Doiby Dickles

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Doiby Dickles
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Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	All-American Comics #27 (June 1941)
Created by	Bill Finger Irwin Hasen
In story information
Alter ego	Charles "Doiby (Derby)" Dickles
Team affiliations	Old Justice
Abilities	No super abilities; a skilled fighter, trained mostly in street fighting techniques. He uses a pipe-wrench as his weapon of choice.

Charles "Doiby" Dickles was the sidekick for Alan Scott, Earth's first Green Lantern. Doiby (Derby with a thick Brooklyn accent) works as a Taxi driver, mostly for the Apex Broadcasting company, where Alan Scott was employed.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Later career 3 Current status 4 References

[edit] Early career

Doiby's first adventure with Green Lantern occurs when Doiby follows the Lantern while he was trailing a group of thugs. After Green Lantern was supposedly killed by the thugs, Doiby confronts them in a Green Lantern costume in an attempt to stop them. Soon after, the actual Green Lantern appears, and with the help of Doiby, saves the day. After that adventure, Green Lantern sent Doiby a quaint letter:
"Doiby--I could use a good man like you to help me in my fight against all evil-How about it? -The Green Lantern"^[1]
After that, Doiby began working with Alan Scott on a regular basis, eventually learning that the Green Lantern and Alan Scott were one and the same.

With his thick Brooklyn accent, Doiby invariably addresses Green Lantern as "Lan'trin". As a cab driver, Doiby's slogan is "Soivice that don't make youse noivice".

[edit] Later career

Doiby and the Green Lantern had many adventures together, including taking on the Nazis in the WWII era. As the Golden Age began to fade, Doiby was sent into space to marry Princess Ramia of the plant Myrg, the aliens enjoying his vast wisdom, and Alan Scott went on with his solo career. He continues until his position was usurped by the evil Prince Marieb. Sometime later, Doiby joins a group called "Old Justice" made up of Golden Age heroes, such as Merry Pemberton, to take on Young Justice. The motives behind the formation of 'Old Justice' was that young superheros were simply too irresponsible to be in 'the game'.

During the Sins of Youth storyline, one of Doiby's alien devices combines with the magic from Klarion the Witch Boy. This serves to alter the ages of dozens of superheros and supervillains. Doiby and other members of Old Justice find themselves having to herd the irresponsible superheros in a campaign against the villainous forces. Basing themselves out of the old JLA headquarters in Happy Harbor, the heroes eventually blackmail Klarion into working with Doiby to remove all the changes.

This incident convinces Old Justice that Young Justice can take care of themselves.

[edit] Current status

Doiby reunites with the team and persusades them to take him back to Myrg. They use a spaceship that Impulse had received, in thanks for services rendered, from a rich sultan some time back. The spaceship had taken some time to reach Impulse and in fact, arrives just in time for Doiby and the team to utilize it.

After arriving, the team is swept up in an interplanetary conflict, as outside invaders wish to conquer Myrg. Both sides agree to settle their differences in a baseball game. Doiby helps as much as he can, but the score remains close. In the end, Young Justice wins, seemingly via cheating, and Doiby and his Queen are able to go back to ruling Myrg.

[edit] References