| Dr. Death | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 (1966) |
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Original Publisher |
Tower |
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Created by |
Tim Brent, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall |
Origin[]
Doctor Death was a master of illusion who operated out the Middle East attacking caravans. He sought to steal the source of Dynamo's power, his belt, so he had his henchman break-out and recruit Iron Maiden to assist him.
A disguised T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad managed to ambush Dr. Death, but Dynamo who was unaware of the details of situation accidentally breaks up the fight allowing Dr. Death to disappear into the crowd. The villain then follows Dynamo, and secretly overheard a conversation with the hero's teammate, NoMan, allowing the villain to plan an ambush on the caravan Dynamo will be traveling with the next day.
Dr. Death sends Iron Madien to capture Dynamo. She used an archer to knock-out Dynamo and bring him to the doctor's secret lair. Once Dynamo and Dr. Death were face to face the villain tries to make a deal for Dynamo's belt in exchange for letting the man live. Dynamo refuses and Iron Maiden convinces Dr. Death to allow her to try to interrogate Dynamo in private using truth serum. The villain grants her one hour to try her plan.
However once alone, Iron Maiden told him there is no serum and instead she confessed her feelings to Dynamo trying to get him to join her in ruling the world. Dynamo refused her offer and when the allotted time expired, Dr. Death attempted to shoot him. Iron Maiden not wanting Dynamo to die betrays Dr. Death and activated Dynamo's belt allowing the hero to escape his binds and defeat the henchmen.
Dr. Death then activated a force field to try to capture Dynamo only for the hero to use his belt to collide with the force field and create a massive explosion killing Dr. Death and allowing Dynamo to escape. T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad then arrived with a helicopter to rescue Dynamo and they return to headquarters with Dynamo believing Iron Maiden to have died in the explosion
Public Domain Appearances[]
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4
Notes[]
- Tower Comics did not include a correct copyright notice on their books which, according to US copyright law at the time, caused them to enter the public domain immediately upon release.