REAL NAME: Douglas Danville
ALIASES: K the Unknown, the Knight Unknown, Black Owl
ALIASES: K the Unknown, the Knight Unknown, Black Owl
AFFILIATIONS: Crime Busters, Battle Squadron
RELATIVES: Doris Parker (wife), Belle Danville (daughter)
MARITAL STATUS: Married
CLASS: Human technology user
LIVING STATUS: Deceased
REALITY: Earth-164A
PLACE OF BIRTH: Prize City, California
CAUSE OF DEATH: NA
ALIGNMENT: Good
IDENTITY: Secret
GENDER: MaleHEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 210 lbs
EYES: Blue
HISTORY
POWERS & WEAPONS
CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of USA
OCCUPATION: Wealthy Playboy, adventurer
EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City, California
OCCUPATION: Wealthy Playboy, adventurer
EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Prize City, California
KNOWN ENEMIES: Chief Skullface, the Fox, Frankenstein, Funnibone, the Green Mummy, the Tiger Lady, the Laughing Head and the Terrible Midge, Dr. Devil, Madame Mystery, Ringmaster, the Cobra, the Reaper, Whistler, Vaquero
CREATORS: Robert Turner & Pete Riss
FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #1 (Mar 1940)
CREATORS: Robert Turner & Pete Riss
FIRST APPEARANCE: Prize Comics #1 (Mar 1940)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
GENDER: Male
WEIGHT: 210 lbs
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Black
UNUSUAL FEATURES: NA
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 Dude. The trio enlisted the help of Inspector Foley of the Prize City Police Department. 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. 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.