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Black Owl

Black Owl

Black Owl was one of two superheroes. The first was Doug Danville until he enlisted in WWII. The second was his successor Walt Walters, who fought the Nazis along with his sons Rick and Dick Walters aka "Yank" and "Doodle".

Name:
Black Owl
Publisher:
Real name:
Walt Walters
Aliases:
  • Walt Walters
  • The Black Owl
  • K the Unknown
  • Doug Danville
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Agility
  • Escape Artist
  • Gadgets
  • Insanely Rich
  • Leadership
  • Marksmanship
  • Unarmed Combat
  • Weapon Master
First issue:
Prize Comics (1940) #1 v1 #1
cover

History

Prize Comics

The 1st Black Owl (Doug Danville)
The 1st Black Owl (Doug Danville)

The first Black Owl was Doug Danville millionaire playboy, who first appears as K the Unknown in Prize Comics #1, and then as The Black Owl in Prize Comics #2. Later in Prize Comics #34, Doug passes the mantle to Walt Walters when he enlisted to fight in the second World War. Walt was the single father of the twin boys Rick and Dick Walters, who had been fighting crime for a couple of years under the names "Yank" and "Doodle". As the new Black Owl, the boys functioning as his sidekicks. BOTH Black Owls have since fallen into public domain.

Dynamite Entertainment

Project Superpowers: Chapter Two

The 2nd Black Owl (Walt Walters)
The 2nd Black Owl (Walt Walters)

The Walt Walters Black Owl would get a new lease on life in the pages of Project Superpowers: Chapter Two and spin-off books The Death-Defying 'Devil and Black Terror.

Power Comics

The Masters

The Doug Danville Black Owl is set to appear alongside with Air-Man, Arrow, Fly-Man, Plymo the Rubber Man and Twister as the leader of The Power Corps.

Issues

November 2008

July 2009

February 2010

February 2011

Volumes

1993

2008

2009

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