GA Gentleman Ghost (James "Gentleman Jim" Craddock) Appreciation 2021

[CellarDweller]

There is a company called FanSets, that puts out metallic pins. I have a set of characters that were used on The Super Friends.

One of their recent releases is a Ghost of Gentleman Jim pin.





https://fansets.com/

[WonderScott]

Great villain. Definitely needs to get developed more in relation to the Hawk’s gallery of adversaries.

[MajorHoy]

Great villain. Definitely needs to get developed more in relation to the Hawk’s gallery of adversaries.

Of course, until the Hawks really get used again, that would leave him out in the cold . . .

[Robanker]

Of course, until the Hawks really get used again, that would leave him out in the cold . . .

Like most villains, he'll slowly get swallowed up by the bigger IP sooner or later. Likely Batman.

[Frontier]

Like most villains, he'll slowly get swallowed up by the bigger IP sooner or later. Likely Batman.

Well, he was in a few episodes of the Brave and the Bold cartoon, and in an issue of Catwoman, and in that Gotham book with Jim Corrigan...

[MajorHoy]

Like most villains, he'll slowly get swallowed up by the bigger IP sooner or later. Likely Batman.

He had previously appeared in stories with Batman back in the pre-CoIE days.

[DrNewGod]

He had previously appeared in stories with Batman back in the pre-CoIE days.

That was my first encounter with The Gentleman Ghost, and I was a bit surprised to learn he was not only a Hawkman foe, but had been a foe of both Hawkmen.

[MajorHoy]

That was my first encounter with The Gentleman Ghost, and I was a bit surprised to learn he was not only a Hawkman foe, but had been a foe of both Hawkmen.

I think the first story I read with the Gentleman Ghost was in

Secret Origins #1 (February-March 1973)

[Captain Nostalgia]

He had previously appeared in stories with Batman back in the pre-CoIE days.

My friend had this comic book passed onto him back in the day, so I always assumed he was a Batman rogue at first. It wasn't until much later that I realized he was a Hawkman villain.

[signalman112]

Gentleman Ghost return to battle Batman in BATMAN #319. Nice cover by Joe Kubert and Dick Giorando.

Batman319.jpg

[MajorHoy]

The rest of the story with Gentleman Ghost from Flash Comics #92 (February 1948)
and reprinted in Detective Comics #439 (February-March 1974):

[signalman112]

The Great Don Newton draws The Gentleman Ghost in DETECTIVE COMICS #526.

GentlemanGhost526.jpg