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Bob Powell

Creator Bob Powell (1916-1967)
Profession Writer, Penciller, Inker
Total Entries 38
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Bob Powell – Wikipedia
Bob Powell – Lambiek Comiclopedia
Bob Powell, the artist of Mr. Mystic, is one of the pioneers of comic book art. Like Jack Burnley, Lou Fine and Will Eisner, he relied on an articulate style of art that used both surreal perspective and realistic forms to create his memorable tales. This grasp of the surreal and the realistic allowed his artwork to really stand out in a time when many comic artists were rather staid and applied a cookie-cutter approach to their artwork. Mr. Mystic was one of Powell’s few real attempts in the super-hero genre, being perhaps better known for his ability to illustrate animals, which was put to good use in his days on Sheena, for which he is probably best remembered today. ~ Bob Powell’s Mr. Mystic – Internet Archive

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Atoma

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Atoma was a historian from the year 2446. While it may have looked like a peaceful utopia at first glance, a more careful examination revealed an authoritarian society where travel is restricted and the “Mighty […]
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Atoma was a historian from the year 2446. While it may have looked like a peaceful utopia at first glance, a more careful examination revealed an authoritarian society where travel is restricted and the “Mighty […]
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Avenger (Magazine Enterprises)

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Wealthy scientist Roger Wright became the superhero known as the Avenger for one reason: to avenge the death of his brother, who was tortured and killed by Soviet agents. His assistant, Claire Farrow, made his […]
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Wealthy scientist Roger Wright became the superhero known as the Avenger for one reason: to avenge the death of his brother, who was tortured and killed by Soviet agents. His assistant, Claire Farrow, made his […]
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Betty Bates, Lady-at-Law

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Betty Bates was a talented prosecuting district attorney who mainly took on gangsters. Her enemies included criminals such as The Barracuda, Double-Cross, Killer Mack, Mr. Malice and Professor Bone. She was a resourceful detective, a […]
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Betty Bates was a talented prosecuting district attorney who mainly took on gangsters. Her enemies included criminals such as The Barracuda, Double-Cross, Killer Mack, Mr. Malice and Professor Bone. She was a resourceful detective, a […]
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Black Cat

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Linda Turner, daughter of a movie star and a stunt woman, became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Bored with the make-believe life of Tinsel Town, she decided to help her country when she came across […]
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Linda Turner, daughter of a movie star and a stunt woman, became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Bored with the make-believe life of Tinsel Town, she decided to help her country when she came across […]
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Black Eagle (Fawcett)

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The residents of a fishing village are plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wipe out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a fully […]
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The residents of a fishing village are plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wipe out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a fully […]
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Blackhawk

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Blackhawk was an ace pilot from Poland. After Nazis bombed the peaceful farm that his family lived on, in the opening days of World War II, killing everyone he loved, Blackhawk vowed to battle tyranny. […]
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Blackhawk was an ace pilot from Poland. After Nazis bombed the peaceful farm that his family lived on, in the opening days of World War II, killing everyone he loved, Blackhawk vowed to battle tyranny. […]
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Blaga Daru

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Prince Blaga Daru was an interplanetary pirate. Commanding an army of outlaw forces, he used “Super-Dreadnaught” ships to conquer Europe. From his headquarters in London, Daru planned to conquer the rest of Earth, which he […]
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Prince Blaga Daru was an interplanetary pirate. Commanding an army of outlaw forces, he used “Super-Dreadnaught” ships to conquer Europe. From his headquarters in London, Daru planned to conquer the rest of Earth, which he […]
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Cave Girl

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Carol lost her parents to an attack by the savage Balu natives of the African jungle. She manages to escape death when an eagle carried her away. The eagle dropped the girl in the Dawn […]
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Carol lost her parents to an attack by the savage Balu natives of the African jungle. She manages to escape death when an eagle carried her away. The eagle dropped the girl in the Dawn […]
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Chessman

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Karno the Chessman is an insane criminal mastermind who shrinks people to use as chessboard pieces. His kidnapping of heiress Irene Jonson brought him in conflict with Dr Fung. While Fung was successful in the […]
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Karno the Chessman is an insane criminal mastermind who shrinks people to use as chessboard pieces. His kidnapping of heiress Irene Jonson brought him in conflict with Dr Fung. While Fung was successful in the […]
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Crossbones Crew

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The Crossbones Crew were a group of terrorists that wore black masks and flew planes bearing the skull and crossbones. The group’s nefarious plans were stopped by Rip Regan the Power-Man. Alias Crossbones Crew Real […]
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The Crossbones Crew were a group of terrorists that wore black masks and flew planes bearing the skull and crossbones. The group’s nefarious plans were stopped by Rip Regan the Power-Man. Alias Crossbones Crew Real […]
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D-13

