Invisible Hood

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Invisible Hood
Art Pinajian
In-story information
Alter ego(I) Kent Thurston
(II) Ken Thurston
Team affiliations(I) Freedom Fighters
All-Star Squadron
Notable aliases(I) Invisible Justice
Abilities(I & II)
Invisibility via chemically treated cloak

The Invisible Hood is a

Art Pinajian
, who illustrated the story under the pseudonym "Art Gordon".

Publication history

The character first appeared in Smash Comics #1 in 1939, as published by Quality Comics in a story titled "Hooded Justice".[1]

Years after the character was acquired by DC Comics, a retroactive fictional history was developed.

Fictional character biography

Kent Thurston

Little is known about Kent Thurston's early history except that he was a wealthy former private detective who originally fought crime as the Invisible Hood while wearing a hooded red cloak and carrying a gas-gun. Despite his name, the Invisible Hood did not originally have the power to become invisible in his first appearance in Smash Comics #1.[2]

In his second appearance, the Invisible Hood's robe is treated with an invisibility solution invented by a famous chemist named Professor Hans Van Dorn, who is kidnapped by a criminal and later murdered after refusing to cooperate with his kidnappers. Thurston reveals that he is the Invisible Hood to the dying Van Horn, and promises to use the power of invisibility only for good.[3]

According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "he fights enemies like the evil shaman Dr. Moku, the Green Lizard (who has a giant pet crocodile), the Voodoo Master, and Dr. Robb, who has

Tutankhamen's jewel, which projects antigravity".[4]

Although the character was always known as the Invisible Hood, the name of his series was originally titled Hooded Justice in Smash Comics #1, but was changed to Invisible Justice as of Smash Comics #2. He was featured in Smash Comics #1-32, often sharing the book with other characters, such as Archie O'Toole and Wings Wendall.[5]

Hours before

Magno had lived (Secret Origins #26).[6]

The Invisible Hood survived until 1974, when he was apparently murdered by Icicle and the Mist (Starman (vol. 2) #2). Tyson Gilford (Blindside) from the superhero team Relative Heroes believes that Kent Thurston is his grandfather.

Ken Thurston

A modern version of the Invisible Hood debuts in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #5. He assists the group in escaping from

Ray (Stan Silver), just as he is about to leave the superhero profession.[7]

Powers and abilities

Both Kent and Ken Thurston have no superpowers but they wear a chemically treated cloak that grants them invisibility.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1605490373
    .
  2. ^ Markstein, Don. "Hooded Justice aka The Invisible Hood aka Invisible Justice". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-1893905375
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5
    .
  5. ISBN 0-87833-808-X
    . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. OCLC 213309017
  7. ^ Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #7 (May 2008), DC Comics.

External links

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