Witness (comics)
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Promotional art for The Twelve #5, by Paolo Rivera.
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| Publisher | Timely Comics |
| First appearance | Mystic Comics #7 (Dec. 1941) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) |
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| Team affiliations | The Twelve |
| Notable aliases | Judge, Juror, Avenger of Evil |
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| The Witness | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | D.P. 7 Annual #1 (January, 1987) |
| Created by |
Mark Gruenwald (writer) Lee Weeks (artist), Paul Ryan (artist, developer) |
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| Alter ego | Nelson Kohler |
| Abilities | Invisible and intangible, able to possess mindless bodies, able to detect other paranormals. |
The Witness is the name of at least three fictional, American comic-book characters, the first published by Timely Comics in the 1940s and the final two by its successor company, Marvel Comics.
The first Witness debuted in the eight-page story "The League of Blood" in the superhero anthology series Mystic Comics #7 (Dec. 1941), during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. A costumed superhero in this incarnation, the character was created by writer Stan Lee, who wrote the stories under the pen name "S.T. Anley", and an unknown artist. This version of the character appeared in one story each in Mystic #7-9 (Dec. 1941 - May 1942).
A Timely character called The Witness also appeared, in a different costume, as the star of the eponymous comic The Witness #1 (Sept. 1948), in three stories written by Lee and drawn variously by Ken Bald and Syd Shores, with Charles Nicholas providing the cover. The Grand Comics Database lists this character as a different entity than the Mystic Comics version, while Jess Nevins' "A Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters" considers them the same man. However, according to The Twelve #1, the Witness of World War II was put in suspended animation during the year 1945, suggesting that the two are in fact different characters. This is further confirmed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol. 14.
This series lasted only one issue, but the character went on to narrate essentially anthological suspense stories in Ideal #4 (Jan. 1949), in a seven-page tale penciled by Gene Colan;Captain America Comics #71-72 (March–May 1949); Amazing Mysteries #32 (May 1949); and Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (June 1949).
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