Wednesday, August 3, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 095: DR RODENT

(Feature Comics 028, 1940)


As far as a guy who attaches bombs to rats in order to sink and subsequently loot ships goes, Dr Rodent has it all: a great name, a rodentlike cast to his features, and, best of all, his heroic foil is Doll Man so we get to see a little guy ride around on a rat:


This is the kind of thing that comics are for!

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