page_title: Captain Triumph
section_title: Supporting cast
hierarchical_section_title: Captain Triumph / Supporting cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover to Crack Comics #49.
context_page_description: Captain Triumph is a superhero from the Golden Age of Comics who first appeared in Crack Comics #27, published in January 1943 by Quality Comics. He continued to appear until the end of the series with issue #62.
  The character was later obtained by DC Comics, though by that time he had already lapsed into the public domain. Some of his Golden Age adventures were reprinted by AC Comics in the Men of Mystery anthology. He is not to be confused with another DC Comics property named Triumph.
context_section_description: Kim Meredith is introduced in Captain Triumph's first appearance as Michael Gallant's fiancée. In his second appearance, both Michael's ghost and Lance jointly tell her the secret of Captain Triumph. An extremely strong-willed young woman, thereafter she is Cap's devoted and trustworthy helper and confidante. In one adventure, after being kidnapped, she refuses to give her captor any information on Captain Triumph even though she is beaten "…until [her] face is covered with blood and welts and open wounds". Eventually she becomes Lance's fiancée, as well.”
  In his fourth appearance, Captain Triumph encounters a down-on-his-luck professional clown named Biff who is on the verge of being fired from his job. Sympathizing, Cap uses his powers of flight and invisibility to ensure that Biff’s next show is spectacular. However, even though in the aftermath his job as a clown is at least temporarily assured, after being drawn into one of Cap’s adventures, and thoroughly enjoying it, Biff readily accepts Lance Gallant’s offer to become his personal assistant. Though Lance Gallant is presented as being born into "a middle-class family" and at the time supposedly has as income only his journalist's pay, he has no problem affording a personal, live-in assistant. Thereafter the burly former clown serves as Lance, Michael and Captain Triumph's steadfast friend and backup muscle.
  According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "his enemies include Sydney Greenstreet-like Spade the Ruthless, the mad scientist Dr. Vossburg ("the Man Who Conquered Flame"), the Nazi spy the Raven (and his stolen sonic death grenades), and the unspeaking criminal mastermind known only as Silent".
  Eventually Lance, Kim and Biff wind up co-owners in a successful gold mine, and Biff buys shares in a “record-breaking” oil well, but though this makes them all independently wealthy they continue to stay, and adventure, together.
caption: Captain Triumph with his partners in adventure, Kim Meredith and Biff (and another appearance of the light blue jodhpurs). Crack Comics #49. Art by Reed Crandall.
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