The A to z

www.grammarmancomic.com
(Version 2)
Brian Boyd

Introduction
Grammarman comic started in August 2005. Since then it has featured
in magazines and newspapers in eight countries. The Grammarman
website started at the same time, making some of the comics available to
people who don’t live in countries where Grammarman is published.
Grammarman has since taken on a life of his own, and a lot of people
have contributed and helped with the comic and website. A big ‘THANK
YOU’ to Thom Kiddle, Nick Turner, Jules Davies, Jamie Case, Phillip
Donnelly, Mike Kloran and Justin Toland.
Thanks also to every teacher and student who has taken time to send
messages of support, share ideas and give feedback.
This second version of The A-Z of Grammarman contains 40 new entries.
There’s still a lot more Grammarman to come, so look out for Version 3
in the future.
For now, though, this is the definitive who’s who and what’s what in the
world of Verbo City’s brightest star.
Best wishes,
Brian Boyd

A
Adam Bomm, Dr.
Dr. Adam Bomm is one of
Verbo City’s greatest scientific
minds. Unfortunately he is
also one of its most twisted.
His special area of interest is
genetics, and his crazy
experiments usually result
in trouble for Grammarman.
You can play the maze game, ‘Escape from Dr. Adam Bomm’ at
www.grammarmancomic.com/adambomm.html
Adjexercise
Adjexercise is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic
aerobic exercise, stretching and strength training with grammatical
knowledge. It is usually performed to music and may be practiced in a
group setting led by an instructor.

Alpha-bot
The world’s smartest android, there’s
nothing about grammar Alpha-bot
doesn’t know. His brain holds more
information than the internet, and
works at speeds we can only imagine.
Alpha-bot’s favourite drink is a cup
of oil – stirred , not shaken. He’s a
skilled mechanic, and he enjoys
football, dancing and practising
Robo-fu, a martial art he developed.
Anna Gramme
Beautiful, but deadly, this mixed-up
lady is never far away from trouble.
However, Anna has one weakness; she
loves to leave scrambled word clues
at the scene of the crime. Luckily,
even the trickiest clues are no match
for Grammarman’s superior brain power.
Anna Gramme is an expert escapologist, and she demonstrated her skills
when she escaped from Sing Song women’s prison in Grammarman
episode 15 – right under the correction crusader’s nose!

Article Ants
The Article Ants are from space.
Whilst traveling home, their
spaceship crash-landed in Verbo
City’s Asterisk Park. These tiny
terrors can cause all kinds of
problems. Once they begin eating
articles, it isn’t long before
sentences make no sense.
There’s only one person in Verbo City who can understand the Article
Ants’ strange alien language - Syntax! Grammarman’s alien friend comes
from the same galaxy, so communication is possible.
Asterisk Park
Central Verbo City’s largest park has a band stand, a boating lake
(which becomes an ice
rink in the winter)
and an old clock
tower. Verbo citizens
gather in the park
every day to enjoy
aerobic dance classes,
jogging, rollerblading and many other activities.

Auxilla
Up from the depths, Auxilla first attacked Verbo City in episode 30 of
Grammarman. The reptilian monster was finally driven back into the
ocean, but Grammarman needed a little help from a big friend.
Awesome Comics
The offices of Awesome
Comics are always busy,
producing new comics,
telling the adventures of
Grammarman, Alpha-
bot and Syntax. The
man in charge is Tony T.
Tomkinson. Readers
were first treated to a
tour of the Awesome Comics building in Grammarman episode 43.

B
Bad Egg
Ben Krobber began his career in crime as an ordinary thief, but
everything changed when he had a terrible accident involving a chicken,
a teleportation machine and a radioactive
explosion. Krobber survived the accident,
but emerged a bitter shell of a man.
He doesn’t wear a mask – that’s his
real head! From that day on, he became
known as Bad Egg. He often works
as a henchman for more powerful
villains, or teams up with his partner
in crime, Rotten Apple.
Blammys, The
The annual superhero awards are nicknamed ‘The Blammys’. Every
year, the world’s leading
heroes gather to honour the
brightest stars in the
superhero community.
Although not in the same
league as big guns like
Superman and the amazing
Spider-man, Grammarman
has enjoyed Blammy success,
winning the award for most
educational hero three years
in a row.

