Vincent Yatz
| Vincent Yatz | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Showcase Vol 1 #73, (April, 1968) |
| Created by | Steve Ditko (writer and artist) and Don Segall (writer) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Vincent Yatz |
| Partnerships | Creeper |
| Notable aliases | Dr. Yatz, Dr. Vincent Yatz, Dr. Emil Yatz |
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Vincent Yatz is a fictional character, that appears in comic books published by DC Comics as a supporting character of the Creeper. The character was created by writer and artist Steve Ditko and Don Segall.
Doctor Vincent Yatz injected Jack Ryder with a serum that gave him the ability to transform into the maniac creature known as The Creeper. He was created by writer and artist Steve Ditko & Don Sagall in April, 1968.
In his original appearance during the Silver Age, Yatz was called Emil Yatz at the time, and was a defector from the Soviet Union who was assigned Jack Ryder, a disgraced television host, for security purposes. He's kidnapped by mobsters who intend to sell his secrets and discoveries to the Soviets. He is taken to a masquerade ball being thrown by the leader of the mob, and held there. He and his captors are followed by Ryder, who disguises himself in order to enter the party. When Ryder is recognized as an intruder and shot, Yatz injects him with his special serum in order to save his life, and accidentally leaves an activator device in his wound. When the pair are again attacked by the mobsters, Yatz is killed in the process.
During the Bronze Age, renamed Vincent Yatz, his miraculous invention was retconned to two (sometimes given as only one) mechanical devices that are capable of storing "imprints" and which also grant increased physical attributes. Yatz surgically implants the devices into Ryder in a bid to save his life after the latter has been attacked and drugged by a group of criminals which also turns him into the Creeper.
In the Modern Age, Yatz's origin was retconned to its present explanation. For his new origin Yatz is seen to be a shady scientist who made illegal dealings with gangsters for funding on his experiments, including making deals with the Joker.
Dr Yatz was approached by Jack Ryder, a TV host turned network security investigator when he loses his former job, is assigned to investigate the case of Professor Yatz, a scientist captured by criminals and about to be turned over to Communist spies for shipping back to the Soviet Union. Since the place where Yatz is being held is throwing a costume party, Ryder buys a costume made of odds and ends, including a green wig and a red sheepskin "cape." He finds Yatz, but not before getting cut in the stomach by a knife. Yatz heals his wound with a special formula of his devising, and plants in the wound an activator, whose mate the costumed Ryder has in his hand. The activator allows Ryder the ability to dematerialize or rematerialize his costume at the twist of a dial. The professor's formula also energizes him physically. Yatz is shot dead, but Ryder, in costume, defeats the hoods and spies. In the process, he is branded falsely as a crook, and becomes wanted by both the police and underworld under the name of "the Creeper".
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