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
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
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.
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.
