The Owl (Original)

The Owl (I)
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The Owl in the continuity of The Book of Mysteries is a historical crimefighter from the 1940s. His comics are considered to have been more or less based on fact, published slightly after his adventures with the proceeds donated entirely to charity. Subsequent characters have picked up the mantle of The Owl, and their identities have not been subjects of non-fiction publications nor have they revealed their identities in the manner that the original Owl chose to do.

The secret identity of the original Owl was Nicholas Terry, 4 July 1911 - 31 October 1989. He was a "special investigator", in fact an official of the Department of Justice working under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Once he revealed his dual identity he resigned his position with the FBI and became a full time costumed crimefighter although one very heavily tied to the FBI and the US Federal Government throughout his career.

The original Owl had a female sidekick known as Owl Girl, who eventually became his wife. Their son became the second Owl, with his own Owl Girl, and their grandson serves as the current Owl, as encountered by the Non-Stop Halloween gang.

The original Owl died at the hands of the Green Ghost on Halloween Night, 1989.

The Non-Stop Halloween gang encountered a later character named The Owl in their adventure "Return of The Owl" along with an updated version of Owl Girl.

Powers and Abilities
The Owl used a "black light" projector which blinded his opponents, robotic owls called Owlos which could operate in his artificially created darkness, a variety of gimmicks and problem solving items carried on his person and a cape which allowed limited gliding, effectively very large leaps.

The Owl was a remarkable hand to hand fighter even against armed opponents and had excellent reflexes. He had a very robust and muscular body, at the peak of normal human fitness.