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Nite Owl (Daniel Dreiberg)
Daniel Dreiberg is a fictional superhero that appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is featured in the comic book limited series Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and is based on Batman and Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle. Dreiberg is the second person to take up the Nite Owl identity after the retirement of the first, Hollis Mason. Daniel is also featured in the 2009 film adaptation of Watchmen and is portrayed by Patrick Wilson.
Daniel Dreiberg (1945 - ), a.k.a. Nite Owl II, uses owl-themed gadgets, in a manner which led Dave Gibbons to consider him "an obsessive hobbyist... a comics fan, a fanboy." Nite Owl was partly based on the Ted Kord version of the DC Comics superhero Blue Beetle. Just as Ted Kord had a predecessor, Moore also incorporated an earlier adventurer who used the name "Nite Owl" (the retired crime fighter Hollis Mason) into Watchmen. While Moore devised character notes for Gibbons to work from, the artist provided a name and a costume design for Hollis Mason he had created when he was twelve. Richard Reynolds noted in Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology that despite the character's Charlton roots, Nite Owl's modus operandi has more in common with the DC Comics character Batman. According to Geoff Klock, his civilian form "visually suggests an impotent, middle-aged Clark Kent." The second Nite Owl is another vigilante who has not revealed his identity in the post-Keene Act era throughout the novel.
Dan relied more upon technical wizardry and tools than toughness, which set him apart from his fellow costumed adventurers. Still, he has demonstrated more than adequate skills when defending himself. All of his gadgets and costumes are based on an owl theme. He uses an owl-shaped flying vehicle nicknamed the "Owlship" or "Archie" (after Archimedes, Merlin's pet owl in The Sword in the Stone), equipped with a variety of offensive and defensive devices.
Dan was born in 1945. His abusive father was a banker while Dan was an introvert fascinated with electronics, inventions, and his hero Nite Owl of the Minutemen. In 1962, during one of Nite Owl's stunts in Sparky's Garage, Dan rigged his Owl Car with a listening device of his own invention, and followed him all the way to the Owl Cave.
Having left him a note, they met at Lincoln Park where Dan offered Mason to become his sidekick, offering his help and cooperation. His initial reaction was nonchalant. When Dan returned home, he saw his father abusing once more his mother. Soon after he had a heart attack, but neither of them cared to call the hospital in time.
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Daniel Dreiberg (1945 - ), a.k.a. Nite Owl II, uses owl-themed gadgets, in a manner which led Dave Gibbons to consider him "an obsessive hobbyist... a comics fan, a fanboy." Nite Owl was partly based on the Ted Kord version of the DC Comics superhero Blue Beetle. Just as Ted Kord had a predecessor, Moore also incorporated an earlier adventurer who used the name "Nite Owl" (the retired crime fighter Hollis Mason) into Watchmen. While Moore devised character notes for Gibbons to work from, the artist provided a name and a costume design for Hollis Mason he had created when he was twelve. Richard Reynolds noted in Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology that despite the character's Charlton roots, Nite Owl's modus operandi has more in common with the DC Comics character Batman. According to Geoff Klock, his civilian form "visually suggests an impotent, middle-aged Clark Kent." The second Nite Owl is another vigilante who has not revealed his identity in the post-Keene Act era throughout the novel.
Dan relied more upon technical wizardry and tools than toughness, which set him apart from his fellow costumed adventurers. Still, he has demonstrated more than adequate skills when defending himself. All of his gadgets and costumes are based on an owl theme. He uses an owl-shaped flying vehicle nicknamed the "Owlship" or "Archie" (after Archimedes, Merlin's pet owl in The Sword in the Stone), equipped with a variety of offensive and defensive devices.
Dan was born in 1945. His abusive father was a banker while Dan was an introvert fascinated with electronics, inventions, and his hero Nite Owl of the Minutemen. In 1962, during one of Nite Owl's stunts in Sparky's Garage, Dan rigged his Owl Car with a listening device of his own invention, and followed him all the way to the Owl Cave.
Having left him a note, they met at Lincoln Park where Dan offered Mason to become his sidekick, offering his help and cooperation. His initial reaction was nonchalant. When Dan returned home, he saw his father abusing once more his mother. Soon after he had a heart attack, but neither of them cared to call the hospital in time.
Links:
Watchmen Wiki
Comic Vine
Copyright Owner/Official Site
DC Comics
Record:
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