Three, akshully.

I THINK the character was the Humus Sapien. He appeared in an issue of FOOM, then didn't make his next appearence til he showed up in Tbolts.

No correct answer yet. I don't think the charcater ever appeared anywhere except that one calender, so I was counting on his obscurity to make it a tough question...if no one gets it soon, I'll spill and ask another question.

OK, the create-a-character winner was Capricorn, submitted by one Joe Binggeli of Marina, California. (IIRC, the contest parameters called for a creation utilizing the contestant's Zodiac sign). The prize was a drawing of the character by jazzy Johnny Romita.

New question....It has been said that John Byrne based his Dark Phoenix storyline Hellfire Club characters on real life actors, ie Robert Shaw was Sebastian Shaw, Donald Sutherland was Donald Pierce, and Orson Welles was Harry Leland (a take on Welles' The Third Man role, Harry Lime, I believe). Whose likeness and name did Byrne use for Mastermind?

Egad! The crazy thing double-posted me....it couldn't have been my fault, could it?

Jason Wyngarde, a British character actor who appeared in a couple of episodes of The Avengers

Could be.

Then again, it might have something to do with the thought of Pepsirox in a pink tutu speaking to you in a german accent.

Then again, it might have nothing to do with that at all.

CuCr wrote: Jason Wyngarde, a British character actor who appeared in a couple of episodes of The Avengers


CuCr is ALMOST right...the details are a little off...the actor's name is not correct, and the show, while in the correct genre and country, is incorrect.

And there you have it...take a look at the photos and see if that isn't Mastermind's Hellfire Club look all up and down.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_King_(TV_series)

Your question, JTR!

Well, I wouldn't have remembered any of it if it hadn't been CuCr's mention of the name and so I think I'll pass the thread onto him.

Take it away, CuCr.