The Gay Ghost
Near the ancient castle of Connaught in County Ulster, Ireland…
Shot by marauding highwaymen, Averet died…
In the afterlife…
The power to let you return to Earth – to avenge the evil that men do down there! Men are often blind to the wrong that is done them! You – you – can help them!
Swearing an oath to take up the cause of justice, his spirit returned… but 80 years had passed and Deborah was gone.
Note: in later history, Keith Averet will be referred to as “the Grim Ghost.”
Vandal Savage and…
In 1718, Vandal Savage adopted the name of Edward Thatch, aka Blackbeard.
He encountered a boy who revealed:
I was captain of the Black Rose. My name is not Loggins, it is Valor.
Captain Fear
Taken to work in a Spanish mine, young Fero led the slaves in a revolt. They stole a Spanish galleon, but the ship and crew were soon lost in a storm.
After drifting for days, Fero was rescued by an Asian pirate ship. After being abused, Fero challenged the captain for command of the ship and killed him.
He took the name, “Captain Fear,” for fear is what he intended to put in the heart of every Spaniard he’d meet.
Kraklow
In Poland, a sorcerer named Krakow used mystical clay to create strange new creatures and had plans to use them to conquer the country.
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #425
Dec./Jan. 1972 (Oct. 26, 1972
$0.20
(No Title)
8 pages
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Alex N. Nino
Editor: Joe Orlando
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #3
Aug. 2010 (June 23, 2010)
$3.99
“The Bones of Bristol Bay”
32 pages
Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Yanick Paquette
Inker: Michael Lacombe
Editor: Michael Marts
Rip Hunter… Time Master #28
Sept./Oct. 1965 (July 1, 1965)
$0.12
“Rip Hunter, the Time Creature”
25 pages
Writer: George Kashdan
Artist: John William Ely
Editor: George Kashdan
Sensation Comics #1
Jan. 1942 (Nov. 7, 1941)
$0.10
(The Origin of the Gay Ghost)
13 pages
Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Purcell
Editor: Maxwell Charles Gaines
Who’s Who #4
June 1985 (March 21, 1985)
$1.00
“Captain Fear”
1/2 page
Artist: Walt Simonson
Editor: Len Wein
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