Lemuel Dorcas

Doctor Lemuel Dorcas
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sub-Mariner #5 (Sep 1968)
Created by	Roy Thomas (writer) John Buscema (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Lemuel Dorcas
Partnerships	Attuma Byrrah Krang Tiger Shark

Lemuel Dorcas is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Doctor Dorcas first appeared in Sub-Mariner #5-6 (September-October 1968), and was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.

The character subsequently appeared in Sub-Mariner #15 (July 1969), #23-24 (March-April 1970), #33 (January 1971), Marvel Team-Up #14 (October 1973), and Super-Villain Team-Up #1-3 (August-December 1975). The character made a posthumous appearance in Marvel Tales #249 (May 1991), and his body was later dumped into the ocean in Namor #42 (September 1993).

Doctor Dorcas received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #17.

Fictional character biography

Doctor Lemuel Dorcas was a marine biologist, genetic engineer, inventor, and would-be conqueror. Dorcas was responsible for transforming injured Olympic swimmer Todd Arliss into the superhuman Tiger Shark, and planned to use Tiger Shark as a pawn in his schemes of world conquest.

Dorcas formed an alliance with the Atlantean warlord Krang. Krang provided his follower Orka as a test subject, and Dorcas endowed Orka with the powers of a killer whale. Krang and Dorcas used Orka and a fleet of killer whales to attack Atlantis, but were thwarted by Namor and interference by Tiger Shark.

Dorcas and Krang later formed a secret alliance with Byrrah in a plot to keep Namor from being crowned prince of Atlantis, and allow Byrrah to take the crown. Namor captured Dorcas and Krang, who revealed Byrrah’s involvement in the plot, thus ruining his bid for power.

Attuma, Dorcas, and Tiger Shark captured Hydro-Base and took Namor prisoner there. Namor regained his freedom with the help of the Hydro-Men, and attacked the conspirators, throwing Tiger Shark into one of Attuma’s war machines. As Dorcas was able to fire a lethal blast from his hand weapon at Namor, the machine toppled on top of Dorcas and crushed him to death.^[1]

Namor and Stingray pushed the Octo-Mek and Dorcas's corpse into the ocean. The Octo-Mek later developed slight sentience and became a robot based on Dorcas.^[2]

Other versions

Ultimate Marvel

During the Ultimatum storyline, Thing, Invisible Woman, and Dr. Arthur Molekevic fight Doctor Dorcas alongside Namora and a Tiger Shark in Atlantis and defeat him.^[3]

References

1. ^ Super-Villain Team Up (1st series) #3
2. ^ Namor Vol. 1 #42
3. ^ Ultimate Fantastic Four #60

External links

• Lemuel Dorcas at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe