(More Fun 062, 1940)
Look at this damn nerd. He’s got a lightning cannon and a robot army and he bothered Dr Fate for a whole afternoon. Good riddance to him, I say. Raymond Rall. Ridiculous.
Category: Dr Fate
-
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 110: THE NORNS
(More Fun Comics 060, 1940)
Here’s the thing about these guys: they probably aren’t the Norns and they probably don’t call themselves the Norns. They’re three giant purple guys who hang out in a cave in the Catskills and send a flying saucer full of little green guys to attack NYC, ostensibly to conquer it. But! Earlier in the story:
… Dr Fate is reading a book about the Fates when Inza comes to tell him about the saucer attack, and then jumps to the conclusion that they are the same as the purple guys when he sees three people together. It’s weird!
-
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 110: THE NORNS
(More Fun Comics 060, 1940)
Here’s the thing about these guys: they probably aren’t the Norns and they probably don’t call themselves the Norns. They’re three giant purple guys who hang out in a cave in the Catskills and send a flying saucer full of little green guys to attack NYC, ostensibly to conquer it. But! Earlier in the story:
… Dr Fate is reading a book about the Fates when Inza comes to tell him about the saucer attack, and then jumps to the conclusion that they are the same as the purple guys when he sees three people together. It’s weird!
-
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 108: UNNAMED MAGE
(More Fun Comics 058, 1940)
I love this guy, for all that he’s unnamed. He kills an immortal snake that lives in the Nile in order to steal the magic book that it guards. The first spell he tries summons all of the wealthy men in a wide radius and compels them to give up their cash to him. The second spell he tries starts to tear the world apart, though it’s unclear whether that was his goal or if he was trying to punch above his weight. Either way, Dr Fate is forced to take him out to restore order.
Also he dresses like Marvel’s Sphinx, which is a neat coincidence.
-
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 108: UNNAMED MAGE
(More Fun Comics 058, 1940)
I love this guy, for all that he’s unnamed. He kills an immortal snake that lives in the Nile in order to steal the magic book that it guards. The first spell he tries summons all of the wealthy men in a wide radius and compels them to give up their cash to him. The second spell he tries starts to tear the world apart, though it’s unclear whether that was his goal or if he was trying to punch above his weight. Either way, Dr Fate is forced to take him out to restore order.
Also he dresses like Marvel’s Sphinx, which is a neat coincidence.
-
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 107: MANGO THE MIGHTY
(More Fun Comics 057, 1940)
Mango is a magician who fancies himself tough enough to go up against Dr Fate and quickly finds out that even though he can summon globes of flame and the undead legions of the Styx he is no match for the big man. This sort of thing happens to magical Golden Age characters pretty often – penny ante magical shitheels seem to have this urge to Peter Principle themselves against all comers, but whereas in an office setting rising to one’s level of incompetence leaves you with poor job satisfaction doing so in the cutthroat world of magic crime gets you dead or sealed un a magic boulder.
But what’s with the name? I checked and they definitely knew what mangoes were in 1940. Why is it a villain’s name? Look:
Look at this, USA Comics 003, 1941 – the Defender fights a beast-guy named Mango.
Adventure Comics 058, 1941 – villainous Pacific Islander named Mango,
Blood of Dracula’s Castle, 1969 – evil hunchback… NAMED MANGO.
WHAT’s WITH ALL THE MANGOS