Phillip Masters (Earth-7045)

Sculptor Phillip Masters became obsessed with making clay dolls. He soon gained an obsession with a new special (and radioactive) clay. An attempt to develop it for market backfired due to Phillip's jealousy toward his business partner, who would die in a lab explosion. Masters would then marry his partner's widow and adopt their daughter Alicia, who had been blinded by the same explosion. But the death of his wife proved to be the final straw for his sanity, and after securing more clay from his homeland he began his life of crime as the Puppet Master.

History
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Powers
By means of a special method he has developed, the Puppet Master may mentally control the minds of others. The process requires him to carve and colour an effigy of his intended victim from radioactive clay. Once the effigy resembles a specific individual, he can grasp it and actively control the real person’s body. By physically manipulating the figure, he can cause his victim to perform identical movements. Such cases cause the victims to retain consciousness but lose control of their bodies. The Puppet Master can even control a person by simply grasping the effigy and concentrating on it. This enables him to perform more complex feats. He is able to blot out a victim’s mind, alter the victim’s memory, and force them to perform complex activities. Generally he can control only a single individual at one time. But over the years he'd learned to control hundreds if not thousands of people all at once without need of holding onto specific clay figures. The reason for this power is that the clay is radiated by Power Cosmic radiation.

Abilities
The Puppet Master is an expert in the field of biology. He is also an excellent toymaker and sculptor specializing in portraiture.

Weaknesses

 * Mentally unstable

Equipment
Power Cosmic-enhanced Radioactive Clay: the Puppet Master’s powers are derived from his special clay. This radioactive clay contains low level isotopes; it is incapable of directly harming anyone. The clay comes from deposits found in the meteor that turned Norton Fester into the Looter. Once that effigy is no longer used, the radiation dissipate. Because of this, Masters must periodically return to the impact site for a fresh supply.