Bug Man

The Bug Man is a fictional costumed super-villain featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He was introduced during DC's Silver Age era and first appeared in Doom Patrol #99 in November, 1965 in a story called "The Deadly Sting of the Bug Man".

Biography
The being known only as Bug Man was a criminal inventor and scientific genius. Patterning himself after an insect, he wore a purple costume with antennae & goggles and worked out of a laboratory facility in the desert valley outside Midway City called the Ant-Hill. He designed killer robots of various sizes, all of which were patterned after the appearance and attributes of insects.

Because the Bug Man was an evil nutter, he got it in his head to capture and kill members of the Doom Patrol. First, he sent a bunch of his robot bugs to Doom Patrol headquarters to attack them. After fending off the pesky robots, the Doom Patrol brought the fight to the Ant-Hill. The Bug Man captured Elasti-Girl and placed her within a shrinking cube. The Chief came along on the mission in his Action Chair and used a special claw appendage in the chair to avoid falling through one of the Bug Man's trap doors. While Robotman fought off more robot insects, Elasti-Girl managed to escape and apprehended Bug Man.

Abilities

 * Genius-level intellect: The Bug Man created his own laboratory headquarters, as well as the various technology, robots and traps that were inside of it.
 * Robotics: The Bug Man was very skilled in the field of robotics and crafted numerous killer robots patterned after insects.

Notes & Trivia



 * Bug Man has only ever made a single appearance.


 * The true identity of Bug Man, and what he actually looked like has never been revealed.

Appearances

 * Doom Patrol 99