Crime Doctor (comics)
| Crime Doctor | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Thorne: Detective Comics #77 (July 1943) Balcescu: "Manhunter" Vol. 3 #32 (September 2008) |
| Created by |
Thorne: Bill Finger (writer) Bob Kane (artist) Balcescu: Marc Andreyko (writer) Michael Gaydos (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Matthew Thorne Anica Balcescu |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations | Secret Society of Super Villains |
| Notable aliases | Bradford Thorne |
| Abilities | Skilled surgeon Expert torturer Use of injector gun and scalpel |
The Crime Doctor is the name of two fictional supervillains that appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Crime Doctor is a medical expert who caters exclusively to criminals, originally an enemy of Batman.
The first Crime Doctor first appeared in Detective Comics #77 (July 1943), and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
The Crime Doctor is surgeon Matthew Thorne – originally named "Bradford Thorne". In post-Crisis continuity, it has been revealed he is the brother of the Gotham City gangster Rupert Thorne.
Thorne started out as a rogue physician in Gotham City, setting up an illegal clinic and treating criminals for money. He was stopped and apprehended time and again by the Batman.
For a while, it seemed that Thorne's mind had been destroyed due to mercury poisoning at the hands of the Sterling Silversmith, but Thorne later returned to his criminal career, his mind seemingly intact. The Crime Doctor usually never took part in physical battles against superheroes, but he was recruited by Lex Luthor and Brainiac into their supervillain army during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Initially, the Crime Doctor took his career as a doctor very seriously, and would not commit crimes that conflicted with his Hippocratic Oath. In later appearances however, he seemed to abandon this principle.
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