Prof. Cadiz was supposedly a noted scholar who had given a lecture on the Maharajah jewel,on loan from India. However, he was secretly a gang ringleader who wore a devil costume and used a lead-cored thorny club out to steal the gem. He was stopped from stealing the jewel by Mr. Scarlet and later recruited to the Death Battalion. In addition to Horned Hood the team included The Brain, The Black Thorn, The Black Clown, The Laughing Skull, Dr. Death (2) and Ghost (Fawcett).