Doctor Double X

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Doctor Double X
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Doctor Double X as depicted in Detective Comics #316 (June 1963). Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ira Schnapp.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Detective Comics #261 (November 1958)
Created byDave Wood (writer)
Sheldon Moldoff (artist)
Bob Kane (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoDr. Simon Ecks
Species Metahuman
Notable aliasesDoctor X
Double X
AbilitiesProjects a double that can fly, generate energy blasts, and has superhuman strength.

Doctor Double X (Simon Ecks; originally called Doctor X and Double X) is a supervillain appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He has fought Batman several times in Gotham City. [1]

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Publication history

Doctor Double X first appeared in Detective Comics #261 (November 1958), and was created by writer Dave Wood and artists Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. [2]

Fictional character biography

Dr. Simon Ecks is a scientist who discovers that human auras can be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks creates an energy-duplicate of himself, his mind becomes dominated by the doppelgänger he names Double X. He battles Batman and Robin. The resulting battle causes Ecks to lose his memory of the experience, after which he is remanded to Arkham Asylum. [3] [4]

Some years later, Ecks regains his memory and develops another duplicator device that enables him to escape from Arkham Asylum. Doctor Double X matches wits once again with Batman. This time, Batman is able to defeat him by building his own machine that generates an energy duplicate of himself. [5] [6]

Doctor Double X later escapes from Arkham Asylum and faces off against Batman and Superman. This time, it takes both Batman and Superman to overcome him. [7]

Doctor Double X once traded opponents with Rainbow Raider after meeting the motivational therapist Professor Andrea Wye. Both of them are defeated by Batman and Flash. [8]

In "The New 52", a reboot of the DC Comics universe, Batwing encounters Simon Ecks in the tunnels beneath Arkham Asylum. While he informs that most of the Arkham Asylum staff was either taken or killed, he warns Batwing to stay back as there is something inside that wants to kill. As a spirit rises from his body and starts to reach towards Batwing, Jim Corrigan shows up and knocks out Ecks, stating that the spirit is a Tulpa. [9] [10]

Powers and abilities

Doctor Double X's energy duplicate shares his consciousness, but can also act alone. It also has the powers of flight, super strength, and creating energy blasts, but requires regular infusions of electrical energy to sustain itself or else it will become dormant.

In other media

Television

Film

Miscellaneous

Doctor Double X appears in Justice League Adventures #29. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains . New York: Facts on File. p. 91. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
  2. ↑ Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 113–114. ISBN   9780345501066.
  3. ↑ Wood, Dave ( w ), Moldoff, Sheldon  ( p ), Paris, Charles  ( i )."The Amazing Dr. Double X!" Detective Comics ,vol. 1,no. 261(November 1958).DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Fleisher, Michael L. (1976). The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume 1: Batman. Macmillan Publishing Co. pp. 193–194. ISBN   0-02-538700-6 . Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Wood, Dave ( w ), Moldoff, Sheldon  ( p ), Paris, Charles  ( i )."Double Batman vs. Double X" Detective Comics ,vol. 1,no. 316(June 1963).DC Comics.
  6. ↑ Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 123. ISBN   978-1605490458.
  7. ↑ Barr, Mike W.  ( w ), Buckler, Rich  ( p ), Smith, Bob  ( i ),D'Angelo Gene ( col )."Double X Means Double Death!" World's Finest Comics ,vol. 1,no. 276(February 1982).DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Barr, Mike W.  ( w ), Infantino, Carmine  ( p ), Trapani, Sal  ( i ), Roy, Adrienne  ( col )."Trade Heroes and Win!" The Brave and the Bold ,vol. 1,no. 194(January 1983).DC Comics.
  9. ↑ Fawkes, Ray; Snyder, Scott ; Tynion IV, James ; Layman, John ; Seeley, Tim  ( w ),Nguyen, Tom ( p ),Fridolfs, Derek ( i ), Kalisz, John  ( col )."The Monster Machine" Batman Eternal ,vol. 1,no. 16(September 2014).DC Comics.
  10. ↑ Blum, Jeremy (November 2, 2021). "A Silver Age Batman Villain Returns With a Diabolical Twist on His Powers". CBR . Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2024. A re-envisioned version of the good doctor was last sighted in the pages of DC's 2014 Batman: Eternal series. In that series, Ecks was an Arkham physician who could project a powerful Tulpa from his consciousness.
  11. 1 2 3 "Dr. Double X Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  12. ↑ "The LEGO Batman Movie Set/CMF Rumors & Discussion".
  13. ↑ "Justice League Adventures #29 - The Simultaneous Effect (Issue)". Comic Vine . Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
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