Wizard

The Wizard (Bentley Wittman), also known as the Wingless Wizard, is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. His first appearance was in Strange Tales #102 and was created as an enemy for the Human Torch. Bentley Wittman grew up possessing near-superhuman levels of genius and was a child prodigy and chess champion. As an adult, became an inventor of great renown, selling his futuristic inventions to the weal... more

The Wizard (Bentley Wittman), also known as the Wingless Wizard, is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. His first appearance was in Strange Tales #102 and was created as an enemy for the Human Torch. Bentley Wittman grew up possessing near-superhuman levels of genius and was a child prodigy and chess champion. As an adult, became an inventor of great renown, selling his futuristic inventions to the wealthy and becoming quite rich. He became known as the Wizard by legally assuming this stage name and using his advanced scientific inventions to perform feats of "magic" as a stage magician and escape artist. Intellectually bored, however, he decided to become a professional criminal and defeat Johnny Storm, who had just appeared to the world as the Human Torch. Pretending to be a victim, he was rescued by the Torch and invited him to his high-tech, futuristic mansion on Long Island where he captured the Torch with ease. The Wizard then... less