Daniel Lyons (Earth-616)

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Black Marvel

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Real Name

Daniel Lyons

Current Alias

Black Marvel

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Slingers

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Los Angeles

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Socialite

First appearance

Last appearance

Mystic Comics #5 (Timely Comics, March 1941)

Unknown

History

Man-to, the last chief of the "Black Feet", was dying, and sought a worthy successor. His medicine man, Running Elk, arranged a series of tests for potential candidates, but over a hundred prospective braves try and fail to reach the standard required.

The Chosen One

Dan Lyons was the last contestant, the son of a white man whose life Man-to had saved many years before. Wishing to repay this debt, he braved the tests. He outran a deer, swam upstream faster than the salmon, and proved himself an incredible marksman on the archery range, getting four consecutive bullseyes while blindfolded. When others fired arrows at him, he caught them from the air. Then finally he wrestled a bear, and snapped it's neck, slaying it. Satisfied, Man-to gave Dan the sacred costume of the Black Marvel, along with the responsibility to right wrongs and destroy those who would prey on the helpless. He also gave him a long bow, telling him to notch it every time he performed a good deed - only when he had one hundred notches would he be truely worthy of calling himself "The Black Marvel".

His first public case saw him stopping a raid on the city armoury, carried out under cover of darkness after the crooks created a black-out by attacking the electrical plant.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Black Marvel is extremely fit, at the top of normal human attainment. He is an excellent fighter, and strong enough to outwrestle a bear.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.
  
  

Appearances in Other Media

See Omar Mosely (Earth-194111)

See Also

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• Quotations by Daniel Lyons (Earth-616)

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