George Tweedle (Earth-S)

The Arson Fiend
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Real Name	George D. Tweedle
Main Alias	The Arson Fiend
Base Of Operations	Fawcett City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Insurance Salesman
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-S
Creators	Rod Reed · George Tuska
First Appearance	Captain Marvel Adventures #2 (June, 1941)
Appearance of Death	Captain Marvel Adventures #2 (June, 1941)

The Arson Fiend was an enemy of Captain Marvel.

History

Following a somewhat impoverished childhood, Tweedle attempted to make his way in the world as an adult by seeking employment as a salesman. After being hired by an unspecified insurance company in Fawcett City, Tweedle was told by his employers to push fire insurance policies to the customers. However, he found that his salesmanship tactics were unsuccessful, and in desperation, he turned to extortion to meet his quotas.

Displaying some capability as a chemist, Tweedle created a potion that, when ingested, made Tweedle taller, heavier and younger-appearing…and also gave him the temporary metahuman ability to start fires with a mere touch. A corona of flames surrounded his body during these transformations. Using this power, Tweedle began to threaten his potential customers that the Arson Fiend might come after them and cause massive losses if they didn't have his company's fire insurance. Those who bought the policies were spared; those who still refused found their businesses and homes reduced to cinders shortly thereafter. Nor was Tweedle the least bit squeamish as to whether or not anyone was inside the buildings when he set them afire.

Tweedle was soon targeted for capture by the heroic Captain Marvel, who had a showdown with Tweedle atop an oil tanker. The Arson Fiend's flames caused the tanker to explode; Capt. Marvel survived, but it appeared that Tweedle had not, for his badly charred body was found sometime later.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Pyrokinesis : Can generate and start fires with a touch. These fires can rain out from his mouth as well as his hands, allowing him to almost explode with fire if he wished.

Abilities

• Chemistry

Weaknesses

Vulnerability to External Fire: He is not immune to any fire but his own. Such was shown when the oil tanker he fought upon exploded and ended his life.

Notes

• This version of the Arson Fiend, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

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Footnotes

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