Clock (character)
The Clock is a male comic character who features in Comics Magazine Company.
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Biography
Origin
Brian O'Brien
One day, the 'Slick' Martin gang were involved in a bank robbery where they shot their way out to escape. This resulted in an innocent boy being killed in the crossfire. In response, the Clock went after them to bring about justice where he confronted the criminals as they were divided up their loot at their base. A battle ensued where the vigilante managed to defeat them all and bound them for the police who he notified. However, he took the actual murderer 'Killer' Katz away with him as he intended to deliver the man to the innocent boy's brother so that he could have revenge for the death of his sibling. Despite Katz's pleas, the Clock refused to listen to him and went about transporting him by car. 'Killer' Katz made a desperate bid at escape when he jumped out of the moving vehicle and into a nearby body of water but the Clock managed to re-capture him. He then delivered the murderer to the boy's brother and to be left at the mercy of the mob that had formed to get revenge on him. With the boy avenged, the Clock returned to his sanctuary to record his activities and to relax following the recent adventure. (Funny Pages v1 #9)
Quality
He later acquired a sidekick in the form of Pat "Pug" Brady, a down on his luck businessman and ex-collegiate boxer and football player who bore a striking resemblance to O'Brien. (Crack Comics v1 #1)
Pug disappeared from the feature with no explanation. In that same issue, the Clock was almost fatally wounded in a confrontation with dope dealers, but managed to make his way into the basement of a abandoned waterfront shack. A young girl, Butch Buchanan, was squatting in the basement and nursed him back to health. (Crack Comics v1 #21) The Clock switched from his curtain mask to the more common domino mask. Butch's introduction may have been an attempt to reinvigorate the feature's popularity, introducing humor into the strip and theoretically giving the young readers a character they could relate to. (Crack Comics v1 #22)
DC
However, the [[Shade (DC)|Shade[[ wrote in his journal that Brian O'Brien had once told him that the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. (Starman v2 #19) O'Brien was said to be active in Chicago, despite several Golden Age references to his home city as a seaport. (Starman v2 #20)
Malibu
Brian O'Brien
In 1986, a Supranormal conflict devastated the town of Brinkston, Virginia, with the world presuming the Brinkston citizens and Supranormal villains were killed in the blast. The American public blamed not only the Supranormal heroes but also the then-current administration as well. This dissatisfaction allowed O'Brien to run for office as an Independent candidate in 1988 and win the Presidency. While in office, he prepared plans for Project: Golden Age in case the world needed the help of the Supranormal heroes once again, enlisting the help of Philip Reinhart, the former Night Mask. After Mr. Monday and his Steel Army attacked Washington D.C., President O'Brien put the plan into motion and The Protectors was formed.
Dynamite Entertainment
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a vigilante, he was dressed in a smart suit, hat and wore a black mask that hid his features. In this guise, he came to operate under the name of the Clock. (Funny Pages v1 #6)
Due to being a vigilante, the Clock was a criminal in the eyes of the law which meant that the police had attempted to arrest him for his actions. (Funny Pages v1 #11)
Powers and abilities
A calling card was often left at the scene for the police and others to find with this taking the form of a card that had the Clock's symbol on it. This served as a means of identification and to prevent an innocent party from being accused of the Clock's crime. (Funny Pages v1 #8)
He was known to possess his own vehicle which he used to transport himself and captured criminals. (Funny Pages v1 #9)
At his sanctuary, he kept a record of facts and his activities in bringing about justice. (Funny Pages v1 #9)
Notes
- The Clock was created by George Brenner where he made his first appearance in Funny Pages v1 #6 (November, 1936).
- According to the Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics (2020), "The Clock appeared on the first cover wearing a hat, a tux, and a black handkerchief-style face mask, holding a cane, both arms up as he was frisked by a gang of bad guys... The hero was a variation on the masked detectives of the pulps and radio. He hung out in a sub-cellar located below the heart of the city and got a villain to talk by showing him some of the furnishings he had around: an iron maiden, a rack, and a thumb-hanging device. Helped out by a gimmick in his cane, the Clock nabbed the gang of jewel thieves he was after and turned them into the police. A note he left for a police captain burst into flames shortly after it was read."
- According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes (2013), "the criminals he fights are usually ordinary gangsters and Nazis, but there is also the occasional mad scientist and superhuman (like the massive, bullet-proof idiot Stuporman)".
Appearances
- Funny Pages v1: (1936)
- The Protectors v1:
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