Within the war, Kite Man became considered something of a joke despite his technological skills and it was revealed that Riddler purposefully drove Chuck to insanity as he knew he was weak willed enough to give away the Joker's location if pressured. was murdered by the Riddler who had poisoned the string on the kite which the boy was playing with.ĭistraught and wanting vengeance on Riddler for the murder of his son, Charles created a hanglider suit for himself and then dubbed himself Kite Man, officially joining Joker's team in the Gang-War. After this Chuck's son, Charles Brown Jr. Batman wanted Chuck to reach out to Joker and work as a double agent for Batman and threatened him into doing it, however Joker wanted Chuck to work as a mole for Riddler who had already figured out that he was working for Batman resulting in Chuck being forced to double cross three of the most dangerous criminals in Gotham. Freeze, Deadshot, Man-Bat, Mad Hatter, Ventriloquist, Solomon Grundy, Cluemaster, Tweedledee and Tweedledum while Riddler's team included Poison Ivy, Two Face, Killer Croc, Scarecrow, Deathstroke, Clayface, Firefly and Mr. Due to this he was confronted by Batman during a gang-war between the super-criminals in Gotham between Joker and Riddler, with Joker's team being the Penguin, Mr. was an engineer who specialized in aerodynamics and who had previously worked for Joker by designed the Jokermobile. Kite Man features several times during DC Rebirth and given a much more tragic backstory.Ĭharles 'Chuck' Brown Sr. This is during Intergang's continuing rise to power in Gotham City outlined in that series. Intergang proceeded to wipe Kite Man's name from the public records, as if he had never existed. He is one of a few criminals, including Sewer King, Mirage, and Rawson, beaten to death by Intergang boss Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim when the villains refused to immediately submit to Intergang. Kite-Man, however, survived his fall and reached some low rank in post-crisis Gotham City's underworld in the pages of 52. In Infinite Crisis, The Joker reported that Kite-Man was thrown off Wayne Tower without his kite by Deathstroke, after he firmly refused to join the Secret Society of Super Villains. Kite-Man later made several cameos at a gangland bar, but otherwise was not featured again until later issues of the 'Young Justice' storyline, living in the country of Zandia, a country populated entirely by super villains. Crash-landing into a tree, Kite-Man cried, 'Rats!' In his encounter with Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Zatanna, The Kite-Man's target was a treasure known as the Golden Eagle, but he was thwarted by the three heroes. It was also revealed that when he was a small boy, Charles Brown was fascinated with kites, thus causing him to adopt and use kites as part of his guise as a costumed villain. In this story his real name was revealed: Charles Brown. Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Zatanna encountered him next, in Hawkman (second series) #4 (1986). The more gimmicky kites were restricted to a fireworks display used as a distraction while Kite-Man primarily operated with a hang-glider. Len Wein brought the villain back in Batman #315 (1979), this time setting Kite-Man's sights on a high-rise payroll heist. He might have remained in obscurity but for the reprinting of that episode in 1975's Batman Family #3. After betraying some of his hired goons, Batman defeated him again, flying his own bat-shaped kite. He next appeared in Batman #315 (Sept 1979) this time with a visor over his eyes, which he didn't have in the original story. Using kites of his own, Batman tracked down and captured the criminal after he rescued some crooks from prison.

He possessed a variety of gimmicked kites, including a jet-powered hang glider that allowed for quick escapes, a mammoth kite that the Kite-Man used to shuttle criminals out of Gotham's prison, a 'flash bulb' kite, and a trap net kite. Kite-Man first appeared in Dick Sprang-illustrated story in Batman #133 (Aug 1960).

He ran afoul of Batman and Robin on different occasions. He also uses a barrage of kites to overwhelm his enemies. He flies with a big kite strapped to him. Charles 'Chuck' Brown is a man who armed himself with kite weapons to be used to commit crimes.

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