Who Is Daniel? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Daniel is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 15 comic issue appearances. As a child he was a chimney sweep in Victorian London. He escaped to the magical Free Country, where he lived for many years. He fell in love with Marya and when he was banished to Earth, he harassed her with his new chimney-sweep powers. CIrce turned him into a dog, and Marya now cares for him.

Who is Daniel?

Creation Daniel was created by writer John Ney Reiber and artist Peter Gross in Arcana Annual 1 (despite what it says to the right abiout "first appearance"; Arcana Annual 1 comes before Children's Crusade 2). Major Story Arcs Children's Crusade Daniel grew up in Victorian London, where he was a street kid and chimney sweep who worked for Reverend Slaggingham . Eventually Daniel, Marya , and several other children from the real world ended up traveling to the dimension of the Free Country , where they can life forever as children, away from the danger and corruption of adults. Daniel likes to take trips to Earth to see what kinds of strange things they have now, although he wouldn't want to live there. He is in love with Marya, and brings her a statue of a dancer that he stole from Earth, because she wants to be a dancer. She appreciates the statue, but ends up leaving Free Country to go to Earth, where she can learn to dance. The Books of Magic Later, Daniel accidentally kills another kid after being teased for liking Marya, and is banished from Free Country. Back in London, he starts to look for Marya, but can't find her.

Key facts

Daniel is of human origin and first appeared in "In Which Avril Mitchell Learns the Story So Far". The character is published by DC Comics. With 15 recorded issue appearances, Daniel ranks among the most featured characters in comics.