SORCERER
Real Name: Johnny Morton
Identity/Class: Human mutant/magic-user? (Pre-Modern era) (see comments)
Occupation: None
Group Membership: None
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: Ellen (mother), Jack Morton (father), Tom Morton (uncle)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: mobile;
Pre-Modern
era
Powers/Abilities: The Sorcerer could make his toy train follow him anywhere he went. This power relied on the Sorcerer being self-confident, and when he started to doubt his ability he lost it.
History: (Tales to Astonish
I#12/2 (fb) - BTS) - Five year old Johnny learned
that he could make his toy train follow him around on command, and his parents
took to calling him the Sorcerer.
(Tales to Astonish I#12/2) - The Sorcerer's uncle Tom came to visit, and tried to figure
out how he commanded the little train. When the Sorcerer told Tom there
was no trick, such as a magnet or string Tom lost his temper. The Sorcerer's
faith in himself was shattered, and he found that he could no longer make
the train follow him.
Comments: Created by an unnamed writer.
As with many 1950's and 1960's Marvel monster stories,
this story is not confirmed as part of Earth-616 continuity, but there's
nothing to exclude it either.
--Leave it in unless something rules it out!--Snood.
My guess is that the young Sorcerer was a mutant who possessed
telekinetic powers. I know mutant abilities normally manifest during puberty,
but there are always exceptions.
Tom yells at the Sorcerer, and he loses his power. Why does Tom
want to travel to India and revisit the magicians he met there? Does he
want to yell at them and see if they lose their powers too? What a jerk.
PROFILE BY FUTURE
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
Ellen
The Sorcerer's mother.
--Tales to Astonish I#12/2
Jack Morton
The Sorcerer's father. Jack was fascinated by the letters his brother Tom sent, detailing wonders from around the world. He invited Tom to live with his family for a while.
--Tales to Astonish I#12/2
Tom Morton
The Sorcerer's uncle, also known as "Traveling Tom." He was a seaman who had been all over the world and could speak fifteen different languages. He lost his temper when he couldn't figure out how the Sorcerer commanded his toy train. When the train stopped moving, it hit him that the Sorcerer could only move it because he believed he could. Tom planned to return to India, where he had seen similar feats of a seemingly magical nature.
--Tales to Astonish I#12/2
Last updated: 12/24/04
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