REAPER

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Jay Otto 

OCCUPATION: Assassin for hire 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal Human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Deadly King Killer, Anti-Black Owl 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NYC, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Assassination SA, Clutching Hand 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #12 (Jul 1941)  

HEIGHT: 6' 2" 

WEIGHT: 205 lbs 

EYES: Grises 

HAIR: Reddish brown 

HISTORY 

Jay Otto, aka The Reaper, was one of the most elusive, deadly and masterful assassins in history, as well as the founder and executive director of Assassination SA, an organization that provided professional assassins to private persons and/or other criminal organizations. Otto was hired to assassinate Doug Danville, but failed (for the first time in his career) because Danville was secretly the masked hero Black Owl. The Reaper didn't take it well, making it personal against the Owl. Otto got hold of a replica of Black Owl's costume and began murdering people indiscriminately to destroy the hero's reputation, but ultimately Danville managed to stop the Reaper and clear his name in the eyes of the public opinion. However that was not the end of Jay Otto. He managed to escape from prison and became a true supervillain, obsessed with hanging the Black Owl's head in his trophy room. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Otto was an advanced hand-to-hand combatant. He was deadly with the knife and possessed unerring marksmanship with a large number of firearms. He also possessed tactical, interrogation and investigative skills. The Reaper was a very expensive assassin for hire and thus he had a small fortune with which he financed a uniform and gadgets (including his own version of the Silent Swooper) similar to those of the Black Owl. 

PATRICK WALTERS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Patrick Walters 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal Human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Rick, Yank, Yankee Eagle 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Prize City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Walt Walters (father), Richard Walters (twin brother), Doug Danville (foster father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City, USA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #13 (Aug 1941) 

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 175 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Patrick Walters is the twin brother of Richard Walters, and together they were known as the Fighting Twins. The kids were the sidekicks of the second Black Owl, their own father, Walt Walters. 

Mr. Walters was injured in action and died, and the twins continued their career alongside the original Black Owl, Doug Danville. Unlike his brother Dick, Rick never strayed too far from the Owl's Nest. Unfortunately, Doug Danville's career as vigilante had earned him too many enemies and he was ultimately killed. Belle, Danville's daughter, under the nickname of The Harpy, almost killed her father's assassin but was stoped by Rick and the two together brought the criminal to justice. Belle became Rick's companion in adventures, as well as a sentimental partner (despite the age difference between them). The two of them were part of the Crime Smashers. 

Rick slightly altered his uniform and his nom de guerre as he got older, changing his name to the Yankee Eagle. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

He had no powers, but he was as strong and acrobatic as his brother and also had all the resources of the Owl's Nest. Unlike his brother Dick, Rick aged normally, although he always remained in exceptional physical shape, despite his age.

MISS OWL

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Belle Wayne 

OCCUPATION: Reporter 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal Human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Owl Girl 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Western Dell, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: New York City, USA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Crackajack Funnies #25 (July 1940) 

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 

WEIGHT: 126 lbs 

EYES: Green 

HAIR: Strawberry blonde 

HISTORY 

Belle Wayne was a successful reporter for the New York Morning Eagle who discovered that FBI agent Nicholas Terry was secretly the adventurer in disguise known as the Black Owl (III).

Wayne established a close relationship with Terry, until she finally became his sidekick under the secret identity of Miss Owl. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Wayne did not have superpowers, but she used gadgets similar to the Black Owl and was a good fighter. 

RICHARD WALTERS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Richard Walters 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Dick, Doodle, Rebel, The Knight Unknown 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Prize City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Walt Walters (father), Patrick Walters (twin brother), Doug Danville (foster father) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Tyro Team 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #13 (Aug 1941) 

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 175 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Richard 'Dick' Walters is the twin brother of Patrick 'Rick' Walters, and together they were known as the Fighting Twins, sidekicks of the second Black Owl, his father, Walt Walters. Walt was wounded in action and died. Dick and his brother continued to fight crime alongside the original Black Owl, millionaire Douglas Danville.

Eventually, Dick left the owl's nest and settled in with other young heroes who joined the Tyro Team, of which he has been the perennial leader ever since. Dick abandoned his Rebel alias and assumed a new secret identity as the Knight Unknown.