Book of Thoth, The
This magical tome was written by the Egyptian god of knowledge, Thoth.
It contains potent spells that grant the reader amazing powers,
including the ability to
communicate with animals.
Grammarman possessed the
book briefly when he travelled
back to 1,500bc. However it
was stolen almost
immediately by
The Wizard of Was. The
whereabouts of the wizard
and the book are currently
unknown, but both are sure
to show up sooner or later.
Butch Clausidy
At a ranch outside Verbo City, Butch
Clausidy runs his illegal sentence
rustling operation, assisted by his
slippery sidekick, The Sentence Kid.
Clausidy first stirred up trouble in
Grammarman episode 14. It didn’t
take long for Grammarman to round
the rascal up, thanks to a helping hand from Wild Bill Fullstop.

C
Chrono-gun, The
This powerful weapon is
used by The Wizard of Was
for his terrible time traveling
crimes. The gun can be used
to transport from one time
to another, and it also has the
power to temporarily freeze
time. There is a second
Chrono-gun, currently in
Grammarman’s safekeeping
at The Vocabu-lair. Both
guns were built by leading scientist and good friend of Grammarman,
Dinah Myte.
Citadel of Snakes, The
The secret lair of reptilian villain, Sir Pentine
was located miles below Verbo City. The citadel
was annihilated in an almighty explosion after
Grammarman, Syntax and Alpha-bot thwarted
one of Sir Pentine’s schemes to destroy Verbo
City. They later found out that slippery Sir
Pentine had escaped the explosion.

Clark Werk
Toy enthusiastic, Clark
Werk, is the founder and
CEO of Verbo City’s leading
toy manufacturer, We-R-Toys.
Clerk had the opportunity
to meet his hero, when
Grammarman and friends
dropped into the company’s
HQ to inspect a new line
of robotic, Grammarman
action figures.
Claude Bottom
The explorer, Claude Bottom,
has trekked through the deepest
rain forests, climbed active
volcanoes and undertaken
dangerous ocean voyages in
search of weird and wonderful
creatures. It was Claude who
captured King Wrong and brought
him to Verbo City. Later Claude
made another blunder when he
introduced the pesky Little So-and-sos to an already crowded city.

Combo-ray
The Combo-ray is one of Adam Bomm’s cuckoo creations. The ray’s beam
can combine two or more living things, making them one being. Luckily,
the Combo-ray can also be set to reverse and undo the effects.
Count Digitz
Just as Grammarman watches over Verbo
City, so Count Digitz is the protector of
Numeropolis, the City of Numbers. Known
as ‘The Master of Mathematics’, Count
Digitz can calculate faster than a calculator.
He is also a chess grand master.
Crystal
Crystal is the beautiful leader of The
Uncanny TeXt-men. Her right arm
is made of amethyst, and her
powers include the ability to fire
energy blasts from her hands and
fingertips.

D
Daily Prattle, The
Verbo City’s best selling newspaper has been in print since the 1960s. It
has morning and evening editions, and is translated into several
languages. Needless to say, the Daily Prattle has often featured
Grammarman’s ongoing
battle with the criminal
fraternity. The paper also
covered the exciting news
when the accurate avenger
first arrived in Verbo City.
Dinah Myte
Nobody knows more about
time travel than Doctor
Dinah Myte. She invented
the Chrono-gun, which
makes it possible to travel
to and fro in time. As a result
of time travel she is also
her own grandmother.
When The Wizard of Was trapped Grammarman at the dawn of time,
Dinah Myte helped Syntax and Alpha-bot to follow him there and bring
him safely back to present day Verbo City.

E
Easter Eggs
An Easter egg is a hidden message, joke or feature in a movie, book, CD,
DVD, computer program, web page or video game.
Grammarman comic has lots of little Easter eggs for readers to notice.
For example, in Grammarman episode 25, one picture of our heroes is
based on Edouard Manet’s painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Error-bot
A backwards version of Alpha-bot from the
inaccurate zone, Error-bot sees good grammar
as a problem and his mission is to cause
mistakes wherever possible. This errant
android is the creation of Grammarman’s
topsy-turvy counterpart, Nam-ramm-arg!

Error-vac, The
A device capable
of sucking up
mistakes like a
vacuum cleaner
sucks up dust, the
Error-vac is another
genius invention from
Grammarman’s scientist
friend, Dinah Myte.
Unfortunately, the first
time Grammarman demonstrated its capabilities in public the clever
contraption backfired and overloaded with near-fatal consequences.
Evil Alpha-bots
This army of tin terrors brought Verbo City to its knees. The trail of
destruction led Grammarman to the laboratories of Rockem Sockem
Robots, where he came face to face with a familiar enemy.

