Mister Mind and the Monster Society of Evil

Mister Mind
Mister Mind, in artwork from the cover of The Power of Shazam! #40 (1997). Art by Jerry Ordway.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Captain Marvel Adventures #26 (August 1943)
Created by	Otto Binder (writer) C. C. Beck (artist)
In-story information
Place of origin	Venus
Team affiliations	Monster Society of Evil Underground Society
Abilities	Advanced mind control Hypnosis Mental image projection Limited invulnerability Ability to spin super-strong silk at high speeds In evolved form: Capability to devour space-time Near omnipotence

Monster Society of Evil
Mister Mind, showing a picture of Captain Marvel to his Monster Society. On the left from top: Oggar, Mister Atom, and Doctor Sivana. On the right from top: Ibac, Black Adam, and King Kull. The first page of the 1980-1981 Monster Society Strikes Back storyarc. Art by Don Newton and Dave Hunt, lettering by Todd Klein, colors by Adrienne Roy, from World's Finest #264.
Publication information
Publisher	Fawcett Comics (1943−1945) DC Comics (1973−present)
First appearance	Captain Marvel Adventures #22 (1943, historical) The Power of Shazam! #38 (1997, canon)
Created by	Otto Binder C. C. Beck
In-story information
Base(s)	None
Member(s)	Mister Mind Captain Nazi IBAC Doctor Sivana Monster Brigade Sivana Family Black Adam King Kull Oggar Mister Atom

Mister Mind is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, Mister Mind first appeared as a voice only in Captain Marvel Adventures #22, his first true appearance was in Captain Marvel Adventures #26 (August 1943).

One of Captain Marvel's primary villains, Mister Mind is a two-inch alien worm of high intelligence. Mind usually carries out his villainous plans through an organization called the Monster Society of Evil, significant as one of the first supervillain teams in comics to contain villains that a superhero had fought previously; prior to this, supervillain teams were composed of villains created just for that storyline. The Monster Society made its debut in Captain Marvel Adventures #22, and the resulting "Monster Society of Evil" story arc continued for two years in Captain Marvel Adventures, ending with issue #46.

The original Mister Mind depicted in Fawcett publications and pre-1985 DC Comics publications was a cartoonish worm possessing an intelligence beyond that of human beings. He claimed to be a mutant worm from a distant planet who was more intelligent than the other worms, which communicated by touching their feelers. This Mister Mind possessed limited telepathy and the ability to spin nearly indestructible silk at speeds faster than the human eye could follow, spoke through the use of a "talk box" which hung around his neck which amplified his voice, and was depicted as being myopic and needing eyeglasses. In Shazam #2 (April 1973) he is described as having the body of a lowly worm, the conscience of a Hitler, and the brain of a genius. Meanwhile, the membership and size of Mind's Monster Society has changed dramatically over the years, from thousands of members (including all of the Axis Powers) in the 1940s Captain Marvel Adventures comics to only a handful in DC's Shazam! stories.