- "Craddock?"
"That's who I used to be... but not anymore... Now I can be anything I want. Thief or terror." - ―Hawkman and Gentleman Ghost[src]
James "Jim" Craddock was a criminal hired by Intergang to steal eternium from a mineral show gala, fighting Hawkman directly, only to be accidentally killed by crashing with a building, causing the hero to question his moral. Being dead, Craddock made a deal with demons to kill Hawkman in exchange for his return to life, becoming a vengeful spirit known as Gentleman Ghost who started tormenting Hawkman, however, he managed to intrude a piece of eternium that would return him to the underworld.
Biography[]
Hired by Intergang[]
Raid at St. Roch Museum[]
At some point, James Craddock was hired by Intergang to steal eternium from a mineral show gala at St. Roch Museum. An explosion occurs and Hawkman decides to chase James. After seeing Hawkman, James began to run jumping between buildings while the hero flew trying to reach him until he grabbed an Intergang ship and starts shooting at him. Hawkman defends himself and throws his mace into James's hand to throw his weapon to the ground, causing him to lose the steering wheel and crash into a building, dying in the process. Hawkman flew to rescue the corpse of James which was on fire, but he died. His ghost came out of his body, the ghost then appeared with Hawkman annoyed and mocking him, however, he did not seem to care much.[1]
Deal with demons[]
After being sent to an unknown location, James made a deal with some hawk-like creatures to kill Hawkman in exchange for his return to life.[1]
Confronting Hawkman[]
Hawkman realizes that the ghost was Jim Craddock.
The ghost of Craddock appeared so that later a mist began to appear, which alerted Hawkman. Hawkman then heard a mysterious voice to which he asked who it was, so it replied that it was James. Confused, the hero did not remember having killed someone, so the angry voice yelled at him and freezing him with an ice machine. Craddock then manipulated the illusion to throw him to the ground to show himself with him to soon lock him in a glass case and show him an illusion of Doctor Fate. Hawkman tries to communicate with him but the illusion fades, soon Craddock appears threatening Hawkman to kill two women, which he soon does so as well as kill an illusion of Jeremy.
Hawkman embeds a piece of The Champion's artifact in James's chest.
Hawkman then furiously breaks the display case freeing himself to face Craddock as he prepares to kill him. Hawkman confronts him and punches him, but when Craddock tries to grab a piece of The Champion, he realizes that it hurts him, so Hawkman grabs a piece and sticks it in his chest, returning him to the underworld, but before Craddock leaves he warns Hawkman that a threat is coming.[1]
Personality[]
To be added
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Ghost physiology: To be added
Abilities[]
- Parkour: To be added
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
- Detonator: To be added
- Submachine gun: To be added
- Knife: To be added
Vehicles[]
- Intergang ship: To be added
Relationships[]
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Trivia[]
- While the character is never referred to as Gentleman Ghost in the story, the synopsis for the comic still refers to him by that title.
- In the comics, Gentleman Ghost is the spirit of a 19th century gentleman thief named Jim Craddock, being a ghostly criminal adversary who has battled Hawkman on various occasions.
