REAL NAME: Philip Hoshi
OCCUPATION: Former medical doctor, agent of the Black Dragon Society
IDENTITY: Public
CLASS: Human technology user
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: I. M. Pheer
PLACE OF BIRTH: Whiz Valley, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: Aiko Hoshi (mother), Hideo Hoshi (father)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Black Dragon Society
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Whiz Valley (USA); Mobile
FIRST APPEARANCE: Master Comics #29 (August 1942)
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 140 lbs
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
Philip Hoshi was a Japanese-American doctor who worked at Whiz Valley Hospital, but secretly he was a fifth columnist loyal to Imperial Japan, the land of his ancestors, conducting experiments in his laboratory late at night with the intention of develop a fear toxin with which to cause chaos and terror in the United States and thus be able to steal plans and information vital to the defense of the West Coast during World War II. He was ultimately defeated by US Jones.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The toxin developed by Dr. Hoshi caused men to go mad with fear, to the point of doing irrational things like jumping out of windows for no reason or revealing their deepest secrets. Dr. Fear administered the gas to his victims through, for example, a hidden mechanism in a flower he wore on his lapel.
