ferguson_neil-dollman-mainferguson_neil-dollman-face NEIL FERGUSON

Real Name: Neil Ferguson

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Earth-61384) human

Occupation: Police detective

Group Membership: New York Police Department (NYPD)

Affiliations: Brick Bardo (aka Dollman, although he hated that name), Toni Costa

Enemies: The Braindead, Sprug

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City (presumably Manhattan), New York

First Appearance: Dollman#2 (December, 1991)ferguson_neil-dollman-underc

   

Powers/Abilities: Neil Ferguson is an experienced police detective, a skilled marksman and presumably hand-to-hand combatant.

    Although he initially was distrustful of the alien Brick Bardo, upon fully appreciating the nature of the threat, he provided full cooperation and back-up.

   

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 200 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
   

History:
(Dollman#2 (fb) - BTS) - Like most police officers across the country, NYPD officer Neil Ferguson had heard about Brick Bardo, a police officer from the planet Arturos, whose natives were 1/6 human size, and who was often referred to as the Dollman, much to his frustration.

(Dollman#2 (fb) - BTS) - Trying to get information on the Braindead -- a group of criminal serving under the Arturosian master criminal and cyborg Sprug (although Ferguson did not know of or believe in Sprug) and distributing the Arturosian drug Blaze, which caused spontaneous combustion in overdosing humans -- Ferguson spent six months undercover at the topless bar Juggs.

(Dollman#2) - At Juggs, Ferguson was spotted by Bardo, whose instincts led him to suspect Ferguson to be a police officer, despite his civilian garb. Spotting Braindead members in the club, Bardo followed them into the alley and engaged them.

    Outside of the club, Ferguson introduced himself to Bardo after he had taken down Jaws, the pit bull dog an agent of Sprug, After Bardo identified Ferguson as a cop, Ferguson noted -- having head reports from Bardo's previous adventures in Los Angeles -- that Bardo had been a cop on his own world. Nonetheless, Ferguson told Bardo that he had no jurisdiction in New York and that he his conflict with the Braindead had screwed up months of surveillance, as they would not return there.

    Bardo revealed Sprug's nature and involvement to Ferguson, who, despite admitting that it all made sense, told Bardo to stay out of the way as this was police business. However, Bardo told Ferguson that he wanted Ferguson out of his way and then took off, escaping by grabbing the bumper of a car as it drove by.

    Needing to call an ambulance for the Braindead member Bardo had shot, Ferguson considered that he didn't know whether to recruit him or put out an all-points bulletin on him.

   

(Dollman#3 - BTS) - After Toni Costa, a dancer at Juggs and an ally of Bardo's, had been taken hostage by Sprug's agents Rafe and Donny, Bardo learned the location of Sprug's headquarters, the Majestic Theater (see comments), from one of his men, Kreeg, before killing him.ferguson_neil-dollman-underc-gun

(Dollman#3 (fb) - BTS) - Continuing to investigate the Braindead, Det. Ferguson traveled to Toni Costa's apartment building. An old man who lived in the building told him that he had seen four of the Braindead come into the building.

(Dollman#3) - Appreciating that two of the Braindead had perished on the roof, Ferguson reasoned that the other two Braindeads were either the killers or had met the killer there.

    Having returned to the location, Bardo told Ferguson that he had witnessed the Braindead kidnapping Costa, whose name Ferguson recognized as belonging to a dancer at Juggs. Bardo further related that she had been taken to the Majestic, with which Ferguson was not familiar (see comments).

    When Ferguson asked why he was telling him, Bardo explained that he was sure it was a trap and that if he did not get out alive, he wanted someone else to know what happened, "...and yferguson_neil-dollman-shoulderholster.jpgou're the only someone else on my list right now."

    Ferguson suggested Bardo come in to the police department they could get him some help, but Bardo told him there was no time. He further assured Ferguson that if he survived, Ferguson would know.

    Bardo entered the Majestic and encountered the Braindead.
   

(Dollman#4 (fb) - BTS) - Checking out the Majestic, Ferguson saw all of the Braindead hanging around and realized that Bardo had been right.

(Dollman#4) - Bardo eventually freed Toni, and when a pair of Sprug's men confronted them with large weapons, Ferguson shot and killed the men.

    Ferguson was shocked to see Sprug's alien cyborg form, but both he and Bardo were unable to prevent Sprug from escaping, although he had to sacrifice his base and equipment for making Blaze.

