Sunday, September 18, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 157: THE WIZARD

(All-Star Comics 003, 1940)



This is the kind of super-villain that you see magical heroes taking on a lot more often than other types: the preemptive striker. The likely cause of this is the status of so many magical heroes as the de facto head of Earth's magical security, someone that a bad actor can take out and then be free to act with impunity.

What's interesting about this super-villain? The thing that appeals to me about this guy, who is primarily a user of illusion magic, is the variety of things he throws at Dr Fate: you got your crazed unicorns, some undead Egyptian warriors, a weird tentacle monster and the "Three Witches of Endor" who themselves cast spells at him. It's a nice bit of variety!



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