SSIL-IL

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Ssil-Il 

OCCUPATION: Scientist, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Illegal immigrant 

OTHER ALIASES: Fish Face 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Tir fo Thuinn 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Space Adventures #11 (May-June 1954) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 180 lbs 

EYES: Yellow 

HAIR: None 

HISTORY 

The R-93 nuclear submarine of the United States Navy embarks on a journey from the shores of New England to Ireland, but something goes wrong. The submarine begins to fail and descends beyond a safe depth. Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by amphibian humanoids. Ssil-Il is one of his rescuers, along with two others who go by the names Lor-Shim and Fen-Ac. They are taken to the domed city of Tir fo Thuinn, where Queen Shar-La informs them that two types of beings live in the submerged city, the "breathers" (basically normal humans, like Shar-La herself) and fishmen (scaly-green-skinned amphibians such as Ssil-Il). The machines that protect the city are ceasing to function and the city will perish in a short time if they are not able to keep them running. The men of the Navy use the nuclear fuel from the submarine to power the submerged city, making all the machinery work again. Crane falls in love with Shar-La and she with him. She announces her wedding plan with Robert to Counselor Valyon, who starts a riot to stop the marriage. The riots make the city begin to collapse. Huey and Captain Small escape helped by Ssil-Il. Despite Robert's pleas, Shar-La is determined to perish with her city and eventually Robert remains with her while the city is destroyed. Captain Small, Huey, and Ssil-Il make it to port and are flown back to the United States, where the amphibian will be studied by marine scientists. However, Huey and Captain Small contact Mr. Teller, who rescues Ssil-Il from the facility where he is being held and make him the last member of his group, The Night Shift. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Amphibian physiology.  

BLACK WITCH OF SALEM

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Anne Jackson 

OCCUPATION: Adventuress, witch, wealthy heiress 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Reincarnate spirit/magic user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Lady Satan, Black Witch of Salem, Satan's Bride, Black Annis 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Skywald, USA

MARITAL STATUS: Legally single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Deceased unnamed parents 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Scream #2 (Oct. 1973) 

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 

WEIGHT: 120 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: White 

HISTORY 

Inside Anne Jackson two souls coexist: One is candid, innocent and kind. The other is the evil Black Witch of Salem, and belongs to Lucifer, her husband. Both souls constantly battle to impose on each other for control of the body in which they coexist. Mr. Teller, with his ability to read minds and hearts, saw her terrible struggle and offered his help and a home made up of other misfits, each one with their own curse. He calls them his "Night Shift" and Anne Jackson, Black Annis, would come to consider them her family.  

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Black Annis possesses tremendous mystical power: She is capable of absorbing life force, causing her victims to wither. When she takes people's life force, she increases her magical powers. She is much stronger than a normal human and more resistant to damage, practically immortal. Black Annis is able to levitate or levitate objects or people, she can make astral travel at will and has the ability to generate and manipulate fire, as well as to read and control the minds of others. 

PHANTOM SPHINX

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Amron 

OCCUPATION: Former general, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Undead human (mummy)

LEGAL STATUS: Egyptian 

OTHER ALIASES: Na 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Egypt 

MARITAL STATUS: Widower 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Unnamed deceased wife and son 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Pocket Comics #1 (1941) 

HEIGHT: 7' 6" 

WEIGHT: 650 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Black 

6.000 years old Amron

HISTORY 

Amron is an Egyptian general who remained in suspended animation for 6,000 years. He was accidentally resurrected by Dr. Salle's archaeological expedition. All members of the expedition were cruelly murdered by a gang of looters, with the exception of the American reporter Nancy Taylor. Amron hunted down the criminals and executed them one by one. Unable to integrate into normal human society, Amron was contacted by Mr. Teller who recruited him for his night shift. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

His powers included superhuman strength and resistance to physical damage and the ability to create and control sandstorms. 

ELMER DOWD

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Elmer Dowd 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, vampire hunter 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Lycanthrope 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Big Bad Werewolf 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Farrell, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Fantastic Fears #2 (July 1953) 

HEIGHT: 6' 2" / (Big Bad Werewolf) 6'6" 

WEIGHT: 200 lbs / (Big Bad Werewolf) 350 lbs 

EYES: Brown / (Big Bad Werewolf) Yellow 

HAIR: Auburn / (Big Bad Werewolf) Grey fur 

HISTORY 

Elmer Dowd is a werewolf who hunts vampires. 300 years ago, in the swamps of Okefenokee in Georgia, Dowd faced two vampire witches, Scarlet Jacket and Old Granny, being defeated and losing his two human collaborators, Zach Parker and Tim Blake. Dowd was seriously injured and humiliated. Since then he has continued alone with his revenge against the vampire community... Until he crossed paths with Althea Moldoff and the Night Shift. Elmer stalked the young vampire until he was stopped in extremis by her teammates, who convinced him that Althea was a different kind of vampire and offered to join them to prove it to him. Surprisingly, the old Big Bad Werewolf took up the offer, partly to keep a closer eye on Althea and partly because deep down he missed having company. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Elmer Dowd can transform into a werewolf and revert to human form at will. Presumably he has the abilities of a traditional werewolf including enhanced strength, speed, agility, and stamina, as well as enhanced senses. He also possesses great resistance to physical damage, being able to survive and recover quickly from injuries that would kill a normal human. 

