(Captain America Comics 004, 1941)
Doctor Grimm is your regular-style mad scientist, subtype Owns a Private Hospital and Conducts Unethical Experiments on the Inmates and Staff. He comes to Captain America's attention when Bucky gets bashed on the head real good (teen sidekick head trauma is no laughing matter and I hope we never get an earnest comic about it) and has to be admitted for observation. Things get predictably creepy, with disappearing nurses, strange cries in the night and deformed patients.
The real star of the story is Gorro here. Just look at him! A real classic Kirby man-monster with a thirst for human blood. I love him, and mildly begrudge Bucky for shooting him in the face about a page later. At least I can rest easy in the knowledge that Kirby never met a comic he wouldn't draw a monster in, so we'll be seeing guys like this for years to come.
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