▁fast ▁that ▁the ▁four ▁evil ▁spirits ▁separate ▁from ▁him . ▁Because ▁he ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁defeat ▁Captain ▁Marvel , ▁Print wh ist le ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁obliged ▁to ▁give ▁his ▁soul ▁to ▁the ▁devil , ▁and ▁has ▁reform ed , ▁but ▁being ▁weak - w illed , ▁he ▁has ▁often ▁been ▁forced ▁by ▁other ▁crim inals ▁into ▁becoming ▁the ▁evil ▁Ib ac ▁again . ▁In ▁his ▁first ▁Silver ▁Age ▁appearance ▁in ▁Sh az am ▁# 4 ▁( J uly ▁ 1 9 7 3 ), ▁the ▁spirits ▁of ▁the ▁villa ins ▁who ▁gave ▁him ▁his ▁powers ▁tele path ically ▁communicate ▁with ▁him , ▁and ▁force ▁him ▁to ▁become ▁Ib ac ▁as ▁he ▁has ▁reform ed ▁and ▁been ▁a ▁street ▁swe eper ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁ten ▁years . ▁They ▁order ▁him ▁to ▁capture , ▁then ▁destroy , ▁Billy . ▁He ▁succeed s ▁in ▁surprising , ▁capt uring , ▁and ▁leaving ▁a ▁bound ▁and ▁g ag ged ▁Billy ▁in ▁a ▁building ▁about ▁to ▁be ▁blow n ▁up , ▁but ▁Billy ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁recording ▁of ▁his ▁voice ▁to ▁sum mon ▁Captain ▁Marvel ▁and ▁beat ▁up ▁Ib ac . ▁After ▁being ▁defeated , ▁his ▁benef act ors ▁withdraw ▁their ▁powers ▁from ▁him . ▁However ▁this ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁possible ▁Post - C ris is . ▁Ib ac ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Pre - C ris is ▁Mon ster ▁Society ▁of ▁Ev il ▁during ▁W W ▁II , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁nearly ▁killed ▁Billy ▁in ▁Africa ▁after ▁giving ▁him ▁bound ▁and