Living Ghost

Origin
The Living Ghost appears in to the railroad switchman at Oak Station. He strangles the switchman and switches the tracks. He watches with glee as a passenger train collides with a freight train.

The D.A.'s special investigator, Tony Brand, is assigned to investigate the crash. Gail Leslie, reporter of the Daily Bugle, is also sent to investigate. Tony examines the switchman's strangled body. He thinks the strangler must possess superhuman strength. Tony then brushes off Gail's abilities, saying the case isn't "woman's business".

Later, on lover's lane, a man and a woman named Jean are attacked by The Living Ghost, who turns their car over into a ditch. This kills both of the victims. At the scene of the accident, Gail says she smells gunpowder again. Tony again dismisses Gail's observation. Gail then suggests the motive is evil alone and that the scent might be brimstone. Tony suggests the notion that Gail might suggest the killer is the Devil himself. He then asks her on a date, to which she agrees.

Staying behind, Gail discovers the print of a cloven hoof. She follows the trail of hoofprints to a cave filled with bones, and decides she doesn't want to investigate further and leaves for home. The Living Ghost, who saw her at the site of the car crash, follows her there. He accosts her there, and flies off with her. Before he does so, however, Gail manages to write something on the wall with her lipstick.

Origin
"I wish to apologize for my blunders...new inventions always have so many gremlins in them!" -- Dr. Ikobewati

John Delson and his wife, Bess, are shocked and confused to awake to the drastic movement of Bald Mountain near their Arizona home. After seeing a lion chasing after a gazelle, the Delsons are further perplexed. Dr. Ikobewati, a creature from another time dimension, reveals himself to the Delsons. He informs them of the errors of his Scrambler device might be caused by his traveling from another dimension in time. He further states that he is the "first man to cross from one world into another."

The buttons on the contrivance he wears on his chest cause distortions in reality. He transfers a black panther and a giraffe from Africa, but the two creatures arrive with their heads switched. The panther's head on the giraffe's body and vice versa. Sending them away again, he tweaks the device. The results are to create an abstract landscape where the Delsons hold hands to maneuver. When the world is set right again, John argues that the device is too useless. To respond, Dr. Ikobewati makes John and Bess young again. Dr. Iobewati returns to his own dimension, while the Delsons have a new lease on life. They return to city life in a city where they are not known.

Powers and abilities
The Scrambler distorts reality. He can scramble reality. He can separate his body into sections without damage. He can travel through dimensions of time.

Public Domain Appearances
* Adventures into the Unknown #98 * Unknown Worlds #32 * Astounding Stories #14 e.

Public Domain Appearances

 * Adventures into the Unknown #1