Doctor Mindbender
Doctor Mindbender is a male character who features in G.I. Joe.
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Biography
Hasbro
Brian Binder
At one time, he was noted as an excellent orthodontist until an experiment in electric brainwave stimulation altered his own mind.
In time, he came to improve and perfect the Brainwave Scanner of the late Doctor Venom which was used to brainwash anyone that question the policies of the Cobra Commander.
Marvel
Mindbender became Cobra's primary science officer after his predecessor, Dr. Venom, was killed in action. He created the Battle Android Troopers and also made several modifications to Venom's prized creation, the Brainwave Scanner. He creates the composite-clone Serpentor in an attempt to engineer the ultimate soldier. Dr. Mindbender and other Cobra agents raid the tombs of noted military leaders, such as Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great. Dr. Mindbender also takes the opportunity to add in the DNA of the ninja Storm Shadow.
Mindbender loyally serves Serpentor until a Cobra Civil war between Serpentor and Fred VII, a Crimson Guardsman posing as Cobra Commander. This takes place on Cobra Island. When Serpentor is killed by Zartan, Mindbender switches sides, becoming an advisor to Fred VII. Even then he was not loyal, listening to a plan that would seemingly allow Cobra Commander to be cloned.
Eventually the original, non-clone Cobra Commander returns and threw all perceived traitors, including Mindbender, into a landlocked freighter on Cobra Island. Mindbender manages to preserve Serpentor's body, which was thought by many to be destroyed. The freighter itself is then buried inside a mountain. Though an escape plan was devised, Mindbender, along with some of the other traitors, dies of botulism before it could be enacted. However, he himself was later cloned, and loyally serves Cobra Commander for a time, helping him to brainwash Destro, the Baroness and Zartan.
Devil's Due
When Serpentor returns, leading a renegade faction called the Coil, Mindbender returns to the side of his creation. When Serpentor was defeated again, Mindbender is captured, but managed to convince Cobra Commander to spare his life by offering him control of his latest creation, a weapon of mass destruction called the Tempest. However, after Cobra Commander gained control of the Tempest, he shoots Mindbender in the back, killing him. Before dying, Minbender helped the Joes to deactivate the Tempest, not for altruism, but as a vengeance against the Commander. This time, Mindbender's death appears to be permanent.
IDW
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that originally he was a very kind and honest man until his experiment in electric brainwave stimulation. This event resulted in a complete personality change where he became a hateful, deceitful and vain person. Doctor Mindbender believed he used to be deluded but had now seen the light as he sought to bring about the miracle of thought to control to everyone. He was noted to had been meticulous and fussy in his actions.
Whilst able to participate in battles, he preferred to manipulate events from behind the scenes.
The Cobra Commander was said to had disliked Doctor Mindbender and had even attempted to kill the man on one occasion.
Powers and abilities
He came to bionically enhance his badly damaged body with machine parts.
Notes
- Doctor Mindbender was created by Hasbro and featured in the setting of G.I. Joe.
In other media
Television
- In G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Doctor Mindbender appeared in the 1983 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Brian Cummings. He was Cobra's chief interrogator and science officer who wa shown to hate Cobra Commander who called him 'Fender-Bender'. In his first appearance, the second-season miniseries "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!", he is shown to be the inventor of B.A.T.s, telling Cobra Commander that they would have been useful against G.I. Joe had they been deployed correctly. Inspired by a strange, recurring dream, Mindbender decides to create a new leader for Cobra. He collaborates with Destro and Tomax and Xamot in a plot to obtain DNA samples of the best militaristic minds in history, because he feels Cobra needs a leader that can inspire courage in its cowardly troops. Mindbender attempts to steal the DNA of Chinese general Sun Tzu, but the theft is foiled by Sgt. Slaughter, whose DNA Mindbender then intends to use as a substitute. While the tomb of Genghis Khan is stolen, Mindbender has Sgt. Slaughter lured into being captured. Despite Cobra Commander and Sgt. Slaughter's attempts to sabotage his experiment, Mindbender succeeds, resulting in the creation of Serpentor.
- In G.I. Joe: Renegades, Dr. Brian Bender appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Charlie Schlatter. He was sucked into a wormhole along with the Baroness before Cobra Commanders base implodes due to the Joes damaging the teleportation device he was working on. His ultimate fate is unknown due to the shows cancellation.
Films
- In G.I. Joe: The Movie, Doctor Mindbender appeared in the setting of the animated 1987 tie-in film where he was voiced by actor Brian Cummings.
- In G.I. Joe: Spy Troops, Doctor Mindbender appeared in the setting of the direct-to-video CGI animated film where he was voiced by actor Jim Foronda. He was responsible for creating a new and improved Battle Android Trooper, and uses stolen G.I. Joe technology to create headsets which allow Destro and Storm Shadow to control the B.A.T.s in battle. Doctor Mindbender is also working on Venom Troopers, but ultimately loses all of his research when the Cobra base is destroyed. Cobra Commander flippantly tells him to start over, leaving Doctor Mindbender shocked and appalled at such a suggestion.
Appearances
- G.I. Joe:
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