#The persistence weeper series#

The Weeper and the Bittermen commit a series of ghastly acts. The Weeper drives through the street littered with dead bodies, weeping at that horrible tragedy. This causes a stampede which kills a great many people. They start by riding through a parade in a hearse and tossing tear gas into the crowd. The Weeper, along with the Bittermen, sets out to make the lives of other people very unhappy. He interviews them all and picks ten of the saddest men. The Weeper puts an ad in the paper looking for men who feel life has given them a raw deal. The Weeper tells these lies so he could either case the families' homes for robbery or they would lead him to where they hid their valuable possessions. Later, the families discover that the Weeper has lied to them. In yet another family, he tells the husband his business has burned to the ground. In another family, the father is fired from his job after years of dutiful service. He tells one family their son has died in the war. The Weeper sends letters and visits a number of families telling them tragic news. Sometime afterward, he commits several acts of revenge. He also drives a hearse and is accompanied by his henchmen called the Bittermen.įictional character biography Mortimer Gloom įormerly known as the 'Crying Clown' or 'Weeping Willie,' Mortimer Gloom is fired for dishonesty from his work as a circus performer. The Weeper wears a blue opera cape, a top hat, and carries a small walking stick and tear gas bombs. The arch-foe of Bulletman and Bulletgirl, the Weeper is capable of the most brutal of murders, but sheds tears for his victims he hates to see people happy but feels bad after he hurts them. The original Weeper first appeared in Master Comics #23 in February 1942.

The persistence weeper