MASTERMIND

Real Name: Unrevealed (presumably Jason Wyngarde)

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-57780) human (likely mutant - see comments)

Occupation: Bank robber

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: bank (name unrevealed), Fargo North, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), police (all Earth-57780)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York, USA (Earth-57780)

First Appearance: Spidey Super Stories#49/4 (November, 1980)

Powers/Abilities: Mastermind had coercive powers, likely derived from being a mentalist.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 140lbs.
Eyes: Black
Hair: Gray

History:

(Spidey Super Stories#49/4 (fb) - BTS) - Mastermind planned a bank robbery and considered his plan to be perfect.

(Spidey Super Stories#49/4) - Mastermind coerced a bank teller into passing him two large bags of money. Coincidentally, Fargo North, trying to decode a clue he had discovered, thought it had to do with a bank job and looked inside the same bank. Recognizing the nefarious Mastermind and detecting a robbery,  North confronted him. Mastermind tried to push past, but Spider-Man, who had been trailing North, webbed the crook up. Confounded that his plan did not work, Mastermind was passed to the nearby police for arrest.

Comments: Created by Jim Salicrup &/or Steven Grant (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks).

This appears to be the Earth-57780 counterpart to the Earth-616 mutant, Jason Wyngarde. Physical stats are taken from the Earth-616 version, as they look very much alike.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Mastermind of Earth-57780 has no known connections to:

• MASTERMIND of Earth-57780 - chemist, used drugged sodas to sedate parade attendees and steal from them, stopped by Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel @ Spidey Super Stories#39/2
• MASTERMIND (Bowers) - former subversive head of Stark Industries plant in Lakani, attempted to destroy plant to cover his embezzling, organized the Smashers @ Iron Man I#31
• MASTERMIND - computer in charge of Braddock Manor, slew the senior James and Elizabeth Braddock, adopted humanoid form, employed by Kang to take over Otherworld @ Captain Britain I#12
• MASTER MIND EXCELLO (Earl Everett) - 1940s naval intelligence agent, member of the Twelve, able to see and hear over distance, could mentally magnify strength @ Mystic Comics#2 (April, 1940)
• or any other "Mastermind" characters

images: (without ads)
Spidey Super Stories#49, p18, pan5 (main image)
   p19, pan4 (webbed headshot)

Appearances:
Spidey Super Stories#49/4 (November, 1980) - Jim Salicrup &/or Steven Grant (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), Deborah November & Caroline Barnes (editors)

First posted: 04/13/2018
Last updated: 04/13/2018

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