DOCTOR SPECTRO (Tom Emery) | BIOGRAPHY |
Created by Steve Ditko and Joe Gill; Cary Bates and Pat Broderick |
PERSONAL DATA
Real Name: Tom Emery
Occupation: Government operative
Citizenship: American
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
First Appearance: Captain Atom (Charlton) #79 [Charlton] (February-March 1966): "Captain Atom Faces Doctor Spectro"
(DCU): Captain Atom Vol. 3 #5 (July 1987): "The Return of Dr. Spectro"
Creators: Steve Ditko and Joe Gill; Cary Bates and Pat Broderick
OVERVIEW
Tom Emery hadn't amounted to much in his life. Until a nosy reporter connected him to the identity of Dr. Spectro, a part of the "big lie" of Captain Atom's super-heroic life. This led to his confrontation with the Captain, and led Wade Eiling to recruit him to be part of the Captain Atom Project, popping up here and there to be beaten by Captain Atom or Major Force in carefully constructed media events to prove how super these super-heroes could be. Unfortunately, after the end of the Captain Atom Project, Tom Emery has reverted to the life of a small time super-crook...
HISTORY
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CHRONOLOGY
For a definitive list of appearances of Doctor Spectro in chronological order click here
PROFILE REFERENCES
Who's Who: Update '87 #2 (September 1987)
Who's Who in the DC Universe #11 (July 1991)
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