Doctor Psycho
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Doctor Psycho is a supervillain in Wonder Woman's rogue's gallery.
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[edit] Character History
He is a telepath with the ability to enter and sometimes shape other people's dreams. Introduced in 1943 in Wonder Woman #5 (volume 1), he was originally drawn as an archetypical mad scientist with a large head and wild black hair. In recent depictions, he has kept the hair, but is better described as a little person in dress clothes.
In the Villains United miniseries leading up to Infinite Crisis, Psycho has surfaced as a core member of Lex Luthor's Secret Society of Super Villains. He may be the organization's biggest talker.
After the events of the sixth issue of Infinite Crisis, Psycho travelled with Warp to free Doomsday from captivity near the center of the Earth. He then took control of Doomsday, and used him to spearhead a supervillain assault on Metropolis.
Psycho is a rather fitting foe for Wonder Woman, as he is incredibly sexist, and holds a misogynistic view of women due to ridicule as a child. After hypnotizing a woman into marrying him, he discovered his ability to use ectoplasm as a disguise, which he would often use against Wonder Woman. Most recently, Psycho no longer needs a medium to work through.
[edit] One Year Later
[edit] Trials of Manhunter
After the One Year Later gap, Psycho was arrested and put on trial with Kate Spencer (Manhunter) as his defence attorney. Following his arrest, he was abandoned by the Society. During the trial, he used his mind controlling abilities to make Spencer dream of herself dressed as Wonder Woman in a scene reminiscent of a Roman Colloseum. Before the trial verdict could be revealed, his powers were returned to him as a result of his ties to the Society who had constructed the machine that was blocking them. As soon as his powers returned, he used them to hold everyone in the courtroom hostage.
This forced Spencer to try and put on her uniform but she instead revealed herself to Doctor Psycho as Manhunter. Psycho then made Kate put on her suit, but dropped his guard to sneak a kiss with her, resulting in him being stabbed in the stomach and head. This caused him to forget about Kate's alter-ego and lose his powers.
[edit] Secret Six
Doctor Psycho has laterly been shown still in a position of authority with the Society in the Secret Six mini-series. He has been working with former enemy Cheshire for Vandal Savage and hiring various villains to put out hits on other Secret Six members. In the final issue of Secret Six (December, 2006), he was stabbed repeatedly and seriously injured by the Mad Hatter.
[edit] Return of Wonder Woman
He has recently resurfaced with his powers restored and amplified by Circe in the current Wonder Woman series, where he has been assisting Cheetah and Giganta.
[edit] Powers/Abilities
Psycho is a skilled telepath, and uses psionic powers to traumatize and terrify those who stand in his way. In his Pre-Crisis appearances, he was a hypnotist who used his victims to draw ectoplasm into the physical world, which he shaped into various beings and disguises.
[edit] Notes
- Doctor Psycho is, in fact, an actual doctor, unlike many other supervillains who include Doctor in their name. This list includes Marvel Comics' Doctor Doom, who is technically not a doctor since he never completed his university education despite his undeniable brilliance (few, however, would dare bring this up to Doom himself).
