Yarko the Great

Real Name: Yarko
First Appearance: Wonder Comics #2 (1939)
Original Publisher: Fox
Created by: Will Eisner

Origin: 

Yarko the Great was a talented stage magician but, secretly, also a real mage. Using his vast magical abilities, he battled criminals and supernatural forces such as the Devil and the personification of Death.

Powers and Abilities: 

Yarko possessed force field projection, duplication, shape-shifting, invisibility, intangibility, exorcism, telekinesis, levitation, and whatever else the plot required.

He had one weakness, though - he could not use his magic unless he could see.

Public Domain Appearances: 

Wonder Comics #2

Wonderworld Comics #3-33

Blue Beetle #1

Samson #4-5

Notes:

Mr. Mystic apparently started out as a character inspired by Yarko the Great (from the same creator).