Who Is Darkhawk? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Darkhawk is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Christopher Powell, with over 388 comic issue appearances. As a teenager, Chris Powell discovered an amulet allowing him to don the alien armor of Darkhawk. Belonging to an ancient sect of Shi'ar assassins known as the Fraternity of Raptors, it provides immense protective and fighting power to its wearer along with access to its Datasong which grants the ability to access memories and possible future outcomes of events.

Who is Darkhawk?

Origin Becoming Darkhawk Chris Powell was born in Queens as the oldest son of Mike and Grace Powell . While taking his two younger brothers to an old amusement park, Chris witnessed his dad, who was a cop, taking a bribe from the crime lord Philippe Bazin . Unfortunately, some of Bazin's hired thugs noticed him and tried to chase down the Powell kids to keep them quiet. Chris tried to find some weapon to use to protect his brothers but only found a strange amulet. Unknown to him, this amulet was an alien artifact of a forgotten sect of Shi'ar operatives known as the Fraternity of Raptors . The amulet transformed him into Darkhawk, and he used his newfound power to stop Bazin's men without understanding what he had been turned into. Creation Darkhawk was created by Tom Defalco and Mike Manley and first appeared in Darkhawk issue 1 (1991), his own self-titled solo series written by Danny Fingeroth . His series went for 50 issues before cancellation.

Key facts

Darkhawk is of human origin and first appeared in "Darkhawk". The character is published by Marvel. With 388 recorded issue appearances, Darkhawk ranks among the most featured characters in comics.