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The Pied Piper (Cat-Man)
Mysterious superhero thanks to his magic flute. He appeared in only four issues as a back up feature in Holyoke Publishing comic book Cat-Man Comics. Created and drawn by Allen Ulmer, Jr.
Really a lawyer named Steve Prentice who has a collection of flutes and rare instruments he picked up touring the Orient. When he's framed and threatened with disbarment, he turns into the Pied Piper, using his magic flute to charm animals and people. He doesn't have a costume, he just hears a hat, sunglasses, and a trench coat.
An in-house ad in Cat-Man Comics #8 (March 1942) shows him in a sort of medieval style costume, so it seems like they had plans to continue his adventures (and give him a proper costume), but didn't.
