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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 651: THE RAIDERS

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 651: THE RAIDERS

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(Green Giant Comics 001, 1940) The Raiders are a piratical group with a two-pronged approach to acquiring gold on the briny deep:  1. learn of  gold shipments via a spy network operated by a member known only as “the Spy Chief” 2. employ the super-scientific creations of submarine captain Dirck to wreak havoc on gold bearing ships and then escape. The whole thing is going swimmingly and even Rex Norton, the Black Arrow, is making very little headway against them…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 650: RANGO OF SLAVONIA/ MINOR SUPER-HERO: THE MASTER MYSTIC

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 650: RANGO OF SLAVONIA/ MINOR SUPER-HERO: THE MASTER MYSTIC

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(Green Giant Comics 001, 1940) We join Rango, a science villain of some description, after he has failed to conquer Europe. His next move: total destruction. After absolutely devastating a city in what is probably Slavonia, Rango heads for the United States by the simple expedient of swimming across the Atlantic. And now we encounter the main attraction, Master Mystic! What a character! Master Mystic is very much ahead of his time, both in his art style and degree of…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 649: THE MONSTER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 649: THE MONSTER

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(Funny Pages v4 008, 1940) Betty Thomas is the recipient of the sort of inheritance that seems to be aimed at causing trouble: her uncle Henry has left her a fortune, provided that she is of sound mind thirty days after the will reading. If she isn’t, the money goes to a secondary inheritor. This is of course the cue for someone to employ a huge hook-handed goon and start a nightly campaign of terror designed to drive her out…

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PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 002

PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 002

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Once again I present the worst that comics has to offer. The Great Green Turtle: The Great Green Turtle is just your standard Yellow Peril Chinatown ganglord, albeit one with a fantastic name. He does try to throw Sub-Zero, a man with ice powers, into a shark tank so we can safely say that he is not a villain with fantastic intelligence. His gem-smuggling ring gets thoroughly kiboshed. (Blue Bolt v1 004, 1940) The Lama: The Lama is a bandit…

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CREEPS OF THE WORLD: THE LIVING PLANET MONSTERS

CREEPS OF THE WORLD: THE LIVING PLANET MONSTERS

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(Fight Comics 010, 1940) I wanted to do a fun title goof where “World” was crossed out in favour of “Space” but it seems that I don’t have that ability. But yes, it’s true! These Creeps of the World are not in fact on the world! Any world! They are in fact one of my favourite sci-fi tropes: living beings so large that they are mistaken for planets! These particular creeps show up in the solar system early in the…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 647: THE MONK

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 647: THE MONK

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(Fight Comics 008, 1940) I like to criticize scientist-villains a lot for their limited vision, for their inability to see the legitimate money-making options they have after inventing say a super-efficient tunnel digging machine that they view solely as a way to rob banks easily. The Monk is the opposite of that kind of guy, I reckon. (brief aside about the name: this is not in reference to the religious calling but rather the old-school, now-defunct gangster nickname, where “Monk”…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 643: THE MASTER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 643: THE MASTER

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(Fight Comics 003, 1940) Kinks Mason is back on the case! And just what sub-oceanic mystery is he attempting to solve by just wandering around underwater? Why, it’s Just Where is All the Salt Going? And somewhat astonishingly, he figures it out almost immediately: it’s going into this building. The building turns out to belong to a race of ocean-dwelling humanoids referred to only as the Amphibians, though I can’t imagine that that’s what they call themselves. I kind of…

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MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 012

MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 012

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Science class was never like this. Count la Roach is a scientist-spy looking to synthesize enough “noxio gas” to flood the NYC of the I-think-it’s-still-the-near-future world of Yank Wilson, but all he gets is a sock in the jaw for his trouble. (Fantastic Comics 007, 1940) This unnamed fellow is our first proper mad scientist in a while! I really like his style, particularly the fact that he’s introduced while sitting in a tennis judge’s chair for no stated reason….

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 642: QUEEN OF THE WEED PEOPLE

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 642: QUEEN OF THE WEED PEOPLE

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(Fight Comics 002, 1940) After spending so long with Sub Saunders in the far-off year 10 000 it’s a bit strange to detail an undersea menace that he isn’t battling but here we are and our focus is present-day adventurer Kinks Mason, who sets out with nothing but a helmet that extracts oxygen from seawater to solve the mystery of just where all these missing ships have been getting to and ends up discovering an underwater civilization of seaweed people….

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 639: LU CHENG THE FORBIDDEN

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 639: LU CHENG THE FORBIDDEN

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(Fantastic Comics 013, 1940)  A vampire holed up in a cave in the Gobi Desert with a bunch of lady vampires, Lu Cheng the Forbidden talks a big game but I reckon that he’s super screwed. He’s somehow found himself in one of the largest deserts in the world, presumably farther from human habitation than is comfortable for a vampire – when Captain Kidd wanders into his cave all Lu Cheng is concerned with is using his plane to get…

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