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Real Name |
Jewel |
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First Appearance |
Baffling Mysteries #10 (1952) |
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Original Publisher |
Ace Comics |
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Created by |
Paul Gattuso |
Origin[]
Jewel was the first wife of the sorcerer Count Larue. When the Count found out about her magical powers, he attempted to neutralize her by giving her a potion that put her to sleep for a hundred years. However, in revenge, she put a spell on the count causing him to transform into a photophobic monster during the day.
Jack Hendrix, a bypasser, later recuses Jewel from her imprisonment by her evil sorcerer husband. On coming out of her trance, Jewel used her powers to "free" the other wives of the Count, whose lives he had magically preserved, by causing them to die.
The pair try to escape with the Count's treasures and are attack by him in his monster form. Jack used the cursed blade, which is the only thing that can hurt the count, to supposedly slay the creature. With the monster gone, Jack then marries Jewel, but things turn out badly because the monster of the moat did not die and wants its revenge!
The count tracks the couple down to the beach where they are celebrating their honeymoon and kills Jewel as she lost her magic she she married a mortal. In retaliation, Jack takes the cursed blade and kills Count Larue. The authorities then arrived on the scene to see Jack standing above the corpses in shock.
Powers and Abilities[]
Jewel is pictured as a powerful witch who, despite succumbing to the Count's trickery, still got her revenge by magically compelling him to assume a monstrous form during the day.
On coming out of her trance, she used her powers to "free" the other wives of the Count, whose lives he had magically preserved, by causing them to die.
With a wave of her hands, Jewel transforms a group of women into a pile of bones
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Baffling Mysteries #10