Digger (comics)
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- For the 2000s online comic series, see Digger (webcomic).
| Digger | |
 First Page from Dead of Night Feartuing Man-Thing #3 Art by Nick Percival |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. 1969) |
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| Alter ego | Roderick Krupp |
| Team affiliations | Night Shift |
Digger (Roderick Krupp) is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared as a story narrator/host in the horror anthology series Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. 1969), in the story "At the Stroke of Midnight" by writer-artist Jim Steranko.
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[edit] Publication history
Originally designed as one of the hosts of Tower of Shadows and its sister title, Chamber of Darkness, both beginning in 1969, Digger played a role similar to that of Tales from the Crypt 's Crypt Keeper of the 1950s EC Comics and later HBO television series.[1] Providing a panel or two of introductory material leading into and usually closing the story itself, Digger appeared sporadically through the nine-issue run of Tower of Shadows and the eight-issue run of Chamber of Darkness.
Digger returned with other lesser-known characters in Captain America #329 (May 1987). He appeared with these other characters as a member of the team the Night Shift, supervillain antagonists in, primarily, the series Avengers West Coast during the 1990s.
After a long period in which the character had no appearances, Digger returned as the narrator for 2008's Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing four issue limited series. In this series he tells his version of the Man-Thing's origin as well as three other tales starring the Man-Thing and other characters related to that protagonist. These Digger sequences in the comic series were painted by artist, Nick Percival.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Roderick Krupp, a serial killer who buried his victims alive while telling them macabre stories, became known as Digger for his modus operandi . Living in a decrepit Los Angeles, California mansion known as the Tower of Shadows, he was eventually contacted by the vigilante the Shroud and recruited for the supervillain team the Night Shift. The team made the mansion its headquarters. Krupp was eventually apprehended by Mockingbird of the superhero team the Avengers.
Digger generally is depicted with green skin, although in some instances it appears blue.[2]
[edit] Powers and abilities
Digger has a slightly superhuman level of strength.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Janson, Tim Mania Comics: "Comic Review: Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing #1
- ^ Although Marvel.com gives Digger's skin color as green, a certain number of panels, and the Marvel.com image itself, show seen him blue.
