Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse

Real Name: Wormwood

Identity/Class: Worm animating human corpses

Occupation: Gentleman adventurer

Affiliations: Mr. Pendulum (bodyguard), Phoebe Phoenix, Trotsky, Medusa (ex-girlfriend)

Enemies: Brotherhood of the Calamari

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: Lo-Fi Magazine (2002)

Powers/Abilities: Able to animate corpses, which are usually hard to cause serious damage to. Well versed in magic.

History: Wormwood is a extradimensional worm of demonic extraction, who animates corpses to enjoy a fuller life. Accompanied by his robotic assistant Mr. Pendulum, he acts as a gentleman adventurer, often assisting his ghostly detective friend Trotsky.

Comments: Created by Ben Templesmith.

Originally a series of short stories in Lo-Fi Magazine, later published by IDW. The Lo-Fi Magazine stories were collected by IDW as Wormwood, the Gentleman Corpse: The Taster #0.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• Wormwood, son of the devil

• Worm, DNAgents character

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