TEACHER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Bagshiig Zaakh 

OCCUPATION: Professional criminal 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Extra-terrestial 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the Altan Empire 

OTHER ALIASES: Teachmaster, the Science Pirate 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Planet Ovon 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Inter-Space Crime Syndicate 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Lightning Comics vol. 3 #1 (June 1942) 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: Green 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

The Teachmaster, the Science Pirate, was a 37th Century mad scientist who specialized in brainwashing. He used to hook up his "students" to mind control devices. The Teachmaster brainwashed Space Patrol Captain John Blake into becoming a spy at the Dutch Harbor Spaceship Base on Pluto. Lash Lightning and Captain Blake's daughter Isobel came to Pluto to clear Blake's name. The Teachmaster sent his men to capture them and connected Lightning to a device that would use his own electricity to kill him. But Lightning survived and transformed Isobel into Lightning Girl. She got help from the Space Patrol in time while Lightning broke the Teachmaster's control over Captain Blake by showing him the image of his daughter. Together they defeated the invading forces, but sadly Captain Blake died, albeit heroically. However, the Teachmaster managed to escape... 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Bagshiig Zaakh was a scientific genius and great strategist. He himself designed the brainwashing machines that he later used on his victims. He belonged to the Akh race, originating from the planet Ovon (Altan Empire) and therefore was stronger and more resistant than the average human. Furthermore, the Akh are well-trained warriors from childhood, however Zaakh has never demonstrated one thing or another, preferring to be a pure mastermind, leaving direct action in the hands of his acolytes or his brainwashed puppets.