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Count Dante aka John Timothy Keehan(カウント・ダンテ/ジョン・ティモシー・キーハン)
   
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Count Dante aka John Timothy Keehan(カウント・ダンテ/ジョン・ティモシー・キーハン)

In 1 collection by Technical Monkey
The Monkey's Wrestler Collection
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Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan, Chicago, Illinois, 2 February 1939, died 25 May 1975) was a controversial American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak.

In 1967, Keehan legally changed his name to Count Juan Raphael Danté, explaining the name change by stating that his parents fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War, changed their names, and obscured their noble heritage in order to effectively hide in America (the surname Dante being in fact of Italian origin). (Count Dantès is the protagonist of Dumas' 1844 The Count of Monte Cristo). Keehan was prone to boasts that furthered his reputation, his most notorious one being that he’d participated in secret "death matches" in Thailand and China, winning by killing opponent after opponent before crowds numbering in the thousands.

He began heavily promoting himself via comic book ads as the Deadliest Man Alive. One had only to mail order for his instructional booklet World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets (in which he outlined the "Dance of Death") and they would also receive a free Black Dragon Fighting Society membership card. These comic book ads account for much of Count Dante's lasting notoriety in pop culture.

Includes basic AI logic and two outfits: His real-life persona and the one he used in his ads, complete with the afro.

Since there's no footage of him fighting, I have to do some artistic license on his skills, so he's somewhat overpowered to reflect his gimmick of being the deadlest man alive.
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Trustfund Tony 23 Aug, 2017 @ 10:43pm 
I used to write stories with Count Dante as the villian as well as position him as one of the main bad guys while playing with my G.I. Joes. I was a weird kid who grew up into a weird guy who is fascinated with guys like John Keehan, Ashida Kim, James Mitose, et al.

Sweet edit. Keep them coming, my man.
Old School Oni 22 Aug, 2017 @ 5:06pm 
I remember those comic book ads!