Who Is Awn the Blink? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Awn the Blink is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 12 comic issue appearances. Half-mechanical fix-it man created by Tim Hunter.

Who is Awn the Blink?

Creation Awn the Blink was created by writer John Ney Rieber and penciler Gary Amaro in The Books of Magic issue 10 , in 1995. Major Story Arcs Awn the Blink was created by Tim Hunter . As a boy, Hunter created numerous magical beings through his imagination, often when he misunderstood something, wanted imaginary friends, or had a hard time dealing with the real world. However, Tim did not realize that the beings in his imagination had real, permanent existence, and did not take care of them after he grew up. When Tim was a kid, he thought Awn the Blink was responsible for when the family TV was broken. And, in Awn's words, "since the times I'm interfering with the telly are the only times your dad pays attention to you, you calculate I'm your friend." Awn the Blink is first seen playing chess with the Queen of the Buggers in Reverend Slaggingham 's underground sewer kingdom. Slaggingham collected many of the beings that Hunter had created. When Slaggingham has problems with his machine that is supposed to be pulling misery out of the London atmosphere, Awn crawls out of the machine and explains to him why it won't work--because it's not possible to pull misery out of the atmosphe.

Key facts

Awn the Blink is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "The Artificial Heart, Book II: Bleak Houses, Hard Times". The character is published by DC Comics. With 12 recorded issue appearances, Awn the Blink ranks among the most featured characters in comics.