Grimm

Grimm is a very particular case, despite having started a small trend in his heyday. Striking a chord with the youth of the late 50s, who had watched their parents and older siblings come back victorious from World War Two and had no battle themselves to fight. With a proclivity for black leather, the only real constant of Grimm's appearance was his sturdy frame and his ever-present china-white skull mask.

As the government and police started cracking down on independent vigilantes using lethal force, Grimm defiantly slew common thieves and supervillains alike. When he rose from his signature silence to speak to the public or the authorities, it was to preach proudly of his own independence on anyone or anything, boasting that he was a mundane human who had won every weapon he owned from his opponents (most famously, the scythe of Mortalis).

It seems quite fitting that he met his end at the hands of a young upstart who shared that belief, that veneration of self-reliance, who went on to take his weapons, his mask and his name. The second Grimm, a Louisiana native, codified the look that most people remember holders of the title by, the sleeveless tailcoat and top hat combination, extremely remeniscent of the typical appearance of Baron Samedi. It was this Grimm that was present for the Fear Festival in Blackport.

For much of the remainder of the First Age, this Grimm held the title and was only slightly gentler than his predecessor, until he was challenged and defeated by a teenager identified as Linda West. This third and so far final Grimm went on to be a part of Operation Blade Sable.

No relation to the Brothers Grimm or Grimbolt, by the way.

- Arthur S. Leighman