Monday, February 27, 2023

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 251: BOMB-BABY SATHAN

(Flash Comics v1 020, 1941)


An absolutely ordinary criminal scientist villain completely overshadowed by his criminal rival Big Frenchy in this adventure. Sathan has at-the-time fantastically futuristic guided missile tech, as well as one of my personal favourite bits of super-villain utility tech: the communications cut-in, via which he extorts money from banks lest they get hit by guided missiles.


The only reason Sathan hasn't been relegated to the Criminal and Mad Scientist Roundup queue is this here henchman's inspired nickname game. Bomb-Baby Sathan is a Grant Morrison Making Up a Sixties Villain in the Nineties-style name and it's genuinely joyful to encounter it in a Golden Age comic.

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