Originally, wise-cracking Dynamic Man was an android, robot, or some kind of synthetic humanoid without a human backstory, created by Dr. Moore to fight the forces of darkness, personified by the Yellow Spot. The Spot used his evil witchcraft to kill off or enter the minds of American scientists. As a bat, he entered the lab of Dr. Moore and stabbed him. Moore threw a switch, giving life to his creation, Dynamic Man. Dynamic Man tracked down the Yellow Spot, eventually released the trapped minds of the other scientists, and eliminated the villain, killing him in his bat form. After a number of adventures in which Dynamic Man appears in the sky to stop a crime, in Dynamic Comics #14 high school basketball coach Bert McQuade is introduced. He’s put through a series of treatments by Dr. Stahl. These result in Bert gaining super powers. Bert puts on a costume and, with brother Ricky as his sidekick, Dynamic Boy, fights crime. In both cases, the Dynamic Man could fly, was strong enough to lift a car, and was invulnerable to bullets and acid. The first origin had above-average intelligence by the virtue of being an android. Dynamic Man was possibly given two origins because Timely Comics already had an android character with the same name. Dynamic Man’s adventures were reprinted in the 1960s by I.W. Publishing. Cover art for the books depict a completely different costume.
Description Originally, wise-cracking Dynamic Man was an android, robot, or some kind of synthetic humanoid without a human backstory, created by Dr. Moore to fight the forces of darkness, personified by the Yellow Spot. The Spot used his evil witchcraft to kill off or enter the minds of American scientists. As a bat, he entered the lab of Dr. Moore and stabbed him. Moore threw a switch, giving life to his creation, Dynamic Man. Dynamic Man tracked down the Yellow Spot, eventually released the trapped minds of the other scientists, and eliminated the villain, killing him in his bat form. After a number of adventures in which Dynamic Man appears in the sky to stop a crime, in Dynamic Comics #14 high school basketball coach Bert McQuade is introduced. He’s put through a series of treatments by Dr. Stahl. These result in Bert gaining super powers. Bert puts on a costume and, with brother Ricky as his sidekick, Dynamic Boy, fights crime. In both cases, the Dynamic Man could fly, was strong enough to lift a car, and was invulnerable to bullets and acid. The first origin had above-average intelligence by the virtue of being an android. Dynamic Man was possibly given two origins because Timely Comics already had an android character with the same name. Dynamic Man’s adventures were reprinted in the 1960s by I.W. Publishing. Cover art for the books depict a completely different costume.
