Digger (comics)

Digger
First Page from Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing #3 Art by Nick Percival
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. 1969)
In-story information
Alter ego	Roderick Krupp
Team affiliations	Night Shift

Digger (Roderick Krupp) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared as a story narrator/host in the horror anthology series Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. 1969), in the story "At the Stroke of Midnight" by writer-artist Jim Steranko.

Originally designed as one of the hosts of Tower of Shadows and its sister title, Chamber of Darkness, both beginning in 1969, Digger played a role similar to that of Tales from the Crypt's Crypt Keeper of the 1950s EC Comics and later HBO television series. Providing a panel or two of introductory material leading into and usually closing the story itself, Digger appeared sporadically through the nine-issue run of Tower of Shadows and the eight-issue run of Chamber of Darkness.

Digger was worked into Marvel's main shared universe, the Marvel Universe in 1987, returning with other lesser-known characters in Captain America #329 (May 1987). He appeared with these other characters as a member of the team the Night Shift, supervillain antagonists who were then primarily used in the series Avengers West Coast during the 1990s.

Digger appeared as part of the "Night Shift" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #5.