DOUGLAS ARTHUR CARTLAND
Real Name: Douglas Arthur Cartland
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Head of Systems Design for Cross Technological Enterprises
Group Membership: Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE)
Affiliations: Avengers (Captain America/Steve Rogers, Captain Marvel/Monica Rambeau, Thor Odinson, Wasp/Janet Van Dyne), Beast (Hank McCoy) Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), Henry Pym, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
Enemies: Arnim Zola, Pseudo-Hulks
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "a stuffed shirt", "Dougie" (as called by Beast)
Base of Operations: Unrevealed C.T.E. location
First Appearance: Avengers Annual I#13 (1984)
Powers/Abilities: Douglas Arthur Cartland had no superhuman powers, but was skilled in an unspecified branch of science.
Although supposedly brilliant, he had an arrogant and self-serving personality.
Height: Unrevealed (6'; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (170 lbs.; by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Red
History:
(Avengers Annual I#13 (fb) - BTS) - Douglas Arthur Cartland's
past is largely unrevealed, but he was employed by
CTE and considered to be one of the nation's top
scientists (...at least by Raymond
Sikorski of the National Security
Council).
(Avengers Annual I#13) - The U.S. government sent the Avengers and the nation's best scientists to sort through the former inventions of Bruce Banner at the Northwind Observatory; Cartland was flown to the location by helicopter with the Beast (whom he found very annoying)--during their flight, the Beast apparently beat Cartland in a game of chess.
Cartland disembarked from the helicopter and introduced himself to some of the Avengers, then made his way into the observatory and began to walk through a security screening device; but the anxious Beast--eager to see his former comrades Thor and Captain America again--bounded over Cartland's head and almost caused him to trip. The egotistical Cartland interrupted their reunion, stating that he had come a long way to inspect Banner's machinery, and that he would like to get on with it. Thor angrily responded that the inspections would commence only when the final expert had arrived; momentarily intimidated by the thunder god, Cartland's demeanor quickly changed to one of arrogance, because he hadn't been informed about any other experts. However, he was pleased when the final expert--Reed Richards--arrived on the scene; Cartland happily shook Richards' hand and told him what an honor it was to meet him (...although judging by the expression on Reed's face, the feeling wasn't mutual).
Once the inspections began, they were almost immediately interrupted by the arrival of the Hulk (actually a pseudo-clone, created by Arnim Zola), who dropped dead after a brief battle with the Avengers. While the heroes mourned the loss of what they thought was their friend and conducted an autopsy on the corpse, Cartland sneaked away on his own to secretly inspect some of Banner's machinery; but he was halted by Captain America, who reminded Cartland that any of his resulting discoveries from Banner's equipment were for the benefit of the government, and would not be used to further Cartland's own career. Offended by Cap's insinuation, Cartland angrily insisted that his own reputation had never been impugned... but before he could continue, the security alarm went off, and Cap raced away to investigate, while Cartland continued his work.
Shortly afterward, Cartland was annoyed by an "infernal racket" (actually the sounds of the Avengers battling more Pseudo-Hulks) which disturbed his concentration; he was suddenly shocked when Arnim Zola (who had transferred his mind into a giant purple blob, formed from the first Pseudo-Hulk's "living pants") seized him and demanded to know his identity. When Cartland explained who he was, Zola disdainfully exclaimed that he was just a nobody, then tied up Cartland and left him hanging upside-down from an overhead piece of equipment--the irate Cartland seemed to be more offended that Zola considered him to be "a nobody".
Some time later, once the Avengers had defeated Zola and his army of Pseudo-Hulks, the Beast found Cartland still hanging upside-down; although Cartland demanded to be set free, the Beast teased him with puns about his predicament.
Comments: Created by Roger Stern, Steve Ditko, and John Byrne.
And presumably after the Beast eventually ran out of
tormenting puns, he freed "Dougie," and Cartland probably returned to
his job at C.T.E.
--Ron Fredricks
New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Douglas Arthur Cartland should not be confused with:
images:
Avengers Annual I#13, p7, pan3 (main image - Douglas Arthur Cartland steps off helicopter and introduces himself to Captain Marvel)
Avengers Annual I#13, p29, pan2 (headshot - Douglas Arthur Cartland sees Arnim Zola)
Avengers Annual I#13, p29, pan3 (Douglas Arthur Cartland gets grabbed by Arnim Zola)
Avengers Annual I#13, p29, pan5 (Douglas Arthur Cartland, left hanging upside-down by Arnim Zola)
Avengers Annual I#13, p40, pan5, 7 ("Dougie" gets tormented by Beast's puns)
Appearances:
Avengers Annual I#13 (1984) - Roger Stern (writer), Steve Ditko
(pencils), John Byrne (inks), Ken Feduniewicz (colors), Joe
Rosen (letters), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
First posted: 10/29/2006
Last updated: 12/19/2025
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