For my devoted followers, you know I play the game Marvel: Contest of Champions. Recently they added one of my favorite villains of all time, Psycho-Man. He was mainly used as a villain to fight the Fantastic Four, but he has had run-ins with the Avengers, Spider-Man, Cable, and the Micronauts to name a few. Well, when I saw him in the game, I knew I had to make him star in my latest Saturday Showcase. So, sit back and enjoy reading the origins and abilities of the villain known as Psycho-Man.
Psycho-Man first appears in the 1967 Fantastic Four Annual #5, as the leader of a technocracy that governs a microscopic system of worlds in the Microverse. Due to overpopulation on these worlds, the character decides that the macroscopic world will be an ideal new base. Using technology from the mainstream universe, Psycho-Man remains microscopic in size but is able to function by controlling a suit of advanced human-sized armor. Using a portable device capable of influencing people's emotions, Psycho-Man enslaves a number of human subjects to build a larger version of the machine, with the intent of subjugating the world. The plan, however, is thwarted by Fantastic Four members the Human Torch and the Thing, by the Royal Family of the Inhumans and by the Black Panther; Psycho-Man is forced to retreat back to the Microverse.
He eventually reappears and causes all kinds of havoc in the Macroverse including using his emotions machine to bring forth Malice against the Fantastic Four. Which, in the long run, he loses and the Fantastic Four remain victorious and the Universe is saved.
We have also witnessed heroes such as Spider-Man and Cable travel to the Microverse to put an end to the mad man's plans. My favorite story arc is from issues 38 and39 of the Cable series. In fact, one of my favorite Cable comic covers is issue 38. Psycho-Man just looks so bad ass!
Publication Information
- Publisher: Marvel Comics
- First Appearance: Fantastic Four Annual #5 (Nov. 1967)
- Created by: Stan Lee (writer) & Jack Kirby (artist)
Origin and Abilities
- Place of Origin: Traan
- Abilities:
- Genius-level intellect
- Use of powered armor
- Possesses a futuristic space vessel
- Emotion manipulation via emotion-controlling device
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