Extreme Stunt Show
Grammarman treats the people of Verbo City to an annual daredevil
show, including feats of strength, motorcycle stunts and pyrotechnics.
Don’t try this at home, kids!
F
Flaming Carrot
An associate of Grammarman,
Flaming Carrot is one of the most
colourful and unusual heroes
in the world of comic books.
Flaming Carrot made a brief
appearance in episode 8 of
Grammarman comic, thanks to
the kind permission of Flaming
Carrot’s creator, Bob Burden.

Fraction Man
The fascinating Fraction Man’s
body is forever changing and only
ever 50% complete. As some parts
of him randomly disappear, other
sections return. Fraction man has
limited control over this
phenomenon, and uses it to his
advantage. Originally from the city
of Numeropolis, Fraction Man is
now a member of the Uncanny
TeXt-men.
Franglais, Monsieur
This fiendish French felon
caused problems for
Grammarman while our hero
was visiting Europe. Monsieur
Franglais fooled the
Correction Crusader into
receiving a dangerous gift – a
pen made of pure Kraptonite™

G
Ggramas
These friendly and
social animals have
a natural curiosity.
A small herd of
Ggramas can be see
at the Verbo City Zoo.
Golden dictionary
This valuable artifact,
presented to Grammarman
by the mayor of Verbo City,
was almost stolen by
punctuation villain, Sammy
Colon. Luckily, some quick
thinking by Alpha-bot saved
the day. The dictionary now takes pride of place in a display case in the
Vocabu-lair’s trophy room.

Gramma Bomb, The
The Gramma Bomb was the creation of physicist, Fairfax Flagg. It was
originally intended to
eradicate all
grammatical errors in
Verbo City without
causing any structural
damage or harming
citizens. When an early
test of the device
backfired, Flagg’s world
was tragically changed
forever.
Grammar Ape
The year 2108 sees a
vastly different Verbo
City; the Verbo Citizens
have developed into
intelligent, talking apes
and everyone has gone
bananas! When our hero
leaps forward in time, he
goes to the Vocabu-lair
for help, only to be
attacked by his simian
doppelganger, Grammar Ape!

Grammar Time
Verbo City’s most popular game show
features a contest in which guests attempt
to solve grammar puzzles for exciting
prizes. Grammar Time airs on the XYZ
network and has been on the air since the
early nineties. The show is hosted by the
larger-than-life MC Grammar.
Grammarman
He’s the Accurate Avenger, the
Correction Crusader and the Last
Librarian. Whenever spelling
errors, poor punctuation or
twisted tenses appear in Verbo
City, Grammarman is on hand to
save the day. He has the ability
to detect errors – just like Spider-man
can sense when danger is near.
Grammarman is also the world’s
greatest reader, and can sometimes
read thoughts.
Having fun is important to
Grammarman too, and he always
finds time to relax, play and exercise.
He enjoys many hobbies such as
playing football, learning magic
tricks and performing extreme stunts.

Grammesses the Great
The tomb of Pharaoh Grammesses
the Great lies in the deserts south
of Cairo and west of Aswan.
Grammesses was said to have been
the greatest grammarian of his time.
Amongst the treasures in his pyramid,
the most valuable is certainly The
Book of Thoth, a volume containing
dark secrets and powerful magic spells.
Gramminatrix, The
This femme fatale shares Grammarman’s love of correct English, but the
similarities end there; she is a dangerous, masked vigilante who operates
only at night and takes extreme measures when correcting careless
mistakes. Her heart is in the right place, but her violent methods make
her a criminal nonetheless.
Great Crested Such-and-such
A beautiful bird of prey that lives in tropical climes, the such-and-such
has a distinctive call that strikes fear into its favourite food: little so-and-
sos. Verbo City Zoo has yet to acquire any specimens of this incredibly
rare bird; it is thought that fewer than 300 pairs remain in the wild.

H
Harridges
Harridges is an upmarket
department store located in Verbo
City’s main shopping district. It was
established in 1835 by Giles
Harridge and contains more than
three hundred departments.
Helter Skelter
One of Grammarman’s more bizarre
and powerful enemies, Helter Skelter
uses magic to warp reality and create
confusion. He can also teleport over
short distances, vanishing in a puff of
smoke and reappearing nearby.
Hippopotanyms
These large, semi-aquatic animals
are an endangered species. A family
of five Hippopotanyms can be seen
at the Verbo City Zoo, including
the star attraction, Nonymous – the
first Hippopotanym born in captivity.

