(Whiz Comics 009, 1940)
A rival magician seeking to steal Ibis the Invincible’s mystic Ibistick, Piang dies at the end of their first encounter, is resurrected via careless use of magic by Ibis and then dies again in their second encounter.
Category: Whiz Comics
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 052: DR DURGAN
(Whiz Comics 009, 1940)
Dr Durgan, a respected scientist, develops shrinking tech and of course uses it to force tiny men to steal for him on pain of remaining tiny. All is well until he makes the common mistake of messing with Billy “Captain Marvel” Batson, boy reporter.
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 052: DR DURGAN
(Whiz Comics 009, 1940)
Dr Durgan, a respected scientist, develops shrinking tech and of course uses it to force tiny men to steal for him on pain of remaining tiny. All is well until he makes the common mistake of messing with Billy “Captain Marvel” Batson, boy reporter.
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 051: CAPTAIN DEATH
(Whiz Comics 008, 1940)
Fairly generic pirate captain distinguished by the fact that he manages at least two appearances. Maybe three, actually:
It’s equally possible that this guy – a henchman of Dr Sivana in Whiz 021 – is intended to be the same person with a whole different aesthetic or an unrelated guy with a similar taste in names. What is certain is that he was seemingly kilt stone daid by Captain Marvel and the Lieutenant Marvels
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 051: CAPTAIN DEATH
(Whiz Comics 008, 1940)
Fairly generic pirate captain distinguished by the fact that he manages at least two appearances. Maybe three, actually:
It’s equally possible that this guy – a henchman of Dr Sivana in Whiz 021 – is intended to be the same person with a whole different aesthetic or an unrelated guy with a similar taste in names. What is certain is that he was seemingly kilt stone daid by Captain Marvel and the Lieutenant Marvels
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 050: RODNEY STARK
(Whiz Comics 007, 1940)
Rodney Stark is a rich asshole who unfreezes some prehistoric men and uses them as a private military force in a bid to take over the world, until Captain Marvel shows up to murder them all.
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 049: HOBO-MILLIONAIRE
(Whiz Comics 006, 1940)
Like many Ibis the Invincible villains, the Hobo-Millionaire found the mystic Ibistick when it was lost for a time and who eventually attempted to kill Ibis with it, leading to is own death via magic feedback. Unlike most Ibis the Invincible villains, Hobo-Millionaire is great.
I would love for them to BRING BACK this great man. It wouldn’t be hard, either! Imagine a scenario in which the Ibristick is passed down to a legacy character (this is always the best way to handle bringing back magic item-based characters, BTW) and they try to get advice on how to use their new possession by summoning its previous owners. SURPRISE: most of them were dicks, and Hobo-Millionaire rules them all.
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 047: DR ALOYSIUS LAKE
(Whiz Comics 005, 1940)
Dr Lake has a hypnotism machine which he uses to found a nation-wide network of child thieves. He doesn’t reckon, though, with the fact that Captain Marvel is secretly a child.
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 046: THE BOMB
(Whiz Comics 003a, 1940)
Explosives expert who blowed himself up and lived to tell the tale, only to go back into explosives-based crime, go up against Dan Dare (the Fawcett Comics detective, not the UK comics space guy) and get caught. -
MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 045: DOCTOR DEATH
(Whiz Comics 002, 1940)
Kind of a generic evil scientist type – he invents a ray that can restore the dead to life but must kill folk in order to test it – but his name is James Kirk, so that’s fun!