El Zombo

Real Name: Jorge

Identity/Class: Undead human

Occupation: Guardian angel, former luchador

Affiliations: Belisa Alejandra Marguerite Consuela Chi-Chi Montoya, Angelo

Enemies: Captain Courageous

Known Relatives: Unidentified father (el Zombo Fantasma)

Aliases: The Terror of the Turnbuckles, the Warrior of the Ring

Base of Operations:

First Appearance: El Zombo Fantasma #1 (Dark Horse)

Powers/Abilities: An excellent, not to say brutal, hand-to-hand fighter.

History: El Zombo Fantasma was a luchador, a masked Mexican wrestler, who played the villain role in his bouts. He had inherited the mask and identity from his father, the previous el Zombo Fantasma, but he disgraced his legacy with his bad behaviour both inside and outside the ring. He relished his part, enjoying the irony of being jeered and spat at by fans during the bouts, only to be begged for his autograph afterwards. As with many wrestling matches, who won or lost was carefully scripted in advance, but el Zombo grew bored with this, and during a match against the reigning champion and "hero wrestler" Captain Courageous, el Zombo fulfilled his contracted part of losing by brutally pounding his opponent, winning the fight but losing the actual competition due to disqualification for his excessive force. Leaving the arena soon thereafter, el Zombo was gunned down by an assassin, and died. His spirit went into the afterlife, where he was met by his "caseworker" Angelo, who informed him that his file identified him as "borderline" as to his final destination, and assigned him to protect a young girl "full of potential", Belisa Montoya, making it clear that failure to do so and to be good would see him sent to Hell until the end of time. Though he didn't particularly want the job, he had little choice, and, after realising it might give him a chance to avenge his own death, he agreed.

Comments: Created by Kevin Munroe and Dave Wilkins

CLARIFICATIONS: None.

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