[The Australian Panther]

'Hey, I've got a great idea for a superhero origin!'
'Yeah?'
The hero finds a dying alien in a spaceship who gives him a very powerful item to help him save the universe!'
"Yeah?'
'And the alien chooses him deliberately because he is the only person on earth who is up to the task!'
'So what do we call him? Green Lantern?'
'No, How dull is that?'
His powerful item is a Robot brain, so we'll call him Captain Science. Sounds much better!'
So what else has he got going for him?
Well he has a boy sidekick and his best advantage is that the boy sidekick has a wealthy father who can fund the derring-do. Oh, and he picks up a Gal Friday on his first mission!'
'So he can take her into danger and rescue her, right?'
Well, actually on the next mission he leaves her at home to answer the phones and takes the boy sidekick along.'
'Hmmm.'
Serious question: 'Were there any Silver Age characters, names and ideas that were not plundered from the Golden Age?'
Cheers!
'

Link to the book: Captain Science 1