MASTERMIND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-57780)
normal human
Occupation: Chemist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: handbag thief (name unrevealed) (see comments)
Enemies: Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Women's Day parade attendees (Stella Bella, others) (all Earth-57780)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York, USA (Earth-57780)
First Appearance: Spidey Super Stories#39/1
(March, 1979)
Powers/Abilities: Mastermind was a clever
chemist who knew how to devise controlling chemicals that he disguised
as sodas. His hidden lab was protected
by sleep-soda geysers. Although basing himself near water, he did not
know how to swim.
Height: 5'9"
(by approximation)
Weight: 160 lbs. (by
approximation)
Eyes: Black
Hair: White
History:
(Spidey Super Stories#39/1) - From his base under
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, Mastermind concocted chemical-laden sodas,
covered with common flavors, that would force those drinking them to
engage in various acts, such as laugh, jump, sleep, fight, cry, etc. He
then dressed himself as a friendly soda seller to dispense trouble.
(Spidey Super Stories#39/2 (fb) - BTS) - Disguised,
Mastermind
took his stall, decked with supportive balloons, to the Women's Day
Parade, ready to sell sleep-inducing sodas. He had apparently teamed with a
local petty thief to rob the incapacitated women.
(Spidey Super Stories#39/2) - Being a hot day,
Mastermind sold many sodas to the Women's Day Parade attendees,
including the activist Stell Bella. Many started to fall asleep,
alerting Spider-Man, who stopped a thief stealing handbags. Recognizing Mastermind, Spidey webbed him up just as
Ms. Marvel arrived with the same goal, but the villain fled in a stolen
car and escaped into his lab. Spider-Man was almost splashed by the
lab's defensive sleep-inducing soda geyser as Ms. Marvel smashed her
way into Mastermind's lair. Both heroes then confronted Mastermind, who
finally relented and revealed that the sleep effects wore off after an
hour. Webbed up by Spidey, Mastermind was doused in sleep-soda and left
behind as the heroes rushed back to the Parade. Meanwhile, Mastermind's
criminal actions were reported on TV.
Comments: Created by Nick Sullivan &/or Michael Siporin &/or Jim Salicrup (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks).
This Mastermind does not appear to have an Earth-616 counterpart.
I can't be sure that the handbag thief had teamed up
with Mastermind; he could easily just be an opportunist capitalizing on
the actions of a troublemaker.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Character name of Earth-57780 has no known connections to:
images:
(without ads)
Spidey Super Stories#39, p6, pan3 (main image)
p11, pan3 (headshot)
Appearances:
Spidey Super Stories#39/1 (March, 1979) - Nick Sullivan &/or
Michael Siporin &/or Jim Salicrup (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils),
Mike Esposito (inks), A.J. Hays & Deborah November (editors)
Spidey Super Stories#39/2 (March, 1979) - Nick Sullivan &/or
Michael Siporin &/or Jim Salicrup (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils),
Mike Esposito (inks), A.J. Hays & Deborah November (editors)
First posted: 04/13/2018 Last updated: 04/13/2018
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