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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 388: THE MASTER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 388: THE MASTER

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(More Fun Comics 068, 1941) The Master is… probably Russian. It’s the same as all of the “pseudo-German crypto-Nazi” characters that populate comics pre-Pearl Harbor. Reading through the vagueness, he is a scientist whose partner emigrated to the US about the time of the Russian Revolution while the Master stayed behind. Now the Master wants revenge for his partner’s success and also is gearing up to take over the world and he’s using his sonic death ray device to achieve…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 385: THE GREAT MEDICINE BIRD

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 385: THE GREAT MEDICINE BIRD

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(More Fun Comics 067, 1941) It’s an old, dumb trope: diamond thief Gordon Slade escapes into the jungle with his loot and then takes over a tribe as it’s spiritual leader – sometimes it’s a god but in this case it’s as a medicine man. Between the name and the outfit the Great Medicine Bird, like a lot of his shitty compatriots, technically qualifies for the status of minor super-villain. But since I don’t especially like them, they’re going into…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 384: DEEJA KATHOON

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 384: DEEJA KATHOON

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(More Fun Comics 067, 1941) Deeja Kathoon is an occultist and necromancer who has the ability to summon and bind ghosts to his service and uses this power to unleash a ghostly crimewave on Cliffland, NJ. He has what turns out to be an Indian surname but there’s no indication in-story that he’s supposed to be Indian and so I must assume that it’s a coincidence and that my first guess was correct and his name was chosen by picking…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 382: THE MAN

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 382: THE MAN

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(More Fun Comics 066, 1941)  Out of nowhere one day, giant monsters attack Cliffland, New Jersey! After driving them off a couple of times, the Spectre manages to follow them back to their base of operations, a weird painting of unknown provenance hanging in a Cliffland museum. There he finds that the monsters reside in a metal city ruled over by a man referred to only as the Man. The Man is clearly modeled after the fascist dictators of the…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 381: NYARL-AMEN

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 381: NYARL-AMEN

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(More Fun Comics 065, 1941) Okay, so the guy on the throne is Nyarl-Amen, AKA the Ancient One AKA the Lost Wisdom AKA the Wonder Wisdom. Fifty thousand years ago he ruled the world from beneath the waves as head of the Nyarl-Amen Dynasty. Nyarl-Amen has lived in the City of Nyarl-Amen for one hundred thousand years… His arsenal includes the Magic Eyes of Nyarl-Amen… And together with his minions the Fish Men of Nyarl-Amen he seeks to reconquer the…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 380: THE ASSASSINS

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 380: THE ASSASSINS

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(More Fun Comics 065, 1941) It’s another version of a revival of the Assassins! These Assassins are very into the accuracy of it all and have their own Alamut HQ and their own top guy named Hassan (presumably followed by Ibn Sabbah but it’s never said in full). Commitment to the bit is not quite enough to save them once second-rate Lawrence of Arabia Lance Larkin gets on the case, however. This group were based out of Iran, unlike the…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 377: MAYOOR

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 377: MAYOOR

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(More Fun Comics 064, 1941) Mayoor is an ancient evil god with no in-comic-defined portfolio but if I had guess I would venture that he’s the God of Disappointment. Here’s the sum total of his plots and plans: enthrall a society adventurer named Bill Credon, who then lure Dr Fate chum Inza Cramer to Mayoor’s Yucatan Peninsula temple-cum-prison. Then there’s a bit about using her to spread Mayoor’s message and worship but unfortunately for Mayoor that’s the point at which…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 376: THE SHADOW

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 376: THE SHADOW

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(More Fun Comics 064, 1941) The Shadow is in reality the vengeful ghost of Elmer Watson, a bumped-off witness in a big corruption case. Slightly more reasonable reason for revenge than some murderous ghosts, certainly, but Watson’s vengeance eventually becomes so all-consuming that he attempts to derail an entire passenger train to get at one target and he ends up banished to whatever nether realm the Spectre sends bad ghosts to. This is two Vengeance Ghosts in a row for…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 375: HALDANE THE SORCERER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 375: HALDANE THE SORCERER

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(More Fun Comics 063, 1941) Haldane the Sorcerer has no backstory in-comic, so I’m going to be making some assumptions here. Assumption Number 1: since he first comes to light at society party that is also attended by Dr Fate pal Inza Cramer I am going to assume that he is part of the same New York/ New England social set as her, as opposed to some sort of party crasher.  Assumption Number 2: Haldane is a hobbyist. He is…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 373: THE JUNGLE SCIENTIST

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 373: THE JUNGLE SCIENTIST

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(More Fun Comics 063, 1941) I won’t lie to you: this initial panel really did all the work in guaranteeing the Jungle Scientist some time in the spotlight rather than a place in a mad science roundup with three other randos. There are exactly two reasons for that: 1) that he was supplied with a name in the very title of the piece and 2) that wretched little outfit that he has assembled for himself. This man was divorced just…

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