Owlman is a fictional supervillain who appears in stories published by DC Comics. He is an evil counterpart of Batman, and a member of the criminal organization, the Crime Syndicate of America. Owlman first appeared in Justice League of America #29 in 1964. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... DC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Adobe Photoshop. ... Batman, more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. ... The Crime Syndicate of America is a team of supervillains from one of DC Comics parallel universes, and are the evil counterparts of the Justice League of America. ... The Justice League is a DC Comics superhero team. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In his original pre-Crisis appearances, the Crime Syndicate (and Owlman) lived on the parallel Earth of "Earth-Three," but in modern DC continuity, the Crime Syndicate's members hail from an antimatter universe's version of Earth. Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... In DC Comics, the Multiverse was a continuity construct in which multiple fictional versions of the universe existed in the same space, separated from each other by their vibrational resonances. ... Antimatter is matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. ...

Most of Owlman's history (including his true identity) was given in JLA: Earth 2, a comic novel written in the late 1990s. The novel introduced the modern version of the Crime Syndicate, as well as the notion of their residing in an antimatter universe world that contained most of the pre-Crisis elements of Earth-Three. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...

As established in JLA: Earth 2, Owlman's divergence from Batman began in his childhood. In most mainstream DC universes, Batman's genesis occurred when young Bruce Wayne was witness to the murder of his parents, Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne, and was inspired to devote his life to fighting crime. In Owlman's case, however, Bruce met a more tragic fate---he was killed along with his parents. However, in Owlman's universe, Bruce had a brother, Thomas Wayne Jr., who grew up to become Owlman. Fashioning himself with a utility belt containing technology and weapons similar to Batman, and possessing a high intellect (devoted to crime, rather than serving the law), Owlman grew up to become a master criminal. Later, Owlman learned that his father was still alive, and that the elder Thomas Sr. had become the chief of police in their world's version of Gotham City, gathering a cadre of police officers who did not share the rampant corruption which infested their version of Earth. Chief of Police in United States usage is the title typically given to the head of a police department. ... For other meanings of Gotham, see Gotham. ...

In some pre-Crisis appearances, Owlman also had the ability to briefly control other people's minds, though it is unclear how he acquired this ability.