showcase presents the creeper
one of dcs most unusual super heroes stars in this new value priced volume . br originally introduced in 1968 the creeper was secretly outspoken gotham city talk show how jack ryder whose stance against organized crime made him a target . mortally wounded by the mob ryder was saved by a scientist whose serum granted him super powers . as the creeper this strange new hero battled the villain known as proteus and fought alongside batman and the justice league of america .