Isbisa
| Isbisa | |
|---|---|
 Isbisa in his radiation suit. Cover artist unconfirmed. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | All Winners Comics vol. 1, #19 (Fall 1946) |
| Created by | Writer Bill Finger; artist co-creator unknown |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Simon Meke (also given as Merton Meke) |
| Partnerships | Calcium Master Porky Black Patch Shut-Eye James Flore |
| Notable aliases | Dr. I.S. Bishoff, Dr. Sanderson |
| Abilities | Expertise in chemistry and radioactivity |
Isbisa is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in All Winners Comics vol. 1, #19 (Fall 1946), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was created by writer Bill Finger and one or more of the five artists who contributed one or more chapters to his 44-page debut story.
Isbisa was a criminal mastermind as well as an expert in chemistry and radioactivity. He relied on a series of high-powered suits to battle his enemies. He primarily battled the superhero team the All-Winners Squad, and was particularly obsessed with members the Whizzer and Miss America.[1]
Publication history
Following his single
Fictional character biography
Simon Meke, the secretary of museum curator Professor Saba, planned to take over the world by stealing an atom bomb. Accordingly, he took on an alias, Isbisa, after combining the first letter of the Ice Age, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Steel Age and the Atomic Age.[3] He assembled five villains to do battle against the superhero team the All-Winners Squad, and gave each one a plot to carry out in order to distract the superheroes while he stole the bomb. While the superheroes were kept busy by battle, Isbisa created a sleeping gas that he used on the workers at the Atom Smasher Vacuum Tube. Moments before succeeding in his plot to steal the bomb, the All-Winners Squad intervened. Isbisa fled, but was quickly caught, unmasked, and imprisoned.[4]
In prison, Meke became obsessed with the All-Winners Squad, which had disbanded by then. In 1949, he escaped and learned that two members,
Years later, Isbisa infiltrated the government project tasked with curing Nuklo. He assumed the position of Nuklo's therapist, under the name I.S. Bishoff. While there he created a new suit that could siphon off Nuklo's radiation. This had the duel effect of both healing Nuklo and imbuing Isbisa with superhuman power. At this point, the retired Whizzer, Robert Frank, had learned his son was alive. Frank, and the superheroes the
Years later, he escaped again, and plotted to rejuvenate himself and to move people through time and space. During one of Jennifer Walters' (a.k.a. the
Powers and abilities
Isbisa's first suit protected him from knockout gas and also released it. It was also able to keep him afloat when in water. His second suit allowed him to drain the radiation from Nuklo and then discharge it as a weapon, without injury to himself. It also may have made his body radioactive.
References
- ISBN 978-1302919399.
- ISBN 9781416531418.
- ISBN 978-1605490045.
- ^ All-Winners Comics #19
- ^ Giant-Size Avengers #1
- ^ Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2-3
- ^ The Sensational She-Hulk #29-30
External links
- Isbisa at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Grand Comics Database