Dangerous Characters: Black Ghost

It's the first Monday of February and things around here are quite chilly. Naturally we're introducing a dangerous character who's heart is equally cold. This fellow is an evil merchant of death who can have people disappear at the drop of a hat, and strikes terror in the hearts of cyborgs and normal humans alike. He is known (and feared) both for the power he wields among men, and in the physical sense of the weapons he sells and develops, and for the evil organization that carries his alias. From the manga Cyborg 009 by Shotaro Ishinomori, and the various anime iterations that were spawned from it, allow me to introduce Black Ghost.

Don't let the comically theatrical mask fool you, this guy is one bad dude. Head of the Black Ghost Organization he makes his living by trading and developing weapons to third world countries in order to proliferate technology and subsequently, war. He revels in war and chaos and will do just about anything to spread both. He's kidnapped, tricked, and bribed scientists into his weapons development programs, ordered his cronies to kidnap people off the street to use as live test subjects in cyberization experiments and if that wasn't scary enough, he's got several armies worth of nuclear warheads, tanks, giant robots, and who knows what else to use on anyone who stands in his way. What's even scarier about him is that he's actually got the charisma to have people following him on this maddening odyssey. So if he's your enemy, be careful who you run with, because you never know if one of your own friends might have been turned to his side. Though no one knows his true identity, he is known to be quite vengeful, especially if you were part of the Black Ghost organization even unwillingly. There's a certain group of nine cybernetically enhanced ex-test subjects who can attest to that. So don't get on this guy's bad side. He fits the "totally evil" category to a tee.

Image taken from Cyborg 009 (2001 Series)

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