| “ | Eddie? Eddie is dead my friend. But from now on, you can call me...Deceiver! | „ |
| ~ Edward calling himself as his supervillain name Deceiver |
Edward W. Columbo, nicknamed "Eddie," or better known as Deceiver, is an antagonist from the Dark Fantasy universe, serving as the main antagonist of the Skullslasher series. He is a ruthless, greedy, egotistical, and vicious criminal mastermind that appears as the archenemy of the violent vigilante Justin Rayne.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- As a criminal gangster around his 15 he had killed innocent lives around neighborhoods
- He attempted to rape a woman known to soon to be his wife in a malicious way.
- Had no mercy towards his members and gruesome tortures or kills them for self serving reasons.
- He had made a deal to Miguel Sanchez on helping him orchestrate his gang to torture Justin Rayne, the son of Deadskullable, thus making Justin become a vengeful path as the Skullslasher.
- He takes full responsibility for the actions on the story, as saying that both practically were made for each other.
- Ordered his henchmen Slaughterface to have his victims faces being peeled off.
- Made a deal on Infidel to assassinate Nolan Barton, in order for him to win the election and become mayor.
- Despite being abused by his father as his child self, Deceiver himself is a domestic abuser, and doesn't care about his own ones much.
- Murdered his mob boss, Nicky Caiazzo, in order for him to be the main boss and take control of the crime syndicate.
- He ordered his men to kill good people around the city in an attempt to frames the Skullslasher, as he is responsible for the acts.
- Attempted to kidnap Rachel, one of Skullslasher's love interests.
- Took advantage of a political celebration by baiting citizens with a grand party for Nolan's election vote just so he can gather them up and then try on exploding them for his own perspective.
- Had to hold hostage on Rachel and some family members in order for him to get away with his greedy money plans.
- tries to kill the Skullslasher multiple times.
Trivia[]
- Deceiver was inspired and similar to other characters like Black Mask and Jigsaw (Marvel) Since those two type of characters have him as a corrupted buisnessmen, an accident that involves in their faces, usually works with other villains or assigns them to attack their heroes, and basically their arch-enemies would have to be their anti heroic vigilante superheroes.