Real Name: Daniel Falkner
Alter Ego: Robber, Danny, Blacky
Current Occupation: Police Detective
Parents: Unknown
Siblings: None
Spouse: None
Children: None
Group Affiliation: (Earth B) Super Rock; (Earth 5) Heroes of Earth
Place of Birth: Worcester
Current Place of Residence: Worcester
First Appearance: Mystery Comics # 1, September 1982
Biography:
Danny Falkner grew up an a very abusive environment in the city of Worcester. His parents were criminals and drug users who were always either neglecting or abusing the boy. When Danny was 12, he ran away from home and took on a life of crime himself while living homeless. Danny started using the alias "Blacky" in his new career. Though Blacky became a thief, he never used violence except in defense and never used or sold drugs. That was the lifestyle he was escaping from, after all.
However, his new life only lasted a few months when he was apprehended by the vigilante known as the Unknown who caught him ambitiously and single handedly robbing the penthouse of a local millionaire. The Unknown, rather than taking the boy in, instead heard his story, and feeling bad for him, took him in as his ward. He also trained the boy to be his partner in crime fighting, and jokingly dubbed him "Robber".
The Unknown and Robber worked together for four years, until Robber nearly perished at the hands of the Trapster. After that, the Unknown asked his friend, Private Eye Peter Lebane to take the boy in.
Blacky stopped operating as Robber, but would assist Lebane in his own crime fighting investigations.
It was also at this time that a music promoter thought up the gimmick of having a rock band consisting of teen heroes. The band was called Super Rock, and Blacky was recruited as lead singer. The rest of the band consisted of Princess Angela of Booer, the Rocket Kid, the 16 Year Old Robot, Changer, and Witch Woman. Of course while on tour, the band also fought against super villains such as the Dragon, the Booers, the New Power, and the Legion of Doom. The team was very effective as crime fighters, but though the band quickly rose in popularity, it faded just as quickly and the band was disbanded.
A few months later, a team of heroes called the Heroes of Earth arrived from an alternate universe called Earth-5. Amongst the heroes was an alternate version of Blacky. This Blacky shared the exact same history, except that he was never a member of Super Rock, which didn't exist on his world, and of course his membership in the Heroes of Earth. During the Crisis in Infinite Earths, Earth-5 was destroyed, and Blacky and his teammates were stranded on Earth-B. Allorin Vonski used his powers to merge the two into one being, with one shared history. Thus after that Blacky had memories of both lives on both worlds.
After that, Blacky graduated from high school shortly after. He dropped the "Blacky" and started going by Danny. He enrolled in the police academy, and graduated, and within two years made detective and was partnered with Lebane, who had rejoined the force.
They spent much of the time for years assigned to catching a new vigilante called Justice (who was actually Danny's cousin Peter Falkner.) After a while though, the two established a working relationship with the hero.
During the time when the mutant Adam became ruler of Earth, Danny was a member of NighTrain's underground resistance movement. Following Adam's defeat, Danny returned to the force.
In recent years, Danny had started a working relationship with a new Justice (Michelle Wrigley), who has since retired. Danny still works as a detective in Worcester as of this writing.
Comments:
Danny Falkner started off as a spoof of Robin, which is probably obvious, though his physical appearance and personality were modeled after John Stamos' character "Blackie" on General Hospital.
Danny's commonality with Robin continued with Super Rock, which was a spoof of the New Teen Titans. His change from working with the Unknown to working with Lebane was due to Lebane taking over the lead story in Mystery Comics.
The doppelganger from Earth-5 came from my desire to do a two part homage to the JLA/JSA crossovers. Earth-5 was a world of nonpowered vigilantes and magic users. Thus Blacky fit into that category. But of course, Blacky was firmly planted in the main Wronskiverse (Earth-B) as the Unknown was a member of the Powerkid Police and Blacky had been a member of Super Rock. Thus there were two.
The two merged after the Crisis just as Earth-1 and Earth-2 characters merged (such as Wildcat, for instance).
Danny stopped appearing regularly when Detective Lebane was replaced by Doctor Mystery in Mystery Comics. Danny returned though with Justice # 1, and remained a supporting character in that series for years, until it ended in 1992.
He appeared again in the Timeline mini-series, and then recently returned again as a supporting player in the new Justice series, though now that Michelle Wrigley has retired and left Worcester, to be replaced by a new Justice (Holly Frost), who operates in Amherst, Danny has stopped appearing in the series, and is currently in comic book limbo, but is sure to return somewhere, somehow in the future.
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The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys
Created by Robert E. Wronski, Jr.
Members:
Michael Bossman
The Trapster
Karate Spears
Krusher
Man-Killer
Kitten Girl
First Appearance: The Bad Guys # 1 (May 2009)
During the Crisis of 2008 - 2009, many super-villains were resurrected by the New Power, though in the end, the New Power was defeated. But the many villains were free on Earth.
Michael Bossman, a former enemy of his son Chris Kowalski aka Powerman, recruited a team of Powerman's former foes, all of whom like him had reformed. This team became a covert team secretly funded by Bossman Enterprises, travelling the world helping people in need.
Recently, the Bad Guys found that their leader, Michael Bossman, was really a member of the inner council of the New Power, and had formed the Bad Guys in a ploy to make them his mind controlled minions, a plot that failed. Bossman went into hiding, and the team was left in a situation where they head to decide where to go now, with their formation a ruse, their leader a villain, and their funding in question.
