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con artists
 

Name: con artists

Classification: supporting characters supporting characters   group group   real/historical group real/historical group  

Type of Organization/Group: occupation

Number of group members listed below: 26

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Alpo Alpo villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Wilameanis Marvel 2
Jack Archer Jack Archer villain
  [hid nefarious device in a Hindu idol] DC 1
Billy villain
  Mafia
[evil leader of Lou's confidence gang]
DC 1
Jed Blanton villain
CBR Scale: U non-religious
[faked own death; impersonated Superman] DC 1
Bob the Galactic Bum Bob the Galactic Bum lead character
  [1st app: Bob, the Galactic Bum #1 (Feb. 1995)] DC Rebellion 12
Professor Clarence Cobalt villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #26 (July 1940)] DC 1
Mike Danovitch Mike Danovitch villain
  [the slickest con man this side of Manhattan] Quality 1
Faceman Faceman (Templeton Peck) hero
  The A-Team; U.S. Army
[A-Team's 2nd-in-command; procures supplies]
NBC 120
Fritz the Cat Fritz the Cat lead character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
cat
[in "adult-themed" comics and animated films]
Warren Publishing 8
Grafton villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #26 (July 1940)] DC 1
Dan Jones villain
 prob. indeterminate  [tried to convince Lois Lane he was Superman] DC 1
Pete Molloy villain
CBR Scale: U non-religious
[faked own death, blaming Lois Lane's "kiss of death"] DC 1
Brigid O'Shaughnessy supporting character
  [duplicitous femme fatale] Alfred A. Knopf Warner Brothers 4
James Paxton villain
CBR Scale: U non-religious
[faked own death, blaming Lois Lane's "kiss of death"] DC 1
Garrison Peabody villain
  [tried to ply super-hero insurance scam] Marvel 1
Lou Piccone Lou Piccone supporting character
  [Zip-Kid's boyfriend; was engaged to her] DC 6
Silk Stevens (Stevens) villain
  [1st app: Miss America Magazine (vol. 1) #4 (Jan. 1945)] Marvel Timely 1
Slick Panzer Slick Panzer (Panzer) villain
  [swindled widow out of $250,000; #711's first case] Quality 1
Undertaker (Conrad Eisenstadt) villain
  [swindled widows and widowers] Marvel 1
unnamed conwoman dressed as nun villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic nun (fake)
[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #241 (Apr. 1987)] Marvel 1
Waxman (Eric) villain scientist
  [1st app: Spider-Woman (vol. 1) #17 (Aug. 1979)] Marvel 2
Nick Williams villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #6 (Nov. 1938)] DC 1
Wimpy (J. Wellington Wimpy) supporting character comic strip character based on a real person
CBR Scale: S food (esp. hamburgers)
[extremely boastful] King Features Syndicate 320
The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz (Oscar Diggs) supporting character
  [1st app: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) - book 1 in Oz series] George M. Hill Company 123
E. Wilbur Wolfingham villain
  [1st app: A. Bizarro #2 (Aug. 1999)] DC 15
J. Wilbur Wolfingham villain
  [1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #26 (Jan.-Feb. 1944)] DC 15