The Monocle (English)

Description:

Jonathan Cheval was The Monocle, a brilliant criminal genius who used his knowledge of optics to battle against the Golden Age Hawkman.

Notes:

Created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert.

The Monocle (Jonathan Cheval) first appeared in Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #64 (April 1945).

The Earth-Two Monocle first appeared in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #195 (October 1981).

The New Earth Monocle was first seen in a Justice League Villains profile page in JLA Secret Files (DC, 1997 series) #1 (September 1997), then was formally introduced in JSA (DC, 1999 series) #30 (January 2002).

The New 52 Monocle first appeared in Forever Evil (DC, 2013 series) #1 (November 2013). His death was shown both in that issue and in Aquaman (DC, 2011 series) #23.1 (November 2013).

The Infinite Frontier Monocle first appeared in Deathstroke Inc. (DC, 2021 series) #5 (March 2022) and was killed in issue #6 (April 2022).


Overviews of Character Origin Universe:

without a universe
DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Appearances With a Story Universe:

without a universe
DC : mainstream
DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Relations:

  1. alias of - Jonathan Cheval [The Monocle, Hawkman villain] (p. 1945) (English)

Group Memberships:

  1. The Secret Society of Super-Villains (p. 1976)
    1981 - present (formal)
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