Mikado (comics) pattern, and the Question tracked him down. Their conversation touched Dr. Spaulding deeply, and he injected himself with a poison intended for the Question. By the time the Question had recovered from the Mikado's opiate injection, the Mikado had disappeared completely. He has not appeared since then. The Mikado's name was taken from that of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera of the same name, and his chant is a line of a song sung by The Mikado, the Emperor of Japan, in Act II. The name of his alter ego was taken from the Groucho Marx character, Captain Spaulding. Marx
Mikado Township, Michigan Mikado Township, Michigan Mikado Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 947 at the 2010 census. Alvin is a tiny unincorporated community within the township near the junction of Michaud and Alvin roads at . It was founded as a lumber town with a post office operating from February 14, 1906, until February 15, 1911. Mikado is an unincorporated community within the township, about southwest of Harrisville near the junction of the east and west branches of the Pine River at The community was founded by Daniel Bruce, who built