Ibac
| Ibac | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Fawcett Comics (1942 - 1953) DC Comics (1973 - present) |
| First appearance |
Captain Marvel Adventures #8 (1942, historical) The Power of Shazam! #1 (1995, canon) |
| Created by |
Otto Binder C. C. Beck |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Stanley "Stinky" Printwhistle |
| Team affiliations |
The Society Monster Society of Evil |
| Abilities | Magically bestowed powers including: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, and endurance Near invulnerability |
Ibac is a fictional Fawcett Comics and DC Comics supervillain, and a foe of Captain Marvel. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist C.C. Beck, he first appeared in Captain Marvel Adventures #8 (March 6, 1942).
Ibac's alter-ego is Stanley "Stinky" Printwhistle, a crook who attempts to blow up a bridge, but is caught in the explosion and thrown off due to Captain Marvel. Pre-Crisis he was dropped off by Cap. He is saved by Lucifer, who offers Printwhistle the chance to become a champion of evil and defeat Captain Marvel in exchange for his mortal soul. Printwhistle accepts, Lucifer summons up four historical villains, and Printwhistle is told to speak the magic word "IBAC". By doing so, the frail, grey-haired criminal transforms into Ibac, a brutal muscleman with a buzz cut. Saying "IBAC" again transforms Ibac back into Printwhistle. When he first appears he is defeated when Captain Marvel hits him so hard he seems to knock the evil power from him, in the form of leaving Printwhistle and the four other villains in front of him, the four fade away quietly, but Ibac later returns when the evil spirits contact him. Captain Marvel whirls Ibac around so fast that the four evil spirits separate from him. Because he has not been able to defeat Captain Marvel, Printwhistle has not been obliged to give his soul to the devil, and has reformed, but being weak-willed, he has often been forced by other criminals into becoming the evil Ibac again. In his first Silver Age appearance in Shazam #4 (July 1973), the spirits of the villains who gave him his powers telepathically communicate with him, and force him to become Ibac as he has reformed and been a street sweeper for the last ten years. They order him to capture, then destroy Billy. He succeeded in surprising, capturing, and leaving a bound and gagged Billy in a building about to be blown up, but Billy was able to use a recording of his voice to summon Captain Marvel and beat up Ibac. After being defeated, his benefactors withdraw their powers from him. However this may not be able to happen Post-Crisis. Ibac was a member of the Pre-Crisis Monster Society of Evil during WW II, where he nearly killed Billy in Africa after giving him bound and gagged to cannibals, and the one formed years later.
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