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-stretchable 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).
Curiously, while it was repeatedly stated that Dolmann's puppets could not speak for themselves or take independent action — Dolmann supposedly threw his voice to create the illusion that they were speaking — on many occasions he appeared to be having conversations with them, often when there was no one else around. Was there more to Dolmann's puppets than was immediately apparent, or was he just a little bit mental? We'll probably never know...
According to one account, in the 2006 limited series Albion from Wildstorm Comics, Dolmann 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. The canonicity of either claim as far as the original series is concerned is highly questionable.
Alan Moore's Captain Britain series also features a character modelled on Dolmann, named Puppetman. This character was killed by The Fury.