Thursday, August 17, 2023

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 329: THE MAD VIOLINIST

(Human Torch v1 005a, 1941)


The Mad Violinist! Not especially mad, aside from being a fascist fanatic. More of a fiddler than a violinist, too - perhaps Nazi Super-Agent HR got mixed up when assigning codenames and swapped his with the Fiddler and vice versa.

Name mixup or no, the Mad Violinist makes quite a splash when he attacks a military parade in NYC and kills potentially hundreds of soldiers and onlookers - it's always a real pain to estimate such things from context, but at least 40 people bought it based on the images provided.


Such crimes could not stand, of course, and the Violinist is swiftly tracked down by Jeff Mace, aka the Patriot, who learns that much like the Armless Tiger Man, the Nazis weaponized him after an accident that left him unstable and dangerous. 

In conclusion, the best part of this story is the fact that the Mad Violinist has to drink BONE SOFTENING CHEMICALS to keep from killing himself and I might just get that on a coffee cup.

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