DR. ARMSTRONG SMITHDR. ARMSTRONG SMITH
Real Name: Armstrong Smith
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Computer scientist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Dr. Bradley Bolton, Daredevil (Matt Murdock), J. Jonah Jameson, "Foggy" Nelson, Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Enemies: Torpedo (Michael Stivak), W.H.O.
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York City, New York,
USA
First Appearance: Daredevil I#124 (August,
1975)
Powers/Abilities: Dr. Armstrong Smith was a talented computer scientist and the inventor of W.H.O., a machine that ultimately developed sentience.
Height: 5'9" (by approximation)
Weight: 160 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
History: (Daredevil
I#124 (fb) – BTS) – Using intel from
S.H.I.E.L.D., Interpol and other agencies, Dr. Armstrong Smith built an
extensive worldwide database of habitual offenders. He began working
with "Foggy"
Nelson, New York's district attorney, to finish the machine and use it
as a
criminal investigation device.
(Daredevil I#124) – "Foggy" showed off his machine
to Matt
Murdock, who put together a random list of characteristics to identify
criminals and Smith was
shocked when two names, Abdul Ben Ali in Cairo and Hector
Bodnik in Tulsa.
Smith then saw "Foggy" rage
about his election opponent Blake Tower.
(Daredevil I#125) – Smith told "Foggy" and Matt
that his
database should be finished within a week, and he hoped it would
revolutionize
the police industry and ultimately make criminals afraid to commit
crimes.
(Daredevil I#127) – Smith ran data through his
machine on
the dead man believed to be the victim of the villain Torpedo (though
the
corpse was actually Torpedo himself). He discovered the man was a
Soviet
scientist and that the safety deposit box Torpedo had recently broken
into
belonged to the man's brother. Smith explained that his machine still
wasn't
working properly but that his colleague Dr. Bradley Bolton was working
on its
final memory circuits.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#155 (fb) – BTS) – After
learning about
the death of Bolton, Smith uploaded the final component into the
machine. The
Worldwide Habitual Offenders database, or W.H.O., developed sentience
and
immediately murdered Smith, who had discovered its intelligence, with a
handgun.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#155) – Blake Tower, J. Jonah
Jameson
and Peter Parker, with Officer Gillis, discovered the corpse of Smith
in front
of the W.H.O. machine. Spider-Man eventually exposed the computer as
the
culprit and shut it down.
Comments: Created by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan and Klaus Janson.
Dr. Armstrong Smith was originally a subprofile written by Snood for
the W.H.O. profile.
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Dr. Armstrong Smith has no known connections to:
(Daredevil I#124 – BTS) – Matt Murdock listed
random
characteristics into a computer criminal identification system, seeing
if
anyone would ping. The computer calculated "a left-handed axe murderer,
who
wore track shoes and had a penchant for pasta." The computer came up
with two
names: Abdul Ben Ali in Cairo, Egypt and Hector Bodnik in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
--Daredevil I#124 - BTS
images: (without ads)
Daredevil I#124, p7, pan2 (with "Gizmo," main image)
Daredevil I#124, p7, pan3 (face)
Appearances:
Daredevil I#124 (August, 1975) – Len Wein (writer/editor),
Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene Colan (penciler), Klaus Janson (editor)
Daredevil I#125 (September, 1975) – Marv Wolfman (writer),
Bob Brown (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Daredevil I#127 (November, 1975) – Marv Wolfman
(writer/editor), Bob Brown (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker)
Amazing Spider-Man I#155 (April, 1976) – Len Wein (writer),
Sal Buscema (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Len Wein (editor)
First Posted: 08/25/2018
Last updated: 08/25/2018
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