“For too long I've been marginalized--sidelined, thought to be little more than a joke! I once brought fear into the hearts of superheroes--they trembled beneath my power! The Meteor Twins, The Immortal, even Omni-Man knew I was not a threat to be taken lightly! There will be a time when the superheroes of this generation tremble again--that they begin to fear the name Doc Seismic! That time is NOW!!”

Doc Seismic has entrapped all superheroes on the planet except you in impenetrable casings, waiting for the subterranean Earth to consume them! He has an entire army of magmamen and other dangerous subterranean creatures at his whim.