The Red Wrecker

Real Name: Unknown (n.b. The Red Wrecker is the weed - the criminal using it has no codename)

Identity/Class: Human phytology user

Occupation: Agent of unspecified government

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Bobby Wilson, the police

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: U.K.

First Appearance: Dandy #1190 (D.C. Thomson, 12th September 1964)

Powers/Abilities: The Red Wrecker is a cactus-like plant that grows rapidly from seed form once exposed to water, exceeding human height within minutes. As it grows, it rips through anything in the way, including metal and concrete.

History: Possibly an agent of a foreign power, an unnamed master criminal deliberately spread seeds of a fast-growing, highly destructive plant which became known as the Red Wrecker. Schoolboy Bobby Wilson stumbled across the only weed killer formula capable to killing the growths, and ultimately captured the villain behind the scourge.

Comments: Created by Charlie Grigg.

The series ran until Dandy #1205.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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