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Chief (DC Comics)
The Chief (Niles Caulder) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually as the leader of the superhero team Doom Patrol. Created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, he made his debut alongside the other original members of the Doom Patrol in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963). Despite sharing similarities with Professor X, he is, however, a regular normal human.
The Chief made his first live-action appearance on the DC Universe series Titans, played by Bruno Bichir. In DC Universe and Max's eponymous Doom Patrol series, he was portrayed by Timothy Dalton in the first two seasons and guest starred in the third and fourth seasons.
He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. According to Drake, the issue's co-writer Bob Haney was not brought on to the project until after the Chief was created.
Drake confirmed in an interview that the Chief was inspired by the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, specifically Sherlock Holmes' elder brother, Mycroft.
Niles Caulder is a paraplegic with genius intelligence. Caulder uses his scientific knowledge to develop numerous inventions and innovations that have made him wealthy. Caulder founded and organized the team called Doom Patrol to protect the innocent and fight crime, and to teach humanity to accept others who live as ostracized "freaks," who have been radically transformed from terrible accidents. It is Caulder's genius that allowed the team members to survive (e.g., designing Robotman's body, devising Negative Man's medicated bandages), and helped grant their freakishness and abilities.
Caulder developed an interest in creating better life at a young age. Proving at a young age to be both a brilliant inventor and engineer, Caulder received funding from a mysterious benefactor. Thanks to the funding, Caulder succeeded in creating a chemical capable of prolonging life. Ultimately, it was revealed that the benefactor was General Immortus, who hired Caulder to create a chemical to replace the one that had been prolonging his life for centuries but was now failing. When the young scientist discovered the truth about his employer, he refused to continue the work. Immortus responded by implanting an explosive device in Caulder's torso, which he could set off remotely, and any attempt to remove it while Niles lived would also detonate it. Caulder eventually removed the bomb, but it rendered him paraplegic. The incident inspired and reminded Caulder that a better life may come from surviving a tragic event, such as his own.
In the early years of the Patrol, Caulder not only kept his true identity and appearance secret from the public; even his team knew him only as the Chief. In issue #88 (June 1964), their third battle against Immortus forces him to tell the rest of the Patrol his back-story and real name, which suddenly and with no explanation becomes common public knowledge for the rest of the original 1960s series.
Niles Caulder's back-history seemingly remained intact following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. However, when writer Grant Morrison took over the Doom Patrol title (starting with vol. 2 #19), they reimagined him as a cold, detached and somewhat mysterious individual. Near the end of their run, Morrison revealed that Caulder was responsible for the "accidents" that caused the original Doom Patrol members to gain their powers, since his personal philosophy is that true greatness comes through overcoming tragic events.
Chief (DC Comics)
The Chief (Niles Caulder) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually as the leader of the superhero team Doom Patrol. Created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, he made his debut alongside the other original members of the Doom Patrol in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963). Despite sharing similarities with Professor X, he is, however, a regular normal human.
The Chief made his first live-action appearance on the DC Universe series Titans, played by Bruno Bichir. In DC Universe and Max's eponymous Doom Patrol series, he was portrayed by Timothy Dalton in the first two seasons and guest starred in the third and fourth seasons.
He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. According to Drake, the issue's co-writer Bob Haney was not brought on to the project until after the Chief was created.
Drake confirmed in an interview that the Chief was inspired by the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, specifically Sherlock Holmes' elder brother, Mycroft.
Niles Caulder is a paraplegic with genius intelligence. Caulder uses his scientific knowledge to develop numerous inventions and innovations that have made him wealthy. Caulder founded and organized the team called Doom Patrol to protect the innocent and fight crime, and to teach humanity to accept others who live as ostracized "freaks," who have been radically transformed from terrible accidents. It is Caulder's genius that allowed the team members to survive (e.g., designing Robotman's body, devising Negative Man's medicated bandages), and helped grant their freakishness and abilities.
Caulder developed an interest in creating better life at a young age. Proving at a young age to be both a brilliant inventor and engineer, Caulder received funding from a mysterious benefactor. Thanks to the funding, Caulder succeeded in creating a chemical capable of prolonging life. Ultimately, it was revealed that the benefactor was General Immortus, who hired Caulder to create a chemical to replace the one that had been prolonging his life for centuries but was now failing. When the young scientist discovered the truth about his employer, he refused to continue the work. Immortus responded by implanting an explosive device in Caulder's torso, which he could set off remotely, and any attempt to remove it while Niles lived would also detonate it. Caulder eventually removed the bomb, but it rendered him paraplegic. The incident inspired and reminded Caulder that a better life may come from surviving a tragic event, such as his own.
In the early years of the Patrol, Caulder not only kept his true identity and appearance secret from the public; even his team knew him only as the Chief. In issue #88 (June 1964), their third battle against Immortus forces him to tell the rest of the Patrol his back-story and real name, which suddenly and with no explanation becomes common public knowledge for the rest of the original 1960s series.
Niles Caulder's back-history seemingly remained intact following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. However, when writer Grant Morrison took over the Doom Patrol title (starting with vol. 2 #19), they reimagined him as a cold, detached and somewhat mysterious individual. Near the end of their run, Morrison revealed that Caulder was responsible for the "accidents" that caused the original Doom Patrol members to gain their powers, since his personal philosophy is that true greatness comes through overcoming tragic events.