Masked Man

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Masked Man

Publisher	Eclipse Comics
First appearance	Eclipse Magazine #7
Created by	B.C.Boyer.

Characteristics
Alter ego	Dick Carstairs
Affiliations	Barney McAllister Phantom Man Maggie Brown Dan Drekston
Abilities	Ability to inibriate self

The Masked Man was a comic book crime-fighter created by B.C. Boyer and published by Eclipse Comics. His first appearance was in Eclipse Magazine #7, and he was later seen in Eclipse Monthly and his own ongoing series entitled The Masked Man, which ran 12 issues. The character and series was very similar to Will Eisner's The Spirit character.

[edit] Character history

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The Masked Man was the alter ego of private eye Dick Carstairs, who would take on the identity of the Masked Man so that his friend Barney McAllister, a reporter, could grab headlines using tales of his crime-fighting adventures.

During his crime-fighting career, Carstairs met a number of allies and enemies. Among these was Dan Drekston, a reporter who threatened to reveal the identity of the Masked Man unless he could take Barney's place as Carstairs' companion. He also encountered Phantom Man, a.k.a. Lenny Winchester, when he saved Carstairs' life. The Phantom Man was an old man in a blue business suit, fedora, domino mask and gloves (a tribute to Will Eisner's The Spirit). Carstairs also met Maggie Brown, who was blinded by gunfire; after saving her life, Carstairs fell in love with Maggie, although Barney believed Maggie was faking her blindness. Barney also met Carstairs' sister, Roxy Chicago, a criminal and murderer.