The looming spectre of a grinning, skeletal Death is an important storytelling device in comics, and here at the Curse of Skeleton Munroe we celebrate skeletons and their contributions to society, and so I present a small collection of looming Deaths that will surely grow large with time (issue numbers in hover text):
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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 975: THE SMILER
(Fight Comics 016, 1941) The Smiler! A grody-looking gang boss with a permanent crooked smile thanks to a facial scar! I can't actually...
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Yesterday we met Tuk , caveboy of the year 50 000 BCE. Today we meet all the various humanoids and hominids that populate his world. Shaggy...
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Even the most minor of super-heroes gets the chance to shine brightly in the Round-Up. Super-American : I can't decide if I'm surpr...
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We've got some real early media for you today, so get ready for the crustiest scans of microfiche you ever saw. Movies : Steve Rogers a...
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Once again we point and go "Hey. It's that guy." Adolf Hitler : Captain Courageous has to deal with a few pseudo-Nazis work...
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(Fight Comics 015, 1941) I sniffed at the chronal implications of Super-American coming back in time to help out 1941 America, but it's...
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(Slam-Bang Comics 004, 1940) What makes them a super-villain? Why, that snazzy outfit! Comics are full of people who run opium smuggling rin...
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(Fight Comics 016, 1941) The Smiler! A grody-looking gang boss with a permanent crooked smile thanks to a facial scar! I can't actually...
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(Fight Comics 011, 1941) Just when the futuristic (i.e., early 2000s) nation of Greater America thinks that it can relax, it is simultaneous...






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