Thursday, July 21, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 082: THE PUPPET MASTER

(Batman Comics 003, 1940)


What makes them a super-villain? The Puppet Master controls the minds of men via drug-assisted mental compulsion. He even mind-grabs Batman for a while - surely a villainous feat.

What makes them interesting? Aside from the brief end-run on Batman's mind, the most interesting thing about this guy is I think he's supposed to be a Cossack? His goons are certainly Cossacks. Have we lost a whole set of cultural signifiers about Cossacks or is this like the day in high school I went to a dentist appointment and missed learning how to cross-multiply and you all know this stuff?

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