Simon Dark

Simon Dark

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caption=
comic_color=background:#8080ff
character_name=Simon Dark
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Simon Dark" #1 (October, 2007) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8140 DC Comics profile for issue #1] ]
creators=Steve Niles
Scott Hampton
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
powers=Super-strength [Cite comic | Writer = Steve Niles | Artist = Scott Hampton | Story = What Simon Does | Title = Simon Dark | Volume = 1 | Issue = 1 | Date = December, 2007 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 3-9 | Panel = | ID = ]

"Simon Dark" is a fictional comic book character in the DC Comics universe who first appeared in an ongoing eponymous series beginning in October 2007.

His name is also the name of a nursery rhyme [Cite comic | Writer = Steve Niles | Artist = Scott Hampton | Story = What Simon Does | Title = Simon Dark | Volume = 1 | Issue = 1 | Date = December, 2007 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 12 | Panel = 5-6 | ID = ] in Gotham City, the city in which he lives. [cite web | title = Comics - October '07 | publisher = DC Comics | date = 2007 | url = http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8140 | accessdate = 2007-10-16 ]

Fictional character biography

Simon Dark seems to have been created from a number of dead bodies and, as such, has no memory of his past. He exhibits some super-human abilities such as enhanced speed and agility, as well as extraordinary strength. He also states that he remembers everything he reads, which implies he may have a photographic memory. In the first issue, he claims he doesn't know where he came from nor how he came to inhabit Gotham City, but remembers he was smaller then and has grown since; however, his "straps have not". In the second issue more details of who he is are revealed, he is very young and the forensic says he must be around eighteen years old. He seems to be the interest of some kind of secret order, and at the end of the issue, one of its members appears to have a similar "straps" one in his hand which he hides under his cloak [cite web | last = Niles | first = Steve | title = Steve Niles talks SIMON DARK comic | publisher = Fangoria | date = September 19, 2007 | url = http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4987 | accessdate = 2007-10-16 ]

In the most recent issue, he has a special type of stone that is supposed to be used to communicate with others, but he has modified his to be used as a weapon. In a fight, he seemingly killed six people with it, and at one time, two at once.

Nursery Rhyme

The children around the area that Simon Dark lives frequently sing an urban nursery rhyme about the character. The rhyme, or as much of it as has been revealed thus far, is as follows:

Lurks in Shadows. Hides in the park.
Simon. Simon. Simon Dark.

If you're good he'll stay away.
If you're bad he'll make you pay.

Lurks in Shadows. Hides in the park.
Simon. Simon. Simon Dark.

Notes

References

*comicbookdb|type=title|id=15604|title="Simon Dark"
* [http://www.steveniles.com/news/2007/07/09/presenting%E2%80%A6simon-dark Presenting Simon Dark] , excerpt from a Comic Book Resources article.

External links

* [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/119254982352567.htm Review of issue #1] and [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/119558442529592.htm #2] , Silver Bullet Comic Books


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