Mist I

MIST I

Real Name: Kyle

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Scientist, supervillain

Group Affiliation: Secret Society of Super-Villains

Known Relatives: Kyle (son), Nash (Mist II, daughter), unnamed grandson, unnamed wife (deceased)

Aliases: Nimbus

Base of Operations: Opal City, 1940s era to present

First Appearance: Adventure Comics I #67 (October, 1941)

Powers: Mist used an inviso-solution to turn people and objects invisible. A variation of the inviso-solution could be used to control the minds of others. Prolonged exposure to the inviso-solution slowed down Mist's aging process and allowed him to transform his body into mist at will. As Nimbus he could alter his size when in mist form and control weather patterns.

History: The Mist invented his inviso-solution and tried to sell it to the U.S. government. His proposal was met with scorn and ridicule, so he vowed revenge on the U.S. When WWII began he sent invisible agents to steal government secrets, and used invisible planes to bomb U.S. military facilities. He was brought to justice by Starman I.

Mist fought Starman I on a few more occasions.

Mist's exposure to inviso-solution turned his body into living mist. He joined the Secret Society of Super-Villains.

Posing as trainer Andy Murphy, the Mist grew friendly with Starman VI (David Knight), son of Starman I. Mist used his mind-control inviso-solution to force a fight between Starman VI and Starman V. During the fight Mist grabbed Starman VI's cosmic-converter belt, and was transformed into Nimbus. Starman VI broke Nimbus' mind-control and teamed with Starman V to battle the villain. In the ensuing clash the cosmic-converter belt exploded and Nimbus' body was scattered to the winds.

Mist engineered a crime-wave in Opal City that resulted in the death of both his son Kyle and Starman VI. Starman's brother Jack Knight took up the role of Starman and defeated Mist. His defeat and the death of his son drove Mist into catatonic madness.

Comments: Created by Alfred Bester & Jack Burnley.

In the pre-Crisis DC Universe Mist I lived on Earth-2.

Mist received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15 and he received a profile in Starman Secret Files #1 under the Mist Family entry. Mist received a profile in Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #20 under the Secret Society of Super-Villains entry.

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