Mr. Ghool

MR. GHOOL

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Cemetery keeper, criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: NYC, New York, WWII era

First Appearance: Star Spangled Comics I #4 (January, 1942)

Powers: Mr. Ghoul carried poisons that killed or put into suspended animation anyone who dank them, and was armed with bombs. Ghool was hideously deformed, and resembled a zombie or ghoul.

History: (Star Spangled Comics I #4) - An unnamed cemetery keeper wore a mask to disguise his hideous deformity, and planned on starting a life of crime. As Mr. Ghool he assembled a gang, and had them disguise themselves with makeup to be as monstrous as he was. They set up a hideout under the cemetery and amassed a fortune robbing the dead. When the authorities started inquiring into the grave-robbing, Ghool started killing city officials, sending them a coffin to warn them of their impending demise before forcing them to drink poison. His latest target was D.A. Morton B. Randall, and he made him drink a concoction that put him into suspended animation. Mysterymen Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy investigated Ghool, and found his lair. They defeated the villain, and forced him to give Randall an antidote that returned him to life.

Comments: Created by Jerry Siegel & Hal Sherman.

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe Mr. Ghool lived on Earth-2.