John Sunlight

John Sunlight is a fictional character and is the archenemy of the heroic Doc Savage. Sunlight is the only villain to appear in more than one of Savage's 190 adventures. He first appeared in Fortress of Solitude and later returned in The Devil Genghis.

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Fictional character - Archenemy - Doc Savage - Villain - Fortress of Solitude - The Devil Genghis

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John Sunlight possesses many qualities that could be considered heroic. He is stronger, more intelligent, and possesses much greater control of his emotions than ordinary people do. In times of concentration or stress he emits a low growl subconsciously, very similar to Doc's trilling. He is also an idealist who seeks to end problems such as war, famine, bigotry, etc. by bringing the world under his control. In this he is similar to other well-known literary supervillains, notably Fu Manchu. It is speculated that due to his age and remarkably similar characteristics John Sunlight may be Doc Savage's son from the events in Escape from Loki.

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Qualities - Hero - Stronger - Intelligent - Emotions - Concentration - Stress - Growl - Subconscious - Idealist - War - Famine - Bigotry - Supervillain - Fu Manchu - Age - Son - Escape from Loki

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Like the villains from the James Bond stories, Sunlight also has a number of eccentricities. In The Devil Genghis he has adopted the habit of dressing entirely in one color.

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James Bond - Eccentricities - Habit - Dressing - Color

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John Sunlight also appears briefly in the science fiction novel Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny.

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Science fiction - Roadmarks - Roger Zelazny

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