Sunday, February 11, 2024

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 449: DR LEECH

(Mystery Men Comics 028, 1941)


In addition to being a member in good standing of the Name Sounds Like It's a Thematic Choice But Isn't Club, Dr Leech is a charter member of the The Protagonist Just Wandered into My Place of Work Instead of Having to Do Any Detective Work to Find Me Society. When the Green Mask intercepts a clearly mind controlled bank robber he hauls him into the nearest doctor's office, which turns out to be Dr Leech's (possibly helped out by the fact that Leech seems to order his thralls to run directly to him with the loot).

Mind control is insidious enough, but it turns out that Leech is using a drug called Hystodine with an unfortunate side effect - it causes his victims to become suicidal as it wears off. Talk about a jerk, am I right? Don't worry though: he gets his.

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