History: (Doom Patrol #49) - The Agent’s history and source of powers were never revealed. He was bothered by his mostly ineffectual powers, but convinced that once he found the “element of surprise” he would be a successful villain. His career highlight thus far was cursing at Superman, who never noticed him. The Agent was living in the subways of Venice when he started receiving psychic messages through his dreams. The mastermind Mr. Nobody was assembling a group of super-humans through these dream messages; they were instructed to use a magical poem to free him from the Painting That Ate Paris, where he was currently trapped. Agent “!” met up with Alias the Blur and Love Glove, and together they freed Mr. Nobody. This group became the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Dada.