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Nite Owl is the name of two fictional characters in the comic book limited series ''Watchmen'' by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics. The duo are modified analogues of the first two Blue Beetle characters (The second Nite Owl's background detail is created to parody Clark Kent) 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 made it to number 115 on Wizard's Top 200 Comic Book Characters list. ==Hollis T. Mason== Hollis T. Mason was the first Nite Owl. At the age of 12, his father left the family farm in Montana and moved to New York City, working at Moe Vernon's Auto Repairs. Starting out as a New York City policeman in 1938, he was inspired by ''Action Comics ''Superman'' and the real life exploits of Hooded Justice to take up the life of a vigilante. He was nicknamed "Nite Owl" for spending his evenings working out in the Police Gymnasiums as much as possible and going to bed at 9:00pm to rise for a 5:00am workout before donning his badge and uniform. His costume was designed to free his arms and legs while protecting his chest, abdomen and head with a tough leather tunic. With the tunic hiding his hair, a domino mask concealed his identity. He became a member of the Minutemen, a "''masked adventurer''" league in mid-1939. Mason was an "old school" crimefighter, a real "Boy Scout" in the eyes of Captain Metropolis. He stopped colorful criminals like the Screaming Skull and went on to fight supposed Axis operatives including Captain Axis during World War II. He retired in May, 1962 to open an auto business and write his memoir of his crime-fighting exploits, ''Under the Hood''. By reading ''Under the Hood'', Silk Spectre II later learned of the Comedian's attempted rape of her mother Silk Spectre I. Soon after Hollis retired, Daniel Dreiberg sought him out and asked if he could use the name and persona of Nite Owl to fight crime. Mason acceded and Dreiberg became the second Nite Owl. After Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II break Rorschach out of prison on Halloween night, the Knot-tops street gang are angered by what they perceive to be vigilantism. Under the influence of the drug KT-28, the Knot-tops believe Mason to be the same Nite Owl who had participated in the prison break and decide to attack him. Mistaking the group for trick-or-treaters, Mason opens his door to the gang and, although managing to put up a good fight, is killed with the very statue of himself that was given to him as an acknowledgment and reward for his service as a costumed adventurer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nite Owl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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