The Whistler was a masked vigilante in the post-WWII mid-1940s.
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History
Police Reporter Mallory Drake became a masked vigilante in order to avenge his murdered brother Jerry. Jerry Drake had been a jazz whistler, and Mallory was a gifted mimic, who quickly mastered Jerry's repertoire. Calling himself The Whistler, Drake waged a war of terror against the underworld, for about half a year, then was heard from no longer.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Sound Manipulation The Whistler once whistled so sharply that a gun, by itself, was fired by the sound.[1]
Abilities
- Intimidation The Whistler's eerie trademark whistle struck fear into the hearts of men, creating blood-chilling paralytic reactions.[2] It also worked on snakes.[3]
- Mimicry
- Music
- Whistle Ventriloquism The Whistler can make his trademark whistle seem to come into a room he occupies, as if from the outside.[4]
Notes
- The Whistler looked exactly like Midnight or The Spirit, only with a red mask.
- Creator/writer/artist Vernon Henkel was replaced by William Woolfolk and Al McWilliams on the final Whistler story, in National Comics #54.
- In his civilian identity Drake worked at the Daily Record, and his boss was Mac Shane, Editor.
Trivia
- Mallory Drake smoked cigarettes. His boss, Mac Shane, smoked a pipe.
Related
- 7 Appearances of Mallory Drake (Quality Universe)
- 1 Images featuring Mallory Drake (Quality Universe)
- Quotations by or about Mallory Drake (Quality Universe)
- Character Gallery: Mallory Drake (Quality Universe)
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