    A few days later, Ferguson met with Bardo at Toni's apartment, returning Bardo's 596.8 Ruger ("the most powerful handgun in the universe"), which his men had recovered from the Majestic. Bardo thanked him and told him he owed him one, but Ferguson replied that it was just professional courtesy.

    As they shared a drink and discussed future plans, George Costello of the CIA arrived and asked Bardo if he had ever considered a career in espionage.
   

Comments: Created by Bill Spangler and Marcelo Campos under the Eternity Comics division of Malibu Graphics Publishing Group, although Dollman, at least was created by Full Moon Entertainment and presumably licensed through Eternity/Malibu.

    How would NYPD detective Ferguson not know about the Magestic? It is a very well known theater in Manhattan, and it's where I took my wife-to-be the night I proposed (we saw Phantom of the Opera).
    Then again, Kreeg identified it as being the Majestic (not that you would hear the difference when someone speaks it) on 102nd Street, while the real Majestic Theatre is on 245 West 44th Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
    Maybe it's different in Reality-61384, or maybe the writer was from California and didn't know there was an actual Magestic Theater...The internet was in its infancy in the early 1990s, so you'd have to rely on Encyclopedias and asking someone who might know...

Some background on Dollman and Fullmoon Features, courtesy of Loki, who suggested this profile to represent the Dollman/Full Moon series:

    Demonic Toys and Dollman were both low budget horror movie series produced by Full Moon Features. They had a crossover movie in 1993, and Demonic Toys also had a crossover movie with another Full Moon series, Puppet Master, in 2004. The 1993 also crossed over with yet another series, Bad Channels, though that didn't get namechecked in the title. The lead actor in the Dollman series was also the lead actor in the Trancers movies, which were also from Full Moon but not horror - more SF. Two of the Trancers movies were written by Peter David. In 2018 Fullmoon Comix (sic) released a crossover series, Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe, which included a guest appearance by the lead character in Trancers, confirming that to be part of the shared universe. Also included were Doctor Mordrid (which had originally been intended to be a Doctor Strange movie, but Full Moon lost the license midway during production), Killjoy (demonic slasher clown movie), Gingerdead Man (a gingerbread man animated by the soul of a killer - think Child's Play if Chuckie were confectionery), and Evil Bong (possessed bong, which had crossovers in its movies with Gingerdead Man and a cameo from the Trancers main character). I've not got that series, but based on the cover for #1, it also includes Subspecies, as I recognize the lead vampire from those films among the headshots Dollman has of his intended victims. 

    All of the aforementioned have comics, including some more recent ones (like I said, the film company published comics in the 2010s, produced for them by indy comics company Action Lab Studios under the Fullmoon Comix imprint). The ones that Malibu published and which probably only thus need a single entry if you want are:

Demonic Toys
Dollman
Puppet Master
Subspecies
Trancers

    The first movie released by Full Moon Pictures was Puppet Master, released 12th October 1989. The Trancers film series pre-dates Full Moon; the first movie in that was released 7th November 1984, but Full Moon took up the title starting with the first sequel, Trancers II, in 1991.

    To clarify, Full Moon began with Puppet Master, but because they retroactively brought in Trancers, that became the first movie appearance for Full Moon's reality. Jack also has his future era, so Trancers is the first appearance for both. 

    In terms of comics, the first appearance of the Trancers future is Eternity's Trancers: The Adventures of Jack Death#1 (August 1991). The first appearance of the modern day Full Moon reality in comics was Eternity's Puppet Master#1 (December 1990). And of course Eternity Comics was a division of Malibu.

   This profile was completed 02/22/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Neil Ferguson should be distinguished from:

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Dollman#2, pg. 19, panel 2 (undercover garb at Juggs) - panel 1 face, panel 3 - oblique, but better picture;
    #3, pg. 15, panel 7 (coat & tie, partial);
`#4, pg. 18, panel 7 (undercover, with gun);
       pg. 22, panel 2 (shirt and tie, shoulder holster)
Appearances:
Dollman#2 (December, 1991) - Bill Spangler (writer), Marcelo Campos (artist), Dan Danko (editor)
Dollman#3-4 (February-March, 1992) - Bill Spangler (writer), Marcelo Campos (artist), Dan Danko (editor)

First posted: 09/01/2026
Last updated: 02/22/2026

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