Boris Badenov
That voice, where have I heard that voice?
Name:
Boris Badenov
Publisher:
Real name:
Boris Badenov
Aliases:
- Swami Ben Boris
- Sir Thomas Lippen-Boris
- Sir Hilary Pushemoff
- Hemlock Soames
- Mojave Max
- Cerulean Bleu
- Abou Ben Boris
- Gunga Drain
- Ace Ricken-Boris
- "The Big Cheese"
- Madman Morris
- Colonial Tomsk Parkoff
- Mayor Avaricious J. Wardheeler
- Clarence Darrownoff
- Alfr
- Dexter Divine
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Animation
- Chameleon
- Danger Sense
- Escape Artist
- Gadgets
- Immortal
- Intellect
- Marksmanship
- Sense Death
- Shape Shifter
- Stealth
- Weapon Master
First issue:
Four Color (1942) #1128 Rocky and his Friends
"Boris Badenov's past is clouded in mystery, as befits one who insists on top billing as "The World's Greatest No-goodnick." Indeed, its even doubtful anyone has seen the real Boris for years and years; for he is such a master of disguise that most government agents are pretty much agreed his regular appearance is merely his prop "villain's" outfit.
A fun-loving youngster, fond of typing cats' tails to car bumpers, Boris learned his ABCs (Arson, Bomb-throwing, and Conspiracy) in Pottsylvanian public schools before being offered a scoundrelship to U.S.C. (The University of Safe-Cracking). He graduated magna cum louse, mainly on the strength of his heinous contributions of his fraternity's Hell Week stunts.
He operates under various identities [see aliases], such as a pilot named Ace Rickenboris, a pirate called Captain Horatio Hornsoggle, and an Indian water boy named Gunga Drain. However, its fairly certain he was reared in Pottsylvania, a country whose population is made up entirely of spies and secret agents. (the Pottsylvanian "Eavesdropper" is the only newspaper in the world printed in invisible ink.)
He has a remarkably strong physique, having survived in only a few weeks' time being blown up 14 times (12 of them with his own bombs), falling over eight cliffs, and having the following items dropped on his head:
- Ten flower pots
- Two boulders
- One large safe
- and his partner Natasha.
Indeed, it was Boris' cast-iron stomach that allowed him to live through the infamous Pottsylvania Poison Pickle Purge of 1938, which reduced the ruling clique to only three men -- Boris, his Fearless Leader, and the top man on the the top man on the Pottsylvania totem pole, Mr. Big.
Boris' Favorite reading matter is an anthology of fiendish plans called the Fireside Crook Book, and he is a charter member of the Van Gogh Society, a group of Pottsyvanians whose hobby is collecting ears."
--bio from Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends season 3 brochure. exact words.
