Friday, June 26, 2020

BLACK OWL

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Douglas Danville 
OCCUPATION: Wealthy Playboy 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Human technology user 
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: K the Unknown, the Knight Unknown 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Prize City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Married 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Doris Parker (wife), Belle Danville (daughter) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Busters, Battle Squadron 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #1 (Mar 1940) 

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 
WEIGHT: 210 lbs 
EYES: Blue 
HAIR: Black 

HISTORY
 


Douglas Danville was a wealthy playboy who decided to fight crime, first under the secret identity of the Knight Unknown, but soon changed his M.O. to Black Owl. When WWII began, Danville bequeathed the Black Owl cape to his good friend Walt Walters. Walters' wife had been murdered a few years earlier and Walt strove to raise his children, twins Patrick and Richard, as true American paragons. When his father became the Black Owl, the children became his young sidekicks, assuming the identities of Yank and Rebel. The trio enlisted the help of Inspector Foley of the Prize City Police Departmemt. Unfortunately, Walt Walters was seriously injured in a shooting and was forced to withdraw from the fight against crime, although he continued to help Doug and the twins, designing new devices and taking care of the intendance and communications of the trio (basically, "The Guy In The Chair"). Douglas Danville returned from the front line and took up the mantle of the Black Owl. Sometime later, Danville met Doris Parker, the vigilante nicknamed Scarlet Sable, first as rivals and then as allies. Doris and Douglas eventually married and had a daughter, Belle, who would end up becoming the Harpy. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Douglas Danville was in exceptional physical shape and was well above average fighters and acrobats. The Black Owl possessed vast resources to sustain his war on crime. His main mean of transportation was the Silent Swooper.

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