Thomas Kovacs (Earth-2331)

"A Kovacs never lets his back hit the ground. Right, brother?"

- - Thomas to his father one hour prior to his death

Thomas Kovacs was the son of Walter Kovacs and Linda Kovacs, who was blinded since birth. Thomas developed an strong bound with his father for his hardworking and caring about their family. Alongside the rest of their family, Thomas was killed by Roman Fisk as an "message" to Walter, making him become the vigilante of vengeance and justice Rorschach.

Early Life
Thomas Kovacs lived with his father, the washed-up boxer Walter Kovacs and mother, the nurse Linda Kovacs. Walter consistently urged his young son to study hard and make something of himself, so Thomas wouldn't end up like him. When Walter returned from boxing matches, Thomas would stitch his injuries. One day Walter returned home while Thomas was reading in Braille alongside Linda with severe bruises on his face, he let Thomas touch his face and make him promise not to be a boxer like him. One day, while Thomas was reading in his father's gym, he overheard his father being offered money to lose his upcoming fight.

Thomas and Linda listened to Walter's fight with Carl Creel on the television and cheered when his father won the match. He and Linda were amazed when his father returned and won the fight. The next morning, Thomas gives his father a present in the form of a mask which he'd been told wards off evil spirits. When Roman Fisk's crew massacre the Kovacs Family, Walter, Linda and Thomas were the only ones left alive and separated with one and other. Without any hope of escaping, Thomas finds his grandfather's boat. However both Thomas and Linda get shut down by Fisk's crew. Walter ran to the nearby street and found his wife had been murdered, while Thomas was barely alive. He cried over Thomas while he was crying and dying, as he eventually did so.

Legacy
Walter would later on uses the mask on given to him by Thomas as both his insignia and as a way of honoring his son during his quest to take down Roman Fisk and the criminal world.