REAL NAME: Kimball Hale
ALIASES: Kim, Goro, The Purple Ghoul
ALIASES: Kim, Goro, The Purple Ghoul
AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes
RELATIVES: Unnamed wife
MARITAL STATUS: Married
CLASS: Mutate human
LIVING STATUS: Alive
REALITY: Earth-164A
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brass City, Connecticut
CAUSE OF DEATH: NA
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
IDENTITY: Secret
GENDER: MaleHEIGHT: 5' 10" / 7'
WEIGHT: 128 lbs / 1040 lbs
EYES: Blue / Purple
HISTORY
POWERS & WEAPONS
CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of USA
OCCUPATION: Former Scientist
EDUCATION: Stanford
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile / Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Prize City, California)
OCCUPATION: Former Scientist
EDUCATION: Stanford
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile / Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Prize City, California)
KNOWN ENEMIES: Chico & the skeletons
CREATORS: Tarpe Mills
FIRST APPEARANCE: Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Aug. 1940)
CREATORS: Tarpe Mills
FIRST APPEARANCE: Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Aug. 1940)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
GENDER: Male
WEIGHT: 128 lbs / 1040 lbs
EYES: Blue / Purple
HAIR: Blond / None
UNUSUAL FEATURES: In his ghoul form, Dr. Hale's skin is a bright purple color.
G.H.O.U.L.: Genetic Humanoid Organism with Unlimited Lifespan
Doctors Hale and Malinsky were working on a formula to regenerate dead tissue. However, the true intentions of dr. Malinsky were much less altruistic. The good doctor planned to create armies of mindless supermen to the highest bidder. When Dr. Hale realized his partner's true intentions, he berated him, the argument turned into a fight and Malinsky settled the matter by shooting Hale, but the dying scientist injected himself with the formula, transforming into a hulking purple creature that strangled Malinsky to death. Then the creature went for Malinsky's henchmen and killed them all. Calling himself 'Goro', the purple ghoul went on a rampage and was chased by the police. He was eventually captured and sentenced to death but when he was taken to the electric chair he did not die and once again escaped... Since then the creature has lived on the run, seeking solitude (often in cemeteries). Somewhere within Goro, Kimball's personality lives on, in fact, Goro acts and speaks to Kimball as if he were a real, flesh-and-blood being, whom the creature addresses as "master".
The Purple Ghoul possesses inhuman strength, is bulletproof, and is immune to electricity.