THE PUPPET MASTER/PUPPETEER	BIOGRAPHY
Created by John Broome and Gil Kane

PERSONAL DATA

Full Name: Jordan Weir
Occupation: Scientist turned professional criminal
Citizenship: American
Base of Operation: Mobile
Group Affiliation(s): Former employee of the H.I.V.E.
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8½"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown, turning gray with white on sideburns
First Appearance: Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1/2 (July-August 1960): "Menace of the Giant Puppet!"
(as Puppeteer): New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #8 (June 1981)
Creators: John Broome and Gil Kane

HISTORY

Little is known of the early life of scientist Jordan Weir. After many years of research, Weir turned his talents towards crime, believing it more profitable than honest work. He created a "hypno-ray" machine which would force a target to obey his mental commands and dubbed himself the Puppet-Master. The device still needed work, though, as it was not strong enough to force a target to do something against their nature. The Puppet-Master originally focused it on criminals and used them to steal for him.

One criminal, known as Biffy, was forced to rob a bank. The police and Green Lantern Hal Jordan were baffled as to why a small-time crook would switch to bank robbery. Other criminals told similar stories, giving the Coast City newspapers attention grabbing headlines.

Green Lantern proved to be a tempting target to the Puppet-Master. He had interferred with a number of the villain's plans and was soon targetted for elimination. After adding a new "Q-Circuit" to his hypno-ray, the Puppet-Master was able to seize control over Green Lantern's body and brought him back to his hideout in the factory area of Coast City.

The emerald gladiator, however, had turned the tables on the villain. He had only played along with the Puppet-Master's attack in order to find Weir's hideout. Green Lantern could not use his power ring directly against the Puppet-Master's yellow costume, so he improvised. Using a legth of cord, Green Lantern roped the villain and brought him to police headquarters like a life-sized puppet on a string. - Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1

The Puppet-Master later escaped from prison alongside such villains as Captain Cold, Clock King, Doctor Destiny, Electric Man, Professor Menace, and Monty Moran the Getaway Mastermind. They were soon defeated and reimprisoned by the Justice League of America. - Justice League of America #5

Years later, Weir was released from prison and his brilliance earned him a position in Dayton Industries on their Promethium Council. Named after the titan of myth, Promethium was a self-generating power source which could end the world's energy problems.

The criminal organization known as the H.I.V.E. approached Weir with an assignment to obtain the Promethium formula. Though he had been reformed during his time in prison, the H.I.V.E. appealed to Weir's ego and greed.

Changing his name to the Puppeteer, Weir created a small army of deadly toys to kill fellow Promethium Council members Arthur Korda, Soren Winslow, Jeremy Thornton, and Harold Appleton. He planned to intimidate Dayton Industries into releasing the secret of Promethium.

Garfield "Changeling" Logan of the New Teen Titans brought his teammates into the fight with the Puppeteer. Though Logan and Robin were able to defeat a robot duplicate at Weir's house, their fellow Titans were soon mind controlled by Weir and were briefly forced to fight each other.

The Puppeteer ultimately failed, and was forced to escape the Titans as well as the H.I.V.E. Weir's former employer would now send assassians after Weir as his price for failure. Using a robot puppet equipped with rocket propulsion, the Puppeteer fled from his enemies. H.I.V.E. did indeed target the Puppeteer for death but the villain eluded their hitmen. - New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #9, Who's Who '88 # 3

Some time afterwards, the Puppeteer was forced to work for the criminal known as the Wildebeest. The current whereabouts and activities of the Puppeteer are unknown. - Who's Who '88 #3

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of The Puppet Master/Puppeteer in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who Update '88 #3 (October 1988)

GLCWP NOTE

I've been unable to find Justice League of America #5 as well as the issue containing the Wildebeest. I will update this profile when I receive the additional material.