Angler

ANGLER

Real Name: Thurban (first name unrevealed)

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Politician, criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Bayside City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Flash Comics #93 (March, 1948)

Powers: Angler used a fishing rod with a see-through line and hook and an airplane with long fishing lines to commit thefts. He was a skilled seaman and had a fishing vessel equipped with a whale harpoon.

History: (Flash Comics #93) - Mr. Thurban was a career politician who moonlighted as the Angler, a criminal who used his fishing skills to commit theft. Thurban got his protege, youngster Johnny Page, chosen to act as honorary mayor of Bayside city. Thurban planned on controlling him for his own ends, but his plans went awry when Page announced he’d be starting crime prevention week by bringing the Angler to justice. Ghost Patrol member Slim read a newspaper article about the situation and decided to help out, sending a cloud ball message for his teammate Pedro just in case he needed any help. The Angler didn’t want Page interfering in his work, and used his fishing rod to steal the boy’s school pin. Slim confronted Angler and his gang, but was knocked out by Angler’s fishing rod for his trouble. Johnny dedicated a new jail, and a plane passed overhead with a sign wishing him luck. Angler was flying the plane and sent down a number of fishing lines to rob the crowd attending Johnny’s speech. Pedro got Slim’s message, and had sent it out to Fred. Pedro tried to stop Angler’s robbery, but was knocked out with a weighted sinker. Johnny Page met with city officials on the city yacht to discuss weather or not he should resign, and angler saw the opportunity to take care of him permanently. Angler shot a whale harpoon loaded with explosives and with Pedro and Slim tied to it at the city yacht. Fred arrived in time to use his ghostly powers to boomerang the harpoon, using it to explode Angler’s ship, at which point the Ghost Patrol turned immaterial to avoid harm to themselves. The Ghost Patrol handed the Angler over to Johnny and unmasked him as Mr. Thurban, Johnny’s political mentor. The Ghost Patrol told Johnny he’d done a swell job keeping the city safe and would be a fine mayor one day.

Comments: Created by John B. Wentworth & Arthur F. Peddy.

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths DCU Angler lived on Earth-2.