Dr. Aluben

Dr. Aluben is an alien scientist and one of Sour Patch's villainous contacts. They work with the Ophidian Staves, providing them access to certain materials that can't be found on Earth.

Backstory
Dr. Aluben is secretive about where exactly they come from. They wear a human disguise including a lab coat, glasses and a wig when dealing with others, but this doesn't cover their most alien features such as insectoid mandibles. For the most part, Dr. Aluben remains in their spaceship working on scientific projects, and ventures out when they need something from somebody or vice versa.

Dr. Aluben's main occupation is procuring powerful and/or illicit substances to sell to clients. The Ophidian Staves are currently their main buyer, and Dr. Aluben essentially works for them. They have a fondness or, at the very least, a use in mind for Sour Patch, as they are aware she has left the Staves but as of yet seemingly haven't informed them of her whereabouts.

Resources
Dr. Aluben's primary trade is stardust, a mysterious powdery substance whose origin is unknown to anyone but themselves. One sniff of stardust can make the user completely invulnerable for an hour.

They have a spaceship equipped with numerous advanced alien technologies, the number and extent of which is unknown. They are able to beam people up from a planets' surface instantaneously.

Trivia

 * In Issue 08: Prom part 2, Dr. Aluben beamed Sour Patch and Sending onto their spaceship to assist with some task that was never revealed. The light clones Sending left on their spaceship as decoys for the girls to make their escape later became autonomous and sentient (see Eyepatch and Received), and it is unknown what, if anything, Dr. Aluben had to do with this development.