Changes: Owlman (Earth-Three)

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John Ostrander was a writer for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics. He is most widely recognized for his work on titles such as Manhunter (Volume 1), Suicide Squad (Volume 1), the Legends limited series, and The Spectre. This article pertains to John's contributions to DC Comics only.

Issues credited

Legends #1
Legends #2
Legends #3
Legends #4
Legends #5
Legends #6
Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #0
Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #1
Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #2
Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #24
Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern #1
Who's Who: Update '87 #1
Who's Who: Update '87 #3
Who's Who: Update '87 #4
Who's Who: Update '87 #5

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+'''John Ostrander''' was a writer for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics. He is most widely recognized for his work on titles such as [[Comics Manhunter (Volume 1)|Manhunter (Volume 1)]], [[Comic Suicide Squad (Volume 1)|Suicide Squad (Volume 1)]], the [[Comics Legends|Legends]] limited series, and [[Comics Spectre (Volume 3)|The Spectre]]. This article pertains to John's contributions to DC Comics only.
-[[Image:owlman_e3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|the Owlman of Earth-3's "Crime Syndicate of AmeriCa"]]
+==Issues credited==
+*[[Legends 1 (1986)|Legends #1]]
+*[[Legends 2 (1986)|Legends #2]]
+*[[Legends 3 (1987)|Legends #3]]
+*[[Legends 4 (1987)|Legends #4]]
+*[[Legends 5 (1987)|Legends #5]]
+*[[Legends 6 (1987)|Legends #6]]
+*[[Martian Manhunter 0 (Volume 2, 1998)|Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #0]]
+*[[Martian Manhunter 1 (Volume 2, 1998)|Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #1]]
+*[[Martian Manhunter 2 (Volume 2, 1999)|Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #2]]
+*[[Martian Manhunter 24 (Volume 2, 2000)|Martian Manhunter (Volume 2) #24]]
+*[[Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern 1 (1998)|Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern #1]]
+*[[Who's Who - Update '87 1|Who's Who: Update '87 #1]]
+*[[Who's Who - Update '87 3|Who's Who: Update '87 #3]]
+*[[Who's Who - Update '87 4|Who's Who: Update '87 #4]]
+*[[Who's Who - Update '87 5|Who's Who: Update '87 #5]]
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-'''Real Name:''' Unrevealed<br>
-'''Nicknames:''' No known nicknames <br>
-'''Former Aliases:''' No known former aliases <br>
-'''Other Current Aliases:''' No other known current aliases <br>
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+[[Category:Writers|Ostrander, John]]
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-==Status==
-'''Occupation:''' None<br>
-Formerly world conqueror<br>
-'''Legal Status:''' Deceased;<br>
-(Pre-Crisis) citizen of the Empire of United States and its associated member nations (of Earth 3) with criminal record<br>
-'''Identity:''' [[:Category:Public Identity|Public]] <br>
-'''Marital Status:''' Unknown<br>
-'''Group Affiliation:''' [[Crime Syndicate]] of AmeriCa on [[Earth-Three]]; former ally of [[Per Degaton]]; known enemy of extra-dimensional heroic groups including the [[Justice Society of America]] of Earth 2 and [[Justice League of America]] of Earth 1 as he was known to them<br>
-'''Base of Operations:''' Eyrie of Evil on a mountain outside Metropolis on [[Earth-Three]] (as shown in Justice League #29)<br>
-==Origin==
-'''First Appearance:''' [[Justice League of America Vol 1 # 29 (1964)|Justice League of America Vol. 1 #29]]<br>
-'''Place of Birth:''' Unspecified locale on [[Earth-Three]]<br>
-'''Final Appearance:''' [[The Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (1985)|The Crisis on Infinite Earths #1]]<br>
-'''Place of Death:''' [[Earth-Three]]<br>
-==History==
-Owlman was born into the partially "reversed" universe of [[Earth-Three]] whereby the colonial British colonies successfully broke away from the Empire of United States in the 1700s and President John Wilkes Booth was assassinated by actor Abraham Lincoln as stated in the Crime Syndicate of AmeriCa first appearance (JLA Vol. 1 #29).
-[Unlike the modern "Earth 2" of the Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa, Earth 3 was based on the ideals of "Good" and supportive morality of the general populace and law and order to be the norm rather than the idea of an amoral society loosely based on the Roman Empire of "who profits" as the norm]
-Most of the [[Earth-Three]] Owlman's history is unrevealed.  What is known is that the person who would assume the identity of Owlman is that he was born with an enhanced intelligence and low level superhuman mental abilities.  He would develop artifical devices to enhance his mental abilities, most notably the large reflective owl eyes in his helmet which he uses as a focusing transmitter onto his target.
-With the extra powers he developed through training as well as his experimentations, he adopted the name of "Owlman" and began his life long career of criminal conquest.  It would be during his attacks that he joined in the loose partnership with the other four super-powered beings on [[Earth-Three]] and founded the organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America.
-It would be after largely conquering most of their world that Owlman and his fellow Crime Syndicate members challenged the combined forces of the [[Earth-One]] Justice League and [[Earth-Two]] Justice Society.  Not able to withstand the combined mights of two Earths greatest superbeings, the Crime Syndicate was defeated and imprisoned in an extradimensional bubble created by the [[Earth-One]] Green Lantern.
-After their defeat by the combined forces of the [[Earth-Two]] [[Justice Society of America]] and the [[Earth-One]] [[Justice League of America]], Owlman escaped from his imprisonment along with his other Crime Syndicate members though unlike his partners whose adventures were documented, Owlman mostly stayed in the background probably due to the nature of his non physical powers.  Owlman joined his fellow Crime Syndicate members who temporarily joined with Per Degaton and the Ultra Humanite and his new time-traveling band of the Secret Society came to Earth-Three. (Justice League of America (Vol 1) #207-209)  Owlman and the others would battle against Luthor, Sr. and other heroes on many occasions who would routinely defeat Johnny Quick and the other members of the Crime Syndicate.
-This basic stalement of almost endless escape and imprisonment would continue until the antimatter wave attack of the [[Anti-Monitor]] came to [[Earth-Three]] during the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths]].  Unable to stop the antimatter wave that was destroying Earth-Three, Owlman and the other members of the Crime Syndicate teamed up with Luthor, Sr. in an attempt to stop the attack.  Despite his many plans and strategies to overcome the anti-matter attack that were enhanced with Luthor, Sr.'s super-science  equipment, Owlman was killed by the near infinite power of the anti-matter wave that destroyed his entire universe and everyone in the dimension of [[Earth-Three]].