(Big 3 004, 1941)
Baron Siva is a regular-style science-type villain who attempts to conquer the US via a campaign of fear and espionage before being captured by Samson and David. Perhaps the most interesting thing about him are the things about him that go completely unaddressed:
-the fact that his head is enormous
-the fact that he has no ears
-his weird transparent blouse
-the fact that he possesses advanced technology like paralysis rays
-is his surname just Siva or is this a reference to the Hindu god?
-are those walnuts in his hand in the second panel above or is he crushing some model testicles?
The fact that he has weird tech is admittedly not that weird in a super-hero comic but given the first three factors I spent the entire comic expecting him to be revealed as an alien, time traveller or mutant. It seems like he might just be an earless bighead with avant garde fashion tastes.
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