Kite Man

Kite Man
Kite Man from Batman (vol. 1) #315 artist Dick Giordano
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman (vol. 1) #133 (August 1960)
Created by	Bill Finger (writer) Dick Sprang (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Charles "Chuck" Brown
Abilities	Excellent hang-glider pilot Uses a variety of gimmicked kites

Kite Man (Charles "Chuck" Brown) or "The Man Who Can Fly Anything" is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics

Kite Man first appeared in Batman vol. 1 #133 (August 1960), and was created by Bill Finger, Chris Russell and Dick Sprang. Brown's name is said to be a comic reference to Charlie Brown of the 'Peanuts' comic strip, which featured a running gag about Charlie Brown's inability to get a kite in the air.

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

In his first appearance, he uses kites for a variety of crimes, including helping criminals escape prison. Batman uses kites of his own to defeat him. This appearance is reprinted in Batman Family #3 (1975). Kite-Man returns again, now sporting a visor. He hires several men, whom he betrays. Batman again defeats him with his own kite.Len Wein brings him back in a story about payroll heists. The gimmicky kites were not used.

Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Zatanna confront him again, in Hawkman's title. His real name is revealed, as well as a childhood fascination with kites. He is defeated and crashes into a tree.

Kite-Man is one of many criminals to take advantage of the villain-friendly atmosphere of the fictional country of Zandia. He ends up joining its sports team and later becomes involved in a fight against an invading troop of super-heroes.

In Infinite Crisis, Joker reports that Brown was thrown off Wayne Tower without his kite by Deathstroke, after he refused to join the new Secret Society of Super Villains.