Mel O. Dee (aka "Melody") was a criminal associate of Gruesome. He had wavy, light-brown hair, heavy eyelids and a thick neck. At some point in the past, Mel O. Dee and Gruesome had committed a bank robbery together (possibly a series of them) for which Mel O. Dee had avoided capture while Gruesome had gone to jail. In the subsequent years, Mel O. Dee managed to establish himself as a legitimate stage actor.