GARY KENNEDY

          PERSONAL DATA          

REAL NAME: Gary Kennedy 
ALIASES: The Wraith 

AFFILIATIONS: Battle Squadron, Crime Busters 

RELATIVES: Frank Kennedy (deceased brother) 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

CLASS: Ghost 

LIVING STATUS: Deceased 

REALITY: Earth-164A 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Fox City, Pennsylvania 

CAUSE OF DEATH: NA 

ALIGNMENT: Good 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of USA 
OCCUPATION: Former police officer, supernatural protector 
EDUCATION: NA 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Devlin Hill Cemetery (Fox City, Pennsylvania) 

KNOWN ENEMIES: Gangsters 
CREATORS: Paul Devlin 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Mystery Men #27 (October 1941) 

          PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS          

GENDER: Male 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 
WEIGHT: 184 lbs 
EYES: Blue/Green

HAIR: Blond/Green 

UNUSUAL FEATURES: In his ghostly form, Gary's skin glows with a ghostly green light and is translucent, revealing his inner bone structure. 

          HISTORY          

When young police officer Gary Kennedy and his brother were gunned down by a gang of criminals, Gary's last words were: 

“I'll square this if I have to return from the grave! 

As Heaven is my witness!” 

Several nights later, at midnight, Kennedy returned from the grave as a ghost, and after fulfilling his vengeful vow he continued to rise from his grave to mete out justice to wrongdoers on behalf of the dead victims, whose souls begged him to act as the Wraith. Gary Kennedy was a Crime Busters member and during World War II he was also part of the Battle Squadron. 

          POWERS & WEAPONS          

The Wraith possessed the ghostly powers of invisibility and intangibility. He could also fly and when he manifested in solid form, he had superhuman strength. Additionally, the Wraith could possess other people's bodies at will. The activities of The Wraith were limited in time. He couldn't get up from his grave until midnight and he had to return to that grave by dawn or he would vanish.