Thursday, May 19, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 014: CHESTER GLASS

(Detective v1 015, 1938)


Chester Glass almost accidentally frames Slam Bradley and Shorty Morgan for murder, and that's the main thrust of the story. As things develop, you learn that he has wooed and then murdered at least two dozen women for their money, which alone is enough to get him on this list, but then he captures Slam and Shorty in his murder dungeon basement, which is filled with "dozens" of bodies! And he has up to this point gone completely unnoticed by the Cleveland police!

SHOULD THEY BE BROUGHT BACK? I mean, a century-old serial killer probably doesn't have a place in the DCU, so no. He really should be acknowledged somewhere, though - the real berries would have been if there was a Chester Glass Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cereal Convention in Sandman, but alas and alack that ship has sailed.

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