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Clancy O'Hara
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]

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Appearances[]

  • Batman 301
  • DC Special Series 17
  • Detective Comics 461
  • Detective Comics 470
  • Detective Comics 476
  • Shadow of the Batman 1
  • Shadow of the Batman 4
  • Swamp Thing 7
  • World's Finest Comics 159
  • World's Finest Comics 227

  • Adventure Comics 461
  • All-Star Comics 67
  • All-Star Comics 70
  • All-Star Squadron 20
  • Wonder Woman 281
  • Wonder Woman 296
  • Wonder Woman 297
  • Wonder Woman 306
  • Wonder Woman 308

  • Silver Age 1

Batman: The Series

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