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  • Stilt-Man has always been a bit of a joke villain. But SHOULD he be? 1 / 11

  • The great Wallace Wood introduced Stilt-Man in Daredevil #8 (right after Wood introduced DD's red costume!) 2 / 11

  • As you can see from his introduction, Stilt-Man was meant to be a major threat. 3 / 11

  • In fact, Stilt-Man defeats Daredevil pretty easily in their first fight. 4 / 11

  • Daredevil even marvels (after he loses again) at how could ANYone beat Stilt-Man! 5 / 11

  • We get the answer how later in the issue, when Stilt-Man steals an experimental shrink ray. 6 / 11

  • His own incompetence leads him to shrinking himself to nothingness. The start of "Stilt-Man's a joke!" 7 / 11

  • However, in Black Goliath, Stilt-Man uses a new Z-Ray on Black Goliath, seemingly disintegrating him! 8 / 11

  • In reality, he teleported Goliath (and two friends) TO ANOTHER PLANET! 9 / 11

  • The Champions then teamed up with Goliath to destroy the Z-Ray. 10 / 11

  • We learned he built it IN PRISON! Why did he never used it again? 11 / 11