Alabaster Cast

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Alabaster [aka James Block]

Although better known by his evil pseudonym, Alabaster, he originally appears as James Block, a handsome, famous and successful young black athlete. When James is spurned by the lovely Susan, he goes on a murderous rampage and lands in prison. There he meets and befriends the ignominious Doctor F and gains access to the inventor's invisibility ray.