User blog:RoninTheMasterless/Off My Mind: Owl vs Owl: Dawn of Raptors

As I adapted Knight Owl, my magnum opus, for the upteenth time to Earth-53, I went looking around the DC and Marvel databases for inspiration. I found a character I have never seen before, but is somehow 13 years old.

Hawk-Owl


"I've got amazing fighting skills, serious muscle, incredibly sophisticated weapons, body armor, and a helmet that can probably withstand a nuclear holocaust. Guts are practically overkill... but I got those too."

Jack Danner is a sociopath pastiche of Batman (not that I'm judging) who was unmoved by the deaths of his family members, was randomly trained by an Asian friends relative, and tried to save an owl from a hawk. He was injured and it was said that he was now embued with the spirits of both the Hawk and Owl, hence his later vigilante nom de gurre. He goes to the military, travels the world to learn from the greatest martial artist (and somehow never meets Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, or anyone of note), and returns to his native Chicago deciding to take up vigilantism after reading about how bad crime got. Hawk-Owl was able to engage the Ultimates, and even fought Captain America to an apparent draw, although it is assumed Cap would win eventually.

Meet Knight Owl...again


"I've got peerless fighting skill, somewhat comical muscle, sophisticated weapons, state-of-the-art armor, the tactically gifted mind to use them, and I'm fairly confident your helmet couldn't even take a bullet. "

William Lawton is a philosophical pastiche of Batman (see I'm guilty too), who always wanted to be a superhero. He was given what he assumed would be his best opprotunity in the real world when international clandestine law enforcement agency Checkmate knocked on his door. He proved to be the consumate soldier: honorable, loyal, and disciplined, but he was also unorthodox and questioned the clandestine nature of his superiors. Eventually he decided to leave Checkmate after graduating their program. He decided the world needed a bonafide superhero, since their were already supervillains like Black Mask, the Black Spider theft ring, and terrorist orginazations such as Leviathan, Copperheads, etc. Will traveled the world and learned from the foremost authorities on fighting, strategizing, and even killing. He killed his assassin mentor, Egon Kruger, and used his funds to get into contact with Michael Holt of Holt Enterprises. The two shared a mutual passion for bringing justice to the world, and within a few months, Knight Owl was officially "born."