is the sort of thing I accuse crooks of employing shrtsightedly for quick crime profit rather than marketing legitimately for unimaginable wealth but I might give this fellow a pass due to his clear gambling problem. (Silver Streak Comics 007, 1941)
the White Dragon Flower:
She might just be a generic femme fatale spy chief who shows up for three panels before her whole operation gets busted up by aviator Cloud Curtis but I'll be danged if a) that isn't a great look and b) "White Dragon Flower" isn't a terrific name, even if it was clearly thrown together to sound as mysterious and Asian as possible. (Silver Streak Comics 007, 1941)
Categorized in: Animals & Plants (Plants)
the Murder Syndicate, Inc:
As thier name suggests, the Murder Syndicate, Inc are hitmen for hire, distinguished mainly by the fact that the Daredevil has to round them up twice thanks to a mid-trial escape engineered by their boss, the mysterious Man in Black.
And just who is the Man in Black? Why, it's Judge Harkins, the man presiding over the trial in question! Is this surprising? Only if this is your first-ever experience reading a piece of fiction. (Silver Streak Comics 012, 1941)
Categorized in: Murder (Assassins), Professions (Corporations)
Armando Siam:
Armando Siam and his henchman Alfonze are a couple of generically foreign crooks who roll into Castleton in their absurdly long car one day and just kind of stumble into gaining control over Dickie Dean's army of deep sea salvage robots, which they of course immediately set to looting the place.
The duo eventually get word of the treasure that Dickie had been intending to use the robots for in the first place and hijack a salvage vessel in a very visually entertaining manner. Alas, it is at this point that the Boy Inventor himself catches up with them and the due end up as octopus fodder during their escape attempt. (Silver Streak Comics 014, 1941)
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