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*''Shazam!'', Fawcett Comics, DC Comics
*''Shazam!'', Fawcett Comics, DC Comics
*BD
*BD
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*An American superhero and alter-ego of thirteen-year-old Billy Batson, whom Mina and Allan encountered in the 1940s. He is not mentioned by name. He is later seen in [[The Blazing World]].
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*An American superhero and alter-ego of thirteen-year-old Billy Batson, who proclaims the word "Shazam" to transform into a fully-grown superhuman. Mina and Allan encountered him in the 1940s during their exile. He is not mentioned by name. He is later seen in [[The Blazing World]].
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* Captain Marvel is the retired name for the DC Comics superhero known today as Shazam, who had his name changed in 2011 to avoid confusion with the Captain Marvel characters from Marvel Comics.
===[[Captain Universe]]===
===[[Captain Universe]]===
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*''Clangers ''(TV series)
*''Clangers ''(TV series)
*MIM
*MIM
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*Mouse-like creatures living on the moon, who eat green soup provided by the Soup Dragon.
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*Mouse-like alien creatures living on the moon, who eat green soup provided by the Soup Dragon and communicate through whistling.
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* Moore and O'Neill appear to have represented a common misconception with the Clangers, as within the canon of the original show the Clangers do not live on the moon, but rather a distant planet.
===Santa Claus===
===Santa Claus===
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*''Varney the Vampire'', James Malcolm Rymer
*''Varney the Vampire'', James Malcolm Rymer
*V1C
*V1C
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*A vampire and member of a mid-19th century League.
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*A vampire and member of a mid-19th century League. His picture appears on the cover of the ''Volume I'' trade paperback.
===Venus===
===Venus===
*Roman mythology/''Under the Hill'', Aubrey Beardsley
*Roman mythology/''Under the Hill'', Aubrey Beardsley
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*Worrals series
*Worrals series
*BD, V3I3
*BD, V3I3
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*Leader of the Warralson Group, a failed American attempt at the League creating during Mina Murray's apparent defection to the United States. She is insinuated to be in a sexual relationship with her sidekick Betty "Frecks" Lovell. In the Secret Annex in 2009, scandalous "blackmail documents" are seen which include photographs of Warralson in the middle of a sexual act with a female lover.
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*Leader of the Warralson Group, a failed American attempt at the League creating during Mina Murray's apparent defection to the United States. She is insinuated to be in a homosexual relationship with her sidekick Betty "Frecks" Lovell. In the Secret Annex in 2009, scandalous "blackmail documents" are seen which include photographs of Warralson in the middle of a sexual act with a female lover.
=== Dr. John H. Watson ===
=== Dr. John H. Watson ===
* ''A Study in Scarlet'', Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* ''A Study in Scarlet'', Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* ''V1I5''
* ''V1I5''
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* Friend, flatmate, assistant and biographer of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Watson is never seen or directly mentioned, but Holmes is seen writing him a farewell note before his confrontation with Professor Moriarty.
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* Friend, flatmate, assistant and biographer of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Watson is never seen or directly named, but Holmes is seen writing him a farewell note before his confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach.
===Ronald Weasley===
===Ronald Weasley===
*''Harry Potter'' series, J. K. Rowling
*''Harry Potter'' series, J. K. Rowling
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*Snow White appears in The Blazing World talking with Charlie Brown. She is drawn based on the 1937 Walt Disney film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. Visual cameo.
*Snow White appears in The Blazing World talking with Charlie Brown. She is drawn based on the 1937 Walt Disney film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. Visual cameo.
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=== Oscar Wilde ===
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* Real individual
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* ''N''
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* A Victorian author who used to be friends with [[Dorian Gray]] - following a controversy involving the press, the two are no longer on speaking terms. This could be a reference to Wilde's homosexual activities which, in real life, invited public attention and controversy. While it is implied that they were lovers, Gray states that he ended their friendship because he could not tolerate Wilde's egotism.
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* In real life, Oscar Wilde wrote ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''.
=== Rosemary Woodhouse ===
=== Rosemary Woodhouse ===
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=== Bertram Wooster ===
=== Bertram Wooster ===
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* Extricating Young Gussie, P. G. Wodehouse
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* ''Extricating Young Gussie'', P. G. Wodehouse
* BD
* BD
* Present during the Brikley Court Affair and was nearly oblivious to the otherworldly situation.
* Present during the Brikley Court Affair and was nearly oblivious to the otherworldly situation.
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* ''Alien'' (film), Dan O'Brannon, Ronald Shusett, inspired by ''Necronomicon ''by H. R. Giger
* ''Alien'' (film), Dan O'Brannon, Ronald Shusett, inspired by ''Necronomicon ''by H. R. Giger
* V3I1
* V3I1
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* A race of parasitic, biomechanical extraterrestrial creatures which breed through human hosts. A statue in the Secret Annex depicts a human being used as a host for the "face-hugger", a creature which impregnates humans with the larger Alien hybrids.
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* A race of parasitic, biomechanical extraterrestrial creatures which breed through human hosts. An ancient statue in the Secret Annex depicts a human being used as a host for the "face-hugger", a parasite which impregnates humans with the larger Alien hybrids.
* The presence of the "Xenomorphs" in 1910 invites confusion, as the ''Alien ''films are set in the distant future. This could be a reference to the expanded ''Aliens vs. Predator'' universe, which suggests that the eponymous extraterrestrials from the ''Predator ''film series brought the creatures to ancient Earth cultures.
* The presence of the "Xenomorphs" in 1910 invites confusion, as the ''Alien ''films are set in the distant future. This could be a reference to the expanded ''Aliens vs. Predator'' universe, which suggests that the eponymous extraterrestrials from the ''Predator ''film series brought the creatures to ancient Earth cultures.
== Y ==
== Y ==
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*V3I1C
*V3I1C
*A well-to-do Edwardian artist who produced the painting "What Now?" from the Copper Art Gallery, appearing on the back cover of ''Century: 1910''.
*A well-to-do Edwardian artist who produced the painting "What Now?" from the Copper Art Gallery, appearing on the back cover of ''Century: 1910''.
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* Yaldwyn is used as an analogue for real-life painter Walter Sickert, who appeared in Alan Moore's other Jack the Ripper-related work'' From Hell''.
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* Yaldwyn is used as an analogue for real-life painter Walter Sickert, who appeared in Alan Moore's Jack the Ripper-related graphic novel'' From Hell'', which is widely regarded to be his most celebrated work. Sickert was associated by many to the Whitechapel murders, and some have speculated that Sickert was the real identity of Jack the Ripper.
== Z ==
== Z ==