Siva

SIVA

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Crimeboss

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: NYC, New York, WWII era

First Appearance: Star Spangled Comics I #5 (February, 1942)

Powers: Siva was dressed in the full regalia of an Indian god, and wore bulletproof armor. Siva's throne room was filled with an oil mist, allowing him to set people on fire. He was a scientific and engineering genius, and used an anti-gravity aircraft that shot force rays that could bring huge objects into its holding bay.

History: (Star Spangled Comics I #5) - Siva styled himself after the Indian god of destruction, and called a meeting of New York's most notorious criminals, telling them he had a plan to fight law and commit crimes with futuristic science. he offered his technology, and demanded half the profits. When one crimeboss objected Siva set him on fire, killing him, and warned the others that they dare not turn down his help. Crimeboss Mike Delany became his first test case, and Siva renamed him Ganesha the Indian god of luk, and gave him an elephant disguise to match. He gave Ganesha an anti-gravity craft that sucked up armored trucks with a skybeam. The police were helpless to stop Ganesha's crimes until the Tarantula investigated, and during his fight against Ganesha the villain died. Siva was displeased as a warlord of crime, and left a calling card with Tarantula to let him know he'd been marked for death.

Comments: Created by an unnamed writer & Harold Sharpe.

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe Siva lived on Earth-2.