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| Publisher | Fawcett Comics (1940 - 1953) DC Comics (1972 - present) |
| First appearance | Whiz Comics #2 (1940, historical) The Power of Shazam! graphic novel (1994, canon) |
| Created by | Bill Parker C. C. Beck |
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| Alter ego | Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, Ph. Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful Comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Whiz Comics was a monthly ongoing Comic book Anthology series which was published by Fawcett Comics from February 1940 to June Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Power of Shazam! is a 1994 Hardcover Graphic novel, written and painted by Jerry Ordway for DC Comics. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series William "Bill" H Parker Jr (died 1963 was an American Comic book Writer and editor. Charles Clarence Beck ( June 8, 1910 - November 22, 1989) was an American Cartoonist and Comic book D |
| Team affiliations | Injustice League Fearsome Five The Society Monster Society of Evil Sivana Family Science Squad |
| Notable aliases | The World's Wickedest Scientist |
| Abilities | Genius-level intellect, brilliant inventor, skilled manipulator and strategist |
Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana is a fictional comic book supervillain. The Injustice League is the name of two Fictional teams of Supervillains in the DC Comics Universe. The Fearsome Five is a Fictional group of Comic book Supervillains from DC Comics. The Secret Society of Super Villains ( SSoSV) is a group of Comic book Supervillains that exist in the DC Universe. Mister Mind is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the Villain character type commonly found in Comic books, Action movies and Created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck, he first appeared opposite superhero Captain Marvel in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) by Fawcett Comics. William "Bill" H Parker Jr (died 1963 was an American Comic book Writer and editor. Charles Clarence Beck ( June 8, 1910 - November 22, 1989) was an American Cartoonist and Comic book A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Captain Marvel is a fictional Comic book Superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Whiz Comics was a monthly ongoing Comic book Anthology series which was published by Fawcett Comics from February 1940 to June Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful Comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s Sivana was soon established as Captain Marvel's archenemy and most frequent foe, a role that he continues to hold to this day in his appearances in DC Comics, who eventually acquired the rights to those characters from Fawcett. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company
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Overview
Fictional character biography
Sivana is a short, bald, self-described mad scientist with a penchant for developing unusual technologies, and who often plots to do away with Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, but is often thwarted in his plans. The Marvel Family is a group of Fictional characters a team of Superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes His trademark phrases are "Curses! Foiled again!" and his mocking laughter "Heh! Heh! Heh!" He also coined the insulting name Big Red Cheese to refer to Captain Marvel, a name that the Captain's friends have adopted with which to light-heartedly tease him.
According to The Origin of Dr. Sivana (Whiz Comics #15, March 1941), he began with the best intentions, with progressive scientific ideas that could revolutionize industry but was rejected by everyone he approached. Whiz Comics was a monthly ongoing Comic book Anthology series which was published by Fawcett Comics from February 1940 to June Laughed out of society, Sivana took his family to the planet Venus, where he stayed until his children were grown, and Earth not as backward as when he left it. The VENUS ( V ictoria E xperimental N etwork U nder the S ea project is a cabled sea floor observatory operated by the University During his years away, struggling to tame the Venusian jungle, Sivana turned bitter.
The Golden Age Sivana was a single father with four children: good-natured adult offspring Beautia and Magnificus, and evil teenagers Georgia and Thaddeus Jr. (aka Sivana Jr. ) Sivana. Sivana Jr. , and Georgia constituted the supervillain group Sivana Family, the evil counterpart to the Marvel Family. Magnificus and Beautia, however, were not enemies to the Marvels; in fact, Beautia has an unrequited crush on Captain Marvel (whom she does not realize is really an adolescent boy, Billy Batson).
Sivana's family were erased from existence due to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, but due to Zero Hour, both Beautia and Magnificus (along with their mother Venus Sivana) were restored to life. As a result of Infinite Crisis, Georgia and Thaddeus Jr. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George were also restored to existence as well, with Beautia and Magnificus becoming evil just like their father as well.
Publication history
Fawcett Comics and pre-Crisis DC Comics
Doctor Sivana appeared in well over half of all of the Golden Age Captain Marvel comic stories, after having deduced Captain Marvel's dual identity as boy radio broadcaster Billy Batson early on. Depicted as a brilliant, if evil, scientist, Sivana used all manner of unusual inventions and techniques against the Marvels. Along with the Marvel Family, Sivana entered publishing limbo in 1953, following a ruling in the National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications court case finding that Captain Marvel was an illegal infringement of Superman. National Comics Publications v Fawcett Publications, 191 F2d 594 ( 2d Cir Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon
In 1972, National Comics (today DC Comics) acquired the rights to the Captain Marvel characters, relaunching them in a new title, Shazam! the following February. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The characters' twenty-year absence from publication was explained as the result of Doctor Sivana and the Sivana Family having trapped the Marvels, their friends, and, by accident, themselves in a sphere of Suspendium, a compound that kept them in suspended animation from 1953 until 1973. Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination
Shazam! The New Beginning and The Power of Shazam!
Sivana continued to appear in Shazam!-related stories through the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series in 1985. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover He was reintroduced by Roy Thomas and Tom Mandrake in the miniseries Shazam! The New Beginning in 1987. This Sivana was the same mad scientist that the previous one had been, except that he only had two children (Beautia and Magnificus), and was Billy Batson's step-uncle.
