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{{Infobox comic strip
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| title       = Grimly Feendish
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| author      =  [[Leo Baxendale]]
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| status      = Cancelled
| first       = 11 July 1964
| last        = 21 September 1974
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| publisher   = ''[[Odhams Press]]''<br />''[[IPC Magazines]]''<br />''[[DC Comics]]''
| genre       = Humour
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| preceded by = Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy
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'''Grimly Feendish''' (alias '''The Rottenest Crook in the World''') is a British comic book character created by [[Leo Baxendale]] in 1964, who originated in Baxendale's comic strip ''Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy'', published in the magazine ''[[Wham! (comics)|Wham!]]''<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/grimfien.htm|title=Grimly Feendish|website=www.internationalhero.co.uk|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> He is Eagle-Eye's [[Archenemy|nemesis]] and functions as a creepy but amusing comic book villain. The character became so popular that between 1966 and 1969<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk"/> he had his own [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] strip, ''Grimley Feendish'' in ''[[Smash! (comics)|Smash!]]''

==Publication history==
Grimly's first appearance was in ''Wham!'' #4 (11 July 1964, [[Odhams Press]]). His goal is world domination, which he attempts to achieve using various monsters and outrageous [[plot devices]] such as exploding [[treacle]].

After appearing in ''Smash!'' from 1966 to 1969, he reappeared in 1973 in ''[[Shiver and Shake]]'', as a member of the so-called Shiver Givers.<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk"/> The first eleven issues of ''Shiver and Shake'' reprinted stories from ''Smash!'' but then new adventures began, lasting until issue #77 (21 September 1974).<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk"/>

The character was revived in 2005 for [[Alan Moore]]'s six-issue limited series, ''[[Albion (comics)|Albion]]'',<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk"/> where his full name was revealed to be "Grymleigh Gartside Fiendstien".<ref>''Albion'' #1 (WildStorm, Aug. 2005).</ref>

=== Rebellion revival ===
In 2021, [[Rebellion Publishing]] announced that they would be reviving ''[[Monster Fun]]'', and that Grimly Feendish would be included in the new issues.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langsworthy |first1=Billy |title=Rebellion's Ben Smith on the wider brand potential of its new kids' comic strip, Monster Fun |url=https://brandsuntapped.com/rebellions-ben-smith-on-the-wider-brand-potential-of-its-new-kids-comic-strip-monster-fun/ |website=Brands Untapped |language=en |date=27 September 2021|accessdate=12 February 2022}}</ref>

A ''Monster Fun'' Halloween Special issue ("Halloween Spooktacular") was published in October 2021, and a new Grimly Feendish story ("Funstation", with script by Ned Hartley and art by [[Tom Paterson]]) was included.<ref>{{cite comic|title=Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular|issue=2021|date='''6 October 2021'''|publisher=[[Rebellion Publishing]]|location=[[Oxford]], England}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
He was the inspiration for the song "[[Grimly Fiendish]]," by punk band [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]].<ref name="internationalhero.co.uk"/>

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