Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Two

The Grim Ghost (at least the one pictured below) was a character from the Atlas comics company who was created in 1975. He wins the award for the Mortiest Mort I have featured, only appearing in 3 issues before not only the series but the whole company of Atlas was cancelled. The synopsis of his story was that he was a highwayman in Colonial America who was hanged and then became a mercenary for Satan, capturing evil souls and returning them to Hell. This seems to be almost its own archetype in comics, with the origins of Marvel's Ghost Rider, DC's Blue Devil, and McFarlane's Spawn all having origins that are similar in nature. None of those characters shared GG's keen fashion sense, however.

Halloween Mort Number Two is in a different vein. Have fun.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number One

I can't believe that none of you commented on the forced coincidence that the same day I posted about the TV show Jericho on the "Book of Phylemon" blog, that my mort was also named Jericho. Joseph Wilson was the son of Slade Wilson, the DC supervillian Deathstroke. As a result of the experimental drugs that gave Slade his powers, Joseph was born a mutant, possessing the powers to, well, possess people's bodies. Early in his youth, Joseph's vocal cords were cut by a mercenary opponent of Deathstroke, so Jericho was one of the first "handicapable" heroes in the DC universe. I could right a whole blog on how cool this mort is, but it will wait.

Okay, my first Halloween Mort is the scariest one I could find, not because of his powers or gruesome visage, but because of his ambiguous sexual connotation (at least based off of this picture).