Thursday, June 22, 2023

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 309: THE WHITE DEATH

(Captain America Comics 009, 1941)


Like the Black Witch before him, the White Death is inspired to murder by a kooky clause in a recently-deceased's will, and it's one I forgot to mention then: if any of the heirs dies before the money is divvied up then their portion is divided among the rest. This clause! More fictional bloodshed has resulted from it than can be counted.

This time, the culprit is one of the heirs rather than the lawyer, but the lawyer is crooked as well. And yes, we are in the age of costume design where a KKK-adjacent look can be used without comment by anyone in the story.

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