El Supremo

EL SUPREMO

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Dictator

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: A small South American country

First Appearance: Sea Devils #25 (September-October, 1965)

Powers: El Supremo was a ruthless dictator armed with a machine gun. He had at his disposal soldier and giant crocodiles with landmines strapped around their necks. To execute his foes he used Volcano Man, a giant statue that filled with lava when a nearby volcano erupted.

History: (Sea Devils #25) - El Supremo was the dictator of a small South American country, and fortified his land with deadly booby-traps. When a bordering nation discovered oil, Supremo wanted to claim their oil rights for his own, destroying their equipment, and harassing their people. A resident of the country, Jose Cantral, reached America to ask the Sea Devils for help. The Sea Devils agreed to help, and approached Supremo’s country in neptimus, a giant robot that served as their headquarters. As they drew near Sea Devil Nicky took Jose out scuba-diving, but just then El Supremo attacked them with crocodiles with land mines around their necks, and the resulting explosions knocked out Nicky, and he washed ashore in South America. International Sea Devil Miguel, from El Supremo’s country, seemingly betrayed the Sea Devils, and handed control of Neptimus over to Supremo. Jose’s people decided to make Nicky the leader of their revolution, but when the Sea Devils met up with him they asked for a chance to peacefully resolve the conflict, not wanting to start all-out war. They used the Crab to sneak into Supremo’s country, but were captured by Supremo and placed inside Volcano Man, a giant statue that filled up with lava when a nearby volcano erupted. Miguel saved them, he’d only pretended to betray them to gain Supremo’s trust, and together they overthrew the dictator and united the people of both nations.

Comments: Created by Bob Haney? & Howard Purcell.