Nite Owl
Name of two fictional superheroes in the comic book limited series Watchmen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nite Owl is the name of two superheroes in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Nite Owl, Hollis T. Mason, was a member of the crimefighting team the Minutemen, while the second, Daniel "Dan" Dreiberg, became a member of the vigilante team Crimebusters, also known as the titular Watchmen.
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 Nite Owl II in textless cover of Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1 (June 2012). Art by Andy Kubert and Joe Kubert. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Watchmen #1 (September 1986) |
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| Alter ego | Hollis T. Mason (I) Daniel “Dan” Dreiberg (II) |
| Team affiliations | (Mason) Minutemen (Dreiberg) Crimebusters |
| Partnerships | (Mason) Silhouette Mothman (Dreiberg) Rorschach Silk Spectre II |
| Notable aliases | (Dreiberg) Sam Hollis |
| Abilities | (Mason)
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The duo are modified analogues of the first two Blue Beetle characters created for Fox Feature Syndicate and later sold to Charlton Comics. The second Nite Owl parodies the appearance of the iconic popular superhero Batman, while the first parodies The Phantom. The second Nite Owl received a four-part miniseries as part of the Before Watchmen prequel series, and made it to number 115 on Wizard's Top 200 Comic Book Characters list.
Both versions of Nite Owl made their first live-action appearances in the 2009 film Watchmen, with Dreiberg played by Patrick Wilson and Mason played by Stephen McHattie as an old man and Clint Carleton as a young man. Wilson also voices the character in the video game Watchmen: The End Is Nigh.