Prince Myshkin Prince Myshkin Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot". Dostoevsky wanted to create a character that was "entirely positive... with an absolutely beautiful nature", someone who is truly 'Christian'. According to Joseph Frank, the character of Prince Myshkin approaches "the extremest incarnation of the Christian ideal of love that humanity can reach in its present form, but he is torn apart by the conflict between the contradictory imperatives of his apocalyptic aspirations and his earthly limitations." Prince Myshkin has been in Switzerland for the last four years, at a
Claw (Lev Gleason Publications) Claw (Lev Gleason Publications) The Claw is a fictional supervillain character who first appeared in "Silver Streak Comics" #1 (December, 1939), from Lev Gleason Publications. Created by Jack Cole (who would later create Plastic Man), The Claw first appeared as a monstrous supervillain in "Silver Streak" without any regular hero to oppose him. After issue #2, he was temporarily set aside, and reappeared in #6; in #7 (January, 1941), Lev Gleason's Daredevil went up against him for the first time. The Claw was then moved from "Silver Streak" to "Daredevil Comics", and there he stayed until issue #31 (July, 1945),