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D-13, Richard Anthony, was an American spy who traveled the world solving international problems and protecting the US from foreign threats such as the Nazis, with help from his partner Robert Simms. Alias D-13 Real […]
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D-13, Richard Anthony, was an American spy who traveled the world solving international problems and protecting the US from foreign threats such as the Nazis, with help from his partner Robert Simms. Alias D-13 Real […]
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Dr. Fung

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Dr. Fung was an older scientist and detective who traveled the world solving crimes, with the aid of his young American assistant, Dan Barrister. His enemies included Khan Gen-Kee and Karno the Chessman. Dr. Fung […]
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Dr. Fung was an older scientist and detective who traveled the world solving crimes, with the aid of his young American assistant, Dan Barrister. His enemies included Khan Gen-Kee and Karno the Chessman. Dr. Fung […]
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G.I. Joe

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Joe Burch was lazy and girl crazy, but he loved his country and he loved to fight, so he joined the army and shipped off to Korea. He frequently butted heads with his superior, Sgt. […]
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Joe Burch was lazy and girl crazy, but he loved his country and he loved to fight, so he joined the army and shipped off to Korea. He frequently butted heads with his superior, Sgt. […]
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General (Magazine Enterprises)

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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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Hercules (Magazine Enterprises)

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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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Jet Powers

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Jet Powers was a genius inventor and skilled fighter armed with military tech who worked for the US government and answered to the President. His laboratory was located in the American Southwest carved out of […]
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Jet Powers was a genius inventor and skilled fighter armed with military tech who worked for the US government and answered to the President. His laboratory was located in the American Southwest carved out of […]
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Landor

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Landor, the Maker of Monsters, was a mad scientist obsessed with mastering the secrets of life. As the name indicates, he specialized in making monsters, mostly by combining body parts salvaged from various corpses and […]
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Landor, the Maker of Monsters, was a mad scientist obsessed with mastering the secrets of life. As the name indicates, he specialized in making monsters, mostly by combining body parts salvaged from various corpses and […]
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Lightning (Fiction House)

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Fred Larkin, son of General Larkin, possessed a belt that gave its wearer superpowers with the touch of a dial. These abilities included shooting electricity from his fingers, super strength, and (by turning into a […]
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Fred Larkin, son of General Larkin, possessed a belt that gave its wearer superpowers with the touch of a dial. These abilities included shooting electricity from his fingers, super strength, and (by turning into a […]
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Man in Black (Harvey)

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The Man in Black, who was sometimes also called Fate and Kismet, was a host character. He sometimes participated in the story, as well, often hiding his face, claiming looking at it was fatal. He […]
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The Man in Black, who was sometimes also called Fate and Kismet, was a host character. He sometimes participated in the story, as well, often hiding his face, claiming looking at it was fatal. He […]
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Marksman (Quality)

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Baron Povalsky was a Polish nobleman who, following the German invasion of his country, became a one-man resistance fighter. He created two new identities. The first was Major Hurtz, which he used to spy on […]
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Baron Povalsky was a Polish nobleman who, following the German invasion of his country, became a one-man resistance fighter. He created two new identities. The first was Major Hurtz, which he used to spy on […]
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Moths

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The Chessmen aided Karno the Chessman in his schemes. In his cavernous subterranean lair, they obeyed his every order, up to and including kidnapping Dr. Fung and various others to turn into chess pieces. They […]
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The Chessmen aided Karno the Chessman in his schemes. In his cavernous subterranean lair, they obeyed his every order, up to and including kidnapping Dr. Fung and various others to turn into chess pieces. They […]
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Mr. Mystic

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Ken gained his superpowers after receiving a mystical tattoo on his forehead while in Tibet. He returned to the States and fought crime as Mr. Mystic. His powers were numerous and included animal transformation, growing, […]
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Ken gained his superpowers after receiving a mystical tattoo on his forehead while in Tibet. He returned to the States and fought crime as Mr. Mystic. His powers were numerous and included animal transformation, growing, […]
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Mummy

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The Mummy was the spectral narrator of the second of Fawcett’s horror line, Beware! Terror Tales. Like his fellow horror host, Dr. Death, the Mummy possessed a cadaverous appearance and a sardonic sense of humor. […]
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The Mummy was the spectral narrator of the second of Fawcett’s horror line, Beware! Terror Tales. Like his fellow horror host, Dr. Death, the Mummy possessed a cadaverous appearance and a sardonic sense of humor. […]
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Pha

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Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]
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Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]
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Sabre

