We must help these Germans win their war, and then when both sides are weak, we'll destroy them all. 
- — Advisor src
Charles Halstead was the supervillain Psycho-Pirate, an enemy of the Justice Society of America. He was the treacherous advisor of Aquaman who he brainwashed into helping the Nazis win the war, before planning on destroying both sides.
History
Infancy and Adolescence
Charles Halstead was born with superhuman power to sense and manipulate the emotions of others and control them. A very revolted, recluse child and constant victim of bullying, his school colleagues were the first to feel his anger, when he used his powers to make them the puppets he wished to play.
World War II
Allying with the Nazis, Charles Halstead was once a pirate and smuggler operating on the oceans until a storm came down that destroyed his ship. Luckily for him, he was saved from drowning by Aquaman and the Atlanteans. Halstead decided to exploit this opportunity by using his powers of mind control to brainwash Aquaman and become his advisor.
Halstead would proceed to ally with the Nazis during World War II and discovered that the U.S.A had a superpowered team known as the Justice Society that could tip the scales of the war in the Allies favor. Therefore, he sent an encoded message detailing the location of Atlantis as a trap to bait the Justice Society into retrieving the message from German forces and decoding it to travel to Atlantis. Upon their arrival, he put up a facade long enough for him to have Aquaman lead the Justice Society into a trap, imprisoning them all within a shield of Atlantean magic. Halstead revealed his true backstory to the Justice Society before leaving. He quickly reinforced his control on Aquaman when he was trying to break free and unveiled his true motives of helping the Nazis win the war only to exterminate both sides once they were weak from all the fighting, sending an Atlantean force with the Nazis to launch a surprise attack on the East Coast of the United States while going with Aquaman to unlock the deadly creature of the Trench.
Just as he was about to make Aquaman unlock the Trench, however, Earth-1 Flash and Wonder Woman arrived to stop them. Wonder Woman attacked him, but he brainwashed her into going into a violent frenzy. He then successfully made Aquaman open the Trench and escaped with the monster that was released from it.
As the first wave of the Atlantean attack on the East Coast was eventually foiled by Hawkman, Black Canary, and Earth-2 Flash, Halstead and Aquaman appeared with the gigantic Trench monster with Halstead goading Aquaman into using the monster to destroy America before they supposedly destroyed Atlantis and sending smaller monsters further into the coast. Hawkman was killed by one of Halstead's monsters while saving Black Canary. Shortly after, Wonder Woman swiftly knocked Aquaman off the Trench monster. After Wonder Woman destroyed Aquaman's trident, knocking him out of Halstead's control, and he departed with the Trench monster back to the sea, Halstead appeared to mock Steve Trevor for thinking this meant they had won, revealing he had brought a Nazi bombing squadron that would do the job instead and while Steve was distracted in horror at the sight, Halstead stabbed him through the chest with the upper portion of Aquaman's staff, mortally wounding him.
Although Superman is able to stop the bombings, Halstead disappeared in the chaos without a trace and is still currently at large.
What happened after
It was revealed Halstead was once locked in a prison with Doctor Fate, and was bestowed by him with the power of dimensional travel. Halstead used this power to travel across different dimensions and in each one he assumed a new identity; in the universe of Blue Beetle he assumed the identity of Doctor Spectro; in Barry Allen's world, he was the Rainbow Warrior.
Crisis on Infinite Earths
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Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the Tomorrowverse and is an adaptation of Psycho-Pirate. The original character was created by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher and first appeared in All-Star Comics #23.
- Charles Halstead was voiced by Geoffrey Arend.
- Charles Halstead has assumed the identity of Roy G. Bivolo in one universe and Dr. Spectro in another.
Related
- 5 Appearances of Charles Halstead (Tomorrowverse: Earth-2)
- 4 Images featuring Charles Halstead (Tomorrowverse: Earth-2)
- 1 Quotations by or about Charles Halstead (Tomorrowverse: Earth-2)
- Character Gallery: Charles Halstead (Tomorrowverse: Earth-2)
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