DOLL MAN

Real Name: Darrel Dane

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Mysteryman, chemist

Group Affiliation: formerly All-Star Squadron, Freedom Fighters

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Washington, DC, 1940s era

First Appearance: Feature Comics (Quality) #27 (December, 1939)

Powers: Doll Man could shrink down to 6" tall while retaining the strength of a full-sized man, and he possessed the power of flight.

History: Chemist Darrel Dane discovered a potion that let him shrink to the size of a doll, and used his invention to save his fiancée Martha Roberts from a blackmailer. He adopted the identity of Doll Man and became a mysteryman.

(JSA #42) - <April, 1944> Time traveling Black Barax attacked Washington to draw out Doll Man and the Freedom Fighters, and tried to abduct the Human Bomb to use his explosive power to fuel his damaged time-cube. The Freedom Fighters drove Barax back to his own time with the help of Mr. Terrific and time traveling heroes Hawkgirl II and Mr. Terrific II. The grateful Freedom Fighters had Human Bomb power Barax  abandoned time-cube so the future heroes could return to their own time.

Comments: Created by Will Eisner.

Doll Man received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7.

In pre-Crisis continuity Doll Man lived on Earth 2. In this continuity, after his service in the All-Star Squadron he joined the Freedom Fighters and traveled to Earth-X, a world without superheroes where the Third Reich was in power and WWII raged for over 30 years. The war finally came to an end through the combined efforts of the Freedom Fighters, Justice League and Justice Society.

Doll Man was originally published by Quality Comics, which DC obtained the rights to in 1956.