Angle Man
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Angle Man is a fictional character, the name of a DC Comics supervillain.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
There have been multiple incarnations of Angle Man in DC Universe continuity.
[edit] Golden and Silver Age version
Angelo Bend was an unsuccessful criminal who became obsessed with crimes with unbeatable "angles." As the Angle Man, he plagued Wonder Woman with a series of increasingly clever schemes that involved "angles." When Wonder Woman's title underwent a series of revamps in the late 1960s, however, the Angle Man character was dropped along with other elements of the series. It is unclear whether or not he had an Earth Two counterpart.
He reappeared in Secret Society of Super-Villains Special #1, now wearing a yellow and green costume and wielding the Angler, a Penrose triangle which could warp time and space in a variety of ways. A text page in that issue explained that he had been recruited and outfitted by the SSOSV's founder Darkseid only to use the Angler to warp ahead in time to a point after Darkseid had been exposed and deposed as the Society's secret leader. He also began appearing in the Wonder Woman title once more. The Pre-Crisis Angle Man died in issue #11 of the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, apparently as a result of attempting to use his Angler during the massive dimensional upheavals caused by that event.
[edit] Modern Age version
Post-Crisis, a still-living, uncostumed Angle Man appeared briefly in Flash v.2 #154 as one of several villains whose equipment was appropriated by the weapon-absorbing Replicant. Later, during Phil Jimenez's run on the Post-Crisis Wonder Woman title, he was revamped into an Italian master thief who uses his special angler to escape authorities. He was caught by Donna Troy while trying to steal an ancient artifact from a museum. Even though Donna, as Troia, was trying to stop the villain, Angle Man formed a bit of a crush on the Amazon. He became so enamored with her that he instinctively transported himself to Themyscira seeking Donna's help when he was attacked by a Fury possessed Barbara Minerva. Later it was learned that he had been hired by Barbara, the previous Cheetah, who had lost her powers to Sebastian Ballesteros and needed the stolen artifacts to regain them. He was also seen grieving at Donna Troy's funeral after she was briefly killed by a Superman robot, and most recently has become a member of the latest Secret Society of Super-Villains. Whether he and the Cheetah have buried the hatchet or not remains to be seen.
The next time he is shown was among a large team of super villains formed by the Wonder Woman villain Devastation. An enemy of Cassie Sandsmark, Devastation formed the group to battle the now disbanded Young Justice.
[edit] Infinite Crisis
Bend recently appeared in Catwoman with other Society members in the East End of Gotham City, ostensibly working with Catwoman, who was pretending to be a villain again to get close to the Society. Bend discovered her discussing her plan to double-cross the Society and attacked her, shooting her in the stomach and stabbing her in the head with a triangle-shaped blade. However, the Catwoman the Angle Man "killed" was in fact a new Clayface whom Catwoman had recently encountered and asked for help. The real Catwoman appeared and, during her attack on the villains, beat Bend savagely with a baseball bat.
[edit] One Year Later
In the DC Universe One Year Later, Selina Kyle has given up her mantle as Catwoman after having a child. Her associate and friend Holly Robinson has taken over the Catwoman persona.
Bend, now obsessed with Catwoman and bent on revenge, has targeted Holly, not realizing that he is going after the wrong person. He has since been defeated by Holly once (the brutal fight was caught on tape), but has been approached by a new villain calling himself the Film Freak, apparently a successor to the deceased Batman villain of the same name.
[edit] Angle Man in other media
In Justice League Unlimited, Angle Man appears as a member of the Legion of Doom.
