Astro

The underworld inventor who is the creator of the "crime satellite," an ingenious flying device, oper­ated by remote control from Astro's hideout, which is capable of such feats as blasting open a bank wall with sheets of flame, melting pursuing police cars with a "searing wave of heat bursts" from one of its antennae, creating impassable fissures in the earth with powerful energy bolts, and creating an impenetrable "force field" around itself to protect itself from harm. Aided by the crime satellite, Astro and his henchmen commit a series of spectacular crimes in April 1959, until they are finally apprehended by Batman, Robin, and members of the Gotham City Police Department.