Dick and Carol Vance, his teammate Wildfire, fell in love and after several years of relationship they got married.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

He had no powers but he  was very strong and acrobatic. 

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), Patrick & Richard Walters (foster sons) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers, 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 


1939, May. 

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 Rufus Worthy, the family's loyal black butler, and Inspector Foley of the Prize City Police Departmemt. Unfortunately, Walt Walters was seriously injured in a shooting and died. Douglas Danville returned from the front line to take care of the children and eventually 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. The third Black Owl, Nick Terry, was an FBI agent disenchanted with the system. A young reporter, Belle Wayne, became his sidekick, adopting the secret identity of Miss Owl. 

The latest incarnation of the Black Owl is the librarian Jack Martin. Jack and his father created a flight-capable Black Owl suit to get revenge on a mobster for mutilate Jack's father. 

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.

HARPY

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Belle Danville 
OCCUPATION: Professional gymnast, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Normal Human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: Belle Martin, Belle Parker 
PLACE OF BIRTH: NY City 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Dough Danville (father); Doris Parker (mother) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers of America
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Tim Holt #30 (June-July, 1952)

HEIGHT: 5' 11"  
WEIGHT: 125 lbs  
EYES: Blue 
HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

The incredible gymnast Belle Danville would go crazy to the point of dressing up as the Harpy and going out in search of revenge for the death of her father, Doug Danville, aka the Black Owl. 

After a life dedicated to fighting crime, Danville had ended up being murdered not by a super criminal, but by unscrupulous and greedy business associate. 

Belle's vigilante rage had to be quelled by Rick Walters, alias the Yankee Eagle, her father's former sidekick. Rick stopped her from killing her father's murderers and helped her bring them to justice. 

Both continued working together and in the end, despite the age difference, they fell in love. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

As the Harpy, Belle used metal claws similar to the ones her mother (Scarlet Sable) used to use. She also wore a uniform similar to her father's, with a special cape that acted somewhat like a paraglider. She was an Olympic-level gymnast, extremely agile and strong, and had also received combat training since childhood from her parents. In addition to her claws, her gauntlets could shot needles loaded with a powerful narcotic. 

IRON LADY

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Doris Parker-Danville 
OCCUPATION: Vigilante, adventurer 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Human technology user 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 
OTHER ALIASES: The Muff, Scarlet Sable 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hillman City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Widowed 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Doug Danville (husband-deceased-), Belle Danville (daughter) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Airboy vol. 4 #1 (February 1947)

HEIGHT: 5' 7" 
WEIGHT: 120 lbs 
EYES: Green 
HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

March, 1940. 

This story began many years before Doris Parker was born. 

A watchmaking genius made a pair of gauntlets of a very, very special metal (impervium) for a nobleman of Hungarian origin, who used them to deliver justice. Time passed and the gauntlets ended up in an auction house in France. Walter Parker, Doris' father, was a wealthy tobacco businessman as well as a major collector of rare items. 

During a business trip to France, Mr. Parker couldn't resist acquiring them. However, another bidder did not seem to agree with this and sent some thugs to retrieve the gauntlets. Mr. Parker refused to hand them over, the situation got complicated and the henchmen killed the businessman and put him in a trunk. The irony was that the gauntlets were hidden in a false bottom in that very trunk. 

Two weeks later, Doris received her father's personal belongings, including the trunk, and she made the most macabre of discoveries, her father's corpse. She also found the gauntlets and the pain gave way to the fury. Seeking revenge, Doris plunged into the criminal underworld, donning the Impervium gauntlets and calling herself Scarlet Sable. She managed to piece the puzzle together until she found the one responsible for her father's death, and then executed him. After this, Miss Parker fell into a self-destructive spiral of crime and hedonism and only one thing kept her from ending up dead or behind bars: Doug Danville, aka The Black Owl. Together they started a new life, got married and had a child, Belle. Much later, fate wanted Belle to repeat the story of her mother, but that's another story...

POWERS & WEAPONS 

She wore a pair of mechanical impervium gloves capable of grasping and tearing with superhuman strength.