Angel (Thomas Halloway)
The Angel | |
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Scourges of the Underworld | |
Abilities | Excellent acrobat and hand to hand combatant Accomplished disguise artist, occult scholar and pilot Skilled detective Flight via mystic cape Use of knives and other weapons |
The Angel (Thomas Halloway, often shortened to Tom Halloway) is a
The Angel is a non-superpowered detective who nonetheless wore a superhero costume.
Publication history
Created by artist
In Superhero Comics of the Golden Age, Mike Benton writes: "The Angel, like some of the other features that Gustavson drew and wrote, owed a heavy debt to the pulp magazine heroes and detectives. Like
Decades later the character was briefly revived when a
The Angel is one of the central characters of the eight-issue miniseries The Marvels Project (Aug. 2009-May 2010), by writer Ed Brubaker and penciler Steve Epting.
Fictional character biography
A costumed detective with no superpowers, the Angel is among the few such heroes to wear no mask, and in his Golden Age appearances makes no effort to conceal his identity as independently wealthy Thomas Halloway, a former surgeon. Thomas' mother died in childbirth - consequently he was brought up in the prison where his father was a warden. There he was instructed by a number of experts, as well as a number of the inmates, which gave him a unique insight into the underworld. He earned his moniker when he saved one of these inmates from the chair. Though he wore a costume like a superhero, he wore no mask to conceal his identity. He later acquires the Cape of Mercury,[4] which allows him to fly, but he has used this ability only occasionally, as on his campaign against the foreign spy Cat's Paw.[5]
The Angel was already active by the time of the first Human Torch and Sub-Mariner adventures,
According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, the Angel "fights everything from gangsters to Brains in a Jar to crazed pygmies, including Armless Tiger Man, Count Lust, the Epicure of Crime, the Gargoyle, the Wolfman, and Dr. Hyde, who steals the eyes from victims and ransoms them back for $100,000."[11]
Halloway remained active as an older character in 1990s comics, and was revealed as the primary force behind the murderous vigilante group
Halloway's grandson, Jason Halloway, is given his grandfather's mask and weapons at the end of The Marvels Project #8 (July 2010).
Angel (Simon Halloway)
The Angel | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Captain America #442 (Aug. 1995) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Simon Halloway |
An elderly homeless man said to have once been the Angel appeared in
Powers and abilities
Thomas Halloway had no superpowers but he was an excellent acrobat and hand-to-hand combatant, an accomplished disguise artist, occult scholar and pilot and a skilled detective. He also wore the Cape of Mercury, which granted him the ability to fly, and used knives and other weapons.
Other versions
An alternate version of the Angel appears in
References
- ^ The Angel (Marvel Comics, 1939) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. "The character was created by cartoonist Paul Gustavson, who wrote and drew his first adventure as well as many later ones."
- ^ a b Marvel Comics #1 at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ ISBN 0-87833-808-X. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Marvel Mystery Comics #11
- ^ Marvel Mystery Comics #20 (June 1941)
- ^ Marvel Comics #1
- ^ Daredevil vol. 2 #66
- ^ The Human Torch #5 (Summer 1941)
- ^ Citizen V & the V-Battalion: The Everlasting #1 (March 2002)
- ^ Sub-Mariner Comics #5 (Apr. 1942)
- ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
- ^ U.S. Agent #3 (Aug. 1993)
- ^ U.S. Agent #4 (Sept. 1993)
- ^ Captain America #442
- ^ Mark Gruenwald (w), Dave Hoover & Sandu Florea (p), Danny Bulanadi (i). "Broad Stripes And White Stars" Captain America, no. 442 (Aug. 1995). Marvel Comics.
External links
- The Angel at International Hero