History: (Leading Comics #1) - The Hand built up a criminal empire, and became known as the Caesar of Crime. His doctor let him know he was deathly ill, and had less than a month to live, so he decided to go out in a blaze of glory pass on his teachings to a new generation of criminals, including up-and-comer Big Caesar. The Hand orchestrated daring jail breaks for Caesar, the Needle, and Professor Merlin, and tipped off the Dummy that the police were about to raid his hideout. He told them they'd be the Hand's five fingers. He'd planned a once in a lifetime crime for each of them, but warned them they'd be opposed by their arch-enemies, who he'd taunted to top them in the morning's paper. Red Dragon and his gang flew to Wamona valley, the home of a tribe of Native Americans. Dragon gunned down their chief, and following Hand's information, told them he was fulfilling the prophecy of the Wendigo, a spirit of the air that would descend from the heavens. The valley had a rich supply of radium, and Red Dragon forced the natives into servitude mining for him. The Hand led Shining Knight to him, and after convincing the tribe that Dragon was a false god he led them to revolt. The Dragon attacked the rebels with a tank, but the Knight repelled him. He tried to flee in a plane, but the Knight disabled it and brought him to justice.