The Wraith

THE WRAITH

(The Dread Avenger)

Creator: Frank Dirscherl

Paul Sanderson (First Wraith)

Michael Reeve (Second Wraith)

Leena Patterson (Lover of Michael Reeve)

Max Horton (Aid to The Wraith)

Judy Hess (Lover of Paul Sanderson)

Jonathan Simpson (Butler & Aid to Sanderson)

Robert Lathan (Crime Lord, Metro City)

Charley Grieco (2^nd In Command to Lathan)

General Abdelkrim (African Military Gang Lord)

Paul Sanderson, of Metro, is a spoiled rich kid reaching for attention from his mother and father and can’t find it. As an adult he sets out to travel the world looking for his place in it. Almost dying in the African desert, he is saved by a native who tells him there is an ancient prophesy about a white man coming who will save the world, and Paul is the fulfillment of that prophesy. He is taken to a mountaintop where an old man trains him for his coming place in history as the Wraith. But it goes deeper than this. If Paul dies, he is to pass on the power to someone else.

That power is passed on to the second Wraith, Michael Reeve, a Metro police officer.

The outfit is comfortable, as well as protective. It’s reinforced with Kevlar and tear resistant. If it doesn’t stop a bullet, it will slow it down, and is resistant to most blades. The cape is tougher and will reflect anything but high-powered bullets. His belt has pouched that hold all manner of objects, including gas grenades and other essentials needed in his warfare with the underworld. The cowl resembled the mask Zorro wore, made of heavy duty rubber with a knot at the back.

            There has only been the prose origin story published to-date, though evidently several comic books published featuring the character of The Wraith.

“Sanderson of Metro” (Trinity Comics) Oct 25, 2017 (With Bobby Nash)

Midnight Guardian

THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN

Creator: John C. Bruening

Characters

Jack Hunter (Asst. D.A.)

Frank “Buzz” Hunter (Jack’s cousin)

Ed Gallagher (D.A.)

Betty Carlyle (D.A. secretary)

Sam Tagert (Chief of Police)

Lt. Mike Dugan (Chief of Detectives)

Bart Maxwell (Tribune Reporter)

Dan “Doc” Kendall (Pharmacist)

Stephen Bentley (Mayor)

Hank Cremshaw (Fire Chief)

Nicholas Diamond (Mob Boss)

Vinnie Marshall (Nicky’s childhood friend)

Luke Simone (Mob lieutenant)

Johnny Kawalski (Mob driver and gunman)

Dominic LoCastro (Mob Lawyer)

Anthony Reynolds (Judge – in pocket of the mob)

Oliver Pruett (Sparks – explosive expert)

It’s 1936, and after more than a decade, Nicky Diamond is out of prison and back in Union City. He had tried to take over the town during Prohibition, but a police officer had stopped his men before they killed him. Now that police officer’s son, Jack Hunter, is the Assistant D.A., and he wants to put a stop to the crime lord for good. The police have proven ineffective against the mob boss, and the D.A.’s office needs proof to put Diamond back behind bars.

Jack and his cousin, Buzz Hunter have always been good at making things and working with equipment, and Buzz has invented a battery operated mask with goggles that gives the wearer heightened abilities, such as seeing in the dark, able to anticipate movements, and the ability to move faster than normal, and react with lightning reflexes. Jack tries them on one night and is impressed. Now maybe he can do something the police can’t do, like get evidence.

Wearing the headset with goggles and a leather jacket, Jack Hunter becomes the Midnight Guardian. He rides a Henderson motorcycle he has engineered for high speed.

Oliver Pruett is working with the police to identify the explosives used by Nicky Diamond, while really working for the Mob Boss as Sparks. However, the supposed duel role does not escape the reader.

So far there has only been one novel published.

“Hour of Darkness” (Flinch Books) 2016