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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 487: THE EEL

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 487: THE EEL

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(Big 3 006, 1941)  Our story opens with Samson investigating a series of mysterious deaths and ship disappearances in naval yards across the country. Cut to beloved Samson supporting character J. Rembrandt Speedball hilariously painting camouflage on a Navy cruiser. He is briefly distracted by horniness, and when he manages to get ahold of himself *pow*, the ship has vanished. Speedball is arrested as a spy and spends the rest of the issue failing to commit suicide in his cell…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 485: THE CONDOR

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 485: THE CONDOR

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(Big 3 005-006, 1941) As far as super-villains go, the Condor is a simple concept: the modern pirate. But the modern pirate is a classic character type! Murder on the high seas! Sneering braggadocio! Calling people swabs! And the Condor himself fits the role to a T. It doesn’t hurt that he’s such a well-designed character: who knew that a guy in a black suit would look so good as a pirate with the simple addition of a cape and…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 483: THE WEB

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 483: THE WEB

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(Big 3 004, 1941) As a Blue Beetle villain, the Web of course wants nothing more than to take over NYC York City and is particularly ruthless in his pursuit of that goal. He attacks essential services like power and water in order to sow confusion, while also attacking targets such as orphanages to spread terror. The Web also has an… intense relationship with his underlings. They seem to be some sort of BDSM cult? For lack of better terminology?…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 482: DR KRAKO

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 482: DR KRAKO

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(Big 3 Comics 003, 1941) Dr Krako is a 1940s Blue Beetle villain, so he’s a (gang boss/ criminal scientist) attempting to (kill Blue Beetle and then take over the city/ take over the city if he has to kill Blue Beetle to do it). He also has the optional Dr Dodo Memorial Sidequest of trying to kill Joan Mason because she is somehow the only person to know what he looks like even though he is going by his…

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MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 006

MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 006

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It’s time for more mad and criminal scientists! Round ’em up! The fantastically-named Doctor Evecloud has a plan: shrink everyone else on the planet so that he, the only big person, will be in charge. As so often happens, one of his first guinea pigs is a super-hero, in this case the Shark. Things end poorly for Doctor Evecloud. (Amazing-Man Comics 016, 1940) This fellow is Dr Scowl and so far we’re sitting at 2/2 great scientist names. Dr Scowl…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 481: DE STRUCTO

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 481: DE STRUCTO

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(Big 3 002, 1940) De Structo (properly “Master-Mind” de Structo, but he’s only referred to in that way the once in-story) is a man with a dream, and that dream is to kill everyone in the US in a position of authority so that he can step in and take over society. To that end, he has his gang (grandiosely referred to as “Troopers”) distribute an “oxygen destroying ray” in vials (and here we’re going to have to assume that…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 480: PORKY HOGG

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 480: PORKY HOGG

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(Big 3 002, 1940) Obviously the most remarkable thing about Porky Hogg is that he looks like a pig-man but more than that he is a pig-man who has a real gift for motivation and teambuilding. These gangsters are worked into a dang frenzy over the prospect of killing the Blue Beetle – I’m pretty sure they killed that guy in the third panel! – if Porky Hogg had the real Beetle on hand during this little rally they might…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 479: DR BLOOD

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 479: DR BLOOD

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(Big 3 001, 1940) There are a couple of interesting things about Dr Blood but I’ll be honest: it’s mostly the name. Great, over the top villain moniker, Dr Blood. Furthermore, Dr Blood runs a costumed gang called the Inner Crime Ring, which is not nearly as good a name as Dr Blood but still better than an unnamed collection of gangsters. What Dr Blood is a doctor of is hard to say. The Inner Crime Ring has access to…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 477: THE DICTATOR’S SHADOW

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 477: THE DICTATOR’S SHADOW

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(Banner Comics 003, 1941) The Dictator’s Shadow is the “head of the fifth column in America” and the major villain of patriotic hero the Lone Warrior and his kid brother Dicky, in the vein of the Red Skull. A notable thing about him is that he is not explicitly a Nazi, which is both unusual for someone whose name is so evocative of Hitler as the capital-D Dictator of the day but also for a character appearing in Banner Comics,…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 475: THE WITCH

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 475: THE WITCH

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(Amazing-Man Comics 019, 1941) Mighty Man was always a lot for crooks to deal with even when he was just a 12 foot tall guy with super strength but after he gained complete control over his physical form he really gave them a run for their money. I assume that’s why he was assigned an actual, factual magic-using witch as a recurring enemy. At least, at first. In her first appearance, the Witch had a magic broom that allowed her…

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