Twisto the Rubberman was a circus performer who took over the circus’ mortgage. After killing off the other performers, and scaring away the owner, he bought it on the cheap. Lilli the Lion Tamer, his wife, protested, and then was promptly killed, too. Twisto obsessed on the troubles that “beautiful women” had caused him. They were now his enemies. He searched out “beauty” and found Dora Cummings milling about the circus. He professed his love for her, knocked her out, and dragged her inside his tent. When he was about to plunge a knife in her, John Sterling, a.k.a. Steel Sterling, came to her rescue. Twisto was cuffed and sent to prison, but he escaped by twisting himself through the bars. On the lam, he went back to the circus and enlisted the help of fellow performers Inferno and Hefto to start a gang, and try to kill Steel Sterling. The murder plot against Sterling failed, and Twisto went solo. Unknown to him, and not being a clever crook, Twisto “twisted” his face into another wanted criminal, Robert Wood. Steel Sterling and Officer Clancy spotted the face of of Wood, and shot him, thinking he was the real Pig Pan Wood.
Description Twisto the Rubberman was a circus performer who took over the circus’ mortgage. After killing off the other performers, and scaring away the owner, he bought it on the cheap. Lilli the Lion Tamer, his wife, protested, and then was promptly killed, too. Twisto obsessed on the troubles that “beautiful women” had caused him. They were now his enemies. He searched out “beauty” and found Dora Cummings milling about the circus. He professed his love for her, knocked her out, and dragged her inside his tent. When he was about to plunge a knife in her, John Sterling, a.k.a. Steel Sterling, came to her rescue. Twisto was cuffed and sent to prison, but he escaped by twisting himself through the bars. On the lam, he went back to the circus and enlisted the help of fellow performers Inferno and Hefto to start a gang, and try to kill Steel Sterling. The murder plot against Sterling failed, and Twisto went solo. Unknown to him, and not being a clever crook, Twisto “twisted” his face into another wanted criminal, Robert Wood. Steel Sterling and Officer Clancy spotted the face of of Wood, and shot him, thinking he was the real Pig Pan Wood.
