Shazam!
Seen in the goal credits of 2019’sShazam!,Mister Mindis one of the hero ’s weirdest villain , and his pedigree was originally befittingly bizarre . He has beena prickle in Shazam ’s sidesince the theatrical role ’s earlier days , a homicidal foreign bent on world subjugation … who happens to look like a caterpillar . Although his origin was give away during his initial appearance , DC take it a step further in 1985’sAll - Star Squadron # 51and retconned Mister Mind ’s origination further , giving him a silly motivation for his sovereignty of panic .
Mister Mind first appeared in 1943’sCaptain Marvel Adventures # 26 , create by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck , the pair behind the creation of Shazam ( then called Captain Marvel ) a few yr earlier . Mister Mind fare to Earth from a distant man , bended on seduction ; to that end , he make the Monster Society of Evil tofight Shazam and his allies . Shazam ’s engagement against the Monster Society of Evil formed the basis for one of his dandy arcs ; a complex adventure story that draw for intimately two old age - something unheard of in comics at the meter . Mister Mind was vivify along with the rest of the Shazam sept in 1973 when DC acquired the characters from Fawcett , their original publishing firm . In 1985 , DC decided to add another stratum to Mister Mind ’s origin , showing what made him malign in the first place . All - Star Squadron # 51was write by Roy Thomas ( with carbon monoxide gas - machinator Dann Thomas ) , pencilled by Mike Clark and Arvell Jones , inked by Vince Colletta , colored by Carl Gafford and lettered by David Cody Weiss .
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In the issue , Doctor Fate and Hourman , appendage of Earth-2 ’s Justice Society , have discovered a new chemical group of villains , bid themselves the Monster Society of Evil . The chemical group has kidnapped Hawkwoman and is able to quickly overwhelm the heroes , who then meet Mister Mind , the Society ’s Jehovah . He recite them his tarradiddle , revealing he is originally from an alternate attribute . Mister Mind say the heroes he monitored Earth ’s wireless programme for twelvemonth , and became capture with Earth polish - so much so that he decided to pay the major planet a sojourn , arriving on Earth-2 in 1942 .
However , Mister Mind ’s sojourn quickly go awry . His first finish was comedian / ventriloquist Edgar Bergen . Mind was a particular fan of Bergen ’s and made it a point to foregather him . He arrived at Bergen ’s house , but learned that the comedy star he ’d worshiped was actually a wooden dummy , with the man he ’d dismissed dictating the entire act . Mister Mind was disappoint , to say the least . His next visitwas the Justice Society , but they were not present either . The rank disappointment Mister Mind felt temper his heart and led him to make the Monster Society of Evil on Earth-2 . After he was defeated , he made his style to Earth - S , where he would shack until theCrisis on Infinite terra firma .
This story is a text example of a retcon , inadequate for“retroactive continuity . ”Retcons call for recent creators bringing new information to a authoritative story , tally layers to it and potentially addressing inconsistencies . Prior to this story , Mister Mind ’s sovereignty of terror began and close on Earth - S , but then readers ascertain he hadanotherMonster Society of Evil , only on Earth-2 . When that Society descend aside , and he was vanquished , he simply made his way to another Earth and start all over again and was nearly successful this time . The disclosure that his dashing hopes with Earth civilisation led him to his wicked ways is new as well , tally another layer to the character . However , this reason is quite shallow , andafter theCrisis on Infinite Earths , this origin was block in yet another retcon .
In modern comedian , Mister Mind ’s innocuous form is generally treated as a mislead , with the cat - similar being being both a major scourge and a remarkably barbarous foe . However , his other appearance set up that Mister Mind ’s reign of threat begin when he was disappointed by a puppet show and then felt disapprove by the Justice Society . Seen inthe end credit ofShazam , on the face of it setting him up as the villain for the picture ’s upcoming sequel , here ’s hopingMister Mind ’s next movie coming into court make from his tardy stories , rather than find fault his inter - dimensional evil on his letdown in Earth ’s pop refinement .
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