| Doctor Sivana | |
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| General Information | |
| Real name: | Thaddeus Bodog Sivana Sr. |
| First Appearance: | Whiz Comics #2 |
| Created by: | Bill Parker C.C. Beck |
| Affiliations: | Injustice League Fearsome Five The Society Monster Society of Evil Sivana Family |
| Abilities: | Genius-level intellect, brilliant inventor, skilled manipulator and strategist |
Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, Sr. is Captain Marvel's arch nemesis. A brilliant evil mastermind, he is arguably the archetype for the "mad scientist". Sivana was the first to figure out Captain Marvel's identity, and has been a constant pest to the Big Red Cheese (as he prefers to call the Captain). He has been associated with the Monster Society of Evil and the Secret Society.
Thaddeus Sivana was created by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder, and first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (1940). His first post-Crisis appearance was in Roy Thomas' and Tom Mandrake's miniseries Shazam!: The New Beginning (1987), but it was retconned with The Power of Shazam! (graphic novel).
History[]
Origin[]
He was one of the richest men in Fawcett City. Using weapons of his own creation, Sivana has tried many times to defeat Captain Marvel, the defender of Fawcett City, it's even his life pursuit. However, Captain Marvel destroyed Sivana's business empire and research facility rendering him resourceless and bitter.
Early Years[]
Sivana married a beautiful woman and together they had four children; Beautia Sivana, Magnificus Sivana(who are the eldest and look more like their mother) and Sivana Jr. and Georgia (who look more like Sivana). He also had a little worm, Mr. Mind, who he always kept with him but lost when kidnapped by Intergang.
Battling The Outsiders[]
Once the Captain Marvel Comic had finished, Sivana was rarely seen until he apeared in the New Outsiders comics trying to help the Fearsome Five. The Fearsome Five consisted of five members; Gizmo, Jinx, Psimon, Mammoth and Shimmer. Shimmer was dead at the time and the team requested that Sivana bring her back to life. After a while, Shimmer's body slowly grew back from her corpse, bringing back the fifth member of the five; but the five did not remain a five for too long. After a small arguement between Sivana and the Fearsome Five, Gizmo was shot by Sivana (because his intelligence was a threat) instantly killing him. After that Sivana found a new lair to hold his operations at, an island no one knows of.
Sivana has also found himself a new target. The Outsiders. Since the beginning of the new Outsiders, Sivana has been there putting together crimes for The Outsiders to take care of and paying off other villains such as the Joker, Deathstroke, Gorilla Grodd, Monsieur Mallah, and The Brain.
He's also dropped an amnesia bomb on Sydney causing them to forget everything except how to walk, talk and breathe thus bringing the Outsiders to his lair. Sivana told them his plans and the things he'd already done after poisoning Nightwing and Katana. Once he had told them he cured them both. Katana was not exactly thankful so she unleashed Sabbac from her sword and told him to destroy the hideout. He was saved from the flames of Sabbac and made off with his amnesia bomb.
52[]
Intergang was collecting all the geniuses of the DC universe, Sivana included, to create advanced weaponry. Sivana helped create the Four Horsemen of Apokolips, personally creating Sobek, the Horseman of famine. He was able to subdue Black Adam by projecting a dimensional field into his mind, torturing him before realising him on a rampage against the world. Dr. Sivana was one of the villains sent to planet Salvation. He played a key part in constructing the device to send all the villains home.
Post-Flashpoint[]
To be added
Powers and Abilities[]
- Business Management: Sivana is a shrewd businessman.
- Genius-Level Intellect
- Political Science
- Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Robotic Engineering
Equipment[]
- Various highly advanced technological gadgets.
Transportation[]
- Omnibot
Weapons[]
- Various energy based weapons.
In Other Media[]
Television[]
- Doctor Sivana first appeared outside of comics in live-action, as a villain in Legends of the Superheroes (1979), played by Howard Morris.
- He later appeared as a regular villain, occasionally with Sivana Jr. and Georgia, in the 1981 Shazam! Saturday morning cartoon, aired as one-half of The Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!
- Although Sivana never appeared in Justice League Unlimited, he does appear as a villain in issue 15 of the Justice League Unlimited comic book, when he tried to rebuild Mister Atom.
- In the Superman cartoon "The Magnetic Telescope" by Fleischer Studios, the astronomer who built the titular device and as a result threatened the city strongly resembled Dr. Sivana.
- Dr. Sivana appeared in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Power of Shazam!" voiced by Jim Piddock. He, along with his children Thaddeus Sivana Jr. (voiced by Jim Piddock) and Georgia (voiced by Tara Strong) teamed up with Black Adam to steal Shazam's power from Captain Marvel. Sivana later betrays Adam and steals the power of the champion from him. Batman defeats him by tricking Sivana into saying "Shazam" to lose his powers allowing Captain Marvel to defeat him with a simple flick. Dr. Sivana returns in "The Malicious Mr. Mind!". He is seen as a member of the Monster Society of Evil and he leads the team until Mister Mind takes over.
Film[]
- Doctor Sivana has a cameo appearance in the animated film Justice League: The New Frontier. He is seen during the famous speech by John F. Kennedy.
DCEU[]
- Main article: Thaddeus Sivana (DCEU)
Mark Strong as Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019)
- Doctor Thaddeus Sivana appears in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Shazam!, portrayed by Mark Strong as an adult and Ethan Pugiotto as a child. This version suffered abuse from his unnamed father, the CEO of Sivana Industries, and brother Sid. In the 1970s, Thaddeus was summoned to the Rock of Eternity by the wizard Shazam, who sought someone to pass his powers onto. However, Thaddeus was tempted by the Seven Deadly Sins, causing the wizard to deem him unworthy and send him back. In his desperate attempts to return, Thaddeus inadvertently caused a car accident that left his father paraplegic while Thaddeus subsequently spent the intervening years searching for ways to return to the Rock of Eternity. As an adult, he succeeds before fusing with the Sins via the Eye of Sin and overpowers Shazam. While murdering his father, Sid, and Sivana Industries' board of directors, the Sins warn him Shazam found someone to receive his powers. Thaddeus attacks Billy Batson in an attempt to take his powers for himself. However, Batson shares Shazam's power with his foster siblings, who help him defeat Sivana and re-imprison the Sins. In a mid-credits scene, having been incarcerated at Rock Falls Penitentiary, Thaddeus tries in vain to return to the Rock of Eternity before being visited by Mister Mind, who strikes an allegiance with him.
- Sivana appears in the post-credits scene of the 2023 sequel, Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, portrayed again by Mark Strong.
Video Games[]
- Doctor Sans is referenced in Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame when Batman and Hawkman are talking about Brainwave and how similar the two villains look.
- Doctor Sivana appears in the DC Universe Online video game, voiced by Matt Hislope.