Dynamic Man (Timely Comics)

Dynamic Man
Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics Marvel Comics
First appearance	Mystic Comics #1
Created by	Daniel Peters
In-story information
Alter ego	Innaplicable
Species	Android
Team affiliations	The Twelve F.B.I.
Notable aliases	Curt Cowan

Dynamic Man is a fictional comic book character, first published by Timely Comics, the forerunner of Marvel Comics during the period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books.

He was created by Daniel Peters and first appeared in Mystic Comics #1-4 (1940). He made his first modern age appearance in The Twelve.

Fictional character biography

Dynamic Man started out as an android created by the brilliant scientist Professor Goettler. However, when the professor threw the switch to bring life to Dynamic Man, the excitement was too much for him, and he died. Dynamic Man resolves to use his amazing powers for the betterment of humanity, and flies away to civilization. He became an F.B.I. agent using the alias Curt Cowan. When not working for the F.B.I., he would don a costume and become the superhero Dynamic Man.^{[citation needed]}

The Twelve

Main article: The Twelve (comics)

Dynamic Man is among the heroes that fought the Nazi and while infiltrating a base, he is among the Twelve heroes captured and put in suspended animation.

During a battle with the Nazis on Elbe Day, the Phantom Reporter narrates, "Dynamic Man said you couldn't throw a rock without hitting somebody in a mask and tights. 'And those are just the pansies in the German army,' he said, then added-- 'They'd probably run even faster if they weren't wearing those stiletto heels.' Curt was always saying things like that. He made a point of saying them. Which made some of us wonder if maybe it was D.M. who had something besides his costume hidden deep in his closet." [The Twelve #1] Dynamic Man also displays a particularly homophobic attitude towards the flamboyant Blue Blade. He also shows a racist side, when upon catching a black man he thought was robbing a white woman, only for the white woman to tell Dynamic man that was her husband, he immediately leaves, without catching the actual thief.^{[citation needed]} In a quick interview, Dynamic Man calls J. Edgar Hoover a man's man (perhaps an intentional irony because Hoover's enemies have spread the rumor that he reportedly liked to dress up in women's clothes^{[citation needed]}). He becomes increasingly colder with time, seeking fame and recognition, and stressing his status as the Man of Tomorrow. His homophobia increases to the point of threatening a gay supporter with bodily harm.^{[citation needed]}

In issue #9 of The Twelve, Dynamic Man is shown entertaining folks at a brightly-lit, simply portrayed baseball game and talking about "real" America, while in contrast, in other portions of the story, the artist uses lightning bolt shaped comic panels to show that someone communicated with Electro (the robot) when the Twelve were placed in suspended animation AND someone controlled the robot when it killed Blue Blade. The Phantom Reporter witnesses these flashbacks using a machine and appears to have suspicions as to that individual's identity.

In issue #10, The Phantom Reporter gathers all the heroes and Electro together at their home to explain how Electro killed The Blue Blade and the patrons of a homosexual bar. PR reveals that Dynamic Man formed a mental link with Electro because he was also a mechanical man-an android. DM's true nature was not publicly known in the Marvel Universe. Dynamic Man denies his artifical nature, until Firey Mask burns away DM's costume revealing a lack of genetalia. PR explains that Dynamic Man's creator wanted to remove the cause of all vice-sexual desire-so he created a sexless man disgusted by all forms of sex. The enraged Dynamic Man lashes out at Electro, then threatens to kill everyone else.

Powers and abilities

Dynamic Man, being an android, was impervious to nearly everything except for a rare substance known as lantholum. He could also fly and possessed super-strength, superhuman intelligence, x-ray vision, and shape-shifting. In addition to this, he could use magnetic fields to repel bullets and yank guns from the hands of criminals.^{[citation needed]}

His costume was green with a black belt and four yellow lightning bolts on his chest, the top two diagonal on his upper chest, the other two horizontal across the lower part of his chest.

References

• Catalogue of International Superheroes profile