Master Mind Excello

This article is about the Golden Age character Master Mind Excello. For the World War Hulk character Amadeus Cho, see Amadeus Cho

Master Mind Excello
Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics Marvel Comics
First appearance	Mystic Comics #2 (April 1940)
In-story information
Alter ego	Earl Everett
Team affiliations	The Twelve
Abilities	Superhuman intelligence and telepathy

Master Mind Excello (Earl Everett^[1]) is an American comic book character owned by Marvel Comics who exists in that company's Marvel Universe. His only appearances were in Mystic Comics #2 and 3, published in the 1940s by Marvel's forerunner, Timely Comics, during a period that is known as the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Fictional character biography

Master Mind Excello is a short lived golden age of comics character, whose only known appearances were in issues #2 and 3 of Mystic Comics, published by Timely Comics in 1940.

Master Mind Excello, whose real name is Earl Everett is a precognitive with great mental powers and physically honed to perfection who uses his powers to help the US Naval Intelligence Department. He makes use of his assets sensing spies on the European battlefield, to catch them, and thwart a gang of railway saboteurs. ^[2][3]

He then fades into obscurity until the 2000s limited series The Twelve.

The Twelve

In the twelve-issue miniseries The Twelve, he is sent along with Captain America and the Invaders to help the Allies' efforts in the Battle of Berlin, and is captured by Nazi SS researchers. Held in stasis with ten other fellow heroes and the deactivated robot Elektro, he is scheduled to be shipped to a secret lab to gain insight on American mystery men. The surrender of Germany, and the collapse of the cave in which the heroes are held, meant that Excello was never smuggled away, and was left to sleep for sixty years.^[1][4]

Awakened in modern times, Excello now finds his sensory powers overburdened by the noise and broadcast communications of the modern world, and unable to see the future. He taps into his Swiss bank account, which has ballooned with decades' worth of interest, and moves away from his fellow heroes to a quieter mansion with lead-lined walls in upstate New York.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} The Twelve #1
2. ^ Master Mind Excello at Nevins, Jess, A Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters. WebCitation archive of latter.
3. ^ Master Mind Excello at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
4. ^ Mystery Men's Dozen: Brevoort Talks "The Twelve", July 26, 2007, Comic Book Resources
5. ^ The Twelve #4

References

• Master Mind Excello (Golden Age) at the Comic Book DB