The Cloak of Invisibility was a magical artefact used to render the wearer invisible, and one of the fabled Deathly Hallows. We are talking about a cloak that really and truly renders the wearer completely invisible, and endures eternally, giving constant and impenetrable concealment, no matter what spells are cast at it." - Xenophilius Lovegood describing the Cloak of Invisibility Archived from the original on February 6, 2015." I mean to say, it is not a travelling cloak imbued with a Disillusionment Charm, or carrying a Bedazzling Hex, or else woven from Demiguise hair, which will hide one initially but fade with the years until it turns opaque. Invisible Justice at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. ^ Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #7 (May 2008), DC Comics.^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Freedom Fighters", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 131, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017.Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History. "Hooded Justice aka The Invisible Hood aka Invisible Justice". Powers and abilities īoth Kent and Ken Thurston have no superpowers but they wear a chemically treated cloak that grants them invisibility.
Later, Ken is killed by the traitorous Ray (Stan Silver), just as he is about to leave the superhero profession. Uncle Sam had used telepathy to direct Ken to the item. In issue #6, it is revealed that he is Ken Thurston, the great grandson of the original Invisible Hood and that he's using the same hood that the original Golden Age Hood used. He assists the group in escaping from S.H.A.D.E., an evil governmental organization with control of the White House. Tyson Gilford (Blindside) from the superhero team Relative Heroes believes that Kent Thurston is his grandfather.Ī modern version of the Invisible Hood debuts in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #5. The Invisible Hood survived until 1974, when he was apparently murdered by Icicle and the Mist ( Starman (vol. It was later revealed that all of the team except for Magno had lived ( Secret Origins #26). The entire team, except for Uncle Sam, appeared to be killed. Hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Thurston was recruited by Uncle Sam to join the Freedom Fighters in defending the base. He was featured in Smash Comics #1-32, often sharing the book with other characters, such as Archie O'Toole and Wings Wendall.
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Īlthough the character was always known as the Invisible Hood, the name of his series was originally titled Hooded Justice in Smash Comics #1, but was changed to Invisible Justice as of Smash Comics #2. Robb, who has Tutankhamen's jewel, which projects antigravity". Moku, the Green Lizard (who has a giant pet crocodile), the Voodoo Master, and Dr. Īccording to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "he fights enemies like the evil shaman Dr. Thurston reveals that he is the Invisible Hood to the dying Van Horn, and promises to use the power of invisibility only for good. In his second appearance, the Invisible Hood's robe is treated with an invisibility solution invented by a famous chemist named Professor Hans Van Dorn, who is kidnapped by a criminal and later murdered after refusing to cooperate with his kidnappers. Despite his name, the Invisible Hood did not originally have the power to become invisible in his first appearance in Smash Comics #1.
Little is known about Kent Thurston's early history except that he was a wealthy former private detective who originally fought crime as the Invisible Hood while wearing a hooded red cloak and carrying a gas-gun. Years after the character was acquired by DC Comics, a retroactive fictional history was developed.įictional character biography Kent Thurston The character first appeared in Smash Comics #1 in 1939, as published by Quality Comics in a story titled "Hooded Justice".
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