{"id":5162,"date":"2026-07-27T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:33:41","slug":"catalogue-of-wounds-012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=5162","title":{"rendered":"CATALOGUE OF WOUNDS 012"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I keep at this long enough then we will find the super-hero with the most comically-long list of wounds sustained in the course of their adventures. Currently in the lead: the Green Mask<\/a>! Unless we’re talking about head traumas, in which case I must direct your gaze to the Blue Beetle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Domino the Miracle Boy<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Shot in the right shoulder by Dr Moru<\/a> while heroically leaping in front of a gun to save the Green Mask. (Mystery Men Comics 029, 1941)<\/p>\n

the Green Mask<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Slashed on the left side of his head by the Manx’s<\/a> weird wrist-claw. (Mystery Men Comics 026, 1941)<\/p>\n

Mr Justice<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Mr Justice is a ghost-type super-hero, so his origin involves a gruesome death, in this case being hacked to pieces by some historically-questionable Englishmen. (Blue Ribbon Comics 009, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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It’s not quite as universal a trait, but Mr Justice also maintains a human form for times when he is not engaging in super-heroics, and since he’s already dead it doesn’t matter how often he sustains mortal wounds, such as this instance of him being riddled with bullets. (Blue Ribbon Comics 009, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Or here, when he is fatally blasted by a beam. (Blue Ribbon Comics 010, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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(and again a few minutes later)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Or just plain shot in the head. It’s just a shortcut to the emergence of Mr Justice from his mortal shell. (Jackpot Comics 002, 1941) <\/p>\n

Sergeant Spook<\/b>: <\/p>\n

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And speaking of ghostly super-heroes and their fatal origins, here’s Sergeant Spook blowing himself up with his poor lab safety. (Blue Bolt v1 001, 1940)<\/p>\n

Simba<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Simba, newly-reformed nemesis of Dick Cole, gets his skull creased with a bullet by Dr Karno<\/a> (Blue Bolt v2 006, 1941)<\/p>\n

Sub-Zero<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Sub-Zero also gets his skull creased, but since he’s so cold he’s bulletproof Professor X<\/a> has to use a white-hot bullet to do it. (Blue Bolt Comics v1 005, 1940)<\/p>\n

the Wraith<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Finally we have the Wraith, who becomes a ghost thanks to being riddled with bullets during a drive-by.  (Mystery Men Comics 027, 1941)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I keep at this long enough then we will find the super-hero with the most comically-long list of wounds sustained in the course of their adventures. Currently in the lead: the Green Mask! Unless we’re talking about head traumas, in which case I must direct your gaze to the Blue Beetle. Domino the Miracle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,496,3,492,48,204,660,2103,7,214,1504],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","category-14","category-domino-the-miracle-boy","category-fox-features","category-green-mask","category-mlj","category-mr-justice","category-sergeant-spook","category-simba","category-the","category-wound-man","category-wraith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5163,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions\/5163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}