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Invisible Hood


Kent Thurston, The Invisible Hood

Publisher Quality Comics(1940-1956); DC Comics
First appearance Smash Comics #1 (August 1939)
Created by
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Real name Kent Thurston
Status Deceased
Previous affiliations All-Star Squadron, Freedom Fighters
Notable aliases Invisible Justice, Hooded Justice
Notable powers None, wears a chemically treated cloak which renders him invisible

The Invisible Hood is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. He was originally owned by Quality Comics, but was acquired by DC when Quality went under. Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Smash Comics is the title of a series of comic books published by Quality Comics for 85 issues between 1939 and 1949. ... The All-Star Squadron was an American comic book (1981-1987) created by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics about the adventures of a large team of superheroes which comprised of most of the feature characters owned by the company that appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books... Freedom Fighters #1 (April, 1976) Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero. ...


Little is known about Kent Thurston's origins or the origins of the cloak and chemical he used. What is known is that he began fighting crime in Smash Comics #1 as the Invisible Hood. He later changed his name to Invisible Justice. He was featured in Smash Comics #1-32.


Hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Thurston was recruited by Uncle Sam to join the Freedom Fighters in defending the base. The entire team, except for Uncle Sam, was killed. It was later revealed that all of the team except for Neon and Magno had lived. Combatants United States of America Imperial Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes... In the Golden Age of Comic Books of the 1940s, Will Eisner created a superhero version of Uncle Sam for Quality Comics. ... Freedom Fighters #1 (April, 1976) Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. ...


After the War

  • The Invisible Hood lived until 1974, when he was murdered by Icicle and the Mist. It has not been confirmed that this actually happened since Mist is the only one who has spoken of the event.
  • Kent Thurson is the grandfather of Tyson Gilford, Blindside. Blindside is a superhero from the team, Relative Heroes.

Icicle is the name of 3 DC Comics supervillain. ... The Mist is the name of two DC Comics supervillains, archenemies of the original and 1990s Starman Categories: DC Comics stubs | DC Comics supervillains ...

External References


  Results from FactBites:
 
Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Hooded Justice aka Invisible Justice aka Invisible Hood (425 words)
Hooded Justice debuted in the first issue of Smash Comics,which was put out by Quality Comics (Plastic Man, Midnight) with a cover date of August, 1939.
Hooded Justice was created by cartoonist Art Pinajian, also the creator of Madam Fatal.
In Smash #33 (May, 1942), Invisible Whoever was replaced by The Marksman, an archer superhero much like The Spider or The Arrow, except his major schtick was having infiltrated the German military as an officer.
2001_02 | Q&A with Rodney G. Hood, M.D.: Fighting Invisible Barriers To Equitable Health Care (2853 words)
A board-certified internist, Hood has been in private medical practice for more than 20 years and is currently managing partner of CareView Medical Group in San Diego.
HOOD: We get a lot of concerns and complaints from African-American physicians who feel that their patients are slowly being siphoned off to other physicians.
HOOD: Yes, as I recall, the election of 1876 was similar to the split between the Electoral College and the popular votes with Florida as the key state.
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