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The Desert Hawk

Real Name

Bart Benson

First Appearance

All Great Comics #13 (1947)

Original Publisher

Fox Features

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

The Desert Hawk masqueraded as "Dagar," a wealthy and powerful Arabian adventurer who would wear a traditional Bedouin robe.

He was really Bart Benson.

His love interests included Ayesha, Torsah, and Silba.

Public Domin Appearances[]

  • All Great Comics #13
  • Dagar #14-16, 19-23 (no 17 or 18 were ever published)
  • All Top Comics #18

Notes[]

  • The GCD considers Edmond Good's authorship to be uncertain.
  • A modernized version of the character was used by Vito Delsante as the leader of his open source team, Pax Mundi.

See Also[]

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