Name: Crime Doctor
Universe: Earth-1
Alter Ego: Dr. Bradford Thorne
Occupation: Physician and Part-time Criminal
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Known Relatives: None
Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight: 168 lbs.
Hair Color: Graying Brown
Eye Color: Brown
First Appearance: Detective Comics #494

History:
A prominent Gotham City physician, Dr. Bradford Thorne was a prosperous man who turned to crime for the sheer thrill of it, to enliven an otherwise boring existence. Though he truly loved the practice of medicine, crime was like a narcotic to Thorne and he could not resist its lure.

Building his own Crime Clinic in a secret sub-basement beneath his town house, the Crime Doctor opened for business, offering Gotham's underworld a variety of services, from treatment and hospitalization of wounded criminals on the lam from the law to unique diagnostic services, where the Doctor would plan a crime for others in exchange for 25 percent of the take. If the Crime Doctor actually had to make a "house call" to rescue criminals who has been caught in the act, his share went up to 50 percent of the loot. Anonymously, Thorne turned over almost all of this ill-gotten money to charities, since his interest was in the thrill of the crime, not its bounties.

Called in one day to treat an injured Bruce Wayne, Thorne was astonished when, as the Crime Doctor, he later confronted the crimefighter knonw as Batman and discovered the Caped Crusader was wearing Bruce Wayne's bandages. At that same moment the Batman realized the Crime Doctor was actually Bradford Thorne.

Escaping from the scene of the crime with the knowledge of Batman's secret identity and knowing the Darknight Detective would soon be on his trail, Thorne attempted to flee Gotham City but was thwarted when a medical emergency required his services and he could not in good conscience turn away.

Taken hostage by thugs, Thorne was brought before eccentric crime-boss Sterling Silversmith, who demanded Thorne reveal the Batmna's secret identity. When Thorne refused, Silversmith fed him quicksilver, a deadly poison, offering to save Thorne's life in exchange for the secret. Before Thorne could respond, the Batman burst upon the scene, defeating Silversmith, then rushing Thorne to the hospital.

ALthough the Batman's quick action saved Thorne's life, it could not save his mind, which had already been destroyed by the quicksilver, leaving Thorne a hopeless vegetable.

Powers:
A sub-par athlete and hand-to-hand combatant, the Crime Doctor's chief weapon was his injector gun, which could gas his opponents to sleep without harming them, thus allowing Thorne to remain true to his Hippocratic oath.