Public Domain Super Heroes
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Gargoyle
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Real Name

Frank Faro

First Appearance

Mad Hatter #1 (January-February 1946)

Original Publisher

O.W. Comics Corp

Created by

Bill Woolfolk and John Giunta

Origin[]

Grant Richmond a.k.a. the superhero named the Mad Hatter had finally tracks down wanted criminal Frank Faro, who was soon executed in the electric chair. Soon after, a doctor claims the body, takes it to his lab, and removes the brain, placing it in the skull of a gorilla. When the gorilla comes to, he kills the doctor and disguises himself as a human, calling himself the Gargoyle, and vows revenge on the judge, jury and Mad Hatter.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Mad Hatter #1-2

Notes[]

  • Gargoyle appears on the cover of issue #1 but his origin story did not appear until issue #2.

See Also[]

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