Monday, May 18, 2009

Can You Be A Superhero With A Name Like "The Prowler"?

As you can tell by his name, The Prowler did not originally intend to be a Superhero. The character made his debut back in 1969 in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #78. Just another young Black kid from the Bronx, Hobie Brown donned a costume of his own creation and set out to get paid by stealing. He was caught right away by Spider-Man who convinced him to do something better with his life.

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2 comments:

Samax said...

my marvel comics dream is to get handed carte blanche to do whatever i want with a lame black character, and turn it into a surprise hit...

the prowler definitely qualifies, but i REALLY want brother Voodoo...

anyways, i could easily make the prowler tight. that costume's got to go, but if people would tune in every week to watch mcguyver, this dude could be fresh...
good writing and art can fix any character, no matter how lame (if animal man, ka-zar, and aquaman can be tight, why not the prowler?)

Darkness U.S.A said...

you are right! I had no idea who vixen was until I saw her on the justice league unlimited cartoon and they made her cool. I think brother voodoo could be cool too like blade.