PROFESSOR ZAXTON

First Appearance: Journey Into Mystery #95

Real Name: Zaxton (first name unrevealed)
Aliases: None
Identity: None
Occupation: Scientist
Citizenship: USA

Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Education: University graduate

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 137 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black, with white temples

Abilities/Accessories: Professor Zaxton was a brilliant inventor and created a duplicating machine which fired rays that duplicated whatever they struck.  Duplicates of living beings tended to have the opposite personality of the original.

History: Professor Zaxton was a jealous colleague of Dr Donald Blake.  When Blake built an android and asked Zaxton to display it at a convention, Zaxton deliberately caused the android to malfunction.  Thor removed the android from the scene before it detonated.  Zaxton then kidnapped Blake's nurse Jane Foster and blackmailed Blake into helping him perfect his duplicating machine.  When their work was complete, Blake attempted to become Thor and sneak away, but Zaxton witnessed his transformation and used his device to make an evil duplicate of Thor.  He armed the duplicate with two copies of Thor's hammer Mjolnir, and set it after him.  However, Thor eventually realized that because the duplicate was not worthy of the power of Mjolnir, it could not actually harm him, and he destroyed it.  As Thor set after Zaxton, the professor duplicated himself to try and escape, but he fumbled with his device and fell off a bridge to catch it.  Thor let Zaxton's good duplicate carry on with the professor's life.

Appearances:

Journey Into Mystery #95