Mento (DC)
Mento is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Steve Dayton
Mento later leaves the Patrol, despite still being in contact with Caulder. Currently estranged from his wife, as his marriage fails when Rita finds out how Dayton routinely uses his mind-reading powers on her, he's called back by Caulder to stop an alien hive mind by using Rita's enlarged form as a proxy. Upon becoming aware of the newest violation, Rita decides to break every remaining tie with him, blaming Caulder too for her mistreatment.
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Mento was recruited by John Constantine for a small gathering of powerful beings to assist in a battle taking place in Hell. The demonic forces are facing an entity that could easily overwhelm and destroy them, even with the aid of divine forces. Using Mento to get a 'read' on the situation, John assists the battle with magical power. Despite the defeat of the entity, Sargon the Sorcerer and Zatara were killed and Mento was driven insane. (Swamp Thing v2 #50)
Now confined to a wheelchair, Dayton resumed his Mento identity and lashed out at Garfield, blaming him for the deaths of the original Doom Patrol. He then proceeded to create his own team called the Hybrid to challenge the Teen Titans. After multiple encounters, the members of Hybrid defy Mento and join the Titans in curing him. Raven cures him of his madness and he seems to discard the helmet. (New Teen Titans v2 #34)
Mento along with Miss Martian was shown amongst a group of psychics who were trying to purge the world of the Anti-Life Equation. (Final Crisis v1 #6)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Mento was an exceptionally tall, athletic human male who possessed fair skin, neatly trimmed grey-streaked brown hair, and highly alert dark eyes set within a strong, confident facial structure. His face frequently maintained a highly arrogant, smug, or self-satisfied expression that reflected his immense material pride and upper-class background. His theatrical mystery-man uniform was highly distinctive and engineered to project an image of advanced intelligence, consisting of a form-fitting, sleeveless bright purple tunic held together over his broad shoulders by a pair of sleek golden fabric panels that spanned down to his waist. He wore a matching golden belt sash across his midsection, tightly fitted dark uniform tights, and simple purple fabric boots designed for rapid tactical mobility. The primary instrument of his extraordinary capabilities consisted of a highly unique, lumpy, and aerodynamic cybernetic helmet composed of a polished silver-grey alloy that completely encased his upper skull and forehead, leaving only his face exposed while casting a faint energetic aura over his head whenever he channeled his psionic matrix to manipulate his immediate environment. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
Powers and abilities
Mento was born a member of the human race where he functioned as a brilliant, genius-level scientific engineer and the world's fifth richest billionaire tycoon, possessing absolute command over the massive industrial assets of Dayton Industries. His primary attributes shifted dramatically after he successfully designed and commissioned a powerful, state-of-the-art psycho-kinetic amplifier helmet, a highly sophisticated piece of custom technology that granted his human brain the absolute capacity to manifest advanced psionic abilities at will. This cybernetic headgear provided him with elite telekinetic capabilities, enabling him to effortlessly lift multi-ton mechanical hazards, manipulate physical structures from massive distances, and project high-velocity concussive energy waves to shatter reinforced barriers. He possessed advanced telepathy and mental scanning proficiency, allowing him to seamlessly read the hidden thoughts of ordinary humans, probe memories under extreme stress, and effortlessly detect complex psychological fabrications or lies entirely unaided by outside electronic tracking arrays. Additionally, his helmet granted him the capacity for high-speed atmospheric flight, limited phasing intangibility to slip through solid architectural blockades, and a high degree of defensive forcefield shielding to absorb heavy blunt force trauma and ballistic impacts completely uninjured, though his reliance on the device's extreme mental feedback loops carried a severe latent risk of long-term biological exhaustion and psychological instability if operated continuously past his natural physical limits. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
Notes
- Mento was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani where he made his first appearance in Doom Patrol v1 #91 (November, 1964).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Teen Titans, Mento appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the two-part episode "Homecoming" where he was voiced by actor Xander Berkeley. This version was the stubborn leader of the Doom Patrol and a father figure to Beast Boy who is obsessed with stopping the Brotherhood of Evil at any cost.
- In Young Justice, Mento appeared in the setting of the animated television series during its Outsiders where he appeared in the episode "Nightmare Monkeys" and was voiced by actor Scott Menville. This version was Beast Boy's legal guardian following the deaths of the Doom Patrol and Beast Boy's mother and godmother, Marie Logan and Rita Farr respectively, who exploits Beast Boy's metahuman abilities for profit despite displaying a mutual disliking towards him. After forming the Outsiders, Beast Boy is legally emancipated from Mento.
- In Doom Patrol, Mento appeared in the setting of the live-action television series during the episode "Doom Patrol Patrol" where he was portrayed by actor Will Kemp as a young man and by actor Dave Bielawski as an old man. ,
Appearances
- Doom Patrol v1: (19640
- Blue Beetle:
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