#obeah man

[nerds-yearbook]

Obeah Man, Willy the Hat, and Jeremy were introduced in Detective Comics 618, cover date of July 1990. They were created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle. While Batman and Tim Drake were tracking down a computer hacker, Drake's parents were kidnapped in Haiti by the Obeah Man. ("Rite of Passage - Part One: Shadow on the Sun" Detective Comics 618, DC Comics)

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Oh I love that song!

[yearningforunity]

The Obeah Man

The Obeah man is greatly feared in Jamaica. He wields power in a daunting kind of way. A certain mystery and power looms over him, so much that people pull their children to the side whenever he walks down the street. People of the community do not mix with his wife and children, for fear of being involved with Obeah themselves, and customers flocked to his compound in the wee hours of dawn or very late at night seeking their own spells.

He can be heard at times by his neighbors chanting or speaking in different languages, and there are times when he is possessed his eyes turn blood red. He often calls out to Joseph, his main  messenger, a being no one but him has ever seen, and when Joseph arrives he blows his rum and commands him to go and remove the flesh from Birdie, clean, clean, clean! Birdie is the shoe makers wife or widow I should say, who owes him for works done, but when he goes to collect his money from her, she hides and send out to him a bottle of Jamaican white rum.

[madamechocho]

Obeah E Book

West Indian mAgic Description An e book available for instant download Obeah is the word people use when they sense the paranormal is afoot

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Exuma - Live Concert on Soul! PBS TV, 1972

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[triste-le-roy]

Cover to Mystic Magazine—featuring a photo of Mark Probert and highlighting articles about Richard S. Shaver, OAHSPE, and The Obeah Man (cover designer/photographer unknown, 1955).

(via Håkan Blomqvist´s Blog)

[nerds-yearbook]

In Detective Comics 621, cover date September 1990, Jack and Janet Drake, the parents of Tim Drake, learned that even if their ransom was paid, the Obeah Man intended to sacrifice them. Batman traveled to Haiti to rescue them. Janet accidentally drank poisoned water and died. Jack was paralized and in critical condition from his ordeal. Louis Dang failed to kill Batman and burned to death on a bed of flaming coals. The issue marked the last appearance of the Obeah Man. The pivitol story was republished in many collections. ("Rite of Passage Part 4: Trial by Fire" Detective Comics 621, DC Comic Event)