The Angel (Thomas Halloway) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, created by writer-artist Paul Gustavson during what comics fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He first appeared in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first publication of Marvel predecessor Timely Comics. Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The first cover appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner on Marvel Mystery Comics #4, February, 1940. ... Paul Gustavson née Karl Paul Gustafson (born August 16, 1916, Åland, Finland; died 1977) was an American-immigrant comic-book writer and artist. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Archangel (Warren Worthington III), originally and still occasionally known as Angel, is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as one of the founding members of the mutant super-team known as the X-Men. ... // Angel may refer to: Angel, a supernatural entity in many religions Angels in art, widely depicted in many cultures Angel of death, a specific manifestation in some religions Places The Angel, Islington, an area of north London, also represented in the British edition of the game Monopoly Angel tube station... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... This article may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... It has been suggested that Earth-616 be merged into this article or section. ... Paul Gustavson née Karl Paul Gustafson (born August 16, 1916, Åland, Finland; died 1977) was an American-immigrant comic-book writer and artist. ... Superman, catalyst of the Golden Age: Superman #14 (Feb. ... In comic books, the term first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... The first cover appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner on Marvel Mystery Comics #4, February, 1940. ... Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ...

The Angel, like Batman, is a non-superpowered detective who nonetheless wore a superhero costume. Gustavson cited Leslie Charteris' pulp-novel detective, Simon Templar, the "Saint", as a model for the Angel.^{[citation needed]} It has been suggested that Skills and abilities of Batman be merged into this article or section. ... Leslie Charteris (May 12, 1907, Singapore–April 15, 1993) was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, to a Chinese father and an English mother. ... Pulp magazines, often called simply the pulps, were inexpensive text fiction magazines widely published in the 1920s through the 1950s. ... An artists conception of Simon Templar as seen on the cover of a 1983 omnibus edition collecting several early Saint books. ...

Publication history

The Angel was the next-most-popular Timely character after the "big three" of the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America, with more than 100 Golden Age appearances — starting in that initial Marvel title (which changed its name to Marvel Mystery Comics with issue #2), up through #79 (Dec. 1946); as the sole backup feature in Sub-Mariner Comics #1-21 (Spring 1941 - Fall 1946); and in occasional appearances in Mystic Comics and Daring Comics. The Human Torch is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics-owned superhero. ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character featured in the Marvel Comics Universe, and one of the oldest superhero characters. ... Captain America is also the name of a song by Jimmy Buffet. ... Mystic has been used as the title of four comic-book series. ...

A simulacrum of the Angel was temporarily created from the mind of Rick Jones, along with those of the Blazing Skull, the Fin, the Patriot, and the Golden Age Vision, to aid the superhero team the Avengers during the Kree-Skrull War, in The Avengers vol. 1, #97 (March 1972). Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, to make like, to put on an appearance of, originally meaning a material object representing something (such as a cult image representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit). ... Richard Milhouse Rick Jones is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... The Blazing Skull is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, created during the 1930-40s Golden Age of Comic Books for Marvels predecessor, Timely Comics. ... The Fin was a Golden Age character from Timely Comics, the ancestor of Marvel Comics. ... Jeffrey Jeff Mace is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Avengers are an elite Marvel Comics superhero team that first appeared in The Avengers vol. ... The Kree-Skrull War, in the fictional Marvel Universe, was a series of conflicts between the Kree Empire of the Greater Magellanic Cloud and the Skrulls of the Andromeda Galaxy that lasted for several million years. ...

Fictional character biography

A costumed detective with no superpowers, the Angel is among the few such heroes to wear no mask, and in his Golden Age appearances makes no effort to conceal his identity as independently wealthy Thomas Halloway, a former surgeon. He later acquires the "mystic cape of Mercury"^[1] (the mythological god, not Marvel character Mercury a.k.a. Makkari), which allows him to fly, but he has used this ability only occasionally, as on his a campaign against the foreign spy Cat's Paw.^[2] This article is about a system of myths. ... God, as a male deity, contrasts with female deities, or goddesses. While the term goddess specifically refers to a female deity, words like gods and deities can be applied to all gods collectively, regardless of gender. ... Makkari is a member of the Eternals, a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The Angel is already being active by the time of the first Human Torch and Sub-Mariner adventures^[3], and active as far back as 1936^[4]. He fights alongside alongside Namor against World War II "Nazombies",^[5] and was later retconned as a member of both the All-Winners Squad and the V-Battalion during the war.^[6] Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ... The All-Winners Squad is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Holloway remains active as an older character who was revealed as the primary force behind the murderous vigilante group Scourges of the Underworld^[7], which has assassinated a large number of lesser supervillains and archcriminals. To escape USAgent, he fakes his own death.^[8].

Angel (Tom's brother)

Due to continuity differences between Tom's appearance and a previous set of appearances, his brother has been retconned as one of two men who had assumed the identity of the Angel and substituted for his brother on numerous occasions including fighting Stinger. In modern times, he was living as a homeless man in and beneath Manhattan, where he was ambushed and murdered by the supervillain Zeitgeist^[9]. He has also appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #432-433 (Aug.-Sept. 1995) and in Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3, #7 (Oct. 1991). It is unknown what occurred between the brothers and why Tom's brother ended up homeless. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ... The Alliance of Evil is a villain group composed of young and reckless mutants with a radical way of going about things. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Zeitgeist, apart from its German definition (for which see Zeitgeist) may refer to one of the following: ZeitGeist, a German magazine Zeitgeist Films Ltd. ... The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Marvel Super-Heroes is a term generally referring to superheroes owned and published by Marvel Comics (see list of Marvel Comics characters). ...

Bibliography

Golden Age

• All-Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941)
• The Human Torch #5[a] (Summer 1941)
• Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939)
• Marvel Mystery Comics #2-79 (Dec. 1939 - Dec. 1946)
• Sub-Mariner vol. 1, #1-21 (Spring 1941 - Fall 1946)
• Mystic Comics vol. 2, #1-3 (Oct.-Winter 1944)
• Daring Comics #10 (Winter 1944-45)

Modern Age

• Captain America vol. 1, #442
• Citizen V & the V Battalion: The Everlasting #1-2 (March-May 2002)
• Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9
• Marvels #1
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age
• USAgent #1-4 (June-Sept. 1993)

Reprints

• Marvel Masterworks: The Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005)

"Blitzkrieg of the Living Dead", generally but unconfirmably credited to Bill Everett: The Human Torch #5[a] (Summer 1941)

• Marvel Mystery Comics #1 (Dec. 1999)

"And the Case of the Armless Tiger Man", by Paul Gustavson and Allen Bellman: Marvel Mystery Comics #26 (Dec. 1941)

• The Golden Age of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1997) ISBN 0-7851-0564-6

"Quarantine for Murder", by Ron Garn and Gustav "Gus" Schrotter: Marvel Mystery Comics #42 (April 1943)

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Footnotes

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References

• The Angel
• Marvel Guide: An Unofficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• JC's Comic Collection Page: Sub-Mariner