| Apprentice | |
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 Sorcerer and his Apprentice | |
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Real Name |
Joe Djerk |
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First Appearance |
Red Band Comics #1 (November 1944) |
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Original Publisher |
Enwil |
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Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
Joe Djerk was an apprentice of the Sorcerer,the most powerful magician in Venice during the 1500s.The villainous Borgia wanted revenge on the Sorcerer and his Apprentice for refusing his request to make him invisible. However the Sorcerer outsmarts him and the Apprentice got lucky.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Red Band Comics #1-2
Notes[]
- Like the Disney cartoon, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, this story is loosely based on the Goethe poem, Der Zauberlehrling.
- Along with Bogey Man and Satanas, the Sorcerer and his Apprentice bestowed some of their powers (magic and luck, respectively) on Captain Milksop.