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Brett Hannigan

Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show’s tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. The police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody while they still have a slight pulse. The waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monsters they hid in, to get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed and go on a killing spree, the cops helpless to stop them in their bulletproof forms. Lizette decides, however, to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch convinces the duo to drink witch’s brew in order to restore them to their human forms. The brew makes them go into a berserk rage, causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies, though, both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms. The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of submitting to the police, she runs into her burning cauldron and dies.
Alias Brett Hannigan
Real Names/Alt Names Brett Hannigan
Characteristics Villain, Monster Mash, Werewolf, Speedster, Atomic Age
Creators/Key Contributors Lou Cameron
First Appearance Hand of Fate #25b (1954)
First Publisher Ace Magazines [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Hand of Fate #25b
Sample Read The Hand of Fate [DCM] [CB+]
Description Brett Hannigan and his partner in crime Nita Dell robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hide out from the police in a waxworks show’s tent. They seek refuge in hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. The police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody while they still have a slight pulse. The waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monsters they hid in, to get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed and go on a killing spree, the cops helpless to stop them in their bulletproof forms. Lizette decides, however, to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch convinces the duo to drink witch’s brew in order to restore them to their human forms. The brew makes them go into a berserk rage, causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies, though, both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms. The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of submitting to the police, she runs into her burning cauldron and dies.
Source Brett Hannigan – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki
Hand of Fate #25b (1954) | Lou Cameron
Hand of Fate #25b (1954) | Lou Cameron