LIONMANE

Real Name: Edward Dawson

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Archaeologist, supervillain

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Midway City

First Appearance: Hawkman I #20 (June-July, 1967)

Powers: Lionmane had the strength, speed, and agility of a lion. He possessed a lion's fangs and claws, and could create a vacuum in a confined area.

History: Edward Dawson was an archaeologist in the employ of the Midway Museum, and on a field assignment in Iran he discovered the legendary Mithra Meteorite. He touched it, and was transformed into the half-human, half-lion Lionsmane. After going on a rampage he was stopped by Hawkman, and soon reverted to his human self. Dawson would twice more find pieces of the Mithra Meteorite, and be transformed into Lionmane, only to be stopped by Hawkman.

Comments: Created by Gardner Fox & Murphy Anderson.

Lionmane received a profile in Who's Who: Update '87 #3.

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