Public Domain Super Heroes
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The Owl
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Real Name

Nick Terry

First Appearance

Crackajack Funnies #25 (July 1940)

Original Publisher

Dell

Created by

Frank Thomas

Origin[]

Special investigator Nick Terry, frustrated by seeing criminals set free due to the regulations that seemed to hinder the police force, put on a costume and armed himself with high-tech gadgets (including a blacklight ray that projects darkness), transforming himself into the Owl.

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The Owl as he first appeared

He had a fiancée who assisted him as his sidekick named Belle Wayne, Miss Owl.

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Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Crackajack Funnies #25-43
  • Popular Comics #72-85

Notes[]

  • Many sites use the name "Owl Girl" when referring to his fiancée however, she was never referred to as such in any public domain stories! She was instead referred to as “Miss Owl,” as seen in Crackajack Funnies #36.

See Also[]

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