{"id":4311,"date":"2024-05-04T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:33:12","slug":"minor-super-villain-511-dr-trask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4311","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 511: DR TRASK"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Blue Bolt v1 011, 1941)<\/p>\n

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Dr Trask is himself not much to speak of: a scientist who has taken over a village in the South American jungle, forced its inhabitants to pan gold and fight for him and killed anyone from the outside world who got too close, including Dr Martin, a scientist whose colleague Dr Howard has hired Sub-Zero to investigate just what is going on. Like I said, pretty standard comic book villain stuff, but his methods<\/i>, oh boy!<\/p>\n

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Dr Trask, you see, has developed so-called “vampire rats” that are said to attack human necks and suck out their blood. A fearsome legend that is only enhanced by just how small and cute the rats are. Look how adorably he foams at the mouth!<\/p>\n

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Even better is the revelation that the rats are not actually vampires but instead are carriers of the Green Vampire Germ, a disease that merely makes rats aggressive but makes humans dead. And it looks like a little protoplasmic crocodile! This is unironically one of the greatest things I have ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, Trask jumps on Sub-Zero in an attempt to kill him with Green Vampire Germ and gets frozen to death for his efforts. But not before creating two wonderful bastardizations of science, for which I salute him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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