Jerry Ordway revised the character of Sivana for his 1994 graphic novel The Power of Shazam! and the resulting ongoing series, and this revision has been retained in all following DC publications. Jerry Ordway (born November 28, 1957) is an American Writer, Penciller and Inker of Comic books He The Power of Shazam! is a 1994 Hardcover Graphic novel, written and painted by Jerry Ordway for DC Comics. The modern Sivana, in addition to being a mad scientist, was also a powerful and influential tycoon (a la Lex Luthor of the Superman comics). Lex Luthor is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The former CEO of his own Sivana Industries, Sivana's corrupted dealings and crossing of Captain Marvel led to his own destruction and his intense hatred of the Marvel Family. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Beautia and Magnificus Sivana are reintroduced again in this series; their mother, Sivana's ex-wife Venus, is briefly seen in Power of Shazam! #27.
Later appearances
After The Power of Shazam! series ended in 1999, Sivana was rarely seen until Outsiders #13 -15 (August-October 2004), in which he reorganizes the supervillain group the Fearsome Five, appointing himself leader. The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Fearsome Five is a Fictional group of Comic book Supervillains from DC Comics. Sivana and his four associates Mammoth, Psimon, Jinx, and Shimmer (a fifth, Gizmo, is killed by Sivana for challenging the scientist's position as resident genius) continued to appear at irregular intervals in the pages of Outsiders. Mammoth is the alias of Baran Flinders, a Fictional character that is a Comic book Supervillain from DC Comics. Psimon is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain from DC Comics created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman. Jinx is a Fictional character, a Supervillain appearing in the DC Comics universe. Shimmer (real name Selinda Flinders) is a Fictional Supervillain in the DC Comics universe Gizmo (also known as Mikron O’Jeneus) is a Fictional character, a Supervillain from DC Comics.
The evil scientist appears briefly in DC's Infinite Crisis. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Sivana also recently appeared along with Lex Luthor in the four-issue 2005 limited series Superman/Shazam: First Thunder by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton, which depicts the first meeting between Superman and Captain Marvel. A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Judd Winick (born in February 12, 1970 on Long Island, New York) is an American Comic book and Comic strip Joshua Middleton (sometimes credited as Josh Middleton) is a Comic book artist currently signed exclusive to DC Comics.
In the 2006-2007 limited series 52, Sivana was abducted to Oolong Island, a tropical paradise run by Intergang, where he and many other DC Universe "mad scientists" are allowed to live a hedonistic lifestyle while creating the inventions of their wildest dreams and pitting them against one another. Intergang is a fictional Organized crime organization in Superman and other DC comics Georgia, and Thaddeus Jr. were reintroduced in 52 Week Twenty-Six (November 1, 2006), in which they appear alongside Beautia, Magnificus, and their mother Venus. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Dr. Sivana turned out to be indirectly responsible for the main conflict of 52: disruptions in the fictional time stream caused by a mutated Mr. Mind. Mister Mind is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics. Sivana had captured Mind, a worm who happened to be another of Captain Marvel's villains, and the scientist had bombarded it with treatments of Sivana's own "Suspendium" time-travel compound. A worm is a common name given to a diverse group of invertebrate animals that have a long soft body and no legs As a result, Mr. Mind mutated into a giant moth-like figure with the ability to time-travel, posing a serious threat to the Multiverse. A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics.
In Jeff Smith's 2007 limited series Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, Sivana is introduced in issue #2, as the new Attorney General of the United States. Jeff Smith can refer to Jeff Smith (baseball is a coach in the Minnesota Twins' organization Mister Mind is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics. In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition While ostensibly dedicated to stomping out terrorist threats, Sivana is more interested however in gaining technology from the invading alien Mr. Mind to develop into weapons, and to use the fear caused by the Mind's Monster Society to start a new war he can profit from. He is eventually caught on live TV throwing Mary Marvel from the top of one of Mr Mind's war machines, and is arrested. Mary Marvel is a Fictional character, a Comic book superheroine originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics
On the cover of Justice League of America #13 (Vol. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. 2), it shows Doctor Sivana as a member of the new Injustice League and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run. The Injustice League is the name of two Fictional teams of Supervillains in the DC Comics Universe. Salvation Run is a seven-part 2007 - 2008 DC Comics Limited series which was designed to tie in to the company's major event series
Other versions
In Superman: Red Son, Dr. Superman Red Son is a Comic book published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in April 2003 Sivana briefly appears as a United States defector to Superman's Russia.
Dr. Sivana made a cross-company cameo in Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man #335, in which he fights Captain America at a staged charity battle. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The Amazing Spider-Man is the name of several media Presentations which feature the Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man,
Other media
Doctor Sivana first appeared outside of comics in live-action, as a villain in Legends of the Superheroes (1979), played by Howard Morris. GigtantaAtomjpg|150px|thumb|right|A'Leshia Brevard and Alfie Wise as Giganta and the Atom respectively Howard "Howie" Morris ( September 4, 1919 &ndash May 21, 2005) was an American comic Actor and He later appeared as a regular villain, occasionally with Sivana Jr. and Georgia, in the 1981 Shazam! Saturday morning cartoon, aired as one-half of The Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam! Although Sivana never appeared in Justice League Unlimited, he does appears as a villain in issue 15 of the Justice League Unlimited comic book, when he tried to rebuild Mister Atom. The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! was a NBC Saturday morning cartoon produced by Filmation Studios in 1981. Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Mister Atom is a fictional Comic book Supervillain, a Radioactive Robot who is regularly seen as an enemy of Captain Marvel.
Doctor Sivana has a cameo appearance in the animated film Justice League: The New Frontier. Justice League The New Frontier is a Direct-to-video Animated film adaptation of the popular DC comic limited series He is seen during the famous speech by John F. Kennedy. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of
External links
- Doctor Sivana's "Who's Who" file at The Marvel Family Web
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