{"id":497,"date":"2023-05-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:41:05","slug":"minor-super-villain-278-the-vampire-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 278: THE VAMPIRE KILLER"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 020, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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We open on a fear-gripped Star City (not the one you’re thinking of), in which ten people have been killed and drained of their blood. VAMPIRE! KILLER!<\/p>\n

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An eleventh soon joins their ranks, and we get a look at the Vampire Killer in his cool as hell Shadow cosplay. VAMPIRE! KILLER! INTO! FASHION!<\/p>\n

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But it seems all is not as we thought! Extradimensional smoke-man the Vision, exercising the oft-overlooked super-hero skill of Research, discovers that the so-called Vampire Killer is in reality biochemical Experiment 36-B, AKA Florus Homo. I don’t know that I want to blame the victim here, but engineering an intelligent plant that feeds on blood is a comic book science version of Russian Roulette. PLANT! MAN! DAD! EATER!<\/p>\n

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And of course, having learned that the Vampire Killer is no vampire, we get to see it’s face in all of its Kirby-designed glory. Makes you wish that it hadn’t been set on fire by the Vision one page later. But it’s a plant, right? And seeds! Seeds can stay viable for centuries! There’s still hope, even now! BRING<\/b>! BACK<\/b>! TURNIP! HEAD!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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