ZARGA, MAN OF MISTERY
The artists for the strip were Joe Colquhoun and Dave Gibbons,
while the writer was Marcus Scott Goodall.
First Appearance: Buster and Jet (IPC, 29th April 1972)
Powers/Abilities:
Able to hypnotise himself to gain any skill he wants.
Among the many abilities
he bestowed on himself were: safe-cracker, train engineer,
champion motorcyclist, heavyweight boxer, Olympic level pole
vaulter and long jumper, test pilot, escapologist, champion skier,
tank driver, chemist, and stuntman.
History: A stage hypnotist called the Great Zarga had the amazing power
to hypnotise himself in a mirror and immediately become skilled in any
profession he chose. Bitter at a public he felt had stopped appreciating him,
he decided to embark on a life of crime to make them pay for this affront.
After an abortive attempt to break into a safe in a well known bank,
he then succeeded in robbing a bullion train carrying £3 million in gold, becoming
public enemy number 1. His nemesis on the police force was
Inspector Gumble of Scotland Yard, who led the pursuit
of the incredible crook and
hopes of gaining a knighthood if he could only capture him.
Zarga led him a merry chase, impersonating a
Baron in order to steal a valuable diamond,
Zarga's run in Buster and Jet lasted for around a year and a half,
ending in the 3rd November 1973 issue.
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