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MUGGSY BOGAR

Real Name: "Muggsy" Bogar

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Fugitive, criminal

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Joe the Barber, police

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed city, likely USA

First Appearance: Tales of Suspense I#29/4 (May, 1962)

Powers/Abilities: Muggsy Bogar is a vile and immoral criminal responsible for many reprehensible crimes, including murder. He displays no particular skills other than being mostly able to avoid the law.

Height: 5'8" (by approximation)
Weight: 175 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Dark brown
Hair: Black

History:

(Tales of Suspense I#29/4 (fb) - BTS) - Muggsy Bogar committed various criminal acts, notably murder. This caught the attention of law authorities. Wanted posters were put up and police were on the lookout for him.

(Tales of Suspense I#29/4) - A police squad car spotted the nefarious criminal, so a panicked Bogar ran down a nearby dark alley to escape. He stumbled into a shadowy man who knew his name and directed him to a barber shop at the end of the alley, stating that Joe the Barber would hide him. Thinking it was the (Mafia) mob helping him, he ran toward the shop and thought he had lost his pursuers. Entering the barber shop, Joe the Barber told Bogar to seat himself. While impressed with what he thought was a cleverly disguised hideout, the tired criminal wanted to sleep. Joe the Barber told him to be patient and finally turned around, throwing a smock over the surprised criminal. The smock oozed down over Bogar's body, completely covering him as his body seemed to sink into the chair until he disappeared, much to Joe's satisfaction.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko.

So who is Joe the Barber? The Devil come to collect a nefarious soul? Or a type of angel casting Bogar for judgment? Maybe a Fate come to claim him? Or was the shadowy man in the alley such an entity and the barber enacting the sentence? A creepy tale rendered beautifully by Ditko.

This profile was completed 09/20/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Muggsy Bogar has no known connections to:

Joe the Barber

Joe the Barber was a mysterious gray-haired character who operated in a barber shop at the end of a dark alley watched by a black cat. The fugitive criminal Muggsy Bogar was directed there by a shadowy man in the alley and Bogar thought the whole operation was run by the mob to protect criminal fugitives. Joe wanted no reward, claiming he received satisfaction. His back to Bogar, Joe made preparations of some sort and told Bogar to be patient when the tired criminal wanted to sleep in a bed. Joe then threw a smock over Bogar that completely covered him and oozed down over him as he rapidly appeared to sink into the chair until he disappeared. Knowing Bogar's crimes, Joe was somewhat amused that he had made Bogar vanish.

 

 

 

--Tales of Suspense I#29/4

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Tales of Suspense I#29/4, p2, pan4 (main image)
   p2, pan1 (headshot)
   p5, pan3 (covered by smock)
   p5, pan6 (Joe the Barber)

Appearances:
Tales of Suspense I#29/4 (May, 1962) - Stan Lee (writer & editor), Steve Ditko (pencils & inks)

First posted: 09/23/2021
Last updated: 09/22/2021

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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