Who you gonna call? Ghost Gallery!
Where Larry Storch and the other "real Ghostbusters" wouldn't show up until 1970's Saturday Mornings, one of the first paranormal eliminators was Drew Murdock. Hosting a segment in Jumbo Comics titled The Ghost Gallery, Drew was the host as well as star of various cases where he acts as the John Constantine of the 1940s. Unlike most Scooby-Doo villains, the monsters were actually real and not someone in a mask trying to scare off meddling kids. Drew would make the occasional oversight like trying to kill a werewolf with a wooden stake or just blowing up a ghost. This didn't stop other professionals from asking his advice as his reputation lassoed police, attorneys and reporters into getting his careered opinion on a mystery. Sometimes the genuine monsters were summoned by novices using forbidden arts to summon zombies so they could gain an inheritance, making it more like a cartoon plot but done with real voodoo instead of novice Halloween costumes. On his own, Drew didn't utilize any enchantments or special powers, which meant he was frequently seen with his arm in a sling after hunting a showboat phantom. He might have had a more noticeable comics career if he used a magical purple claw or a proton pack, despite the fact that he clashed with mad scientists from time to time which a simple revolver would have solved.
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