| Badman | |
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 Badman and Robber as they appear in Go-Go Comics #4 | |
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Real Name |
Bruce Pain |
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First Appearance |
Go-Go Comics #3 (Oct. 1966) |
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Original Publisher |
Charlton Comics |
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Created by |
Jon D'Agostino |
Origin[]
Badman and Robber as they appear in Go-Go Comics #3.
Badman, who was secretly the wealthy Bruce Pain, was the arch foe was Blooperman and his superhero teammates in the Bestest League of America. He was an incompetent villain in an ill-fitting batsuit assisted by Robber the Boy Plunder. They also had loyal butler who was owed 5 years of back salary. They duo of darkness had a secret headquarters under their stately manor called the Bad Cave and drove a green convertible as a getaway vehicle.
The pair kidnapped Blooperman and brought him to the Bad Cave where they use a hypnosis spray developed by Badman to turn the hero into a criminal like them. However, Blooperman managed to signal the Bestest League of America to save him before he fully succumbed to the hypnosis. The BLA overwhelm the criminals and send the pair to jail.
Powers and Abilities[]
Badman had no powers but was wealthy inventor and chemist armed with gadgets and chemicals all bearing the "Bad" moniker such as the Bad Hypnosis Spray.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Go-Go Comics #3-4
Notes[]
- The character is an obvious spoof of Batman.
- Badman is in the public domain thanks to a lack of a proper copyright notice (any work published without one between 1923 and 1977 immediately entered the public domain).