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Who Is Dr. Tsung? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dr. Tsung (DC Comics): A scientist from the Wildstorm Universe who is the person originally responsible for discovering the Gen-Factor from an infant Sigma. He is also the a

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Dr. Tsung is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Simon Tsung, with over 19 comic issue appearances. A scientist from the Wildstorm Universe who is the person originally responsible for discovering the Gen-Factor from an infant Sigma. He is also the alternate dimension version of the villian, Damocles.

Who is Dr. Tsung?

Doctor Simon Tsung was an investigator for the International Operations agency related to superpowered beings. He was the creator of the military program that first introduced the Gen-Factor into human subjects. When he was young Simon Tsung was married and had a wife and a daughter. Both of them died when Sigma arrived to Tsung dimension. Studing the baby, Tsung discovered than the secrets hid in his genetic code hide the geno-factor. However Tsung disagree on how IO and Miles Craven used this discovery. Tsung asked for help to Admirtal Cray, a friend and man of honer who helped Tsug to hide from IO and to raise Sigma a his own son. Several years later, Tsung, now married again, had become a professor and trained Sigma, aka Ethan McCain, in a virtual reality, preparing him to the arrival of Damocles, something than Tsung unconciously knewn.

Key facts

Dr. Tsung is of human origin and first appeared in "Fire From Heaven Prelude 2 of 3". The character is published by DC Comics. With 19 recorded issue appearances, Dr. Tsung ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

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Who is Dr. Tsung?

A scientist from the Wildstorm Universe who is the person originally responsible for discovering the Gen-Factor from an infant Sigma. He is also the alternate dimension version of the villian, Damocles.

What is Dr. Tsung's real name?

Dr. Tsung's real identity is Simon Tsung.

When did Dr. Tsung first appear?

Dr. Tsung first appeared in "Fire From Heaven Prelude 2 of 3".

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