BOGGLE BLACKSTONE

Real Name: Boggle Blackstone

Identity/Class: Anthropomorphic being(? - see comments) (early 1940s era)

Occupation: Kidnapper, extortionist

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Dexter Brapkin, Santa Claus, Ziggy Pig, Silly Seal

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Krazy Komics I#15/6 (June, 1944)

Powers/Abilities: Boggle Blackstone is a nasty cur who uses two giant handguns to achieve his nefarious ends of kidnapping, extortion and other criminal activities.

History:

(Krazy Komics I#15/6 (fb) - BTS) - Boggle Blackstone was able to drug and kidnap Santa Claus. Blackstone intended to collect a ransom from all the children in the town to release Santa, or else no Christmas presents would be delivered. Blackstone marched Santa to an old ice storage facility and hid him in a large icebox. Silly Seal secretly saw Blackstone lead a large tubby man to the building but thought nothing further of it. Meanwhile, Dexter Brapkin became aware of Santa's kidnapping and sought out detective Silly Seal for help.

(Krazy Komics I#15/6) - With just two days till Christmas, Brapkin told Silly, who immediately teamed up with pal Ziggy Pig and they headed to the ice storage plant. Silly was armed with a putty blower (a blowpipe for shooting pellets of putty). Blackstone confronted them inside the building. He dismissed their stuttering cover lies and easily disarmed them, then locked the pair into the same icebox as Santa, who remained undaunted and full of Christmas cheer. Initiating escape, Santa easily kicked down the door, where Blackstone defied them with his large six-shooter guns. Silly shoved an ice cake at Blackstone while Santa grabbed the guns, and the villain was soon bound in ropes. Silly and Ziggy promised to pass Blackstone to the police as Santa flew off into the sky in his sleigh pulled by eight reindeer.

Comments: Creator(s) not credited.

No physical stats available in-story, but I'm guessing his size was around that of Ziggy Seal and Silly Seal.

This was published in Krazy Komics, which overflowed with anthropomorphic beings; this story also starred the anthropomorphic Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal, so I think it's a very safe bet that Boggle Blackstone was such a being too. What kind? Probably something simple and canine like a doberman or wolf, or maybe a ferret. A raccoon would be funny. Personally, I don't trust wild otters or lemurs.

This was a text-only story, so no images are available.

This appears to be the first Marvel appearance (if only in a text story form) of Santa in Marvel comics.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Boggle Blackstone has no known connections to:


images: (without ads)
No images available. Text-only story.


Appearances:
Krazy Komics I#15/6 (June, 1944) - writer not credited, Jean Goodman (editor)


First posted: 12/24/2024
Last updated: 12/24/2024

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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