| “ | With this clay, I can mold men to my will. I can be a great and terrible ruler! I... I can get my revenge! | „ |
| ~ Puppet Master |
| “ | Alicia, I may only be your stepfather, but I raised you like you were my own daughter. I taught you how to sculpt. And now, together, we can take the respect we deserve. These three, my so-called "peers", they will serve as an example of my power! | „ |
| ~ Puppet Master to Alicia. |
Phillip Masters, better known as the Puppet Master, is a major antagonist in the 2006 superhero television series Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.
He is a self-centered control freak who uses clay sculptures irradiated with cosmic rays to control people and exact revenge on his colleagues in the art community. He is also the step-father of the Thing's girlfriend, Alicia.
He was voiced by Alvin Sanders, who also voiced Cybron in Skysurfer Strike Force, Demolisher in Transformers: Armada, Cacao in Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Life, Flogg in The New Adventures of He-Man, and King Sombra in the ninth season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
History[]
The Puppet Master was a sculptor whose clay was hit from a fragment of the same space station where the Fantastic Four were in when they got their powers. After touching his clay, he discovered he can manipulate the person of whoever he sculpts, resulting in him taking over the Thing and kidnapping the award-winning artists and Alicia. When the other Fantastic Four members arrived, the Puppet Master sculpted the Human Torch and took control of him until Alicia broke the sculptures and the Puppet Master is jailed. However, the ending hints at him escaping, as he disguised some clay as a pair of sunglasses.
He later manipulated his guards into bringing him enough of his clay to control all of the city officials, allowing him to have the FF evicted and turned into wanted criminals. His ultimate goal was to have Reed Richards enhance his powers, but he was foiled. While locked up in the Vault, he removes some clay from under his false teeth, only for Invisible Woman to appear and take it from him.
