REAL NAME: Blair Novick
OCCUPATION: Mercenary, assassin, gun for hire
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Normal human
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: The Laughing Death
PLACE OF BIRTH: NYC, USA
MARITAL STATUS: NA
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile
FIRST APPEARANCE: Zip Comics #29 (September 1942)
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 179 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
Without morals, without scruples. Blair Novick was the perfect mercenary. He even lowered himself to work as an agent for the Third Reich, attempting to steal top secret documents, but Wonder Man stopped him and he had to fake his own death to escape. The hyena has continued to perform jobs for the highest bidder for decades, suggesting there may have been more than one man under the hood...
POWERS & WEAPONS
The Hyena is a highly skilled assassin, expert in the use of various types of weapons and in hand-to-hand combat. His signature was a special gas called "The Laughing Death", which killed instantly and made the faces of his victims twist into a horrible smile.
