Whatever Happened to the Crusher?

Dear DFG:

Since way back in the first Captain Nepto series the Crusher has always been one of my favourite villains. I know that he died in a fire but someone told me that he was brought back to life. Can we expect to see him again?

Sincerely,
Montague Muckle,
Louisville, KY

Dear Monty:

The Crusher first appeared in Captain Nepto #6, way back in 1984. He fought Cap and the Warrior in that issue. As it turned out, the Crusher had killed the Warrior's parents. He wasn't exactly killed in a fire (You may be thinking about The Mummy, in issue #4). Warrior did give him a blast of fire from his gauntlet and subsquently shot him, but not before the Crusher could strike a fatal blow to the Warrior. List left both the Crusher and the Warrior apparently dead. However, the Crusher later returned to battle Cap and the Spymaster (in a now lost, unpublished story), but was hit by a bus. Spy Classics #1 (Spring 1996) retells these stories and tells how the Crusher was resurrected by an unnamed mad scientist. His current wherabouts are unknown.

Prof. Schoedel
DFG official historian