Aldo Szuzi & Inspector Marchal

Aldo Szuzi is yet another obscenely wealthy old friend of Marco Xavier, but in this singular instance, he is also chummy with the Manhunter from Mars. While exhibiting ten million dollars worth of jewels at a fabulously posh resort of Deauville in France, "Senor" Szuzi had cause to expect theft. Despite detectives like Inspector Marchal being posted at every access point, Vulture brazenly stole the jewel case by air. A helicopter fitted with a crane had dome the deed, but Szuzi had also entrusted the Alien Ace with aerial assessment, who aced the whirlybird. Szuzi then announced a "big bonus for your favorite charity" and a ball the following week in the Manhunter's honor. The latter prompted Mr. V to entrust Marco Xavier with delivering a weapon into the ball for an assassin to use against the Martian Marvel. Aware of the plot via his dual Xavier/Manhunter identity, the Alien Atlas briefly shapeshifted into Aldo Szuzi to foil his own attempted murder, while allowing Szuzi to take all the credit for the feat of physical strength and prowess necessary to take out to murderous criminals.

Little else is known about Aldo Szuzi, but given that he was repeatedly referred to as "Senor" by his French associates, he is presumably of Hispanic persuasion. He is seen as gregarious and confident, has a robust figure, and usually smoking a cigar. Whatever their prior history, the Manhunter referred to "Aldo" informally in their sole published meeting in House of Mystery #164 (January, 1967).