This final example, originally chronicled in Adventure Comics #434 (1974), involved a twisted craftsman named Ezekial Borosovitch. "Zeke", as he was called, worked for J.R. Monarch creating mannikins for department stores. Hating humanity as much as he loved and cherished his artificial people, Zeke commanded his legions of mannikins to butcher the living beings in their presense... such as these unsuspecting truck drivers...
Zeke's macabre, expressionless killers then systematically massacred the customers of area stores, even attacking me in my human guise of Detective Jim Corrigan! With so much innocent blood crying out for justice, I paid a visit to the twisted old man and his brood of unholy plastic...
Thus, another suitably ironic end to an evildoer!
Note to self: ensure that all evil, murderous plans are designed in such a way that ironical justice will be lame and unspectacular.
Isn't it interesting that these "Spectre" stories seem to mirror the "Stardust" stories, in a quality inversion of the way that "Plan 9 From Outer Space" has the same plot as "The Day the Earth Stood Still?"
Posted by: John Nowak | October 30, 2008 at 07:49 AM
So how addicted to the Twilight Zone was Mr. Corrigan, anyway? Or am I thinking of Outer Limits, One Step Beyond...
Posted by: ShadowWing Tronix | October 30, 2008 at 08:10 AM