THE PROFESSORTHE PROFESSOR
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human technology user (fringe character)
Occupation: Criminal;
former professor
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Harry,
J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Presumably New York City,
New York, USA
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man
Sticker Fun (1976)
Powers/Abilities: The Professor had no
superhuman powers but he had access to an electronics laboratory filled
with all sorts of scientific equipment including his Mind Probe device
that placed others under his mental command using a small headband. It
also could temporarily enlarge those hooked to it to giant size,
possibly up to a maximum size of one hundred feet, if not more.
He also carried a Stun Gun capable of stunning even
superhuman foes for several minutes.
Height: 5'8" (by approximation)
Weight: 160 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Bald (black eyebrows)
History: (The Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun
(fb) - BTS) - The Professor was a professor who was fired from his job
and his firing was made public in a front page Daily Bugle article
published by J. Jonah Jameson. He then kidnapped the star athlete.
(The Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun) - Taking the
athlete to an electronics laboratory, the Professor subjected the
athlete to his Mind
Probe device, which not only placed the athlete under the
Professor's control but also enlarged the athlete to a size of twenty
feet. The Professor then ordered the athlete to smash the Daily Bugle
building as revenge for J. Jonah Jameson making him a laughing stock.
He then sent the athlete on his way, ordering him to return when the
job was done. Succeeding in damaging part of the Daily Bugle building,
the athlete encountered Spider-Man and the police, eventually escaping
Spider-Man by leaping over several shops (including June's
Fashions) to return to the Professor.
Feeling as if the athlete had bungled his job, the
Professor decided to enlarge the athlete to one hundred feet,
determined to ruin Jameson once and for all. Having followed the
athlete, Spider-Man soon confronted the Professor but the Professor hit
Spider-Man with a blast from his Stun
Gun and escaped. Minutes later, Spider-Man recovered and pursued
the Professor, soon finding him running down the street. Carjacking a
nearby van, the Professor attempted to escape the pursuing Spider-Man
but was halted when Spider-Man lifted up the back end of the van,
preventing its motion. Spider-Man then held the Professor long enough
for the police to apprehend the criminal. Spider-Man then returned to
the Daily Bugle as Peter Parker and attempted to sell Jameson photos of
the fight, remarking that the Professor had been placed in jail.
Comments: Created by uncredited writer and artist.
Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun was a 1976 coloring & sticker book published by Whitman Publishing. However, the copyright says 1976 Marvel Comics Group so the Professor and related characters are owned by Marvel.
The Professor's eye color was impossible to
determine, as he was only ever seen wearing a set of red glasses.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Professor has no known connections to:
June's Fashions was a clothing store in the heart of
the city. When the Professor sent his giant athlete to destroy the
Daily Bugle, the athlete escaped Spider-Man by leaping over June's
Fashions and other shops to return to the Professor.
--The Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun
The Professor's Mind Probe device was capable of placing others under his mental commands. After the Professor kidnapped the star athlete, he hooked the athlete up to the Mind Probe to both control the athlete's mind and enlarge him to a size of twenty feet. When the giant athlete returned to the Professor after damaging the Daily Bugle building, the Professor hooked him up to the Mind Probe once more to enlarge him to one hundred feet but the Professor was stopped when Spider-Man got involved. The Professor soon escaped and without the Professor to keep the Mind Probe running, the athlete's mind returned to normal.
--The Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun
The Professor's Stun Gun was a small gun that could
stun opponents for several minutes. When Spider-Man invaded the
Professor's electronics laboratory, the Professor used the Stun Gun
against the wall-crawler, knocking him out for several minutes.
images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun, sticker sheets (The Professor, main,
headshot & being arrested images, June's Fashions & Stun Gun
images)
Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun, front cover (Mind Probe)
Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man Sticker Fun (1976) - no credits given
First Posted: 06/30/2020
Last updated: 06/30/2020
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