Le Maître de Manège
Le Maître de Manège is the Ringmaster, Maynard Tiboldt, a criminal circus master who wields a hypnotic device concealed in his top hat to mentally enslave audiences, enabling his troupe — the Circus of Crime — to rob them blind.
A creature of the Bronze Age, Le Maître de Manège made their debut in the pages of Marvel #11 in 1971, brought into being by the legendary partnership of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. This Panini France publication places the character squarely within the rich tradition of French-language Marvel comics, where they've kept remarkable company — sharing pages with the Hulk, Bruce Banner, Rick Jones, and Captain America across a catalog presence stretching all the way to 2010. Appearing most frequently in Hulk and Avengers les plus grands héros de la Terre, Le Maître de Manège is a fascinating fixture of the Franco-Belgian Marvel universe, the kind of character that rewards the dedicated collector who loves discovering the corners of comics history that lie just beyond the anglophone mainstream.
