{"id":383,"date":"2023-11-30T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:37:08","slug":"minor-super-villain-385-the-great-medicine-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 385: THE GREAT MEDICINE BIRD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(More Fun Comics 067, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiM4aYsYGjKUY_3uN585bgBv_vl5TonT_0y-TTEMQOay5xucrl0igICDMUA5IFvz21CiOPaVqY4lX5WMjGOvbkJL7qATs3GwbjUFGbr921hyphenhyphen6-se4fBgg7pzGuKeLpKFRAxh9AR7KAdmDKOOJqw25CuS1kJN4zkogIJgEvMhxzlk7-VHV9CuGPxTT-1a0fL\/w640-h590\/384a%20great%20medicine%20bird%20more%20fun%20067%201941.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"910\" data-original-width=\"986\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiM4aYsYGjKUY_3uN585bgBv_vl5TonT_0y-TTEMQOay5xucrl0igICDMUA5IFvz21CiOPaVqY4lX5WMjGOvbkJL7qATs3GwbjUFGbr921hyphenhyphen6-se4fBgg7pzGuKeLpKFRAxh9AR7KAdmDKOOJqw25CuS1kJN4zkogIJgEvMhxzlk7-VHV9CuGPxTT-1a0fL\/w640-h590\/384a%20great%20medicine%20bird%20more%20fun%20067%201941.JPG\" title=\"great medicine bird\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s an old, dumb trope: diamond thief Gordon Slade escapes into the jungle with his loot and then takes over a tribe as it&#8217;s spiritual leader &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s a god but in this case it&#8217;s as a medicine man. Between the name and the outfit the Great Medicine Bird, like a lot of his shitty compatriots, technically qualifies for the status of minor super-villain. But since I don&#8217;t especially like them, they&#8217;re going into roundup posts from now on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAOa0JKmJoQ1MWEHop3AeCD_2oSNe0E6AcBB_ViE_lOaW0EuCR_-YyTkftqf-cJEiLSHjPfZc3sS1OEAET4yH4kN6C0rzsP8yBCKkqY_T-PSdcEbBvcgnI-Kkm-C6sxlZW09M3_0RFjCYt6T5XUUapM7mDP8qxeXZD-XaqTYZFhcvkyrnkujYUP-8FdWdt\/w640-h580\/384b%20great%20medicine%20bird%20more%20fun%20067%201941.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"902\" data-original-width=\"995\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAOa0JKmJoQ1MWEHop3AeCD_2oSNe0E6AcBB_ViE_lOaW0EuCR_-YyTkftqf-cJEiLSHjPfZc3sS1OEAET4yH4kN6C0rzsP8yBCKkqY_T-PSdcEbBvcgnI-Kkm-C6sxlZW09M3_0RFjCYt6T5XUUapM7mDP8qxeXZD-XaqTYZFhcvkyrnkujYUP-8FdWdt\/w640-h580\/384b%20great%20medicine%20bird%20more%20fun%20067%201941.JPG\" title=\"great medicine bird\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>And yes I could have just started a roundup post with this guy but then I wouldn&#8217;t have the opportunity to present this: the most over-the-top death I have encountered in a while: briefly getting the upper hand over Congo Bill, Slade is grabbed by a boa constrictor. He kills it, causing them both to plunge into a crocodile-infested river. Congo Bill&#8217;s pal Professor Kent calls him both a snake and a rat as a eulogy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(More Fun Comics 067, 1941) It&#8217;s an old, dumb trope: diamond thief Gordon Slade escapes into the jungle with his loot and then takes over a tribe as it&#8217;s spiritual leader &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s a god but in this case it&#8217;s as a medicine man. 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