Real Name: Miles Blackgar
MILES BLACKGAR
Real Name: Miles Blackgar
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Scientist
Group Membership: None
Enemies: Werewolf (Jack Russell)
Known Relatives: Marlene (daughter), wife (unnamed, deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Blackgar Island (off the Monterey Coast, California)
First Appearance: Marvel Spotlight I#4 (June, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Miles Blackgar was a normal human with no superhuman powers.
History: (Marvel Spotlight I#4 (fb)) - Doctor Miles Blackgar's wife gave birth to a mutant daughter, Marlene,
whose gaze immediately turned her to stone.
(Marvel Spotlight I#4 (fb)) - Over the next 20 or so years, on his island off the Monterey Coast,
Blackgar conducted numerous monstrous human experiments, trying to find a way to rid Merlene
of her powers.
(Marvel Spotlight I#4 (fb)) - Miles Blackgar somehow learned of the existence of the Darkhold;
he then bought Baron Russoff's castle from Jack Russell's step-father and had it shipped
stone by stone from Transia and reassembled on Blackgar's Island.
(Marvel Spotlight I#4) - Blackgar captured Jack Russell to use as one of his subjects before he
realized that Jack was a werewolf. Jack then fought with Blackgar in his lupine form and threw him
out of a window, crippling him.
(Werewolf by Night I#1) - Blackgar, now wheelchair bound, Marlene and Strug pursued Jack to his home
in Los Angeles in order to recover the copy of the Darkhold recovered by the young man. During
the battle, Blackgar and his daughter looked into a mirror as Marlene was using her power
and they were both turned to stone. The two statues were then exhibited at the Santa Monica Art
Museum where they still presumably reside.
Comments: Created by Gerry Conway and Mike Ploog.
Profile by Jean-Marc Lofficier.
CLARIFICATIONS:
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Garth was a normal human who served as Miles Blackgar's henchman. After chasing Jack Russell (in his werewolf form) deep inside Blackgar Castle, he found himself trapped with the monstrous products of Blackgar's experiments and was killed by Strug and the others.
--Marvel Spotlight I#4
Strug was the product of one of Miles Blackgar's monstrous experiments. He was superhumanly strong and had unusually keen senses; after he killed Garth, Marlene Blackgar turned the other creatures to stone but saved Strug who then became the Blackgars' henchman in their quest to recover the Darkhold stolen by Jack Russell. Strug was very loyal to both Blackgar and his daughter Martlene. He was mistakenly shot by Marlene and died.
--Werewolf by Night I#1
images:
Marvel Spotlight I#4, p7, pan1 (main image)
Appearances:
Marvel Spotlight I#4 (June, 1972) - Gerry Conway (writer), Mike Ploog (artist), Stan Lee (editor)
Werewolf by Night I#1 (September, 1972) - Gerry Conway (writer), Mike Ploog (pencils), Frank Chiaramonte (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
Last updated: 10/19/06
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