(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 010, 1940) I like this guy. This guy is the fun kind of mad scientist with a lot of fun details. First of all he lives in a castle roughly the same size as the island it sits on, off the coast of Cuba. Secondly, he follows the rules of Mad Scientist Grooming, which state that they must either be impeccably groomed or, as with Dr Varoz here, look like they woke up in a compost…
(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 009, 1940) Professor Zog is made an Honorary Knight of Ligra for his services in the war between the Lion-People and the Dragon-Men. If the Lion-Person in the background looks a bit disgruntled it is perhaps because Zog was originally coerced into fighting on the Dragon-Men’s side and really did a number on the Lion-People’s army before getting free. This is possibly why he only gets to be an honorary knight.
(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 006, 1940) The Voice! Mysterious drug kingpin of San Francisco! Nobody has seen his face, not even his henchmen! The Voice! Using loudspeakers and radios, he coordinates his operations from a hidden place of safety! The Voice! Is a street-level supercrook who has the misfortune to be operating in a story about Electro, Marvel of the Age! All his precautions are as nothing against the giant remote-controlled robot! Adding insult to injury, he isn’t even the…
(Marvel Mystery Comics 004-019, 1940-1941) Hey look, it’s Electro, Marvel of the Age! I love that guy! Or rather I love Electro’s creator/ mental pilot, Professor Philo Zog (later amended to Zogolowski because heaven forfend that someone have a weird name). It’s not often that a weird nerd with a scraggly beard gets to be the hero. I also love Zog’s plan: hire a bunch of husky young men to act as his agents in various parts of the US,…