The Curse of Skeleton Munroe

Category: magic item

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 108: UNNAMED MAGE

    (More Fun Comics 058, 1940)

    I love this guy, for all that he’s unnamed. He kills an immortal snake that lives in the Nile in order to steal the magic book that it guards. The first spell he tries summons all of the wealthy men in a wide radius and compels them to give up their cash to him. The second spell he tries starts to tear the world apart, though it’s unclear whether that was his goal or if he was trying to punch above his weight. Either way, Dr Fate is forced to take him out to restore order.

    Also he dresses like Marvel’s Sphinx, which is a neat coincidence.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 108: UNNAMED MAGE

    (More Fun Comics 058, 1940)

    I love this guy, for all that he’s unnamed. He kills an immortal snake that lives in the Nile in order to steal the magic book that it guards. The first spell he tries summons all of the wealthy men in a wide radius and compels them to give up their cash to him. The second spell he tries starts to tear the world apart, though it’s unclear whether that was his goal or if he was trying to punch above his weight. Either way, Dr Fate is forced to take him out to restore order.

    Also he dresses like Marvel’s Sphinx, which is a neat coincidence.

  • MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 049: HOBO-MILLIONAIRE

    (Whiz Comics 006, 1940)

    Like many Ibis the Invincible villains, the Hobo-Millionaire found the mystic Ibistick when it was lost for a time and who eventually attempted to kill Ibis with it, leading to is own death via magic feedback. Unlike most Ibis the Invincible villains, Hobo-Millionaire is great.

    I would love for them to BRING BACK this great man. It wouldn’t be hard, either! Imagine a scenario in which the Ibristick is passed down to a legacy character (this is always the best way to handle bringing back magic item-based characters, BTW) and they try to get advice on how to use their new possession by summoning its previous owners. SURPRISE: most of them were dicks, and Hobo-Millionaire rules them all.