TORCHER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Louis Goodman 

OCCUPATION: Mercenary, assassin, former military 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ace City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Super-Mystery Comics v.3 #05 (July 1943) 

HEIGHT: 5' 11" 

WEIGHT: 172 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

The original Torcher was Louis Goodman, a former military man who hired out his services as an assassin and mercenary to the highest bidder. Goodman had no qualms about working for anyone, eventually associating himself with an individual as depraved as Pagliaccio the killer clown. 

However, it is known that there have been others after Goodman who have used the name and modus operandi of the Torcher. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The Torcher's suit was designed to withstand high temperatures and protect the wearer. It originally carried a flamethrower, but was later replaced by a wrist-worn flamethrower system. 

In fact, the suit has undergone constant improvements, such as increased armor (to protect the wearer from firearms) or sensory enhancements to the helmet.  

LYDIA BURNHAM

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Lydia Burnham 

OCCUPATION: Agent of chaos, lab assistant 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Mutate human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Columbina 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ace City 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Super-Mystery Comics v1 #05 (Dec 1940) 

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 

WEIGHT: 140 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY 

Lydia Burnham, an ordinary laboratory assistant, was kidnapped by Pagliaccio, who brainwashed her and turned her into his faithful assistant, his "Columbina". Since then, Miss Burnham's life has been a true roller coaster, from slavery to madness, passing through moments of clarity in which she even helped the paranormal heroes stop her sinister Pygmalion.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

In addition to brainwashing her and turning her into a homicidal lunatic, Pagliaccio must have done something else to Lydia, something on a genetic level, increasing her strength, agility, and resistance to physical damage. 

CLOWN

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: NA 
OCCUPATION: Agent of chaos 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Human mutate? 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 
FORMER ALIASES: Pagliaccio 
PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 
MARITAL STATUS: NA 
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Super-Mystery Comics vol. 1 #5 (December 1940)

HEIGHT: 6' 5" 
WEIGHT: 192 lbs 
EYES: Black 
HAIR: Black 

HISTORY

March, 1940. 

The origins of the clown were never revealed, but he always manifested a deep contempt for any authority or patriotic sentiment. He wore a clown costume and matching face makeup, but in reality he was a wickedly unscrupulous madman, capable of working even for the Führer himself. He uses as an assistant a young woman, Lydia Burnham, whom he brainwashed and who is completely faithful to him until death.

POWERS & WEAPONS

The Clown possesses superhuman strength and agility and an accelerated healing factor that allows him to survive virtually any injury (as a side effect, that healing factor extends his lifespan indefinitely). He was a skilled swordsman and inventor of various brainwashing devices.