Johnny Peril (New Earth)

Johnny Peril
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1930s-2011
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Johnny Peril
Other Aliases	Mr. Nobody
Affiliation	United States Army Air Force (pre-Crisis) · United States Marine Corps, Johnny Peril Enterprisis (Post-Crisis
Base Of Operations	New York
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Airman, reporter, adventurer (pre-Crisis · daredevil, entertainer (post-Crisis)
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 2"
Weight	195 lbs (88 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blond · Brown
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two · New Earth
Creators	Howard Purcell
First Appearance	Comic Cavalcade #19 (February, 1947)

Johnny Peril is a detective of the occult and "adventurer of the weird."

Pre-Crisis

Peril was a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in World War II, and was once shot down by Japanese fighters over Burma. He later found work as a newspaper reporter, and had his first encounter with the paranormal when he solved the murder of one Phillip Murzon with, apparently, the aid of Murzon's ghost. His exploits have taken him to several unexpected places. He has battled baddies in his hometown in New York, to the jungles of the Congo, and even on the moon.

Post-Crisis

After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Johnny Peril's backstory was rewritten so he was a former member of the U.S. Marine Corps. After his discharge, he became a thrill-seeking daredevil with the help of his marine buddy and cameraman Pete and founded Johnny Peril Enterprises to promote himself. Johnny performed various death-defying stunts such as going over a waterfall in a steel barrel for his television show Johnny Peril's Thrillseekers, and briefly got mixed up with the Creeper.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None

Abilities

• Occultism
• Investigation
• Storytelling
• Aviation
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Firearms
• Seamanship: He was skipper of a LST ship.
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Gun and knife.

Notes

• "Mr. Nobody" appeared as a nameless protagonist in Comic Cavalcade #19. "Johnny Peril" debuted in Comic Cavalcade #22, but Justice League of America #116 retroactively established that Mr. Nobody and Johnny Peril were the same person.
• Johnny's feature in the Golden Age ran as a backup through Comic Cavalcade, All-Star Comics, Sensation Comics, Danger Trail and Sensation Mystery before cancellation. He was revived in the late Silver Age in The Unexpected #106, and again in Unexpected #200 in 1980. A much different version of Johnny appeared in the '90s in Eclipso.
• Johnny Peril presumably existed on Earth-Two. In his original feature in the 1940s, he was portrayed as a veteran of World War II, while in his later appearances in Unexpected and Eclipso, he had not visibly aged.
• This version of Johnny Peril (New Earth), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 71 Appearances of Johnny Peril (New Earth)
• 2 Images featuring Johnny Peril (New Earth)
• 3 Quotations by or about Johnny Peril (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Johnny Peril (New Earth)

External Links

• Johnny Peril at Wikipedia.org