The Wizard

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Real Name

William Asmodeus Zard

Current Alias

The Wizard

Aliases

W.I. Zard; Frederick P. Garth; Briefly inhabited Zatanna's body

Affiliation

The Secret Society of Super-Villains, the Injustice Society, Injustice Unlimited, consort of The Loreli

Base Of Operations

Mobile

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Public Identity

Race

Homo Magi

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Sorcerer

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 0"

Weight

182 lbs (83 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Black

Origin

Universe

Earth-Two, New Earth

Created by

Gardner Fox, Irwin Hasen

First appearance

All-Star Comics #34
(April, 1947)

HistoryEdit

William Zard, alias the Wizard was a professional criminal from an early age. He trained under a Lama in Tibet in order to learn the ways of magic before becoming a super-villain.

Injustice Society

In the 1940s he clashed repeatedly with the Justice Society of America, first solo and then as the leader of the Injustice Society of the World, a group consisting initially of himself, Per Degaton, Brain Wave, Vandal Savage, the Thinker and the Gambler, and later including the Icicle, Fiddler, Sportsmaster, Huntress and Harlequin.

He continued to clash with various superheroes over the years, including the Justice League of America, forming the Crime Champions. He eventually became first a member and then the leader of the Secret Society of Super Villains (at which point he adopted a new costume after acquiring three magical weapons, the Power Stone, the Power Glove and the Cloak of Invisibility, collectively known as the Sorcerer's Treasures). Later, he battled Infinity Inc as the leader of Injustice Unlimited and later as the consort of The Loreli, the ruler of Grimmworld. His aging was greatly slowed due to his magical powers and to having drank from the Fountain of Youth on Grimmworld (he was born in 1913 but still appears to be only in his fifties at most). He continues to operate both solo and as a member of various iterations of these groups.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Sorcery
  

ParaphernaliaEdit

Equipment

• Power Stone
• Power Glove
• Cloak of Invisibility
  

NotesEdit

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-Two era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

TriviaEdit

• The Wizard was given the 'real' name Frederick P. Garth in Action Comics #484, but later confirmed to be William Asmodeus Zard.
• In DCU Villains Secret Files and Origins Vol 1 1, the Wizard is inexplicably depicted with no beard and brown hair.

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LinksEdit

• William Zard (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

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