unlike the genuinely grim Spectre, he did so with cheery (i.e., gay) swashbuckling. Later life and career Purcell drew the Mr. District Attorney series, a comics adaptation of the radio crime drama, from 1948 to 1957. His 1960s work included drawing the DC series Sea Devils and co-creating the supernatural character the Enchantress with writer Bob Haney in Strange Adventures #187 (April 1966). The Enchantress appears in the 2016 live-action movie Suicide Squad, portrayed by Cara Delevingne. Purcell did a smattering for Marvel Comics, including two "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." stories, over Jack Kirby layouts, in Strange Tales #143–144 (April–May 1966); a Black Knight solo feature in Marvel Super-Heroes #17 (Nov. 1968); and three 10-page, semi-anthological backup stories featuring the Watcher, in Silver Surfer #4–5 and #7 (Feb.–April 1969 and Aug. 1969). Purcell's last known work was a story each in the DC supernatural anthology Weird Mystery Tales #1–3 (Aug.–Dec. 1972), plus the cover of #2. By at least 1968, Purcell was additionally a teacher at a high school in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and at the Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and was chairman of that college's commercial art department. Purcell died April 24, 1981 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Bibliography DC Comics Adventure Comics #53–62 (1940–1941) All-American Comics #25–48, 50, 89–94, 97, 99, 101 (1941–1948) All-American Men of War #13, 17 (1954–1955) All Star Comics #42–46, 48–49, 51, 55 (1948–1950) The Brave and the Bold #51 (Aquaman and Hawkman) (1963) Comic Cavalcade #4–6, 15–29 (1943–1948) Doom Patrol #86 (1964) Falling in Love #96 (1968) Gang Busters #16, 29, 40, 47, 52, 54–57, 59, 64 (1950–1958) Girls' Love Stories #131, 133 (1967–1968) Girls' Romances #160 (1971) Green Lantern #26–27 (1947) Heart Throbs #112 (1968) House of Mystery #2–5, 7–8, 25–26, 29–30, 32, 35, 38–39, 43, 47, 68–69, 73, 77–78, 80–81, 87, 92–94, 97–98, 100, 103, 106, 112, 119–120, 122–123, 125–126, 128–129, 140 (1952–1964) House of Secrets #6, 11, 14, 17, 20–21, 27, 31–32, 35, 37–39, 41, 44–45, 49, 52–53, 55–57, 59 (1957–1963) Mr. District Attorney #6–59 (1948–1957) My Greatest Adventure #29, 33, 35–36, 38, 40, 44, 53–54, 58–59, 62–63, 66, 68, 70–71, 75, 78–79, 84 (1959–1963) Mystery in Space #1, 96–101, 103 (1951–1965) Our Army at War #27, 29 (1954) Sea Devils #16–33 (1964–1967) Sensation Comics #1–13, 15–33 (Gay Ghost) (1942–1944) Strange Adventures #10, 164, 166, 171, 184, 187, 191, 197, 200 (1951–1967) Tales of the Unexpected #1, 3,