Friday, July 15, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 073: DR SLIGHT

(Adventure Comics 056, 1940_


Dr Slight is similar to Dr Snegg, in that he is a scientist-villain with a method for bringing inanimate statues to life for crime purposes who is stopped by Hourman. But Dr Slight brings *plaster* statues to life, not wax ones.

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