Tawky Tawny (New Earth)

Tawky Tawny
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Tawky Tawny
Main Alias	Tawky Tawny
Affiliation	Marvel Family
Base Of Operations	Fawcett City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Race	Tiger
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Actor
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Orange
Hair	Orange
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Jerry Ordway · Peter Krause
First Appearance	The Power of Shazam! #4 (June, 1995)

But don't...don't let my cultured tones deceive you, sir...TAWNY BITES!

— Tawky Tawny

Tawky Tawny was originally just a stuffed tiger doll, until it was animated by Lord Satanus to help the Marvel Family against his sister Blaze.

History

Describing himself as a "pooka", he was only visible as a living person to Billy, Mary & Dudley. However, he was later made fully real through the magic of Ibis the Invincible. He has been helping the Marvel Family ever since.

During Freddy Freeman's trials to secure the power of Shazam, Tawky Tawny had information on the location of Mercury. Sabina, Freddy's rival and candidate of the Council of Merlin, found Tawky first, but he refused to give the information to anyone but Freddy. When she threatened to take it by force, Tawky Tawny transformed into a saber tooth tiger and attacked her. However, Sabina was about to kill Tawky when Mercury revealed himself and lead her away. Freddy soon arrived on the scene, and Tawky urged him to go after Sabina.

Final Crisis

Tawny defeats Kalibak

During the Final Crisis, he was discussing the situation of the Marvel Family with Freddy Freeman before the Anti-Life Equation was released. One month later, Tawky was present when Frankenstein led a posse of heroes (including Freddy) into Blüdhaven, but was knocked unconscious by Kalibak, who had been reborn in the body of a tiger-man. Tawny regained consciousness and defeated Kalibak in combat, eviscerating him and gaining the admiration and loyalty of Kalibak's tiger-soldiers.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Tenth Age of Magic: Due to the effects of the Tenth Age of Magic rewriting the book of magic Tawky Tawny has the ability to transform and gain enhanced strength, speed and agility.
  • Transformation: Tawny can transform from a "regular" talking tiger into a large saber-tooth tiger.
    • Claws
    • Fangs
    • Enhanced Strength
    • Enhanced Agility
    • Enhanced Durability

Abilities

• Acting: Tawny made a living as a successful actor for advertising agencies.

Trivia

• Tawky Tawny is also known as Talky Tawny and Mr. Tawny Tawny.
• Tawky Tawny is a vegetarian.
• Tawny has snacks named after him called Tawny Cakes, they are similar to sponge cakes.

Related

• 28 Appearances of Tawky Tawny (New Earth)
• 8 Images featuring Tawky Tawny (New Earth)
• 4 Quotations by or about Tawky Tawny (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Tawky Tawny (New Earth)

Footnotes

Marvel Family member This character is or was a member of the Marvel Family in any of its various incarnations, and an ally of Captain Marvel and the Wizard Shazam. This template will categorize articles that include it into the category "Marvel Family members."