An ALTER EGO is described in our modern dictionaries as man's 'Other self', our 'Double', or an 'Intimate Friend'. And, more often than not, our ALTER EGO is, indeed, our friend and does his utmost to help us when we need someone we can trust to talk to or from whom we can accept good advice. However, there are times, as you will read in the story that follows, that 'Demitri', who is Theodore Thermos' ALTER EGO, although maintaining friendly relations with him, purposely gives him advice that eventually involves him in murder.