{"id":1166,"date":"2023-11-26T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:07:49","slug":"minor-super-villain-382-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=1166","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 382: THE MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

(More Fun Comics 066, 1941) <\/p>\n

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Out of nowhere one day, giant monsters attack Cliffland, New Jersey!<\/p>\n

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After driving them off a couple of times, the Spectre manages to follow them back to their base of operations, a weird painting of unknown provenance hanging in a Cliffland museum. There he finds that the monsters reside in a metal city ruled over by a man referred to only as the Man<\/u>.<\/p>\n

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The Man<\/u> is clearly modeled after the fascist dictators of the day and spends his time whipping his monstrous subjects into a frenzy prior to a wholesale invasion of the real world. While I don’t appreciate the attempted-destruction-of-humanity of it all I must admit that he has some wonderful turns of phrase. Maybe being a fictional entity allows you to tap into a poetical mindset more easily.<\/p>\n

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The Man<\/u>‘s schemes all come to nothing as the Spectre invades his <\/i>world and decimates his forces, then overcomes the Man<\/u> himself (despite the Man<\/u> deploying not only a variety of magical powers but a surprise eleventh-hour monster transformation) and destroys both the painting and the world it contains.<\/p>\n

I have to say that despite not particularly loving the monster designs here I do<\/i> love the idea of an outsider artist putting so much of themself into a work that it gains a life of its own. BRING BACK<\/b> the Man<\/u>, I say, whether in another work by the same artist or as a fictional parasite who appears in other paintings until he can find one that he can use as a portal to the real world. He would be a great addition to the ranks of the DCU’s magical weirdos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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