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Doctor Psycho first appeared in Wonder Woman #5 in 1943, by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter as a telepath, telekinetic sorcerer.
Article Summary
- Doctor Psycho, a 1943 Wonder Woman villain, could be the next US President.
- Originally Cyril Psycho, his character evolved through DC’s comic history.
- He starts as a telepath in Wonder Woman and joins the Secret Society.
- Wonder Woman #5 teases Doctor Psycho’s election as President of the US.
Doctor Psycho first appeared in Wonder Woman #5, back in 1943, created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter as a telepath, telekinetic and sorcerer. Designed as a little person, Initially created as a murderous psychopath with an intense hatred of women and a pawn of the Duke of Deception. God of War, Mars.
Originally he was Cyril Psycho, a medical student humiliated by his peers and who discovered that his fiancée Marva Jane Gray was in love with college athletic champion Ben Bradley, and sought to destroy him.
He later kidnapped and tortured Marva, using her to summon ectoplasm for his own villainous ends. This included summoning the spirit of George Washington to ban women from the military.
As you do. After the Crisis On Infinite Earths, Doctor Psycho was reimagined as Edgar Cizko, a telepath who could enter and shape the Dreaming, and was recruited by Circe.
He later joined Lex Luthor’s Secret Society of Super Villains.
The New 52 Doctor Psycho first appears in Superboy as a fake psychic, who gains psychokinetic capabilities. Then in DC Rebirth, his origins changed again, now posingas a scientist for A.R.G.U.S. named Dr. Edward Carne.
And now it seems, in a new Wonder Woman #5, (no coincidence) that he is the new pick from the Sovereign to be the President Of The United States as well as a member of the Wonder Woman Revenge Squad.
… and from this glimpse in the future, it looks like he does indeed get elected President Psycho of the United States? This is going to be a fun election year for the DC Universe, right?
WONDER WOMAN #5 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE & TOMEU MOREY
(W) Tom King (A) Daniel Sampere, Tomeu Morey (CA) Daniel Sampere & Tomeu Morey
IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN’T STOP HER, THEN WHO CAN?! As Sargent Steel retreats to gather deadlier forces, the Wonder Girls call on Diana, begging her to lay down her lasso. Will she see the truth before it’s too late? Plus, Trinity invites the sons of Batman and Superman to Themyscira for a contest they’ll never forget! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 01/16/2024
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