Ladies, gentlemen, others, creatures of indeterminate inner demons and fixations--My name is Dr. Psycho. And you're going to help me with a little experiment. All I ask? That you keep an open mind.
Introduction
Psycho doesn't like women, and he's a pretty decent telepath and has some strange and goofy abilities from the Sliver Age.
Erm, I guess that's it? They tried some strange reboot when he went to N52 stories where he was some genetic clone or some crap. I hated it, and I don't even think the writers thought it was good either, it got dropped pretty fast.
pls enjoy
Database
Info on Sliver Age Doctor Psycho. (Who's Who- The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7)
Psycho's telepathic powers.(Who's Who in the DC Universe #13)
Ectoplasmosis
Can draw thoughts into reality by manipulating Ectoplasm from a person's mind and molding it to his liking. (Green Lantern-Atom)
Psycho can also use ectoplasm to kill people in seconds. (Wonder Woman #5)
Scan 1/2- Psycho uses his powers to draw ectoplasm from a woman with telepathic potential, creating multiple human bodies from it. (Wonder Woman #5)
Summons a giant cat from Atom's imagination. (Green Lantern-Atom)
Scan 1- Transforms himself into Captain Wonder, allowing him to become stronger than Wonder Woman by stealing her mental images. (Wonder Woman #289)
Scan 2- As Captain Wonder, Psycho is able to beat around Wonder Woman pretty easy, even she admits that he hits harder than her.
Hypnosis (NO Telepathy)
Convinces a gorilla to follow his commands. The gorilla eventually becomes Giganta.....so there you go. (Wonder Woman #163)
Technology
Builds a machine that shocks the spirit out of Wonder Woman. (Wonder Woman #5)
Scan 1/2- Uses gas to knock out Wonder Woman. (Wonder Woman #18)
Telekinesis
Knocks back Superboy using a giant construct of himself made out of telekenetic energy. (Superboy #24)
Knocks out Zatanna with a single blast. (Sins of Youth- Batboy and Robin)
Scan 1- Psycho can sense telekinetic energy and can feed on it to a extent. (Superboy #18)
Scan 2- As well as this, Psycho is able to grow stronger using his power just by being near to Superboy.
Telepathy
Causes a large crowd to go crazy for Superman, assaulting someone in the process. (Action Comics #830)
Scan 1/2- Controls multiple people within a city, inhabiting their bodies and making them try to commit suicide. (Wonder Woman #207)
Scan 1/2- Creates a complex illusion to fool a bunch of guards into thinking that he and Wonder Woman were different people. (Wonder Woman #205)
Creates a illusion of Superboy that hurts Wonder Girl. (Wonder Woman #2)
Scan 1/2- Psycho's telepathic illusions are realistic enough to kill those within them. (Wonder Woman #114)
Doctor Mid-Nite refers to Psycho as a "high-level telepath". (Manhunter #21)
Scan 1/2- Gets dozens of people to rip apart the Hangmen into pieces. (Manhunter #21)
Hides himself as someone else, fooling Wonder Woman and everyone else in the process. (Wonder Woman #40)
Hits and drops Flash with his telepathy before he can tag him. (Tangent- Superman's Reign #11)
Scan 1/2- Implants a telepathic dream trap into one of Wonder Woman's friends, which convinces her that she is actually Wonder Woman herself. (Wonder Woman #65)
Scan 1- Is able to control a inexperienced Saturn Girl using his telepathy, first entering her mind during a emotional moment (Legion of Super Heroes #89)
Scan 2/3- He was eventually able to control her to the point that he could use her telepathic capabilities in conjunction with his own, giving him almost full control over what he could use her for.
Scan 1/2- Is able to enter the mind of Manhunter and induce illusions despite having a device that disabled his powers. (Manhunter #22)
Scan 3- As confirmed later, Psycho was in jail and was supposed to be depowered.
Scan 1/2- Makes Green Arrow hit Cyborg with a explosive arrow using a illusion to replace Cyborg and even Arrow's choice of arrow to use. (Justice League of America #7)
Scan 1/2- Manages to control Hermes using his telepathy by taking advantage of his ego. (Wonder Woman #54)
Scan 3- However, it is later revealed that both Wonder Woman and Hermes were completely tricked by Psycho's powers, being convinced that they were in Boston, when they were actually states away in New Hampshire in a random forest while Psycho was away doing other things. (Wonder Woman #55)
Scan 1/2- Manages to drag Wonder Woman into a complex telepathic dreamscape, where he was able to unlock hidden memories that not even Wonder Woman could remember. (Wonder Woman #609)
Manages to fully control Zatanna. (Sins of Youth- Batboy and Robin)
Manages to get into the mind of Batman while he was in Robin's body, using his personal demons to get at him. (Sins of Youth- Batboy and Robin)
Scan 1/2- Manages to use his telepathy beyond a technological headband designed to block his powers. (Wonder Woman #196)
Scan 1/2/3- Manipulates Black Adam into fighting Superman. (Action Comics #831)
Mind crushes a bunch of people using physical telepathic bolts. (Legion of Super Heroes #89)
Psycho is apparently so powerful that he can kill with a single thought. (Wonder Woman Annual #1)
Psycho is stated by Wonder Woman to be one of the "world's most powerful telepaths." (Wonder Woman #2)
Psycho states that not even Manhunter could remove his modification from people who he has directly controlled. Considering Superman agrees with him despite knowing J'onn for decades, it's safe to say that he's right in this regard. (Action Comics #831)
Swaps his mind for someone else's, trapping them in his body in turn. (Wonder Woman #29)
Scan 1/2- Takes out Donna Troy with a illusion of Wonder Woman. (Wonder Woman #1)
Scan 1/2- Takes over a entire plane after placing a permanent mental block on a child's emotions. (Action Comics #830)
Tracks down Psiphon by following his telepathic signature. (Superboy #20)
Scan 1/2- Turns Ragman (who has a pretty unstable mind) against the Secret Six with a unconcious post hypnotic command. (Secret Six #3)
Scan 1/2- Uses a illusion of Urzkartaga to beat up Donna Troy. (Wonder Woman #187)
Conclusion
Pretty talented tbh. Being able to control Saturn Girl and have power beyond even Martian Manhunter's telepathic grip shows how underrated he really is.
His ectoplasm crap is strange as hell, but it's also massively hax so I'm fine with it, lol
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