Shipwreck Roberts (Earth-S)

"Shipwreck" Roberts ran a small diving and salvage operation, in the early 1940s, in Charleston, South Carolina. He owned a bright red "Depthosphere" submarine, with automobile-style viewing windows, for deep-sea salvage and research. His sole employee was his assistant, "Deep Sea" Doodle, also a diver and submariner.

More than once Shipwreck Roberts was called upon by the U.S. Intelligence Department to assist them in resolving some critical maritime problems, some caused by a domestic supervillain, and later ones caused by enemy navies.

Shipwreck Roberts' most notable enemy was a mad scientist turned pirate turned warlord, calling himself "Doctor Drown." This villain did not spend time on threats or demands; he simply sank oceangoing ships and looted their sunken hulls. Drown also commanded several gigantic monsters, of at least three unknown species, plus at least one robotic submarine dinosaur, and a small crew of seagoing thugs.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Diving Suit: Roberts' diving suits have transparent helmets. Roberts and Doodle are able to converse while working at great depths.

Transportation

Depthoscope: super submarine

Weapons

Electric Sizzler Torch
Protectogun

Notes

The Shipwreck Roberts feature ran in the first seven issues of Master Comics (Volume 1), then one more episode in Wow Comics (Volume 1).

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