Saturday, September 3, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 142: DR DARRK

 (Adventure Comics 065, 1941)


Another in a long line of scientist-villains faced by Hourman, Dr Darrk has a moderately cool name, a lighthouse HQ and an invisibility ray but ultimately is overshadowed by his really excellent robot goon, Giganto:


Just look at that cool robot!

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