I
Idi-o-matic
Grammarman and
friends tangled
with this deadly
robot when they
went to watch a
game of baseball.
Idi-o-matic was
obliterated before
they could learn
the identity of his
creator. Our heroes were surprised when a bigger and deadlier version,
Idi-o-matic 2, assailed them on an outing to Verbo City Zoo. Once again,
the robot was destroyed, leaving his origin a mystery.
Inaccurate Zone, The
Searching for new dimensions, Grammarman created a device that
opened a doorway to a parallel universe where everything is backwards.
The Inaccurate Zone’s first visitor to Verbo City was Grammarman’s
chaotic counterpart, Nam-ramm-arg! After an initial misunderstanding,
the correction crusader helped Nam-ramm-arg! to return home.

Incredible Ing, The
Fairfax Flagg had hopes of receiving a Nobel prize for his work on the
Gramma Bomb.
However, a tragic
accident during
the test stage left
mild-mannered
Flagg transformed
into the monster
known as The
Incredible Ing.
Indiana Nouns
If grammar adventure has a name, then
it’s Dr. Larry ‘Indiana’ Nouns. This
brave explorer has travelled to the far
corners of the world, searching for rare
grammar artifacts. Everything he finds,
he donates to the Verbo City Museum of
Grammar.
Informal, Mr.
This bad mannered youth has no respect for anything,
least of all formal occasions. He always uses
informal language, no matter who he is speaking to or
what situation he finds himself in.

Intergalactic Games, The
The IGG is a sporting event which takes places in Verbo City’s
Palindrome Stadium once every five years. The friendly competition
brings together teams from throughout the galaxy as a means of
generating goodwill between species.
Interrupter, The
He may not be a criminal, but he’s a real pain in the neck! The
Interrupter used to be a radio DJ, but he lost his job for talking too
much and not playing any music during his show.
Besides spoiling other people’s conversations, he has a number of other
annoying habits, such as leaving his mobile phone switched on when
he’s in the cinema and arriving late for appointments.

Isle of Monsters
The island home of King Wrong is a place of mystery, forgotten by time.
The natives are a primitive people who don’t
welcome visitors from the outside world.
Grammarman
found himself lost
and alone on the
Isle of Monsters
when he was
shipwrecked in a
violent storm.
Italica
Verbo City’s heaviest rock band
have been playing sold out concerts
for over twenty years. They are the
only band ever to record a song with
lyrics made entirely from
punctuation. Grammarman, Syntax
and Alpha-bot are big Italica fans.
Itsy Bitsy
The amazing man-spider
is a member of the tiny
team of superheroes,
The Uncanny TeXt-men.
Itsy Bitsy’s a handy guy
to have around in a fight.

J
Jacqueline Hyde
Beautiful and shy, Miss Jacqueline Hyde is a librarian at the Verbo City
Library. She is a big fan of Grammarman and spends many hours
dreaming about one day meeting him.
Janet of the Apes
This beautiful jungle woman once
saved Grammarman from a
hungry tyrannosaurus rex, but
that was many years in the past.
Nowadays she can be found in
the Verbo City museum.
JKL Airport
Verbo City’s main airport is one
of the largest and busiest in the
world. Its fourth and newest
terminal was officially opened by
Grammarman. JKL was one of
the places targeted by Uncle
Uncountable in the story, ‘Dial
‘G’ for Grammar.’ You can read it
here: www.grammarmancomic.com/dialg.html

K
King Wrong
King Wrong, was first captured and brought to Verbo City by explorer
Claude Bottom, who presented him in a show as ‘The Stupidest Animal
Alive’. The monster broke his chains and rampaged through the city.
Recaptured and imprisoned
in Verbo City’s zoo, the beast
later changed from foe to
friend when Grammarman
called on him to save the
city from Auxilla. Now King
Wrong enjoys a peaceful life
on his home, The Isle of Monsters.
Kraptonite™
Kraptonite™ is an artificial element,
Which was created by Grammarman’s
nemesis, Wrongo. It has the power to
affect the grammar of anyone who comes
into contact with it. Even Grammarman
makes awful mistakes when Kraptonite
is around.

L
Lee Keytub
This salty seadog was captain of the ship
which took Grammarman and friends to
the Isle of Monsters. After a storm sank
the ship, Captain Keytub was last seen
rowing away in the only lifeboat.
Librarians
The Librarians are an ancient and peaceful people who keep the Library
at the end of time. Their job is to collect and protect all information in
the universe. When the universe ended, everyone died except the Chief
Librarian’s son. The baby was sent back in time in a research rocket
and grew up to become the defender of Verbo City, Grammarman.
Library at the End of Time, the
This beautiful building hangs in space billions of miles from Earth and
far into the future. Its quiet halls, corridors and galleries are home to
all known information in the universe. Although in our time the library
doesn’t yet exist, it was destroyed at the time the infant Grammarman
started his journey back in time to present day Earth.

