Dr. Sivana Reviews

Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana first appeared in the February 1940 Whiz Comics #2. He's been the bane of Captain Marvel's existence ever since, even affectionately calling him "Big Red Cheese". The quintessential mad scientist, his trademark phrase "Curses! Foiled again!" is legendary. He's short, he's bald, he has an evil laugh and he's pissed.

Becoming a doctor with the best intentions (as always), his ideas were panned by the medical community - So he took his family to Venus of all places. While there, he slowly turned bitter and created a radio silencer to disable all communications permanently. Captain Marvel didn't like this, seeing as he is radio broadcaster Billy Batson by trade, so he stopped Silvana. Thus began their years of struggle. Once Sivana was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, due to Captain Marvel revealing these inventions. But Sivana considered it an insult and would only care if he were awarded the title of Ruler of the Universe.

Doctor Sivana's character transcended the comic pages once as being the excuse for Captain Marvel's 20-year absence and relaunch of the Shazam! character. In the comics, he trapped the Marvels in suspended animation through a sphere of Suspendium. Sivana reorganized the supervillain group the Fearsome Five, appointing himself leader. There were six, but he killed Gizmo when he challenged him about being a genius. He was also the Attorney General of the United States somehow. On a platform of stomping out terrorism, he secretly has more of an interest in getting technology from Mr. Mind to develop weapons. He is only stopped because he's caught on television throwing Mary Marvel off one of Mr. Mind's war machines.