Philip Master (Earth-One)

The Acid Master
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	Philip Henry Master
Main Alias	The Acid Master
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Chemist, saboteur
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 2"
Weight	180 lbs (82 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Jim Shooter · Wayne Boring
First Appearance	Action Comics #348 (March, 1967)
Last Appearance	Action Comics #348 (March, 1967)

The Acid Master was an enemy of Superman.

History

Philip Master was born in the United States, but renounced his American citizenship to work for communist forces behind the Iron Curtain, after he was caught and convicted of selling top secret information to foreign powers. He became an agent of sabotage and terrorism using his impressive knowledge of chemistry and specialized talent for creating acid compounds for missions of chemical warfare. He has been dubbed the Acid Master because of that expertise, and the wide variety of acid-chemical compounds he has created for different uses.

To combat the threat Master posed to American interests, the FBI decided to recruit a special agent who was not known to the enemy for a special mission to bring the Acid Master to justice. For this mission, they chose investigative journalist Clark Kent, not realizing that Kent was also Superman, because they felt that Kent's personality made him a much less likely suspect than someone who was more dynamic. Using the training the FBI gave him, as well as surreptitious use of his super-powers, Kent was able to foil the Acid Master's scheme to sabotage the U.S. space program and to bring Master to justice.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Chemistry
• Espionage

Notes

• This version of the Acid Master, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 2 Appearances of Philip Master (Earth-One)
• 2 Images featuring Philip Master (Earth-One)
• Quotations by or about Philip Master (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: Philip Master (Earth-One)

Footnotes

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