The Watch, vol. 2

Old Villains

These are the major villains from The Watch, vol. 1. A few of them have popped up in volume 2, but most of them are just background. Several of them have a deliberately goofy "Silver Age" feel.

The Arcanum

Half mystery cult, half street gang, this occult conspiracy was broken up by the Watch. Disorganized remnants of the group remain, but rarely pose much of a threat.

Brain Box

Brian Bachsinger, technological genius, has a tank with twelve cloned copies of his own brain hooked up for parallel processing, making him super-intelligent. He is obsessed with superpowers, and spends most of his time and energy on schemes to create or duplicate them. A long-time foe of the American Dream, he founded the supervillain team known as the Unholy Alliance.

Brain Box appeared in issues 1 - 2, and 14 - 16 of volume 2. He also appears, in flashback, in issues 11 and 13.

The Camorra

Run by local crime boss Lucian Landgrave, this is the closest thing Seapoint has to "regular" organized crime.

The Cut-Ups

The Cut-Ups were a group of otherwise unrelated people in the Seapoint area who, from time to time, would suddenly develop strange superpowers and commit random acts of vandalism and anarchy. Neither the Watch nor the Seapoint authorities ever learned their true identities or unravelled the mystery behind their sudden appearance and disappearance.

The Cut-Ups appeared in issue #3 of volume 2.

Fearmonger

Carlos Dellaguerra, street criminal, was transformed into this near-mindless brute with the ability to cause overwhelming fear by one of Brain Box's experiments. He was a member of one incarnation of the Unholy Alliance.

Fearmonger's only volume 2 appearance was a flashback in issue 13.

The Fixer

Tony Katz, former whiz-kid electronics entrepreneur fallen on hard times, builds and maintains gadgetry for Penny Dreadful, sometimes others.

The Fixer appeared in issue #8 of volume 2.

Freak Killer

This obsessed vigilante with no known superpowers is bent on ridding the world of "freaks." When he shows up in Seapoint, he's usually gunning for Candle.

Dr. Andrew Harrison

Harrison is a scientific genius and master sorceror who heads up a vast criminal empire. The Arcanum was just one branch of his organization.

Dr. Harrison appeared in issues 10 and 16 of volume 2.

The House with Seven Doors

This demon-worshipping cult caused Tom a lot of grief in the early days of the Watch, and they've recently returned to Seapoint. Their name refers to seven special rituals they must perform to allow their imprisoned demon master access to our dimension.

Members and agents of the Seven Doors cult appeared in issues 4 - 6 and 8 - 10 of volume 2.

Lady Noir

Real name unknown; she has used "Eve Cressy", "Mianne Crayle", and "Marilyn Delorme" as aliases. Lady Noir can create fog, drain strength and paralyze men with a kiss. She was a member of the Unholy Alliance.

Lady Noir's only volume 2 appearance was on a computer screen in issue #15. She also appeared in flashback in issues 11 and 13, and was impersonated in issue 14.

Luger

David Luger is a common street thug and former Camorra enforcer, given super strength by Brain Box. Luger is another former Unholy Alliance member.

Luger appeared in issue 1 of volume 2, and in flashbacks in issues 11 and 13.

The Oedipus Twins

Paul Conant and Lawrence Moore are not really twins, or even related. They have telekinetic and other mental powers, but only when near each other. They fought alongside the Unholy Alliance on a number of occasions.

The Oedipus Twins appeared in issues 5 and 6 of volume 2, along with those famous flashbacks in issues 11 and 13.

Penny Dreadful

Ex-librarian Penelope Myerson, no super powers. Obsessed with committing book-related crimes and leaving clues in the form of obscure literary references, she's Seapoint's answer to the Riddler. Along with Professor Polychrome and Signalman, Penny was a member of Triple Threat.

Professor Polychrome

Mad inventor Dimitros Polychromatos, wears a helmet with built-in goggles. Different colored lenses can be rotated in and out of the goggles, allowing him to project beams with different effects. He formed and led the supervillain team Triple Threat.

Signalman

Grant Imlay, would-be supervillain, is trying to make a name for himself with his "clue" gimmick. One of the Watch's least formiddable foes, he was the third member of Triple Threat.

Trigger Man

Jake Dalmas, expert marksman and former Camorra hit man, has no superpowers but doess to unusually advanced weaponry, body armor and other gadgets.

New Villains

These villains first appeared in The Watch, vol. 2.

The Amnesia Collectors

Created by the Seven Doors cult, these hapless souls were once collectors or otherwise obsessed with the minutiae of 20th Century pop culture. They appear as very thin, serious-looking people wearing clothing made up of old newspapers. By standing very close to a wall, they can become two-dimensional shadows resembling the famous Hiroshima silhouettes. When in their physical form, their touch causes rapid decomposition. In either form, they can distract an opponent by making him or her temporarily obsessed with trying to remember some bit of pop culture trivia, like the lyrics to the Banana Splits theme, or the name of the Kinks' drummer.

The Amnesia Collectors appeared in issues 5 and 6.

The Empty Set

The Empty Set fought against the Seven Doors cult in the 1960s, before they were captured and converted. They now appear as three uninhabited suits of late-1960s clothing: a white turtleneck sweater, pink miniskirt and white go-go boots, with an oversized gold medallion with a black-and-white swirl pattern; a nehru jacket with a frilly tuxedo shirt, striped flared trousers and Beatle boots; and a tie-dyed Tshirt, appliqued jeans and a pair of John Lennon glasses floating where the head would be. They have various concealed weapons and gadgets.

The Empty Set appeared in issue 5.

Flux

Public safety inspector Janet Nichols has no control over her transformation into a glowing energy being and no recollection of what happens during her "blackouts."

Flux appeared in issue 2.

Pandemonium

Dr. Vance Kazar, the man responsible for the accident that created Mr. In-Between, acquired similar powers. He also created a number of gadgets, including his Reciprocator Armor, which allows him to absorb various types of energy to fuel his powers.

Pandemonium appeared in issues 15 and 16, along with a flashback in issue 12.

Dr. Warren Targo

Once a well-known (though not well-respected) "expert" on trashy TV documentaries about paranormal phenomena, Targo was a long-time member of the Arcanum, and used by them to infiltrate the Camorra. The Camorra discovered his treachery and beheaded him. They mailed his head in a freezer bag to the Arcanum, who were able to keep it alive, but not restore it to consciousness. Dr. Harrison found out about Targo's plight and built a life support jar that would keep him alive and aware. He then helped Targo take over the Arcanum and found the new revival of the Seven Doors cult. (Targo is not aware that Harrison was his benefactor.)

Dr. Targo appeared in issue 9.

The Zero Men/Men from Planet Zero

The antagonists of the Watch-analogues in (respectively) the "High Magic" and "High Science" alternate realities from issue #7.

Villains from the comics

The Watch met the (false) Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. in issue #4.

In the course of the "Massacre Game" storyline (issues 13 - 16), the Watch fought a few villains from DC Comics, including Cheshire, the Thinker (II), and a version of the Killer Elite featuring Bolt, Copperhead, Deadline, Deadshot, Killer Frost and Merlyn the Archer.