Thursday, September 22, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 161: THE BLACK WITCH

(Batman Comics v1 005, 1941)


Batman and Robin's first interdimensional jaunt took them to Fairyland, where they were tasked with rescuing the daughter of one Professor Anderson, who it seems he was using as a test subject for his narrative-dimensional travel device? There they face off against sundry giants and dragons and so forth before confronting the top evildoer of the realm: the Black Witch.

One could argue that a villain whose existence is defined by peasant morality tales that have been passed through a series of bowdlerizations is not necessarily completely responsible for their evil nature, but Grant Morrison didn't write this one, so Batman beats her up and she commits suicide.

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