BLACK RAPIER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Honor Guard

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Astro City, Earth-Astro City

First Appearance: Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #1 (August, 1995)

Powers: Black Rapier was a skilled detective and fencer, armed with a rapier that could discharge electrical blasts. He drank a youth serum to prolong his lifespan.

History: (Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #1) - The Honor Guard held a meeting in their floating headquarters, where they compared notes on their enemies, including who was active, who was in jail, and who had disappeared. They also fixed their alien detector, which had been malfunctioning ever since the Zonn attacks. The Honor Guard emergency signal went off, and they stopped the Menagerie gang from robbing Astrobank, and took a few moments to receive appreciation from the adoring public.

Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross & Brent E. Anderson.

Black Rapier was originally published by Image Comics.

Black Rapier's appearance in Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #1 was reprinted in Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: Life in the Big City #1.

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