Count Kordo (Quality Universe)

Count Kordo
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Real Name	Kordo (first name unknown)
Main Alias	Count Kordo
Base Of Operations	New York City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	Romanian
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Quality Universe
Creators	Fred Guardineer
Original Publisher	Quality Comics
First Appearance	National Comics #40 (March, 1944)
Last Appearance	National Comics #40 (March, 1944)

Count Kordo was a phony Rumanian count who worked with Bumpy John to collect millions of dollars for a fake refugee relief. He was an enemy of Quicksilver.

History

Count Kordo propositioned Bumpy John with a plan to make millions of dollars from a fake refugee relief. He called Ms. Van Gelt and told her that he would not be able to manage the ball in her manor the following night due to his nephew returning home wounded from the Coral Sea Battle. Kordo told Van Gelt he would persuade his nephew to be guest of honor at the ball, and disguised Bumpy John as his nephew to influence people to give them money out of sympathy for a refugee relief.

Bumpy John left the ball and accompanied a pair of bank guards to the manor library to count the collected money. Bumpy John killed the two guards, hid the money and threw rope to escape. Quicksilver interrupted him and the pair began fighting, and Count Kordo snuck up on Quicksilver and knocked him unconscious. Bumpy John took Quicksilver to a secret room in the manor and tied him up, planning to kill the hero. When Bumpy John went to stab him Quicksilver dodged and took a display sword off the wall with his legs, starting a sword duel with Bumpy John. Quicksilver stabbed Bumpy John through the neck, used the sword to break the rope around his hands and left the body in the library with the guards for the police to find. Quicksilver tipped the money out of the bags and jumped out of a window after hearing Count Kordo arriving with a crowd, knowing the police would arrest Count Kordo for his crimes.

Notes

• This version of Count Kordo, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the 2022-2023 Dark Crisis event. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

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