In 1963, Blake was in Dallas, Texas nominally as Richard Nixon's bodyguard, and was the assassin responsible for killing John F. House UnAmerican Activities Committee ĭuring the House Un-American Activities Committee Blake was the only vigilante not forced to testify, likely also because of his involvement with the government. While never explicitly mentioned, the second sexual encounter between the Comedian and the first Silk Spectre is said to be consensual, and at the end, in spite of everything, Sally had feelings for the Comedian. One year later she had a child that would be later revealed to be Laurie. Independent Crimefighter New Costume įollowing his expulsion from the Minutemen, Blake continued to fight criminals as an independent crime-fighter in a new costume.īlake underwent training in counterintelligence, sabotage, survival, advanced combat, and became a war hero in the Pacific War during World War II.Īround 1948 he had another encounter with Sally Jupiter while she had been married to Laurence. Blake laughed and said "This is what you like, huh? This is what gets you hot." but to this Hooded Justice continued to assault him.īlake had been expelled from the group with minimal publicity, but Sally Jupiter's agent, Laurence Schexnayder, persuaded her not to press charges against him for fear of what it would do to the group's image, so he continued his profession on his own, although his self-restraint continued to slip. While he coughed up blood, it dripped from his chin to his shirt in a small drop about where his badge would be years later. He savagely attacked Blake, breaking his nose and kneeing his groin, then held him up to face him. Hooded Justice interrupted the assault in time and caught Blake with his pants down over her semi-conscious body.
As she exclaimed 'no' to his sexual advances, he persisted and she clawed him in the face Enraged, Blake punched her in the stomach and face until blood was spilling from her mouth and laid her on the ground barely able to move.
Nite Owl accused him for salvaging money from all the villains he was beating.Īfter a photoshoot in 1940, Blake attempted to sexually assault Sally Jupiter while she was getting undressed.
Blake would frequently mention his young age to support and justify his selfish and individualistic attitudes, as the Minutemen was the only place where he could make a living. Selfish Motives īlake earned a reputation for stealing money from the criminals he apprehended. During his time with the group, the Comedian gained renown fame for capturing an assassin known as Italian Shadow, who for years had avoid police pursuit. Since he was the youngest member of the group he had always made jokes that he was going to outlive and even bury all of them, as well as always having been flirtatious with fellow Minuteman Silk Spectre. In the fall of that year, Blake read an advertisement in the New York Gazette written by Nelson Gardner with the help of Laurence Schexnayder that asked all other costumed adventurers to step forward, a unification that spawned the Minutemen. Hollis Mason had described him as a 'particularly vicious and brutal young man' who was an effective vigilante, managing to expunge most organized crime from the New York harbor. In 1939, Blake became a costumed adventurer known as the Comedian. Almost nothing is known about Blake's early life. 1.11 Assassination of Woodward and BernsteinĮdward Morgan Blake was born in 1918.1.7 House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
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