The House of Dolmann

The House of Dolmann was a serial which ran in IPC's Valiant from 1966 to 1973 (it was later reprinted in Vulcan from 1975 to 1976). Mostly drawn by Eric Bradbury, the strip revolved around crime-busting inventor Eric Dolmann, who used a small army of robot puppets to aid the forces of law and order. These included the rather stereotypical Sumo wrestler puppet Togo, flying superhero Micro (who contained a miniature radio transmitter), gun toting commando Raider, the super stretchabe Elasto, the claw handed Mole, the clownlike Giggler, Trailer (who had searchlights for eyes and was built for tracking) and Astro (who piloted Dolmann's flying Dolmobile).

According to one account, in the 2006 limited series Albion from Wildstorm Comics, Dolman was eventually imprisoned by the British government and died while incarcerated; this series also claims he was the father of the humour character Bad Penny.

Alan Moore's Captain Britain series also features a chracter modelled on Dolmann, named Puppetman. This character was killed by The Fury.