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Trying to make a list of all the comic characters that are based on "strongmen". Doesn't matter if they have superpowers or not, just as long as they're clearly intentionally based on the "circus strongman"/"Charles Atlas" archetype.

This is what I've got so far:
>Flex Mentallo
>Strongman (50s version, not the X-Force guy)
>Mr. Muscles
>Superman (I think this technically counts since he WAS intentionally modeled after circus strongmen, though I would NOT count characters modeled after Superman directly)
>Bruto the Strongman (Marvel)
>Strongman (the Jon Bogdanove character, not the one above [though I don't think this ever came out])
>Blockbuster (Batman villain)
>Tiny Tim (from Jack Cole's The Barker)
>Hercules (Golden Age DC)
>Hercules (Bronze Age DC, unrelated to above)
>Hercules (modern DC Wonder Woman supporting character, unrelated to either of the above afaik)
>Hercules (Marvel)
>Samson (All Star Superman)
>Atlas (All Star Superman, other DC comics)
>Thor (Golden Age Captain Marvel)
>Samson (Golden Age character)
>David (Samson's sidekick)
>Doc Samson
>Red Crandall
>Amazing Man (Golden Age [this is kinda borderline, but I think it's close enough])
>Morgyn the Mighty
>Strang the Terrible
>Jerom (from Suske en Wiske)
>Doc Savage

Who else is there?