Fatman

Real Name: Van Crawford

Identity/Class: Human transformed by alien substance

Occupation: None - he's rich and so doesn't work.

Affiliations: Tinman (sidekick)

Enemies: The Awesome Foursome; The Terrible Shroud, Antiman, Grollo

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: The Human Flying Saucer

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: Fatman, the Human Flying Saucer #1 (Lightning Comics, April 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Able to turn into a flying saucer. He could fire energy beams in this form.

History: When Van Crawford witnessed a flying saucer in trouble, he didn't hesistate to try and rescue the alien visitor. In gratitude, the saucer demonstrated that it was actually a transformed alien, who then gave Van a chocolate flavoured drink with strange properties. When he drinks it he gains the abilty to tranform into a human flying saucer, much like the alien could do. Since Van was wealthy and into a variety of hobbies to keep himself occupied, he decided that he could use his new found powers in a new pursuit, that of a superhero.

Comments: Created by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. Fatman's title ran for three issues.

The Foes of Fatman

Tinman

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Human transformed by magic

Occupation: Sidekick

Affiliations: Fatman

Enemies: presumably the same as Fatman

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: Fatman, the Human Flying Saucer #1 (Lightning Comics, April 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Body encased in metal

History: Tinman was a teenager who was magically encased in metal. He became Fatman's sidekick.

Comments: Created by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder

CLARIFICATIONS: Fatman should not be confused with

• Fatman, a.k.a. Hiram Worchester, a corpulant superhuman "Ace" of the Wild Cards universe

• Fatman, Batman pastiche and partner of Sparrow

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