Raven

Real Name: Danny Dartin

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Police Detective

Affiliations: Lola Lash (daughter of the police chief, sometimes helped Raven)

Enemies: Andrew Gamma

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City

First Appearance: Sure-Fire Comics #1 (Ace Periodicals, 1940)

Powers/Abilities: Skilled fighter and detective.

History: Frustrated at criminals who used the law to evade justice, police Detective Sergeant Danny Dartin adopted a costumed identity, the Raven, to bring those criminals down. As well as ensuring their deaths or arrest, he would steal their ill-gotten gains and then disperse that money to the poor of the city.

Comments: Thanks to Joe Bromhead for information on this character.

Thanks to Jess Nevins for allowing me to use information from his excellent Golden Age Heroes Directory. Thanks also to Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire @ PR-Publications for permission to use information from their equally brilliant collection of Golden Age Sites, PR Publications. Their knowledge of Golden Age characters far outstrips my own.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• Raven, another Golden age hero

• Raven, THUNDER Agent

• The Raven, Australian hero

• The Raven, another Australian hero

• Charles Raven, escapologist

• Ravenhawk, Worldwinz Studios

• Ravenshadow of the Specials

Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.

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