Polite Dissent

Continuing with the list of comic book doctors who actually practice medicine, we have our first of two villains.

#7 - The Crime Doctor

The Crime Doctor was not just a criminal genius that other crooks paid to help them figure out tough crimes (and if the price was right, he’d accompany them), but he was a practicing physician who would patch up wounded criminals, for cash up front of course, since a life of crime rarely offers health insurance or workers comp.

How a good a physician is he? Good enough to bring himself back from the dead after he was shot and killed way back in Batman #18.

Most recently seen in JSA and Villains United, the Crime Doctor is still a force to be reckoned with, though his Bennie and the Jets eyewear shows he needs definite help in the fashion department (calling “Queer Eye for the Career Criminal”).

Given his recent scenes with Catman, I suspect he may have accidentally “forgotten” a word of Galen’s famous instructions: Above all else, do no harm.

• For a more in depth review of the Crime Doctor, check out Scipio’s post at the Absorbascon.
• For a look at the Crime Doctor vs. Dr. Mid-Nite brawl, read H’s post on JSA #59-61 at the Comic Treadmill.
• My medical review of the Crime Doctor and Villains United #2

The Crime Doctor Makes a House Call, and shows that he anticipated Burt and Dom in Cannonball Run by about 40 years. Detective Comics #77	The Crime Doctor re-imagined for the modern age Detecive Comics #579	The Crime Doctor tends to Catman Villains United #2