Religion: Protestant
Name: Sylvia Coates
Classification: supporting character
First Appearance: Judomaster #91 (Oct. 1966): "Man Without a Country!"
Creators: Frank McLaughlin
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: The Imperial Japanese Army
Ally: U.S. Army
Family/Relative: ? Coates (parent)
Helped: Judomaster
Occupation: agent
Worked for: General Hawkins
Nation: Japan
Race: white
Gender: female
Note: piloted junk boat; sent to pick up Judomaster
Sylvia Coates was the daughter of an American missionary working in Japan. Japanese Imperial forces killed the missionary who was her parent, so she dedicated her life to thwarting the Japanese forces.
Sylvia Coats worked with General Hawkins, a high-ranking American officer stationed in the Pacific arena during World War II. When Judomaster needed extraction after infiltrating the Japanese forces to gain crucial intelligence, General Hawkins sent Sylvia Coates in a junk boat to retrieve him.
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://darkmark6.tripod.com/charlton_index.html
- http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/01/judomaster-reports-4.html