The team decided that regardless of how they got together, the work they do is what matters, as they continue on the road to redemption. The Trapster, who had already been the field leader, took leadership of the team. Shortly after, their funding was resolved as Michelle Wrigley took control of Bossman Enterprises, learned of the Bad Guys, and decided to continue funding their missions.
Comments:
The Bad Guys was one of the Super Explosion titles following Crisis. All the members were former Powerkid/Powerman rogues who had previously reformed.
Michael Bossman first appeared in Super Bob stories in 1979 as a supporting character/sidekick. He became an enemy of the Unknown and Detective Lebane starting in 1982, then became a Powerkid foe starting in 1984. He reformed in 2007, though as I've mentioned, it was just a ruse.
The Trapster was an enemy of Powerkid, the Unknown, Detective Lebane, and Doctor Mystery starting in 1982. He reformed as revealed in 2008, and was given the job of head of security for Bossman Enterprises.
Karate Spears first appeared as a foe of Powerkid in 1982. However, when Powerkid saved his home world in 1985, the villain turned over a new leaf. This caused the people of his world to overthrow him, now that he was considered weak, and he was imprisoned for years, until 1994 when he escaped and came to Earth, operating as a super hero under the new identity of the Interstellar Ninja. But in 2008, he (and I) realized how stupid that name was and he returned to his original one (given to him by his creator, Chuck Spears).
The Krusher first became an enemy of Powerkid and the Powerkid Police in 1984. For years, the heroes would stop him by giving him amnesia, but eventually that stopped working. In 2001, though, Krusher finally gained power over his power madness, and reformed.
Man-Killer was the quickest to reform. She first became a foe of Powerkid in 1982, but a few months later, she repented and joined the Powerkid Police. She actually died in 1990, but was resurrected by the New Power during the Crisis.
Finally, Kitten Girl first became a foe of Super Bob in 1980, later becoming a foe of the Unknown and Detective Lebane. Eventually, she repented and joined the Powerkid Police. She was vaporized along with all of Orange City in 1992 by a team of villains. She was resurrected by the New Power during the Crisis as well.
The team's adventures are sort of inspired by the Suicide Squad and the A-Team. And it's fun to write because all of these characters bring me back to my childhood.
Created by Robert E. Wronski, Jr.
Members:
Michael Bossman
The Trapster
Karate Spears
Krusher
Man-Killer
Kitten Girl
First Appearance: The Bad Guys # 1 (May 2009)
During the Crisis of 2008 - 2009, many super-villains were resurrected by the New Power, though in the end, the New Power was defeated. But the many villains were free on Earth.
Michael Bossman, a former enemy of his son Chris Kowalski aka Powerman, recruited a team of Powerman's former foes, all of whom like him had reformed. This team became a covert team secretly funded by Bossman Enterprises, travelling the world helping people in need.
Recently, the Bad Guys found that their leader, Michael Bossman, was really a member of the inner council of the New Power, and had formed the Bad Guys in a ploy to make them his mind controlled minions, a plot that failed. Bossman went into hiding, and the team was left in a situation where they head to decide where to go now, with their formation a ruse, their leader a villain, and their funding in question.
The team decided that regardless of how they got together, the work they do is what matters, as they continue on the road to redemption. The Trapster, who had already been the field leader, took leadership of the team. Shortly after, their funding was resolved as Michelle Wrigley took control of Bossman Enterprises, learned of the Bad Guys, and decided to continue funding their missions.
Comments:
The Bad Guys was one of the Super Explosion titles following Crisis. All the members were former Powerkid/Powerman rogues who had previously reformed.
Michael Bossman first appeared in Super Bob stories in 1979 as a supporting character/sidekick. He became an enemy of the Unknown and Detective Lebane starting in 1982, then became a Powerkid foe starting in 1984. He reformed in 2007, though as I've mentioned, it was just a ruse.
The Trapster was an enemy of Powerkid, the Unknown, Detective Lebane, and Doctor Mystery starting in 1982. He reformed as revealed in 2008, and was given the job of head of security for Bossman Enterprises.
Karate Spears first appeared as a foe of Powerkid in 1982. However, when Powerkid saved his home world in 1985, the villain turned over a new leaf. This caused the people of his world to overthrow him, now that he was considered weak, and he was imprisoned for years, until 1994 when he escaped and came to Earth, operating as a super hero under the new identity of the Interstellar Ninja. But in 2008, he (and I) realized how stupid that name was and he returned to his original one (given to him by his creator, Chuck Spears).
The Krusher first became an enemy of Powerkid and the Powerkid Police in 1984. For years, the heroes would stop him by giving him amnesia, but eventually that stopped working. In 2001, though, Krusher finally gained power over his power madness, and reformed.
Man-Killer was the quickest to reform. She first became a foe of Powerkid in 1982, but a few months later, she repented and joined the Powerkid Police. She actually died in 1990, but was resurrected by the New Power during the Crisis.
Finally, Kitten Girl first became a foe of Super Bob in 1980, later becoming a foe of the Unknown and Detective Lebane. Eventually, she repented and joined the Powerkid Police. She was vaporized along with all of Orange City in 1992 by a team of villains. She was resurrected by the New Power during the Crisis as well.
The team's adventures are sort of inspired by the Suicide Squad and the A-Team. And it's fun to write because all of these characters bring me back to my childhood.
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