Crucible:Craniac

Real Name: Leopold Karadjic

Background: Leopold Karadjic was a timid and bookish mathematics professor from a Balkan country. His young daughter was sick with a fatal disease, and Karadjic was desperate for money to pay her medical bills. Convinced he could use his mathematical knowledge to become an expert gambler, he instead fell deeply into debt with a group of local mobsters and was soon unable to pay them back. In retribution, the mobsters killed his daughter and wife in front of him, and injected him with a potent cocktail of radioactive poisons, leaving him for dead. The poisons failed to kill the professor, but magnified the size of his brain, giving him weird psionic abilities. As his mind grew, his body became twisted and dwarfish. The incredible agony of his transformation warped his mind, turning him bitter and cruel. Now with his new, enhanced mind, he returned for his revenge on the mobsters. And he would have his revenge on the whole world!

His powers have grown over the years, and he has become one of the most dangerous foes of Watchstar. 

Status: Active

Powers: Craniac is one of the world's most powerful psychics, with demonstrated abilities in telepathy, remote viewing, and illusion generation. He is also an extremely powerful telekinetic whose abilities put him on a par with the world's most physically strong individuals. His mind is now like a living computer, with savant abilities like instant numerical calculation and eidetic memory.

Skills:  Karadjic was a brilliant mathematician before his transformation into Craniac, and still retains his training.

Creator: Ed Messina

First Appearance: WATCHSTAR #276