Name | Penguin (The) |
A.K.A. | The Blue Raven |
Secret ID. | Bruce Baron? |
Type | Costumed Hero |
Affiliation/Team | None |
1st Appearance | "Wow" Comics #15 |
Year | 1943 |
Publisher | Bell Features / Commercial Signs of Canada |
Country of origin | Canada |
Evil-doers know "To see the face of the Penguin is to die."
The Penguin was a detective and master spy who protected Canada against Axis spies, saboteurs an infiltrators during World War II.
Wearing a coat and tales and a distinctive face mask, the Penguin was an acrobat, expert hand-to-hand combatant, marksman, master detective and the most prominent mystery man in Canada, so much so that his true identity became one of the secrets that spies most sought from Canada.
However it was well known among evil-doers that those who saw the face the Penguin did not live long after seeing it.
As the war progressed The Penguin started to execute spy hunting expeditions below the 49th parallel into the United State, during these he kept the same clothing as before but called himself the Blue Raven, perhaps to avoid confusion with an American villain who used the same motif.
The most likely candidate for being the Penguin was Bruce Baron a well known “neo-socialite.” (whatever the heck that is!)
The Great White North Knight
The Penguin was a Canadian superhero in the 40’s and one of the first that they planed on trying to market in the United States, that was the reason for the change to the Blue Raven.