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Saber-tooth tiger companion to Thun’Da, originally Roger Drum, an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission who’s plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Alias Sabre Real Names/Alt Names […]
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Saber-tooth tiger companion to Thun’Da, originally Roger Drum, an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission who’s plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Alias Sabre Real Names/Alt Names […]
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Scarlet Arrow

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Alan Bidell was a rich young man, an All-American fullback, and a champion archer. He was very self-centered and rude. He dreamt that one of his ancestors instructed him to make something of himself, to […]
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Alan Bidell was a rich young man, an All-American fullback, and a champion archer. He was very self-centered and rude. He dreamt that one of his ancestors instructed him to make something of himself, to […]
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Sheena

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Sheena is the young, blonde daughter of Cardwell Rivington, who is exploring in Africa with his daughter in tow. When Cardwell dies from accidentally drinking a magic potion made by Koba, a native witch doctor, […]
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Sheena is the young, blonde daughter of Cardwell Rivington, who is exploring in Africa with his daughter in tow. When Cardwell dies from accidentally drinking a magic potion made by Koba, a native witch doctor, […]
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Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises 3)

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Sci-fi hero Major Inapak, named after a vitamin packet to stir into water, was an adventurer in the 1980s. The Earth of his time was divided in two, East and West, locked in perpetual atomic […]
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Sci-fi hero Major Inapak, named after a vitamin packet to stir into water, was an adventurer in the 1980s. The Earth of his time was divided in two, East and West, locked in perpetual atomic […]
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Spirit of ’76

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Gary Blakely was the latest member of a patriotic American family that had members serve in every armed conflict in the nation’s history. He grew up in England, where his father served in the military. […]
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Gary Blakely was the latest member of a patriotic American family that had members serve in every armed conflict in the nation’s history. He grew up in England, where his father served in the military. […]
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Strongman (Magazine Enterprises)

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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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After a young acrobat in Cooper’s Carnival loses his parents to a broken trapeze, the boy is raised by Hercules, the resident strongman act, and The General, a man with dwarfism. They help him recover […]
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Ted Parrish

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Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t […]
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Ted Parrish was a famous Hollywood film star who found himself typecast as a romantic lead. Frustrated with the situation, Parrish told his producer that he would walk away from his contract if he didn’t […]
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Thor Taver

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The residents of a fishing village were plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wiped out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a full-grown […]
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The residents of a fishing village were plagued by attacks from enormous marauding eagles. The villagers wiped out the eagles, leaving only the “unholy” Black Eagle, who is large enough to carry off a full-grown […]
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Thun’Da

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Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]
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Thun’Da, Roger Drum, was an Air Force officer flying across Africa on a spy-chasing mission when his plane went down in unexplored territory, a prehistoric lost world. Crashing in the heart of the valley, his […]
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Toby (Harvey 2)

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Toby is the pet cat of Linda Turner, a.k.a. the Black Cat. In Toby’s initial appearance, she displayed an antagonistic dislike for Garboil, Linda’s director on her films. Toby was a black, female Siamese in […]
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Toby is the pet cat of Linda Turner, a.k.a. the Black Cat. In Toby’s initial appearance, she displayed an antagonistic dislike for Garboil, Linda’s director on her films. Toby was a black, female Siamese in […]
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Undercover Girl

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Undercover Girl was Starr Flagg, a female American secret agent. Her affiliation was never too clear. Sometimes she worked for the CIA, sometimes she worked for some branch of the US military, and sometimes the […]
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Undercover Girl was Starr Flagg, a female American secret agent. Her affiliation was never too clear. Sometimes she worked for the CIA, sometimes she worked for some branch of the US military, and sometimes the […]
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Venus (Harvey)

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The Goddess of Love acts as a host for short stories. Her sidekick is Cupid, a boy with a bow and arrow. The Man in Black, aligned with fate, and Venus, aligned with love, often […]
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The Goddess of Love acts as a host for short stories. Her sidekick is Cupid, a boy with a bow and arrow. The Man in Black, aligned with fate, and Venus, aligned with love, often […]
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Vulcan (Harvey)

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A young, ambitious sculptor infiltrates the war camp of Alexander the Great. To make sure the true fate of the sculptor runs its course, the Man in Black causes the boy to slip in the […]
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A young, ambitious sculptor infiltrates the war camp of Alexander the Great. To make sure the true fate of the sculptor runs its course, the Man in Black causes the boy to slip in the […]
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Weaver

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Unlike other horror hosts, the Weaver influences events in her stories, acting in secret to push events down her preordained path. The Man in Black, Venus and Cupid, and the Weaver, all fellow storytellers/deciders of […]
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Unlike other horror hosts, the Weaver influences events in her stories, acting in secret to push events down her preordained path. The Man in Black, Venus and Cupid, and the Weaver, all fellow storytellers/deciders of […]