Mr. SAXTON Mr. SAXTON
Real Name: Saxton (first name unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Human;
active circa 1942
A.D. (and presumably at least 30-40 years before that, and who
knows how long thereafter
Occupation: Former director of an unidentified
museum
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Formerly Colonel Wright; Joe and unidentified fake kidnapper
Enemies: Alec
the Great (aka Archie the Gruesome), Colonel
Wright; at least one unidentified officer of the New York Police
Department
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly a Manhattan museum (possibly the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, aka the Met, Manhattan, New York)
First Appearance: Joker Comics#1/8 (April, 1942)
Powers/Abilities:
History: 
(Joker Comics I#1/8 (fb) - BTS) - The director of a
Manhattan museum, Mr. Saxton stole from museum funds, after which he
hired Joe and another man to kidnap him so that he could use the ransom
to cover his theft.
(Joker Comics I#1/8) - Joe and another goon carried a wrapped-up Saxton out of the museum in view of street cleaner Alec, who assumed they were moving a statue until someone raced out of the museum and announced that Saxton had been kidnapped. Having adopted the costumed identity of Alec the Great, Alec followed the kidnappers to their waterfront hideout.
With Saxton bound to a chair, the
kidnappers told him that he could stay there until they had collected
the $50,000 ransom. Using his shovel, Alec took on the two gun-wielding
men but was eventually subdued with a club to the back of the head.
(Joker Comics I#1/8 (fb) - BTS) - The kidnappers tied
up Alec and left him on the floor, and they untied Saxton, who
nonetheless remained in the other room.
(Joker Comics I#1/8 - BTS) - With
Alec bound on the floor, the kidnappers sent a ransom note to Saxton's
friend Colonel Wright, who paid them the money. Meanwhile, Alec rubbed
his bonds against a brick fireplace, freeing himself as the second
kidnapper returned with the money.
(Joker Comics I#1/8) - Alec dropped both men, but then Saxton held him at gunpoint and took him outside to the wharf along with his revived agents. After revealing how he had paid the men to kidnap him so that he could use the ransom money to cover his theft of museum funds, Saxton clubbed Alec over the head, knocking him out, after which he had his men throw Alec into the water.
(Joker Comics I#1/8 - BTS) - However, the cold
water swiftly revived Alec, and after Saxton and his men left in their
car, Alec climbed out and followed them back to the museum.
(Joker Comics I#1/8) - Having paid Joe and his
partner $5000 a piece, upon being dropped off at the museum, Saxton
bade them farewell, advising them to get out of town for awhile.
Saxton covered his face in shame as the police officer took him away,
and Colonel Wright told him that he had not sympathy for him. Alec
advised the police officer that he would find Saxton's pals outside,
slightly indisposed.Comments: Created by unknown writer and artist.
I don't know why Saxton didn't get a first name...it's annoyancing...
The museum having white
pillars out front makes the Met a likely candidate to me, although it
remains unconfirmed.
Saxton previously had a
sub-profile under Archie the Gruesome, aka Alec the Great, originally
published 07/29/2020.
This profile was
completed 02/27/2026, but
its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th
anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mr. Saxton should be distinguished from:
First posted: 09/05/2026
Last updated: 02/27/2026
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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