Little So-and-sos
Ever-hungry and always
noisy, the little so-and-
sos started to cause
problems in Verbo City
soon after Claude
Bottom introduced
them. They were
originally marketed as
cute pets, but their
population and
appetites quickly grew
out of control.
Luthor Lexis
This rogue has a love
of grammar and
vocabulary, but sadly
he has chosen the
wrong side of the law.
He has an illegal private
collection of rare
grammar artifacts. His most prized possession is a scrap of papyrus
containing the first ever spelling mistake (stolen from a museum in
China).

M
MC Grammar
Musician, rapper, talk show host, radio personality and host of the
‘Grammar Time’ TV quiz show, MC Grammar is a flamboyant, colourful
character who is seldom lost for words.
Mike Westyunz
Verbo City’s king of chat is the host of the popular TV show, ‘Talk Today’.
Mike has also hosted the Blammy awards on three occasions.

Mirror-mirror
This little imp is from another
dimension. Mirror-mirror enters
and leaves Grammarman’s world
using mirrors, which act like
doorways for the magical
mischief-maker. Mirror-mirror
has other powers relating to
mirrors, including the ability to
make reflections come alive and
mutate into monsters.
Mumbler, The
Life changed forever for shy,
mild-mannered farmhand, Hugh
Mungus, when he foolishly chose a
haystack as shelter from an atomic
blast. The accident happened
during secret and illegal military
tests near his remote farm home.
Mungus absorbed massive amounts
of radiation which caused his body to fuse with the hay he was hiding
behind. He emerged thereafter as The Mumbler – a towering, incoherent
monster with unmatched strength and a terrible fear of fire. Only one
person can understand his strange mumblings – Grammarman.

Museum of Grammar
All kinds of rare and valuable grammar artifacts are on display in Verbo
City’s Museum of Grammar. One of the most prized exhibits is a
collection of the earliest known compound nouns.
Unfortunately, the museum is often targeted by criminals. Luckily,
Grammarman and his friends are never far away when trouble strikes.
N
Nam-Ramm-Arg!
When Grammarman
invented a device
that would open a
gateway to another
universe, he came
face to face with
Nam-Ramm-Arg!
This visitor from a
world where everything is backwards paid a second visit to Verbo City in
episode 40, this time seeking help from Grammarman.

Nanobots
When Grammarman
shrank to the size
of an ant and went
inside Alpha-bot’s
head to carry out
some repair work,
he encountered
miniature robots
on patrol. The
nanobots’ job was
to protect
Alpha-bot’s brain
from viruses and other security risks. Unfortunately, that’s exactly how
they viewed Grammarman and promptly attempted to ‘delete’ him.
Numeropolis
Home to mathematics genius and superhero, Count Digitz, Numeropolis
is a modern metropolis with a monorail system and four airports. It lies
approximately 100 km to the west of Verbo City.

O
Obligator, The
This huge reptile is a member of the family crocodylidae. In episode 16
of Grammarman, the obligator broke free from its cage at Verbo City Zoo.
Luckily Grammarman,
Alpha-bot and Syntax
were nearby. With
Alpha-bot’s help,
Grammarman
was able to keep the
creature under
control until zoo
keepers arrived.
Oliver Formal-Stiles
Informal language is the one thing certain to make Oliver Formal-Stiles
angry. He was once an important figure in Verbo City’s high society, but
his obsessive love of all things formal sent him over the edge. He now
resides in Words Island, Home for the Lexically Insane.
Ordinals, The
The Verbo City Ordinals are the number one baseball team, as far as
Grammarman, Syntax and Alpha-bot are concerned. Our heroes watch
their favourite team play as often as possible.

Otto Maton
Twisted toy maker, Otto Maton, used to be the chief inventor at Clark
Werk’s ‘We-R-Toys’ toy factory. An expert in robotics, Maton used his
genius to build a miniature army of deadly Grammarman action figures.
P
Palindrome Stadium
The Palindrome is Verbo City’s largest stadium and home to the Verbo
City Ordinals baseball team. It is also plays host to major music concerts,
The Intergalactic Games and Grammarman’s yearly extreme stunts show.
Paws
Man’s best friend is his faithful
dog, and Grammarman’s trusty
dog, Paws, used to fight crime by
his side. Sadly, Paws died while
Grammarman and friends were away
on a dangerous mission to The Moon.

