Grim Reaper (Nedor)
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| Grim Reaper | |
 Wonder Comics #1 |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Nedor Comics America's Best Comics |
| First appearance | Fighting Yank #7 |
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| Alter ego | William 'Bill' Norris |
| Team affiliations | SMASH |
| Abilities | none, used guns and a sword |
The Grim Reaper is a fictional character and a superhero. He first appeared in Fighting Yank #7, Feb., 1944, and was quickly promoted to cover feature of Wonder Comics (Better Publications), beginning with #1 May, 1944. His origin story was told in Wonder Comics #2.
The character was revived in the modern age in Tom Strong #11 by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. He was killed by The Terror in the Terra Obscura miniseries.
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[edit] Character history
[edit] Revivals
[edit] America's Best Comics
The Grim Reaper, along with other heroes from Nedor Comics, were revived by Alan Moore in his series Tom Strong. This revival set the characters on a parallel world called Terra Obscura, which was also the title of the resulting mini-series.
This Reaper eventually opposed the goals of the revived Black Terror and was killed, during his own unsuccessful attempt to put an end to the Terror.
[edit] Powers and abilities
None in the Golden Age. When revived by ABC, his sword could project electromagnetic blasts.
