IBAC
Real Name: Stanley "Stinky" Printwhistle
Class: Parallel Earth (Earth-S) human magic-user
Occupation: Supervillain, street sweeper
Group Affiliation: Mr. Mind's Monster Society of Evil
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Fawcett City, Earth-S
First Appearance: Captain Marvel Adventures #8 (Fawcett) (March, 1942)
Powers: By saying the word IBAC Stanley transformed into the mystic being of pure evil Ibac, possessing the traits of histories worst villains, the terror of Ivan The Terrible, the cunning of Cesare Borgia, the fierceness of Attila the Hun and the cruelty of Caligula. He possessed vast superhuman strength and durability.
History: Stanley was a petty criminal who sold his soul to Lucifer for the power of IBAC to defeat Captain Marvel. He battled Marvel numerous times, and tried to reform on many times. He never lost his soul to Lucifer because he never beat Captain Marvel.
(Shazam! I #4) - Sterling Morris sent Billy Batson out with his tape recorder for some man on the street interviews, but when a girl wandered onto a construction site Billy had to change into Captain Marvel to save her from some falling debris. He turned back into Billy and ran into Stanley Printwhistle, who was working as a street-sweeper. Stanley told Billy he'd been released from jail a decade ago, and had gone straight. Attila the Hun, Borgia, Caligula and Ivan the Terrible watched their former charge from limbo, and were disgusted that he'd reformed. They were determined to force him into becoming Ibac again to destroy Captain Marvel, so they sent their evil thoughts into Stanley's head, compelling him to speak the magic word. Ibac knocked out Billy, gagged and bound him, and placed him in a building on the construction site that was about to be demolished. Billy woke, and remembering his tape recorder had been recording the last time he changed into Captain Marvel, replayed his voice saying Shazam! and turned into Captain Marvel just in time. After a tremendous clash Captain Marvel defeated Ibac, and the evil spirits in Limbo decided to withdraw their power from their charge, turning Ibac back into Stanley. Stanley promised he'd never say the word Ibac again, and Captain Marvel trusted him.
Comments: Created by an unnamed writer and artist
Ibac was originally published by Fawcett Comics, which DC obtained the rights to in 1972.
Ibac received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15 under the Mr. Mind's Monster Society of Evil entry.
Ibac had a cameo in DC Comics Presents #34 and Shazam! I #2..
All characters mentioned or pictured are ™ and © DC Comics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Please visit The Official DC Comics Site at: http://www.batman.com