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The Brain is a fictional character created by Leo Bachle for Bell Features, a Canadian comic company in the 1940s, and first appeared in ''Active Comics'' #1. The muscular and often bare-chested Brain's secret identity was dashing, Toronto penthouse-dwelling Gordon Bell who, like the Wizard before him, had a moustache, superhuman strength and the clairvoyant ability to "visualize faraway happenings", the latter powers in his case gained due to a dying wish his father had made to a friendly spirit on a distant French battlefield during World War One.〔''The Great Canadian Comic Books'', Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, P. Martin Associates, 1971〕 While he first donned cape, tights and signature black skullcap-mask to battle Nazi agents, his adventures soon took on a more supernatural element, with him battling such inhuman adversaries as the sinister Dr. Coffin's ghoulish creation the Scarlet Zombie〔''Active Comics'' #8, 1942〕 and the sadistic skull-faced and bandage-wrapped Mummy Man who possessed psychic powers that were more than a match for his own.〔''Active Comics'' #3, 1942〕 Friend and fellow artist Ross Saakel did a pint-sized parody of Bachle's character for ''Active Comics'' called The Noodle, a similarly caped and cowled two-fisted infant superhero complete with diapers and pacifier.〔''The Great Canadian Comic Books'', Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, P. Martin Associates, 1971〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Brain (Bell comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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