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| Paul Carpenter | |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Devil's Lake, North Dakota |
| Relatives: | Lindy Carpenter Beverly Carpenter |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 1934 |
| First: | Giant-Size Dracula #4 |
| Final: | Giant-Size Dracula #4 |
Paul Carpenter is a fictional farmer and a minor character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is associated with the Dracula line of titles and appeared in the "Let It Bleed!" story from Giant-Size Dracula #4, published in March, 1975.
Biography[]
Paul Carpenter was a farmer who lived in Devil's Lake, North Dakota in the early 1930s. He had a wife named Lindy and a fully-grown daughter named Beverly.
In 1934, Paul became possessed by an evil entity known as the Devil's Heart. He killed the family dog Penny and attempted to strangle Lindy. Lindy escaped from him, but died in the snow outside their home. As other locals became possessed by the Devil's Heart, Paul joined them in attempting to use Beverly as part of a sacrifice to the Devil's Heart. Dracula intervened and killed the Heart. Paul recovered enough of his own identity that he decided to take his own life by stabbing himself in the stomach.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Paul Carpenter was created by writer David Anthony Kraft & plotter Marv Wolfman and artist Don Heck.
Body Count[]
- Penny - Stabbed to death with a pitchfork.
- Lindy Carpenter - Indirectly caused. Died in the snow after being terrorized by possessed husband.