At the moment it is unknown if the aversion to silver is within his characteristics. Dowd is usually well equipped with a small arsenal of weapons specially designed according to the characteristics of the prey to be hunted. 

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Reanimated creature built from human body parts 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of Germany 

OTHER ALIASES: Creature, Monster, Ogre, Adam Newman 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ingolstadt, Bavaria (Germany) 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Victor Frankenstein (creator -deceased-) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #7 (December 1940) 

HEIGHT: 8' 0" 

WEIGHT: 325 lbs 

EYES: Yellow 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Adam Newman is the creature that inspired Mary Shelley's novel. After the death of his creator, Adam lived for a long time in the solitude of the Arctic Circle, becoming a legend to the Inuit. He left his self-imposed exile to fight on the side of the allied forces against the Nazis, after which he went underground, away from the eyes of man. However, Mr. Teller was not a normal man and he found Adam and recruited him for the Night Shift. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Adam possesses superhuman strength and incredible resistance to physical damage. He is invulnerable to electrical attacks and although he possesses great resistance to cold, prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures can put him into suspended animation. Contrary to popular belief, Adam is an intelligent, sensitive, and cultivated being with great knowledge of engineering and medicine. He is fluent in Inuit, English, German, French, and Italian. He is also well versed in the supernatural world and is a good fighter, hand to hand or with weapons, both fire and bladed.

HUNCHBACK

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Alan Lanier 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, wealthy heir 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Whiz Valley, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Wow Comics #2 (1941) 

HEIGHT: 5'8" 

WEIGHT: 260 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY 

Alan Lanier was a wealthy playboy, leading a carefree and hedonistic life. But his dream life turned into a nightmare the day he was offered a new drug and he accepted it... Her face and his body were deformed, although he paradoxically gained great strength and agility. 

Lanier was forced to wear makeup and a concealed harness to maintain a facade of normalcy. The only two people who knew of his condition were his girlfriend Betty Brenton and his butler, Rogers. It was then that Mr. Teller invited him to join the Night Shift. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Faster, more agile and stronger than a normal human being. 

ALTHEA

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Althea Moldoff 

OCCUPATION: Actress 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Vampire 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal record 

OTHER ALIASES: Vampire Queen 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Whiz Valley 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Unnamed deceased father 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Strange Stories from Another World #5 (1952) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 125 lbs 

EYES: Red 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Althea was a beautiful young woman who lived alone in a huge old family mansion. A film producer in search of locations (Mr. Heff) was impressed by her mysterious beauty and offered her the main role in his next film, "The House of the Vampire." Jed Mathews, the film's publicity manager, would market her as a real vampire: Althea, the Vampire Queen. Althea decided to play along and the movie became a hit. Then Mr. Heff offered her a lucrative new contract, but Althea decided to retire from being the Vampire Queen because she wanted people to love her, not to fear her. Althea and Jed Mathews had spent a lot of time together and she had fallen in love with him. During a date, she decided to confess her feelings to him, but he politely rejected her. Then Althea discovered that Jed was a real vampire and he killed her to keep his secret. A grand funeral was held in honor of Althea and shortly after, her grave was desecrated... The thing that no one knew then was that Althea herself was the one who took her body out of the earth... As a vampire! Lost and unable to kill for feeding, she was found by Mr. Teller, who aided her and made her a member of his Night Shift.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Althea is a vampire with a soul, possessing all of the typical vampire powers and, thanks to Mr. Teller, only a fraction of the bloodlust and sunlight weakness. 

SCARLET O'NEIL

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Scarlet O'Neil 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal record 

OTHER ALIASES: Scarlet Phantom 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Dr. Russell O'Neil (father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Invisible Scarlet O'Neil newspaper strip, Chicago Times (June 3rd, 1940) 

HEIGHT: 5' 8" 

WEIGHT: 135 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

March, 1966. 

Scarlet was the daughter of Dr. Russell O'Neil, a scientist who worked developing weapons for the United States Army. O'Neil succeeded in developing an experimental invisible beam. The curious young woman accidentally stepped into the ray and immediately became invisible. After a bit of experimentation, she discovered that she could turn that ability on and off at will. Scarlet became an adventurer calling herself the Scarlet Phantom. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Scarlet could turn invisible at will.

TELLER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Don Walker 

OCCUPATION: Scientist 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal record 

OTHER ALIASES: Virgil Teller 

PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Night Shift 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Walker Manor, New York (USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Horrific #8 (Nov. 1953) 

HEIGHT: 6' 6" 

WEIGHT: 321 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black with streaks of white 

The Teller

HISTORY 

November, 1968. 

Mr. Teller obtained his powers in a laboratory accident that disfigured his face and kept him in a coma for two months.

When he recovered, he discovered that his appearance had changed and he was able to read people's thoughts. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Mr. Teller can read thoughts projected from individuals. He has education in chemistry and can work practically in the field. 

He also has the ability to predict the near future.

NIGHT SHIFT

HISTORY 

February, 1976. 

NA 

ALTHEA 

BLACK WITCH OF SALEM 

ELMER DOWD 

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER 

HUNCHBACK 
PHANTOM SPHINX 

SCARLET O'NEIL 

SSIL-IL 

TELLER