Clancy O'Hara | |
Aliases: | Chief O'Hara |
Continuity: | DC Universe |
Notability: | Recurring character |
Type: | Law enforcement |
Occupation: | Police chief |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Gotham City |
Associations: | Gotham City Police Department |
Status: | Deceased |
First: | World's Finest Comics #159 |
Actor: | Stafford Repp |
Clancy O'Hara is a fictional police chief and a recurring character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is associated with the Batman line of titles and was introduced in a behind-the-scenes appearance in World's Finest Comics #159 in August, 1966 in a story called "The Cape and Cowl Crooks!" This character was the inspiration for Chief O'Hara as seen on the 1966 Batman live-action series. A modern re-imagining of the character was introduced in Batman: Dark Victory #1 in December, 1999, in which the character was summarily killed off.
Biography[]
Pre-Crisis[]
Clancy O'Hara was a resident of Gotham City and served as a the police chief for the Gotham City Police Department. Along with police commissioner James Gordon, he often called upon the services of Batman for situations that went beyond the legal capabilities of the GCPD. When Gotham's city council placed a ban on the Batman's vigilante activities, Chief O'Hara secretly warned Batman that he would no longer receive official assistance from the GCPD. [1]
Post-Crisis[]
Chief Clancy O'Hara was a longtime police chief of Gotham City. Though he was often in the background and never took the "spotlight," he was always by Commissioner Gordon's side, as he was very loyal to him.
O'Hara was one of the hardest-working cops in the force, and though often frustrated by the many puzzles and tricks offered by Gotham's super-villains, he was quick to condemn those criminals. Tragically, O'Hara was the first victim of murders by the Hangman killings. [2]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Clancy O'Hara was created by writer Edmond Hamilton, artist Curt Swan and inker George Klein.
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- Silver Age 1
Batman: The Series