Enemy Ace
Enemy Ace is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Hans von Hammer
Rittmeister Hans von Hammer was the most feared German fighting ace of WWI, having 49 kills to his name. He downed his 50th and 51st enemy planes, and saluted them as they crashed for showing valiant bravery. His 51st kill went down shooting, and Hans was hospitalized with a head wound. He was honored with the cross of the order Pour le Merite, and got attention from the nurses and his fellow soldiers, but still he felt lonely. He knew they thought of him as a mindless killing machine, and took pains to keep a distance from him. His only 'friend' was a wolf of the woods that accompanied him as he hunted, and wondered if the killer considered him kindred. When the moon was full Hans felt compelled to fly, knowing the value of a Hunter's moon. He guarded a zeppelin making a bombing run over France. He destroyed three planes attacking the zeppelin, but the final one crashed into the bomber as it went down in flames, and Hans acknowledged his enemy's bravery. He repeated to himself that it was kill or be killed in the skies. (Our Army at War v1 #151)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Hans von Hammer was an exceptionally tall, slender human male who possessed fair skin, neatly trimmed auburn hair, and highly alert blue eyes set within a stern, aristocratic facial structure. His face frequently displayed a highly melancholy, unsmiling expression, marked by a distinct, small dueling or combat scar carved into his left cheek that reflected his rigorous aristocratic upbringing. When operating in his official military capacity, his attire consisted of a standard, high-ranking German Imperial Air Force uniform featuring a thick, double-breasted grey wool tunic adorned with a rigid, high-collared neck plate and polished silver buttons. He wore heavy insulated leather trousers tucked into tall, dark riding boots, and he donned a thick leather flight cap fitted with protective wind goggles over his forehead to shield his vision during high-altitude operations. The collar of his dress tunic proudly displayed a prestigious, star-shaped silver military medal pinned securely beneath his jawline, and he wrapped himself in a heavy, full-length dark fabric trench coat whenever he patrolled the unheated hangars or walked through the dense woods. (Our Army at War v1 #151)
Powers and abilities
Hans von Hammer was born a member of the human race where he belonged to a highly prominent, multi-generational lineage of aristocratic German nobility, which naturally provided him with early training in elite horsemanship, military tactics, and classical swordsmanship. His primary attribute was masterful aviation proficiency and masterful aerial navigation expertise, which officially established him as an unmatched flying ace capable of manually piloting light, fabric-winged fighter aircraft through heavy anti-aircraft flak and chaotic multi-ship dogfights with elite precision. He possessed extraordinary spatial awareness, rapid defensive reflexes, and precision marksmanship under extreme stress, enabling him to track structural vulnerabilities in enemy aircraft and down multiple armed opponents in rapid succession using only his plane's synchronized forward machine guns. Despite the absence of advanced technical targeting suites or electronic sensors, his innate mechanical intuition allowed him to calculate wind drift and bullet trajectories mid-flight entirely unaided. Additionally, he possessed an exceptional capacity for extreme physical endurance, high-altitude tolerance, and survival training, allowing him to successfully operate unpressurized aircraft through sub-zero environmental temperatures and maintain absolute tactical focus while enduring intense g-forces and physical exhaustion. (Our Army at War v1 #151)
Notes
- Enemy Ace was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert where he made his first appearance in Our Army at War v1 #151 (February, 1965).
- The Enemy Ace was based loosely on the real-life Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Enemy Ace appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!" where he was voiced by actor John DiMaggio. Enemy Ace was shown in the teaser where he tried to shoot down Batman's Batplane before he convinces him to help destroy an alien cannon. After Batman left, Enemy Ace said that for Batman's sake, he hoped that they did not meet again in combat.
Appearances
- Our Army at War v1: (1965)
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