The Curse of Skeleton Munroe

Category: Blue Beetle

  • NOTES: AUGUST 2022

    Names: (Batman Comics 008, 1941) It was on brand for the Joker to use the aliases “A. Rekoj” and “I. Rekoj” in the last year but I am pretty upset that Batman just used “I. Namtab” and that the Joker fell for it.

    (Blue Beetle Comics 008, 1941) In the Dynamo story he goes up against a guy who calls himself the Crime Dealer, a good name for a bland guy.

    Riddles: (Batman Comics 007, 1941) “When is a Duke not a Duke?” Answer: the Joker is impersonating a Duke.

    One of the more brutal on-panel deaths I have seen:

    (Blue Beetle v1 006, 1941)

    Two gun-wielding boys I encountered in a short period of time:

    (Action Comics v1 033, 1941)

    (Bulletman 002, 1941)

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 089: SCRAG

    (Blue Beetle Comics 005, 1940)

    Scrag attempts to extort (New) York City using remote controlled bombers – not a terrifically unique plan but he’s just so gleeful about his evil that I love him. Blown up while battling the Blue Beetle.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 089: SCRAG

    (Blue Beetle Comics 005, 1940)

    Scrag attempts to extort (New) York City using remote controlled bombers – not a terrifically unique plan but he’s just so gleeful about his evil that I love him. Blown up while battling the Blue Beetle.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 088: THE BLACK-ROBED MAN

    (Blue Beetle Comics 004, 1940)

    It’s fairly unsupported right now as the only other example of a crossdressing villain so far is the Coin, but trust me when I say that an older woman adopting a younger male identity for crime is a comparative rarity as compared to the opposite. I may find myself compelled to note all of the times that non-super gangster types do it, just to lend weight to my claims.

    Anyway, the Black-Robed Man. Runs a gang out of a house that is technically owned by her niece, which is how the Blue Beetle gets involved, helping the damsel who is being run out of her home by dastards.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 088: THE BLACK-ROBED MAN

    (Blue Beetle Comics 004, 1940)

    It’s fairly unsupported right now as the only other example of a crossdressing villain so far is the Coin, but trust me when I say that an older woman adopting a younger male identity for crime is a comparative rarity as compared to the opposite. I may find myself compelled to note all of the times that non-super gangster types do it, just to lend weight to my claims.

    Anyway, the Black-Robed Man. Runs a gang out of a house that is technically owned by her niece, which is how the Blue Beetle gets involved, helping the damsel who is being run out of her home by dastards.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 087: BLITZ

    (Blue Beetle Comics 004, 1940)

    Blitz: by far the best thing about this probably-meant-to-be-German spy is his collection of henchmen, who include a maniacal dwarf and Ax, who is somewhat unsurprisingly obsessed with his signature weapon. Love a henchman who goes all-in on their bit.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 086: THE MASTERMIND OF CRIME

    (Blue Beetle Comics 003, 1940)

    A lot of these early Blue Beetle villains are real basic so I’m not even going to bother with the questions.

    Mastermind of Crime: very good hood, attempts to take over NYC York City, turns out to actually be the civic reformer who has been raising a stink over all this organized crime all over the place.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 085: BOSS X

    (Blue Beetle Comics 002, 1940)

    What makes them a super-villain? In thinking about this question I realized just how close comic book-style organized crime comes to supercrime to begin with and that Boss X represents the bare minimum of extra oomph required to make the leap to the super-villain designation: the name and the fact that he works out of a secret underground lair on an island.