"Well Balthar! There's some good in anybody -- if you know how to bring it out!!"
~ Kardak the Mystic
Real Name: Unknown
First Appearance: Top-Notch Comics # 1 (December 1939)
Publisher: MLJ/Archie Comics
Creator: C.A. Winter and Harry Shorten
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"Kardak, the Mystic Magician, has uncanny, unexplainable powers which are fortunately used for the suppression of evil!"
When he made his first appearance, Kardak was simply called "The Mystic". In his third adventure, the story title changed to Kardak the Mystic, which is where we learn his name.
Kardak started out with some wild adventures, traveling to an undersea kingdom and then going on a long trek over several issues to reach the Land of the Master Brahmins, who were magical enemies of civilization. Once he defeated them, his adventures became more mundane, as he fought against crime and corruption, as well as against some just mean folks! He helped the unlucky and stood up for the poor and downtrodden.
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| Balthar (Kardak's servant), Lorna Delroy (Kardak's fiancee) and Kardak himself. |
Kardak traveled at first with his fiancee, Lorna Delroy, and later with a servant, Balthar. His magic could accomplish almost anything, except it would not work against the dead. Kardak's magic resided in his eyes and when his eyes were covered, his magic disappeared.
A sampling of the many ways he used his abilities is listed below:
- Became invisible.
- Changed objects from one thing to another.
- Sent his shadow to do tasks.
- Created fire.
- Controlled the weather, such as creating gales.
- Changed his size to shrink or grow into a giant.
- Created illusions.
- Used hypnosis.
The first comic below is his first appearance in Top-Notch Comics # 1, where he is only referred to as The Mystic. The second comic is Top-Notch Comics # 4, where he is first called by his name, Kardak.
Top-Notch Comics # 1:
Top-Notch Comics # 4:
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