Count Dressler was a Human criminal who was manufacturing hydrogen bombs at a time when Earth was negotiating to ban them. He was forced to flee Earth when his small nation was surrounded by thousands of troops. He left in his space cruiser for a planet hostile to Earth, and the natives there taught him the secrets of voodoo. He then proceeded to create a life-sized papier-mâché representation of the entire Earth, which he could then use to attack the real thing. His plans were defeated by the crew of the USS Enterprise and he was captured. (TOS comic: "The Voodoo Planet")
- The time period in which his backstory occurred is not clear. It appears to take place during a time of upheaval, perhaps after World War III, but Captain Kirk references the events as if they're in the recent past, and Dressler himself has not aged significantly.