REAL NAME: NA
OCCUPATION: Art dealer, collector
IDENTITY: Secret
LEGAL STATUS: NA
OTHER ALIASES: Frank Elkan, The Master Hand
PLACE OF BIRTH: NA
MARITAL STATUS: NA
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand
BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA
FIRST APPEARANCE: Adventures into the Unknown #2 (Dec. 1948)
HEIGHT: NA
WEIGHT: NA
EYES: Black
HAIR: Red
The Ghoul is a supernatural creature, depredating the world since at least the 15th century.
The Ghoul has been known for introducing himself, in the guise of a rich and charming patron of art, to highly talented artists, such as the Belgian Kees Van Ruyters or young Betty Saunders, hiring them to create hideous and macabre artworks that later It will bring to life and put under its orders.
Artists always end up dying or committing suicide ... Sadly, their spirits do not rest and their tortured souls wander howling in despair through The Ghoul's castle.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The Ghoul can become immaterial, appear and disappear at will. It becomes selectively visible. It flies at highspeed (under sound speed) with its massive bat wings. It controsl a group of demonic servants extracted from artworks.