Monocle

MONOCLE

Real Name: Jonathan Cheval

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Supervillain, formerly optician, laser technologist

Group Affiliation: formerly Secret Society of Super-Villains.

Known Relatives: unnamed father, unnamed grandfather.

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The South of France, formerly NYC, New York, 1940s era

First Appearance: Flash Comics #64 (April, 1945)

Powers: The Monocle wore monocles with a number of lenses that could concentrate various forms of heat, light and radiation. His monocle could fire laser blasts or electricity.

History: Jonathan Cheval ran an optometry shop that was passed on down to him by his father. Cheval was more interested in inventing than optometry, and spent his free time designing lenses that focused radiation. The board of directors that heldf the mortgage on Cheval's store were in danger of being sent to prison for speculating with money that wasn't theirs. They needed to recoup their losses to stay free men, and since Cheval's shop stood on valuable land they tried to foreclose on it. Cheval realized he'd been cheated, and used his lenses to assume the identity of Monocle to slay the men that stole the store that was rightfully his. He clashed with Hawkman, and was defeated.

(JSA #30) - Nevada; Monocle went to Roulette's House to attend one of her gladiatorial contests. He was among the crowd of villains that watched members of the JSA forced to fight each other.

(Identity Crisis #2) - Monocle attended one of the supervillain community's semi-regular gatherings at the Injustice Gang's old satellite headquarters.

(Identity Crisis #4-6) - Dr. Light told Deadshot that he was once mind-wiped by the Justice League of America. Deadshot spread Light’s story to his supervillain buddies, including Monocle. The JLA, who had been coming down hard on the supervillain community in the wake of Sue Dibny’s murder, stormed into Merlyn’s apartment and easily apprehended Monocle and the other villains present. Kate Spencer prosecuted them, but the case was no papere and they were set free after Deadshot called in a favor from Amanda Waller.

Comments: Created by

Monocle received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #16.

In the pre-Crisis DC Universe Monocle lived on Earth-2.

Monacle and the Secret Society of Super-Villains had a flashback cameo in JLA #115.