(Mystic Comics v1 004, 1940) Professor Monte is the type of criminal scientist that I want to see in more comics: he has an idea (develop a gold-attracting magnet and use it to steal gold), he secures funding from crooked businessman Prentiss, he tests his device with a series of jewelry store robberies before scaling up to using the big dirigible-mounted model… he has a plan, in other words, rather than a vague idea of how they’re going to take…
(Mystic Comics v1 003) Every long running super-hero universe is going to acquire some Herculeses and the Marvel Universe might just have the most of all – I counted an even dozen just now and I’m sure there are more that aren’t properly documented on the fan wikis – the DCU doesn’t come close even if you count reboots of the same characters. Why? Not sure! This Hercules is the son of one Dr David, raised on Snow Island in…
(Mystic Comics v1 004, 1940) The Trustees of Hate are a group of villains operating at least nominally along corporate lines, with strategy meetings, what appears to be a board of directors etc. Because their headquarters is in the evocatively named Horror Hall, on the border of the fictional European countries of Borsia and Gratzia, the Blue Blaze is given a new power especially so that he can go beat them up: he returns to his grave between cases and…
(Mystic Comics v1 003, 1940) The Hood is a dude in a sheet ghost costume who is seemingly the head of an extortion gang targeting bankers and ruthlessly killing any who defy him. And perhaps you’ve noted that “seemingly” and are wondering what it could mean. Well, This ruthless banker-murderer… is actually a banker! He’s Willard Thomas and his extortion scheme was a front for a murder scheme that would have left him, the last banker standing, holding the keys…
(Mystic Comics v1 003, 1940) Just a gang boss running an arson scheme, but a particularly ruthless one with a particularly great name. Having a cool name doesn’t help you when a couple of brothers rock up with their super-powered rubber robot. Still, the Iron Duke! What a name!
(Mystic Comics v1 003, 1940) Just a gang boss running an arson scheme, but a particularly ruthless one with a particularly great name. Having a cool name doesn’t help you when a couple of brothers rock up with their super-powered rubber robot. Still, the Iron Duke! What a name!
(Mystic Comics v1 003, 1940) It must be something of a point of pride for a super-hero to get to the point where they are effective enough that super-villains are being hired specifically to get rid of them, and that’s where the Star-Gazer comes in. A criminal astronomer and/or astrologer, the Star-Gazer is approached by crimelord Dr Gair to get rid of the pesky Blue Blaze. In fact, not only has the Blue Blaze reached “super-villain contract hit” levels, he…
(Big 3 004, 1941) In a change of pace from the usual heaping of honours on the various costumed do-gooders of comics we have here the Flame giving out an award called the “Flame Badge of Merit” to someone who helped out on a case. A fun twist!
(Mystic Comics v1 002, 1940) Barko is a mere extortionist who has blown up one mineshaft already and is heavily implying that another can be blown up if the mining concern doesn’t see clear to paying him off. Beyond that he is remarkable mostly for how seriously and thoroughly he responds to the appearance of the Blue Blaze on the scene: Boulder. Sniper rifle. Attack dogs. And finally dual-wielded freeze ray guns. All of this during the Blue Blaze’s short…
(Mystic Comics v1 002, 1940) Scourge of the year 2300, the Black Hawk and his Mercurian space pirates loot the spaceways of radioactive plinium in a bid to take over the entire Solar System. He’s also a pretty bad father, a fact that comes back to bite him (fatally) when his daughter Alyse teams up with the Space Rangers to take him down. Kids, amirite?