Hawk Rivers (Earth-616)

Hawk Rivers
Name	Hawk Rivers
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Bald
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Arsonist
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Carl Burgos
First	Marvel Mystery Comics #20 (April, 1941)
First	Marvel Mystery Comics #20 (April, 1941)

History

Hawk Rivers unmasked

Hawk Rivers was a notorious arsonist who was active in New York City during the 1940's. In the summer of 1941, he broke out of prison, putting the Human Torch and his partner Toro on his trail. To get away from the heroes, he set a building ablaze. Toro was injured in the process of saving the people trapped inside.

Later, the mayor of New York received a ransom from Rivers demanding the city to pay out 10 million dollars, or he would destroy the city. With city officials leaning toward paying the ransom, the Human Torch refused to surrender and took the law in his own hands. The situation became more complicated when Toro disobeyed the Torch's orders and left the hospital to track Rivers down. Toro found the arsonist's hideout but was captured and used as a means to try and keep the Torch from attacking.

Wrapping the boy up in asbestos lined tape and sealing his feet in plaster, Rivers tossed the boy sidekick from a plane. The Torch managed to save him. Melting off the landing gear of Rivers' plane, the villain was forced to surrender in order to land safely.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Rivers had access to asbestos which he used to wrap up Toro.

Weapons

Other than conventional firearms, Rivers had access to many incendiary devices for the purposes of arson.

Transportation

Hawk Rivers had a plane he would use in his operations to destroy buildings.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Hawk Rivers (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Hawk Rivers (Earth-616)
• 2 image(s) of Hawk Rivers (Earth-616)