Penny Perfect
Millionaire and philanthropist, Penny Perfect, lives in a grand mansion
in an exclusive area of Verbo City. She inherited her fortunes from her
father, Peter Perfect, who invented the full stop.
Percy Perfect
There’s nothing this criminal
lowlife won’t do in his greedy
pursuit of money. He even
robbed his own mother. He
would have escaped with his
loot if he hadn’t got cocky. The
clues he left at his crime scenes
led Grammarman right to him.

Punctuation Street
Punctuation Street is a
Popular award-
winning soap opera.
It airs three times per
week in Verbo City,
with an omnibus
edition on Sundays.
Grammarman, Alpha-
bot and Syntax never
miss an episode.
Punguins
Punguins are a group of flightless, aquatic birds with a limited ability to
speak, usually in puns. Punguins look similar to their more common
cousins, penguins.
The Verbo City zoo
has a punguin
pool with about
twenty of the
unusual, little
birds. The afternoon
punguin show is
always a popular
attraction with
visitors to the zoo.

Q
Question Stags
These peaceful animals are an
endangered species. Every year,
the males grow and shed antlers
shaped like question marks.
Question stags live in the
forested and mountainous
regions to the north of Verbo
City.
R
Rhyming Simon
If there’s a crime involving rhyme, it’s Rhyming Simon every time. This
poetic pirate’s game is stealing words that sound the same.

Robo Fu
This martial arts system is a
combination of several
fighting styles. It was
developed by Grammarman’s
robot friend, Alpha-bot, who
is also the only known
black belt. A misguided
time travel plan once
resulted in Alpha-bot having
to use Robo Fu to defend
himself – against himself!
Rockem Sockem Robots
The Rockem Sockem laboratory
is a top secret facility at the
cutting edge of robot technology.
Arch villain, Wrongo once forced
the lab’s staff to copy Alpha-bot’s
blueprints during a routine maintenance check.
Rotten Apple
This guy is rotten to the core. Before turning to a life of crime, he was a
respected chef named Chris P. Bacon. Nowadays he’s just another
masked menace on the streets of Verbo City.

Rotten Apple (cont)
Rotten Apple often
teams up with his
friend, Bad Egg,
when planning a
crime. Fortunately
the pesky pair
aren’t very clever,
and they usually
end up getting
thwarted by
Grammarman and friends. In fact, Rotten Apple’s career as a crook has
been mostly fruitless to date.
S
Sammy Colon
If there’s panic in Verbo City and punctuation is the problem, you can
bet Sammy Colon is responsible. Punctuation pranks are his trademark,
and he uses them to cause confusion at the scene of a crime.
Sammy Colon is
an expert with
computers and
other hi-tech
machinery. Sadly,
he wastes his
amazing talents
on making devices for committing crimes. Luckily, Grammarman is
usually around to put a full stop to Sammy Colon’s unlawful activities.

Scrawler, The
When smalltime crook Ewan Huzarmi, made the mistake of breaking
into Adam Bomm’s lab, he encountered a parasitic spider-like creature.
The oversized bug – actually an intelligent
alien – clamped onto Huzarmi’s head, and
the symbiotic life form known as ‘The
Scrawler’ was born. The alien now controls
Huzarmi’s mind, forcing him to break the
law. Huzarmi attempts to write messages,
leaving clues for Grammarman, but the alien
resists and the resulting handwriting is
usually an unreadable scrawl.
Sentence Kid, The
True identity unknown, this misguided
youth grew up on the wrong side of the
tracks and soon fell in with criminal
elements. The Kid takes his orders from
grammar cowboy, Butch Clausidy.
Shard
The biggest member of the titchy
team known as The Uncanny
TeXt-men, Shard matches brute
strength with a sharp edge. His
body is made entirely from glass!

Sheerluck Homophones
British grammar
detective,
Sheerluck
Homophones, has
made Verbo City
his home. He is a
consulting
detective who
works with the
police and assists
Grammarman on occasion. Homophones error detection skills border on
the fantastic and rival Grammarman’s ‘grammar sense’. In his free time,
Homophones is an accomplished saxophonist and enjoys horticulture.
Shrink-n-grow, The
Grammarman’s amazing invention has the power to alter molecular
density and make objects bigger or smaller. It also works on living
things, including
People. In one
adventure,
Grammarman
used the technology
to enter Alpha-bot’s
electronic brain
on a mission to
correct a problem
with his android
friend’s speech.

