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| Gerald Shilling | |
| Aliases: | Stovepipe Lord Gerald Shilling |
| Continuity: | DC Universe |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Military personnel |
| Occupation: | Spy |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | England Gotham Town |
| Associations: | Illuminati |
| Status: | Deceased by virtue of time era |
| First: | Tomahawk #28 |
Lord Gerald "Stovepipe" Shilling is a fictional spy and a recurring character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Tomahawk #28 in November, 1954 in a story called "The Mask of Lord Shilling".
Biography[]
Lord Gerald Shilling was a British spy and revolutionary. His true focus was subverting the regime of Napoleon Bonaparte, but his service to the King and his necromancer required him to undertake missions overseas. In the year 1799, he was in Gotham Town where a New Year's festivities were underway celebrating great patriotic figures of the past. Shilling disguised himself as Tomahawk as another confederate named Sarah disguised herself as Miss Liberty. A drunkard named Tom Haukins - the real Tomahawk disrupted the festivities, forcing Shilling to make an escape. He later picked up Haukins on the street and brought him to safety. [1]
Abilities[]
Skills[]
Equipment[]
- Claw of Aelkhünd - One-time possessor
- Mask - Various rudimentary masks for disguises.
- Shilling - Trademark shilling with a hole in the center.
Weaknesses[]
- Missing limb: His arm became fused with the Claw of Aelkhünd in molten liquid, forcing him to rip it free.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Gerald Shilling was created by an unknown writer and artist Fred Ray.
- Although this character was originally introduced during the Golden Age era of DC Comics' publishing history, which is often retroactively attributed to the reality designated Earth-Two, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
- Gerald Shilling was 5'10" and weighed 174 lbs. in his prime.
- Lord Shilling's trademark was to leave a shilling with a hole drilled through the center at the site of a successful mission.
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References[]
- ↑ Swamp Thing Vol 2 86