WARDEN SMITH

Real Name: Smith (first name unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Prison warden

Group Membership: The guards and workers at his prison 

Affiliations: Iron Man (Tony Stark), the workers and guards at his prison 

Enemies: Living Laser

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Clyde"

Base of Operations: Presumably New York

First Appearance: Avengers Annual#1 (September, 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Warden Smith had no superhuman powers but was a skilled warden at his upstate prison. He briefly had access to the Stun-ulator, a weapon that could generate an energy field that stuns anyone within its range.

History: (Avengers Annual#1) - Warden Smith escorted Tony Stark into a cellblock at his prison, where Stark personally demonstrated a new device he had a designed, the Stun-ulator. Soon after the test run, prisoner Arthur Parks finished work on a new pair of wrist lasers, which he used to escape his cell. He then broke into the Warden's office and destroyed the Stun-ulator just as Iron Man arrived on the scene. After temporarily downing Iron Man, the Living Laser was teleported away. When Iron Man got back to his feet, Warden Smith explained how the Laser had just vanished in a beam of light.

Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Don Heck, and George Bell.

I suggest the first name of "Larry" for Warden Smith...seems like a "Larry."

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Warden Smith has no known connections to

• Smith, Enhanced, former sculptor, uses cybernetic gauntlets to mold & shape the metal pulsarite, @ Death's Head/Killpower: Battletide I#1
• Smith, alias of Elmer Bright, disguised himself as Charlie Clavven, fought Human Torch & Toro, @ Human Torch Comics#25
• Smith 2099, former prisoner of Herod, can create weaponry out of nearby objects, @ X-Nation#2
• Smith the Maker, of Earth-Here Comes Tomorrow, @ New X-Men#152
• Smith, Agent, of Earth-Adam-II, @ Captain America Annual#6
• Smith, Doctor, mistook Alfred Pook for a volunteer to test his space vessel, @ Mystery Tales#45
• Smith, Dr. Armstrong, created W. H. O. computer alongside Dr. Bradley Bolton, killed by computer, @ Daredevil I#124
• Smith, Arthur Allen, mutant who gained minor telepathic abilities after exposure to Dazzler's light, @ Dazzler#41
• Smith, Curtis, aka Stalagmite of Earth-New Universe, @ DP7#9
• Smith, Daphne "Boomer," Midtown High student, former sophomore teacher of Peter Parker, @ Peter Parker: Spider-Man#27
• Smith, Darryll, FBI mutant hunter, former prisoner of Dirt Nap, able to block mind from psi-screens, @ Wolverine II#96
• Smith, Sir Denys Nayland, former agent of MI-6, old enemy of Fu Manchu, retired after Fu Machu's "death," @ Special Marvel Edition#15
• Smith, Pvt. Dwight, Missouri Marauders, @ Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos#70
• Smith, Elise Erickson, Thor fan, mother of Zachary & Mia, died of cancer, @ Marvel Double Shot#1
• Smith, Francis, criminal, former agent of Doctor Octopus, badly beaten by Octavius, @ Spider-Man: Death & Destiny#1
• Smith, George, current head of Delazney Studios, @ Night Thrasher#21
• Smith, Gideon, aka Forever Man, @ Tomb of Dracula I#57
• Smith, Jackie of Earth-Wolverine Battled Weapon X, old friend of Logan, led Logan into an ambush, @ What If? II#62
• Smith, Jennifer, ESU student, dated Randy Reed, @ Nova III#1
• Smith, Jen, alias used by Jen Walters/She-Hulk, @ She-Hulk II#4
• Smith, Joe, aka Guy Named Joe, @ Amazing Spider-Man I#38
• Smith, Joe Jr., son of Joe & Liz, died at an early age, @ Captain America I#246
• Smith, Liz, wife of Joe & mother of Joe Jr., @ Captain America I#246
• Smith, Marty Louis, Triune Understanding, father of Meltdown, @ X-Force I#47
• Smith, Mandy, mother of Meltdown, @ X-Force I#47
• Smith, Nina, Spider Society/Webcorps, girlfriend of Miguel Legar, @ Amazing Fantasy III#3
• Smith, Pow Wow Boom Boom of Earth-Amalgam, Boom Boom/Meltdown + Pow Wow Smith, @ Generation Hex#1
• Smith, Sammy, aka Rev, @ Punisher II#4
• Smith, Sandie, Church of the Saved, sister of the Rev, possibly has precognitive powers, @ Punisher II#5
• Smith, Sandy "Baby-Face," outlaw, mistaken for & captured by Kid Colt, @ Gunsmoke Western#64
• Smith, Tabitha, aka Meltdown, Boomer, & Boom-Boom, X-Force, Nextwave, New Mutants, @ Secret Wars II#5
• Smith, Col. Tolliver, head of the Office of Insufficient Evidence, @ Sleepwalker#9
• "Smith, Tom," alias used by the extraterrestrial "Watcher," @ Amazing Adventures I#5
• Smith, Tom, member of the Teen Brigade, turned bitter & tried to kill Rick Jones, @ Avengers I#6
• "Smith, Tom," alias used by Nobody Anyone Knows, @ Dracula Lives!#11
• Smith, Vanna, Midtown High student, convinced Spider-Man was stalking her, @ Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man#5
• Smith, Wanda Jo Bialowsky, step-mother of Meltdown, second wife of Marty, @ X-Force I#87
• Smith, Wildcat, Native American, died rescuing the Deadly Dozen, @ Combat Kelly & the Deadly Dozen#2
• Smith, Zachary, father of Microbe, killed by own flesh-eating bacteria, @ New Warriors III#3
• Smith, Mr., servant of Alden Maas, @ Fantastic Four I#263
• Smith, Mrs., alias of the Viper, @ Captain America I#281
• Smith Building, Washington, D. C. HQ of the Red Skull, @ Captain America I#347
• Warden, Agent, S. H. I. E. L. D., former leader of ESPer Squad, @ Nick Fury: Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. I#6
• Warden, James, former warden of Riker's Island, killed by Dr. Octopus, @ Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure#2
• any other "Warden" or "Smith" characters

Stun-ulator

The Stun-ulator was a device designed by Tony Stark, equipped to stun all targets within range of its energy field. The Stun-ulator was sent to Warden Smith's upstate prison by Stark personally, who tested its capabilities in the center of a cell block. As Stark was leaving the prison, the Living Laser staged a breakout and destroyed the Stun-ulator when he broke into the Warden's office.

--Avengers Annual#1d

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Avengers Annual#1, p2, pan1 (Warden Smith, fullbody, & the Stun-ulator)
 p2, pan4 (Warden Smith, headshot)

Other Appearances:
Avengers Annual#1 (September, 1967) - Roy Thomas (writer), Don Heck (artist), George Bell (inker)

Last updated: 01/29/06

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