Sibilant Snakes
This species of large snakes is from
the anaconda family. They are typically
found in tropical rainforests, and live
on a diet consisting of anything
beginning with the letter ‘s’. Sibilant
snakes are highly intelligent, and
Sir Pentine keeps six of the beasts as
his pets. Although deadly, the snakes
can be controlled using the hypnotic
power of music.
Silence Bomb, The
Grammarman’s
foe, Wrongo,
created the
silence bomb in
an attempt to put
an end to all
conversation in
Verbo City. In a
race against time,
Grammarman
and friends tracked Wrongo to his secret hideout and discovered the
secret password needed to deactivate the device.

Simon Simple
When the funfair came to Verbo City, trouble came too, in the shape of
Simon Simple. The meddlesome pest decided to put a spanner in the
works and spoil everyone’s fun. Fortunately, Grammarman soon
realized what was going on and put a stop to his shenanigans.
Sing Song
Verbo City’s prison for women is
nicknamed ‘Sing Song’ by the inmates.
The facility has a special maximum
security wing for super-powered inmates
such as The Grammanatrix and Anna
Gramme. Grammarman regularly
donates books to Sing Song in the hope
that education might steer the inmates
back onto the straight and narrow.

Sir Pentine
This slippery customer has wriggled out
of Grammarman’s grasp more than once.
Endless playground teasing about his lisp
drove young Paxton Pentine over the edge
and into a life of crime. As Sir Pentine, he
obsesses over the letter ‘s’ – which he is
unable to pronounce. His unpleasant pets,
the sibilant snakes, sometimes aid his crimes.
Speck, The
The Speck is a member of The Uncanny
TeXt-men superhero team. Originally from
Scotland, explosive expert, Mike Robe, was
shrunk to tiny proportions whilst trying
to defuse a strange alien bomb. He was
recruited by the TeXt-men’s leader Crystal
and now lives in the Microcosm.

Statue of Literary, The
The people of Verbo City erected this impressive structure as a thank you
to Grammarman for his continuing services to his adopted home. The
statue’s head has a public viewing gallery, and it is possible to see clear
across the city to Asterisk Park.
Syntax
There is still so much we don’t know about
this unusual visitor from a distant galaxy.
He originally came to Earth to learn English,
but decided to stay and help Grammarman
in the fight against crime.
Although he can only speak in strange gurgling noises, Syntax
communicates with his friends using telepathy. Grammarman’s
advanced reading skills allow him to contact Syntax from a long distance.
Syntax’s body is a kind of elastic jelly with no bones, and he can stretch
his ‘arms’ and body in all kinds of unusual and useful ways. He wears a
protective suit to enable him to survive in Earth’s atmosphere., Syntax is
over one hundred years old.

T
Talk Today
Hosted by Mike Westyunz, Talk Today is Verbo City’s most popular chat
show. Filming takes place in the afternoons and it airs five evenings a
week. Wrongo once tried to discredit Grammarman by editing his
appearance on Talk Today before it aired.
Thesaurus
It’s difficult to think of a word
to describe it. This Triassic
period, aquatic dinosaur
shocked the world’s scientists
when it was discovered alive
in Italy’s Lake Comma in the
late nineteen nineties. The
Thesaurus is now Verbo City
Zoo’s main attraction.
Think Tank, The
Just as Batman has the Batmobile, Grammarman’s personal automobile
is the Think Tank. Its jet turbine engine allows a maximum speed of
500 km/hr. The car has a voice activated shielding system and an
onboard computer which allows Grammarman to stay in contact with
his friends or look up new vocabulary whilst out on a mission.

Tony T. Tomkinson
One of the most
familiar faces in
Verbo City is that
of Tony T.
Tomkinson. As
Editor in Chief of
Awesome Comics
and ‘The Daily
Prattle’
Newspaper he oversees the publication of Grammarman comic,
chronicling the adventures of the Accurate Avenger. Over the years,
Tony’s run ins with the criminal fraternity of Verbo City have often
resulted with him ending up in the pages of his own publications.
Training Zone, The
Grammarman’s Vocabu-lair has many facilities, and one of the most
interesting is The Training Zone. This underground labyrinth is a
bewildering network of
interconnected rooms.
Around every corner lies
another deadly trap or
perplexing puzzle. The
Training Zone gives
Grammarman, Syntax and
Alpha-bot an opportunity to
hone their skills and test
their abilities.

