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<\/a><\/div>\nA trip back in time! A year or so ago when I was reading the 1940 issues of More Fun was before I started doing Super-Villain Yearbook posts and so I skipped poor Wotan, an injustice compounded by the fact that he is what I would call a Median Villain: one who has either enough appearances or importance to a hero’s history to be more than a minor villain but without the name recognition of a Capital S Super-Villain. Wotan has a bit of both: as Dr Fate’s first enemy he gets dredged up every once in a while when a magic guy (or gal, occasionally) is required.<\/p>\n
1. More Fun Comics 055, ‘Untitled’<\/b>: Wotan’s Golden Age appearances are pretty standard fare: he is introduced as an evil equivalent to Dr Fate, operating as some sort of magic crime boss – the ins and outs of his operation are less than clear as his main focus is eliminating Fate and his pal Inza Cramer. <\/p>\n As time goes on Dr Fate gets more ethereal and mystical and I just want to highlight how rock ’em sock’em, throw ’em out the window he was at the beginning. Just a brutal way to deal with a foe (and perhaps a few passing New Yorkers on the sidewalk below).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n