{"id":3629,"date":"2025-02-04T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:05:35","slug":"minor-super-villain-719-the-purple-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=3629","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 719: THE PURPLE GANG"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Purple Gang, a bunch of guys in a gang who all wear purple suits and are getting up to no end of crime in whatever skyline-heavy city the Eagle calls home<\/strike> New York City, are a perfect opponent for a super-hero’s first adventure: organized enough to pose a challenge but not so tough that thy can’t really be stunted on to show how cool the Eagle is.<\/p>\n

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They also quite noticeably do not<\/i> all have purple suits on – of the six or seven Purple Gang members shown on panel, only one even comes close and his suit is more of a dark blue. And since the purple suit thing is mentioned not once but twice in the course of the story I must assume that the colourist simply did not give a care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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