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Still working out the best way to order these that doesn't bury a lot of former nations in hard-to-find places.

AFRICA

EGYPT

KHUFU aka CHEOPS 

REAL 

Encountered by a time travelling Mr Mystic (The Spirit Section, 29 September, 1940)

SHOSHENQ I

REAL

Adventurer Roy Lance seeks his lost tomb (Jungle Comics 011, 1940)

TUTANKHAMEN

REAL

Well, his ghost anyway (Blue Bolt v1 009, 1940) 

EGYPT, SYRIA

SALADIN

REAL

Briefly meets French Crusader Reynard the Fox (Cyclone Comics 005, 1940)

Meets and later is killed by the Golden Knight (Fantastic Comics 002 & 008, 1940) 

TRIPOLI

YUSEF KARAMANLI, PASHA OF TRIPOLI

Encountered by time traveller Ace Buckley in his role of villain of the First Barbary War (Startling Comics 004, 1940)

THE AMERICAS

THE INCA 

ATAHUALPA

REAL

Encountered by time traveller Ace Buckley (Startling Comics 003, 1940)

NATIVE AMERICAN CONFEDERACIES

TECUMSEH

REAL

A particularly unkind portrayal of the man meets his end at the hands of the second Wizard (Shield-Wizard Comics 002, 1940)

STAND-INS

"Metumseh" fights on the British side of the American Revolution (Champion Comics 010, 1940) 

ASIA

MONGOLIA

GENGHIS KHAN

ANALOGS

Warlike Martian leader Khangiz (Planet Comics 002, 1940)

OTHERS

Minute-Man foe Genghis Khan the Second (Minute-Man 002, 1941)

EUROPE

ENGLAND

RICHARD THE LIONHEART aka KING RICHARD I OF ENGLAND 

REAL

True and rightful king of England who should have stayed home (Blue Ribbon Comics 004, 1940)

PRINCE JOHN aka KING JOHN I OF ENGLAND

REAL

Antagonist to the Green Falcon (Blue Ribbon Comics 004, 1940)

OLIVER CROMWELL 

REAL 

Aided by the Ghost (Thrilling Comics 006, 1940) 

FRANCE

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

REAL

Well, his ghost anyway (Blue Bolt v1 007, 1940) 

OTHERS

Batman foe Carl Kruger styles himself after Napoleon (Detective v1 033, 1939)

MACEDONIA

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

REAL

Visited by time traveller Stuart Taylor (Jumbo Comics 017, 1940)

OTHERS

Hawkman foe Alexander the Great (Flash Comics v1 002, 1940)

ROMAN EMPERORS

MISC CAESARS

Big Caesar (Leading Comics 001, 1941)

the Great Caesar (More Fun Comics 071, 1941) 

NERO 

REAL 

Attempts to kill the Ghost via gladiatorial combat (Thrilling Comics 008, 1940) 

THE MIDDLE EAST

BABYLON 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR II

OTHER

Attempts to invade Egypt hundreds of years before his own birth (The Spirit Section, 15 December, 1940) 

SARGON II

OTHER

Attempts to invade Egypt hundreds of years before his own birth (The Spirit Section, 15 December, 1940) 

YEMEN 

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

OTHERS

Descendant Queen Sheba leads the Secret Kingdom in Africa (Speed Comics 008, 1940)

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