Mr. Hazard

MR. HAZARD

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human

Occupation: Crminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Capitol City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Plastic Man #13 (Quality) (September, 1948)

Powers: Hazard was a proficient gambler armed with exploding dice and steel-edged playing cards. He couldn’t help but gamble on his every action.

History: (Plastic Man #13) - Expert gambler Mr. Hazard wiped out Johnny Crico, so Crico fled the offshore gambling boat they were on to avoid paying out, but was caught by Plastic Man. Hazard took over Crico’s gang and bet them he could successfully rob the steeplechase horse race. One of his flunkies informed the FBI and Plas so he’d win the bet. Hazard failed to rob the race, and when he found out he’d been ratted on he killed the stoolie and made a new bet, that he could execute Plastic Man. He captured Woozy Winks to use as bait and caught Plas in a glue trap and threw darts tipped with chemicals that dissolved rubber at the hero. Plas escaped thanks to Woozy, and Hazard was sentenced to 199 years in jail.

Comments: Created by Bill Woolfolk & Jack Cole

In the pre-Crisis DC Universe Mr. Hazard lived on Earth-2. Hazard, like most characters from the golden age Plastic Man stories, may or may not be a part of post-Crisis DC continuity.

Mr. Hazard was originally a Quality Comics character, which DC obtained the rights to in 1956.