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Madman
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Real Name
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Zane Townsend
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First Appearance
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Creatures of the Id (October, 1991)
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Creators
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Michael Allred
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Team Affliations
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The Atomics
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Alias
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Frank Einstein (now treated as his real name)
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Base of Operations
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Snap City
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Powers
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Supernatural aptitude in learning, Psychometry, Empathy, Clairvoyance, Supernatural reflexes
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Skills and Abilities
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Fighting Mastery, High Level of Accuracy
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Tools and Weapons
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Yoyo
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Madman (Frank Einstein) is a superhero and the main protagonist comic book Madman and its spin-offs.
Origin[]
Once a deadly assassin, Zane Townsted was resurrected from the dead by two brilliant but mad scientists. With no memory of his previous life, he is given the name Frank Einstein and begins a new life as Madman, a superhero who questions his place in the universe.
Biography[]
The Death of Zane Townsend[]
The early life of Zane Townsend is unknown. What is known is that he was a member of the mysterous group known as the Tri-Eye Agency as an assassin. Zane was later in a car accident that ended his life.
Birth of Frank Einstein[]
Two brilliant scientists, Dr. Egon Boiffard and Dr. Gillespie Flem, found Zane's body, stitched it back together and brought it to life via advanced scientific techniques. Zane awoke but had no memory of his previous life and without evidence of Zane's existence, found that no one else could tell him. Doctor Boifford decided to give him a new name: Frank Einstein, named after singer Frank Sinatra and scientist Albert Einstein. The only things for many years that Frank was able to remember where vague and traumatic details of his death. One of the few things he could remember is a love for the comic book superhero known as Mr. Excitement and created a superhero-styled outfit to emulate it. Frank Einstein soon found being brought back to life resulted in him getting mild precognitive and empathic powers, as well as inhuman reflexes. He was also feeling de-stabilized, making decisions that shocked and upset even him, like pulling out the eye of an assailant and eating it as a show of power.Frank became the assistant to the two scientists and struggled with his own existential concerns both regarding his past and his place in the universe.