REAL NAME: Newton Hoyas
OCCUPATION: Former mule driver
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Ghost
LEGAL STATUS: Legally dead
OTHER ALIASES: Newt
PLACE OF BIRTH: NA
MARITAL STATUS: NA
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Clutching Hand
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile
FIRST APPEARANCE: Beware! Terror Tales #8 (July 1953)
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 174 lbs
EYES: Grey
HAIR: White
Whip Hoyas is a spectral being with an inordinate hatred for technology, always trying to destroy it.
Apparently he is the spirit of an old muleteer, first displaced by the appearance of the first trains in the United States and later killed by one of them. His ghost returned from beyond to destroy any scientific advance that he found in his path.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Newt as a ghost is able to make himself invisible, go through solid objects such as walls and people, or teleport. Although he is a spirit he can still be affected by cold iron. Whip Hoyas is able to manipulate people into following his orders.
On occasion, he has been seen riding a spectral white horse, which appears and disappears when Hoyas so wishes. Whip carries a pistol, although he has rarely been seen using it. His weapon of choice is, as his nickname indicates, a searing whip that "burns with the heat of brimstone."
