crappy "Archie" comic series Powers: None Intelligence: Probably some Origin: The Beetle is just a
crazy guy who broke out of a
mental institution and thinks
he's a superherowith the powers
of a beetle
petty thief mugging innocent victims on the
street, The Eradicator was the very first
"villain" to square off with The Beetle.
This took place the day that the Beetle
broke out of the mental hospital. The Eradi-
cator happened to be at the wrong place at
the wrong time. In the course of the struggle,
The Eradicator was thrown into the oncoming
car of the future police chief. This accident scarred the Eradicator's mind so
badly that he thought he was hideously disfigured. He became a small time
terrorist who tried to take over Smash City in order to get revenge on the Beetle.
His plans were foiled however, as the Beetle triumphed over all odds and defeated
his legions of thugs and his made-to-order supersoldier. In his last scene, The
Eradicator appeared to have disappeared in a random event of SHC (that's spontaneous
human combustion, lowly peons).
What's the buzz about: Let's just say that we never saw
The Eradicator's charred corpse.