Yogi Dakor (Earth-616)

Yogi Dakor
Name	Yogi Dakor
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Terrible Trio
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	Criminal
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Fantastic Four #23 (November, 1963)
First	Fantastic Four #23 (November, 1963)

History

Original Appearance

Origin

Yogi Dakor was a circus show performer who was resistant to fire. However he turned to a life of crime the day when he tried to steal the circus box office, only to be caught and sent to jail. He was one of three other criminals who were bailed from prison by Latverian monarch Dr. Doom to be part of his Terrible Trio. Along with con man "Handsome" Harry Phillips, and protection racketeer Bull Brogin, Yogi was given super-human abilities as a means to destroy Dr. Doom's long time foes the Fantastic Four - to do so, Doom used his XZ-12 Device. Phillips hearing was enhanced so that he could detect the Invisible Girl while she was using her power; Bull was given strength to rival that of the Thing; and Dakor was made completely fire proof in order to handle the Human Torch. The Terrible Trio then went after the Fantastic Four during a period which they were disputing the leadership of Mister Fantastic.

The Terrible Trio is born

Yogi Dakor captured the Torch in a flame proof car, while Bull defeated the Thing on Yancy Street by briefly reverting the Thing back to human form, and Phillips captured the Invisible Girl during a phony flower delivery. Meanwhile, Dr. Doom managed to capture Mr. Fantastic with the aid of a robot constructed to resemble the Thing. Doom paid the Terrible Trio five thousand dollars each and then told them to wait for his next call. However this never came to pass after Dr. Doom attempted to dispatch the Fantastic Four into space by taking advantage of a "Solar Wave" but ended up falling for his own trap while the Fantastic Four managed to escape.

Vendetta

The Terrible Trio

Knowing that Dr. Doom would eventually return, the Terrible Trio decided to curry favor with the man who gave them their powers by defeating the Fantastic Four in his absence. They decided to start by capturing the Human Torch as they viewed him as the weakest member of the group. With Phillips posing as a reporter from Auto Age Magazine the Trio attacked the Torch while he had his guard down and easily defeated him. They then placed the Torch in one of four specially prepared trailers built to imprison the Fantastic Four. They then went to the home of the Invisible Girl to capture her there but the Torch broke free and tracked the Trio down and easily captured them and turned them over to the authorities before the rest of his teammates could be the wiser. The Terrible Trio broke out of prison a short time later and once again sought to get revenge against the Fantastic Four and capture them for Dr. Doom. They once again managed to capture the Human Torch unawares and tied him to a railroad track as bait for the other members of the group. Incidentally enough the Thing was out searching for his teammate after hearing the news that the Trio had escape. While they managed to capture the Thing, they underestimated his strength. Not only did the Thing manage to break free from his bonds he also managed to stop an oncoming train the Terrible Trio thought would kill both the Thing and the Torch. The Thing easily knocked out the unsuspecting Trio and turned them over to the authorities once again.

After a number of years in prison the Terrible Trio was release and once again focused on getting revenge against the Fantastic Four. Posing as cooks they infiltrated an sculpture exhibition being put on by Alicia Masters, the Thing's girlfriend. During this attempt, Yogi Dakor used his mystical abilities to allow Bull and Harry possess the forms of two of the statues and attack the attendees. When the statues attacked the party goers, the Thing smashed them and the feedback knocked out both Bull and Harry. Yogi was found by the Thing's all the Impossible Man who incapacitated this foe as well and the trio were once more arrested.

Recent Activities

Recent activities

In recent years the Terrible Trio have ever remained loyal to Dr. Doom and have been involved in terrorist activities for the Latverian state. The trio most recently managed to obtain evidence that the United States still had nuclear weapons pointed at Latveria -- even after entering a disarmament agreement with the dictatorship -- and stole the launch codes for them. The Trio hid in a derelict ship along Baltimore Harbor. Their location was discovered by the United States government during a time when the Superhuman Registration Act was being enforced. In response to the Terrible Trio the government sponsored Thunderbolts team were deployed to apprehend them. Before they could attack, one of their members Penance attacked alone. He easily incapacitated Bull and Yogi and then collected the control codes from Harry. Penance led Harry go and told him to send a message to Dr. Doom to deliver him the villain known as Nitro to him within 24 hours.

Attributes

Powers

Yogi Dakor is a minor mystic capable to carrying out some minor feats. He has displayed the ability to animate rope. He has also shown the capability of transferring the essences of others into inanimate objects bringing them to life.

Thanks to the tampering of Dr. Doom, Yogi Dakor is completely impervious to flame and heat to such a degree that the Human Torch's flame powers cannot harm him.

Weaknesses

The Yogi's mystical powers require a great deal of concentration, if this concentration is broken the spells fail. Likewise they can be broken if they animated objects he brings to life are destroyed.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Yogi Dakor frequently used asbestos lined ropes and blankets in order to subdue the Human Torch.

Transportation

Yogi once employed a sports car that was completely fire proof.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Yogi Dakor (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Yogi Dakor (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Yogi Dakor (Earth-616)
• 6 image(s) of Yogi Dakor (Earth-616)