U
Uncle Uncountable
Rice, oil, noise, information, soup – if it can’t
be counted, Uncle Uncountable will use it in a
crime. Uncountable nouns are his trademark,
and he is always thinking of new ways to use
them against his archenemy, Grammarman!
A runaway robot? A monster from another
world? Perhaps a ghost? Uncle Uncountable’s
true identity is still unknown, but one thing is
certain: every time he shows up, Grammarman
will be there to stop him. You can count on it!
Uncanny Text-Men, The
This superhero team
are from the
Microcosm, a tiny
world contained
within Alpha-bot’s
antenna bauble.
Crystal is the team’s
leader and the other
members are Speck,
Shard, Fraction Man
and Itsy Bitsy.
Grammarman first encountered the TeXt-men when he shrank to the
size of an ant and ventured inside Alpha-bot’s head on a repair mission.

V
Verbo City
The City of Hope is a massive multicultural urban centre. Five million
citizens, following their dreams and ambitions, rely on Grammarman to
keep them safe from the clutches of crime. Verbo City’s towering
buildings may be impressive, but it’s the people that give it its spirit.
Vocabu-lair, The
Grammarman’s home and headquarters is the Vocabu-lair. Only ten per
cent of the building sits above ground. The rest is an underground
network of tunnels, rooms and halls. Some parts of the Vocabu-lair look
like a regular house,
but the areas below
ground are
designed to assist
Grammarman in
the pursuit of
justice. Alpha-bot
and Syntax also live
in the Vocabu-lair.

W
Warden Ironfist
Irma Ironfist is
the firm but fair,
(and remarkably
dedicated) warden
of Verbo City’s ‘Sing
Song’ prison for
women.
We-R-Toys
Verbo City’s leading
manufacturer of toys
and games is owned by
founder and CEO, Clark
Werk. Amongst the
company’s most
popular toys are the
line of robotic
Grammarman action
figures. Unfortunately,
toymaker, Otto Maton,
programmed a batch of the dolls to attack the Accurate Avenger while he
was on a visit of the We-R-Toys factory.

Wild Bill Fullstop
Grammar hero and
gunslinger, Wild Bill Fullstop
is the archenemy of Sammy
Colon. He lives on a ranch
outside Verbo City, and
occasionally teams up with
Grammarman to take down
the lawless.
Wizard of Was, The
This mischievous mage used to be a student of time travel expert, Dinah
Myte. When Dr. Myte completed her greatest invention, the Chrono-gun,
the Wizard of Was saw the potential to use it – for a life of crime! The
situation is always tense when the Wizard starts warping weeks and
meddling with months, but Grammarman usually fixes things in time.

Words Island
Words Island, Hospital
for the Lexically Insane,
opened at the end of the
19th
century. The private
island which houses the
institute was donated to
Verbo City by millionaire,
Waldo Words, who
eventually ended up a
resident in his own facility.
Nowadays, Words Island is in the care of Wilhemina Words, who
continues the work of her great grandfather. Many of Grammarman’s
enemies have spent some time at Words Island, including Adam Bomm,
Oliver Formal-Stiles, Sammy Colon and Rhyming Simon. Sadly, most
forms of lexical insanity are considered incurable.
Wrongo
The master of mistakes! Nothing is
known of Wrongo’s true identity, mainly
because he is the only villain Grammarman
has never caught.
The masked menace savors slipups, and
nothing gives him more pleasure than
causing chaos with blatant bloopers.
Like many of Verbo City’s master criminals,
Wrongo loves to taunt Grammarman by
leaving clues at crime scene.
The letter ‘W’ is his trademark – the mark of Wrongo.

Wrongo (continued)
Although he has never been
captured, Wrongo often
disappears for months at a
time. This suggests he has
another life somewhere else.
Wrongo’s driving goal is to
disgrace and destroy
Grammarman. He created the
element, Kraptonite, which is
capable of overriding Grammarman’s immunity to inaccuracy.
In episode 51 of Grammarman,
Wrongo orchestrated a mass jail
break, releasing some of Verbo
City’s most notorious criminals.
X
XYZ News
Verbo City’s leading news network is XYZ news, headed by chief anchor,
Alf O’ Betical. XYZ are always first with any news of grammar crime.

Y
Yellow Kraptonite
A combination of standard green Kraptonite and gold, this substance has
unpredictable – sometimes deadly – effects. Approach with caution.
Z
Zoo
Verbo City’s zoo is home
to some of the world’s
rarest animals, including
ggramas, punguins,
hippopotanyms, an obligator
and a pair of question stags.
The zoo was also home to
King Wrong for a time.

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