WHISTLER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human

Occupation: Criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Green Lantern I #9 (Fall, 1943)

Powers: The Whistler carried a gun, and his signature was to whistle jaunty rhymes while committing crimes.

History: (Green Lantern I #9) - GL was pursuing the Whistler and his gang the Dogs, but they knocked him out and tossed him off a building. He saved himself by making a cushion of air with his ring, but was angry at himself for his failure. Doiby told him he'd inherited the Pachyderm Polytechnic, a school for troubled boys, from his late uncle Pachyderm. The Whistler was hiding out in a cave beneath the school, and GL saw that the youngsters idolized him, so he thought he'd teach them a lesson. Doiby, as teacher, took the boys to the Aniline Dye Works, where the Whistler was planning a heist. GL made quick work of the Dogs, and Whistler took the boys hostage and fled. Whistler gathered his valuables from the cave, planning to leave town and let his gang rot. The tough youngsters thought he was a fink, and beat him up. The Green Lantern arrived, and the kids were now turned-around, realizing the futility of crime, and admiring him.

Comments: Created by Alfred Bester & Martin Nodell