Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Ten

Cain (who is almost always a normal sized person except for in the picture I found of him) is the caretaker of the House of Mystery in the DC universe. The House of Mystery title was one of a myriad of horror anthology tales that were popular in the 60's-80's (think Tales from the Crypt and the like). For his part, Cain never manifested any particular powers other than the ability to be creepy and lame simultaneously. His brother Abel was the keeper of the House of Secrets, the other main horror anthology comic put out by DC at the time. As the names imply, Cain often wished harm upon his brother Abel, and there was an apparent running gag of our Mort killing his brother in every issue of the House of Secrets series. In Comic book speak, that means that Abel had the power of reincarnation, since he constantly came back, but it says nothing about whether Cain was likewise gifted.

Okay, our final entry in the Halloween Countdown looks creepy, although I'm not quite sure he qualifies as a mort. Have a fun and safe holiday, everyone!

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Nine

I am forced to admit that DC's character Jack O'Lantern is far more lame than the Marvel variety, but that also makes him far more worthy of an induction on my Mort Game blog. Now unfortunatly, I could not tell you to save my life which of the three Jack O'Lanterns is pictured below, but all of them were basically the same. They had a magic lantern given them by an Irish fairy that let them do things like fly and be able to speak clearly despite wearing a hood with no mouth hole cut into it. Jack O' Lantern was a member of the Global Guardians, although the current incarnation is a member of the UltraMarines.

The new mort is my favorite picture on the Halloween countdown, just because it is simultaneously goofy and creepy and a little psychedelic. It is not a difficult guess for the seasoned comic book fan, but it could be a good source for some creative poster to fabricate a humerous story (I'm looking at you, Regan). Oh, and apparently because it needs to be said, the mort is the big guy in green.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Eight

Houngan was a Teen Titans villian who became facinated with Voodoo when his dying father was saved by a Haitian witch doctor. Houngan combined what he learned about voodoo with his aptitude for computer technology to become a techno-voodoo priest and a constant thorn in the side of the Titans.

The New Mort may not look very Halloweeny (except for the purple and green motif), but I assure you he is.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Seven

Randy was right on the nose with this one. Our last mort was the ghost of Jeb Stuart, the force that made the Haunted Tank haunted. Despite Randy's correct response, I am a little disappointed that it didn't come with a Jericho quote. According to Wikipedia, the ghost of Jeb Stuart was sent by the ghost of Alexander the Great to be a guardian of Stuart's namesake, Lieutenant Jeb Stuart Smith, a soldier in WWII. Why a proud civil war era Southerner would help the Union's efforts to beat up Nazi's is not so clear.

I decided this weeks mort ought to be a Teen Titan villian (my favorite kind). Although he was never seen in a Halloween related comic, he certainly looks like he could have been. Enjoy!

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Six

Unlike previous morts, I can completely believe that none of you knew my last candidate. He is Halloween Man. What, you've never heard of him? I hadn't either until I attended Wizard World Texas four years ago. It turns out the creator (whose name I have long since forgotten, but you can read the work here) is a local boy. I got to meet the author of Halloween Man and even have him sign the obviously self produced comic book I bought from him. The story itself was, well, unique, but not altogether bad.

Okay, to make up for the toughie, I will give you what I consider to be an easy one. Don't prove me wrong.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Five

As was correctly guessed, our most recent mort is indeed Man-Thing, Marvel's less competent version of Swamp Thing. The picture is from the made for Sci-Fi movie by the same name, which may have been the worst movie I've ever seen, and is certainly the worst comic book movie I've ever seen. I'm usually not a detail oriented movie goer, but the producers saved money by hiring locals in Australia, so the characters often switch from their wretched Louisiana accents into surprisingly more wretched Australian accents without rhyme or reason. That, and the plot appears to be a superfluous part of the film.

I decided todays mort should be a head scratcher. Do your best and enjoy.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Four

I can't believe that none of you knew this last Mort, who is currently a feature player in the Teen Titans. This is Eddie Bloomberg, also known as Kid Devil. Just like his mentor the Blue Devil, before Eddy was a real demon, he was just a kid in a Devil suit. His powers were mechanical in nature, mostly derived from his suit which gave him strength and agility. He also possessed a Rocket Trident, that could propel him through the air several miles. How Eddy was tranformed from the cute trick-or-treater you see below to a gasoline-blooded demon has not yet been explored.

Okay, the new mort is cheating a little, but it dove-tails so well with my movie discussion on the main blog. I assure you that it is a Comic Book character that you would associate with all of the dark and mysterious things that go along with Halloween.

Halloween Countdown: Mort Number Three

Okay, so I may suck a little. The Mort from last week is named "Mister E". You know, like "Mystery". It's a pun. According to Wikipedia, Mister E was one of a dozen or so "supernatural detectives" that DC has had in its illustrious history (think Dr. Occult, John Constantine, etc.). He tended to fight the traditional villianary of the horror genre, such as Vampires, Werewolves, and the like. Most often, he used supernatural weapons (silver bullets, mystic orbs, etc.), but there were always hints that he also possessed abilities, most notably the ability to "see" the good or evil in people (which was ironic because he was blind). Wikipedia also explains that Vertigo, as it often does with these types of characters, took him and washed away his silver age goodness and made him a freaky and unreadable.

Now the part where I suck. Although the picture clearly labels the mort as Mister E (I covered over that part, but I promise it said that), I can't find anywhere where this character appears in that outfit. Worse yet, Mister E was blind, but this Mort appears to be able to see (why else would he have eye holes cut out of his mask). So, in short, my bad.

I'm sure I've got this new Mort right though, so enjoy.