REAL NAME: Van Dyke (first name unknown)
OCCUPATION: Mercenary, assassin
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Normal human
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: Tiger Man, Tiger Master
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ace City, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: Rita Van Dyke (niece)
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Macan Island, Java Sea
FIRST APPEARANCE: Sure Fire Comics vol. 1 #2 (August 1940)
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 190 lbs
EYES: Green
HAIR: Black
Van Dyke, also known as Tiger Mask, was a mercenary who offered his services to the highest bidder. His secret base, the Tiger Den, was on Macan Island (Indonesia). Van Dyke had an assistant, a perfidious Javanese named Tuan Sabbat.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Tiger Mask did not have superpowers. He was at the peak of human physyical condition and was a great acrobat. But above all else, Tiger Mask was a martial arts master. He usually fought with his bare hands, but he was also well trained in the use of the bow and arrows, or the shurikens. The Tiger Den was equipped with many vehicles such as a Tiger-Plane, Tiger-Car and a Tiger-Boat. Van Dyke liked to mark his prey with his ring with the effigy of a tiger.
