Ian Bowes-Clidden

Origin
Ian is a British writer disheartened at the events in the war. He is called into the British army and raised to the rank of an officer, Colonel Ian fights in the trenches. One day, a fellow soldier points out a strange, green gas. Colonel Ian instructs the soldier to soak his handkerchief in the water, as he does likewise. This saves them from the gas the Germans were using.

Colonel Ian saw through the gas the Phantom Archers, a group of ghostly bowmen apparently from the warriors of old Britain. The Archers kill many of the German soldiers and send the rest scurrying to safety.

Colonel Ian is returned to England, and told by a disbelieving officer to not repeat the story. When one of the Phantom Archers show up in his study, the Archer tells him to write about the events when he is able.

Public Domain Appearances

 * Strange #3