{"id":4533,"date":"2026-06-03T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:42:36","slug":"minor-super-villain-968-the-black-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4533","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 968: THE BLACK RIDER"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Fantastic Comics 018, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Black Rider is a ruthless bandit chief who has not only terrorized the countryside but has had the audacity to kidnap Bill Carrol, Captain Kidd’s best friend, an unforgivable sin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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While the Black Rider & Co. might look like they are straight out of a comic set in the American West, Captain Kidd’s 1941 adventures have taken place exclusively in Africa, and given the mention of a city called Tanga above, I think that we can pretty confidently place this comic somewhere in present-day Tanzania, in the part that was then Tanganyika (yes, okay, there’s also a couple of Tangas in Burkina Faso. I just don’t think that they’re the right ones, okay?).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Though the Black Rider manages to overpower Captain Kidd and stick him in a booby-trapped airplane during their first encounter this is absolutely not enough to dissuade even novice two-fisted adventurer, let alone a grizzled veteran like Kidd. Kidd’s return gambit is to storm the Black Rider’s HQ and machine gun the entire gang.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The entire gang bar the Black Rider, that is, because it’s time for the dramatic revelation that the Black Rider is… A LADY???!!! Specifically, she is the daughter of the original <\/i>Black Rider, out for revenge since he was killed by vigilantes but now on her way to a British colonial jail and\/or execution. Please note that the Black Rider pulls the old “roughly the same size as an adventure hero until unmasked” trick, going from a burly six foot to a slender 5’6″ in about one panel.<\/p>\n

Categorized in: Colours (Black)<\/a>, Generica (Riders)<\/a>, Origin (Cross-Dressing Characters, Legacy Characters)<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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