The Scarecrow, later named Straw Man, is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 appearing in the Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 universe

Marvel Universe

The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...

. He is an extra-dimensional magical entity (possibly a demon

Demons (Marvel Comics)

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) which takes vengeance on its enemies, and was invited by Dweller-in-Darkness

Dweller-in-Darkness

The Dweller-in-Darkness is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a demon, one of the Fear Lords, who has clashed with Doctor Strange.- Publication history :...

 to join the Fear Lords, but he betrayed them to Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in Strange Tales #110 ....

.

Publication history

He was created by Scott Edelman

Scott Edelman

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 and Rico Rival in Dead of Night #11 (it was intended for Scarecrow #1, which even made it to subscription pages, but that series did not happen). The story by Edelman and Ruben Yandoc for Scarecrow #2 appeared in Marvel Spotlight

Marvel Spotlight

Marvel Spotlight is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book for new characters. The first series ran for 33 issues from November 1971 to April 1977...

 #26, and was eventually concluded by Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom. An attorney, he also worked as a public defender...

 in Marvel Two-in-One

Marvel Two-in-One

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#18 with art by Ron Wilson

Ron Wilson (comics)

Ron Wilson is an American comic book artist known for his work on titles starring the Marvel Comics character The Thing, including the titles Marvel Two-in-One and The Thing...

, Jim Mooney

Jim Mooney

James Noel "Jim" Mooney was an American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, and as the signature artist of DC Comics' Supergirl, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books...

, and Dan Adkins

Dan Adkins

Dan Adkins is an American illustrator who worked mainly for comic books and science-fiction magazines.-Early life and career:...

. He lives inside a palimpsest

Palimpsest

A palimpsest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin palimpsēstus from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος originally compounded from πάλιν and ψάω literally meaning “scraped...

 painting of a laughing Scarecrow purchased by Jess Duncan and opposes the centuries-old Cult of Kalumai. Gil Kane

Gil Kane

Eli Katz who worked under the name Gil Kane and in one instance Scott Edward, was a comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to 1990s and every major comics company and character.Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and...

 and Berni Wrightson provided cover art.

Many years later, he was brought back in the pages of Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #31, by Jean-Marc Lofficier

Jean-Marc Lofficier

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier .-Biography:Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon, France in 1954...

, Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas, Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E...

 and Dann Thomas

Dann Thomas

Danette "Dann" Thomas is a comic book writer, the wife of comic book writer and editor Roy Thomas. She has at times collaborated with Thomas on All-Star Squadron, Arak, Son of Thunder, the Crimson Avenger miniseries and Avengers West Coast.She married Roy Thomas in May 1981 and legally changed her...

, with art by Larry Alexander

Larry Alexander

Larry Alexander is a journalist and military historian who has written a number of books about World War II, most notably about Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army...

, in which he took on the name "Straw Man" to differentiate himself from the costumed killer the Scarecrow

Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)

The Scarecrow is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe, in which he is an enemy of Captain America, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, and Iron Man. His first appearance was in Tales of Suspense #51....

. He subsequently appeared in issues #38, and #40, written by the same and drawn by Geof Isherwood, meeting Daredevil

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...

 in the latter issue.

Scarecrow did not speak in his early appearances, but in his later appearances he most certainly did, and he pretended to be a newscaster named Skirra Corvus, Latin

Latin

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for "Scarecrow."