RED DOMINO

Real Name: Dr. Cypher

Class: Human

Occupation: Criminal, amateur detective

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Green Lantern I #36 (January-February, 1949)

Powers: Red Domino was an acrobatic thief skilled in logical deduction.

History: (Green Lantern I #36) - Dr. Cypher was an expert in logical deductions who turned to crime as the masked Red Domino, basing his appearance on the popular play about a gang of criminals, knowing the lead actor Gene Marsh, who played Red Domino, would fall under suspicion. In his civilian identity he attended a meeting of Gotham's Analysts' Club to give a lecture on deduction. Cypher said his deductive skills led him to the conclusion that Alan Scott and Green Lantern were one and the same because they both attended Analysts' meetings, but never at the same time. The club scoffed at him, but GL worried about his promise to prove his theory correct. He thought Cypher might try to keep him from attending the next meeting, and after a failed attempt by Doiby and GL to capture the Red Domino gang he suspected Cypher was the criminal. GL recruited Marsh to disguise himself as Scott, and Cypher's gang kidnapped "Alan" and Doiby, then promised the Analysts' he would prove GL was Alan when he failed to appear at the meeting. GL showed up, revealed Cypher as the Red Domino, and sent him to jail.

Comments: Created by John Broome & Irwin Hasen.