Flamingo

Real Name: Moore Williams

Identity/Class: Human, technology user

Occupation: Colonel in U.S. Military Intelligence

Group Membership: U.S. Air Force

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Valda, King of the Dead; Japanese bat men,  Japanese military, Thugs (as in Thugees), Shalu (cult leader)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Calcutta

First Appearance: Contact Comics #1 (Aviation Press, July 1944)

Powers/Abilities: Skilled pilot, flies a special "bird-plane." Good fighter. Carries grenades in his belt case.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Red

Summary: When intelligence reports crossed his desk telling of threats to the Allied cause, Colonel Moore Williams would disguise himself as the colourful Flamingo, and personally deal with the problem.

History:

Comments: Flamingo appeared in Contact Comics #1-3. Williams seemingly felt that the superstitious enemy were unnerved by anything strange or unusual, hence the costume.

Appearance checklist (not including reprints):

• Canonical: Contact Comics#1-3
• Non-canonical: FemForce: Out of the Asylum

CLARIFICATIONS:
Flamingo should not be confused with:

• Flamingo, one of the Harbingers
• Flamingo, Matt Baker's newspaper strip heroine
• Flamingo, Batman foe
  
• el Flamingo, Tick universe superhero
  
• Black Flamingo, foe of Fawcett's Phantom Eagle
• Black Flamingo, Image comics character
  
• Fantasy Flamingo, superhero talk show host in Empowered
  
• Pink Flamingo, Knight Watchman foe
  
• or any other "Flamingo" characters

First Posted: Circa 14/09/2004
Last updated: 21/05/2023

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