Death and recruited Human Meteor, Spider Queen, Strongman, and Volton for the group, Battle-Axis. Signifying a change in tactics, Bradley changed his alter-ego to Dr.
Quartz, the comic book version of the sociopathic vivisector who was Nick Carter's arch-enemy in the dime novels." Īfter a number of adventures, Doctor Nemesis was approached by agents of the Third Reich to form a group of costumed beings.
Īccording to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, Bradley "uses his fighting ability and hypodermic needle full of truth serum to fight gangs and costumed madmen like the hypnotic Swami, the Surgeon (who unleashes plague-bearing rats on the city), and Dr. While working by day at Mercy Hospital in New York City, he would don a surgical mask to fight corruption and crime as Doctor Nemesis.
Around this time, Bradley also decided to become a masked crimefighter, too. Unaware of its artificial origins, Bradley led Volton to believe it was a scientist named Guy Newton who had discovered how to utilize his body's power to generate static electricity. Sometime before 1941, Bradley completed his work and the second android acted as the superhero Volton, the Human Generator, from late 1941 to early 1942. Bradley broke off their partnership thereafter and took his unfinished second android with him. This turned into a public relations disaster, as Bradley had predicted, when the android caught on fire, causing the press to label it a menace. However, Horton, eager for both fame and further financial backing held a press conference in late 1939 debuting their work. Bradley had preferred they resolve this issue before revealing their work to the public. The two scientists were unable to correct the design flaw that would cause their android to burst into flames upon exposure to oxygen. While mostly a silent partner in this endeavor, Bradley began building a second android during this time.
Horton in developing the original android Human Torch of World War II. Although primarily trained as a medical physician, he began working in the late 1930s with Professor Phineas T. James Bradley was born in San Francisco in 1906. The Marvel Comics version of the character was co-created by Roy Thomas (writer) and Dave Hoover.Īccomplished investigator and hand to hand combatant The creators of the version published by Ace Magazines are unknown. Lightning Comics #6 (April 1941 historic) Doctor Nemesis (James Bradley) in The Uncanny X-Men #511.
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