Halloweek begins with a fight between the spade-carrying Sexton and some pretentious Grant Morrison goons... in a cemetery (oooh, spooky!).
From Batman and Robin #11 by Grant Morrison, Andy Clarke and Scott Hanna (DC Comics, June 2010).
See, a sexton is a church officer charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard. Ergo, the shovel. Example: The gravedigger in Hamlet. But imagine him in a time of war.
From Batman and Robin #11 by Grant Morrison, Andy Clarke and Scott Hanna (DC Comics, June 2010).See, a sexton is a church officer charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard. Ergo, the shovel. Example: The gravedigger in Hamlet. But imagine him in a time of war.
DC had a Gravedigger character 30 odd years ago. I remember him guesting in Sgt. Rock. He was a black OSS agent or something like that.
ReplyDeleteDidn't usually carry a shovel though.
ReplyDeleteTake that, agents of the Sabbat!
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