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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 008

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 008

Monster of Space: This very fun monster menaces the Spectre and gangster Knife Groggins during a trip to the astral plane intended to frighten Groggins into talking. One visit to the depths of the beast’s very fun oubliette tummy and the job is done. I really appreciate how weirdly proportioned this fellow is – it’s a good way to convey its unearthly nature. (More Fun Comics 065, 1941) On an unplanned trip to the occult realms in More Fun Comics…

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SUPER-HERO FILE 013: THE SPECTRE

SUPER-HERO FILE 013: THE SPECTRE

(More Fun Comics 052, 1940) What we have here is one of the big boys. Not quite a Tier One super-hero – for that to be the case, remember, your non-comics-reading parents have to have heard of him – but certainly a high-ranking Tier Two. He also might just be the first instance of the “guy who dies too early returned to Earth to do good” origin story. He definitely predates Mr Justice and the Wraith, at least, and though…

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