Doctor Bedlam
fictional DC Comics supervillain
Doctor Bedlam is a DC Comics supervillain created by Jack Kirby as part of his Fourth World comic series of the 1970s. He is part of Darkseid's Elite on the planet Apokolips.
His name comes from the Bethlem Royal Hospital insane asylum, and is a reference to his madness-inducing "paranoid pill".
Publication history
Doctor Bedlam first appeared in Mister Miracle #3 (July–August 1971) and was created by Jack Kirby.
Fictional character biography
Doctor Bedlam's early life is unknown, save that he once possessed a physical body that was transformed into psychic energy. His primary foe is Mister Miracle, whom he has never defeated.
Following the destruction of Apokolips and New Genesis, Bedlam relocates to Earth, where he attracts Mister Miracle's attention by becoming an escape artist under the name Baron Bedlam. He is not a skilled escape artist, but does not need to be; one android body is destroyed by the traps, and he relocates to another one, which then appears from backstage.
Bedlam is a featured character in Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising #1 (1995). With Darkseid missing, the various factions of Apokolips form plans; Granny Goodness sends several of her students to kill Bedlam.
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