Martha Roberts was the daughter of Professor Roberts, who tutored his young protégé Darrel Dane in his home laboratory. During the summer of 1939, Martha was blackmailed by a criminal named Falco, over love letters she had written one of her former college teachers. After imbibing a concoction, Dane found himself shrunk to the height of six inches, but with his normal strength intact. Martha sewed him new clothes to wear. He began to worry that he might never be able to regain his normal height. After refusing to pay Falco any more blackmail money, Martha was kidnapped by Falco and rescued by the “doll man”. Finding that through intense concentration, Dane could affect his height, he decided to begin to fight crime as the Doll Man, often assisted by Martha, who also became his scientific research assistant. She took on two crime-fighting personas: Midge and Doll Girl.
Description Martha Roberts was the daughter of Professor Roberts, who tutored his young protégé Darrel Dane in his home laboratory. During the summer of 1939, Martha was blackmailed by a criminal named Falco, over love letters she had written one of her former college teachers. After imbibing a concoction, Dane found himself shrunk to the height of six inches, but with his normal strength intact. Martha sewed him new clothes to wear. He began to worry that he might never be able to regain his normal height. After refusing to pay Falco any more blackmail money, Martha was kidnapped by Falco and rescued by the “doll man”. Finding that through intense concentration, Dane could affect his height, he decided to begin to fight crime as the Doll Man, often assisted by Martha, who also became his scientific research assistant. She took on two crime-fighting personas: Midge and Doll Girl.
