History:
CARL TUESDAY
Real Name: Carl Foster
Identity/Class: Human (Old
West Era)
Occupation: Scientist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: The Living Dead
Enemies: Chaney Foster, Stan Hammond, Jake Kilbourne, Doc Kirby, Lobo, Tex Morgan, Mrs. Stover, Molly Stover
Known Relatives: Chaney Foster (brother, deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Rimrock Valley, western USA
First Appearance: Tex Morgan I#8 (November, 1949)
Powers/Abilities: Carl Tuesday was a gifted scientist who could reanimate the dead through unrevealed means. He wielded a knife and a shotgun.
Height: Unrevealed
(approximately)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Bald (black eyebrows)
History:
(Tex Morgan I#8 (fb) - BTS) - Carl was a European scientist who experimented with raising dead men to life, calling these reanimated figures "the Living Dead." After succeeding in his experiments he went insane. Carl followed his brother Chaney Foster to Rimrock Valley in the United States. To provide cover for his continued experiments he posed as a simple handyman as "Carl Tuesday" on the Stover family ranch in Rimrock Valley. The family gave him a small shack to live in but Carl tunneled beneath the shack to build a laboratory underground where he could raise the Living Dead. Tuesday sent his Living Dead after ranchers such as Jake Kilbourne, killing him. Jake's son narrowly survived the encounter and told others about the Living Dead.
(Tex Morgan I#8) - Carl continued to pose as a handyman while his Living Dead killed more locals, including Mrs. Stover and Doc Kirby. Before her death, Mrs. Stover had written a letter to Tex Morgan, who arrived with his Native ally Lobo to investigate the Living Dead. Neighboring rancher Stan Hammond investigated Carl's shack and discovered the underground laboratory. The Living Dead nearly killed Stan but Tex and Lobo rescued him and escaped the laboratory.
As Carl was obessed with Molly Stover, Chaney tried to spirit her away from Carl but Stan mistook Chaney for an abductor and shot him. In the underground laboratory, Chaney identified his brother as the one behind the Living Dead before dying. Carl entered the laboratory with his Living Dead and took Molly as his prisoner while the Living Dead assaulted Stan, Tex and Lobo. Carl declared he would burn down the Stover ranch and upon its ashes raise up a new ranch house where he and Molly would rule as king and queen.
Carl gloated over the Stover ranch as it burned down, simultaneously destroying all of his Living Dead in the laboratory below. When Stan, Tex and Lobo emerged from the laboratory he held a gun on Molly, threatening to shoot her. However, Tex's horse Lightning attacked Carl from behind, picking up Carl by grabbing his shirt in its teeth. Lightning flung Carl into the burning ranch house and the fire consumed him, even as his Living Dead were destroyed.
Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and unidentified artist.
This profile was completed on 11/24/2025 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Carl Tuesday should not be confused with:
Chaney Foster was the owner of the Rimrock Bank in Rimrock City. He and his brother Carl were originally born somewhere in Europe. Carl followed Chaney to Rimrock Valley to continue his experiments with the Living Dead. When Tex Morgan and Lobo came to Rimrock in response to a letter from Mrs. Stover, Chaney told them about the recent attacks by the Living Dead but didn't reveal Carl was the perpetrator. Fearing for Molly Stover's life, Chaney tried to save her from Carl but Stan Hammond mistook Chaney for an enemy and shot him. Dying, Chaney told Stan, Tex Morgan and Lobo that Carl was the one behind the Living Dead and told them his brother had to be destroyed.
--Tex Morgan I#8
Stan Hammond was a rancher in the Rimrock Valley. Stan was in love with Molly Stover. Stan helped Tex Morgan and Lobo against the Living Dead and accidentally killed Chaney Foster, thinking he was the one behind the Living Dead. When the Living Dead and Carl were all destroyed, Chaney resolved to build a new ranch on the other side of Rimrock with Molly as his bride.
--Tex Morgan I#8
Jake Kilbourne was a rancher in the Rimrock Valley. Jake was killed by the Living Dead. His son narrowly survived the Living Dead's assault.
--[Tex Morgan I#8]
Doc Kirby was a rancher in Rimrock Valley who decided to leave town when the Living Dead began killing ranchers in the area. Before he could leave he was attacked on his ranch by the Living Dead, who murdered him. Kirby had a wife and a son who apparently survived the Living Dead's attack.
--Tex Morgan I#8
The Living Dead were an army of dead men reanimated by Carl Tuesday. He sent them to kill Jake Kilbourne, Mrs. Stover and Doc Kirby. Although they relied primarily on their fists, they could also be armed with pistols. The Living Dead were immune to gunshot wounds be could be destroyed by fire. Apparently all of the Living Dead were destroyed when the Stover ranch burned down.
--Tex Morgan I#8
Mrs. Stover was Molly's mother and lived on their ranch in Rimrock Valley. When reports of the Living Dead reached them, Mrs. Stover wrote a letter to Tex Morgan requesting his help. Soon after the letter was mailed, Mrs. Stover was attacked by the Living Dead and killed.
--Tex Morgan I#8
Molly Stover lived on the Stover ranch in Rimrock Valley. Carl Tuesday was obsessed with her and wanted to use his Living Dead to eliminate the other residents of the valley then build a kingdom with Molly as his queen. Stan Hammond, Tex Morgan and Lobo saved Molly from Carl and the Living Dead. Although the Stover ranch burned down, Molly and Stan resolved to marry and build a new ranch on the other side of Rimrock Valley.
--Tex Morgan I#8
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Tex Morgan I#8, page 17, panel 2 (main)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 7, panel 1 (face)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 4, panel 5 (Chaney)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 1, panel 5 (Stan)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 6, panel 5 (Kirby)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 16, panel 4 (living dead)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 1, panel 3 (Mrs. Stover)
Tex Morgan I#8, page 1, panel 3 (Molly)
Appearances:
Tex Morgan I#8 (November, 1949) - unidentified writer, unidentified
artist, Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 09/13/2026
Last updated:
11/24/2025
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