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He subsequently learnt that the horn weakened the boundaries between the mortal world and Limbo, and destroyed it. As occurred pre-Crisis, he and Karen retired from superheroics, and moved to [[California]]. |
He subsequently learnt that the horn weakened the boundaries between the mortal world and Limbo, and destroyed it. As occurred pre-Crisis, he and Karen retired from superheroics, and moved to [[California]]. |
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During the ''[[JLA]]/Titans'' event, Mal |
During the ''[[JLA]]/Titans'' event, Mal acquired a new Gabriel's Horn, and briefly joined the short-lived Titans LA. |
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Most recently when [[Doctor Light (DC Comics supervillain)|Dr. Light]] had captured [[Green Arrow]] and demanded to see the Titans and the Titans alone, he rejoined for the last time. He then joined [[Donna Troy|Troia]] with other superheroes to find out what was going on in space during [[Infinite Crisis]].. |
Most recently when [[Doctor Light (DC Comics supervillain)|Dr. Light]] had captured [[Green Arrow]] and demanded to see the Titans and the Titans alone, he rejoined for the last time. He then joined [[Donna Troy|Troia]] with other superheroes to find out what was going on in space during [[Infinite Crisis]].. |
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Revision as of 14:10, 11 May 2006
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| File:Herald mal duncan.JPG Mal Duncan as The Herald | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Teen Titans#26 (1970) |
| Created by | Robert Kanigher |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Malcolm A. Duncan |
| Team affiliations | Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Titans West, Titans L.A. |
| Notable aliases | Mal, Guardian II, Hornblower |
| Abilities | His Gabriel Horn can open up multi-dimensional portals, and generate sonic blasts |
Herald is a fictional character from DC Comics. He made his first appearance in Teen Titans #26 (1970).
Character History
Malcolm "Mal" Duncan saved the Teen Titans from a street gang called the Hell Hawks. He beat the leader of the Hell Hawks in a boxing match and was later recruited by The Teen Titans.
Feeling unworthy, Mal decided to prove his worth by stowing away on an experimental rocket flight, thereby allowing the Teen Titans to return the lifesaving favor.
Some time later he found a strength-enhancing exoskeleton, and the costume of the Guardian. He used these to become the second Guardian.
Shortly after this, he fought a villain named Azrael - The Angel of Death. He wrote it off as a hallucination until he awoke with a mystical horn given to him by the angel Gabriel.
According to Azrael, by defeating him Mal won the right to life, but if he ever lost a fight -- to anyone -- he would die. Gabriel's horn, when blown, gives him unspecified powers to use when ever the odds are against him in battle. Using this horn he took the name Hornblower.
Mal soon returned to the Guardian identity, claiming that too many people knew he was Hornblower. However the real reason was that the Gabriel Horn had been stolen. This plot point was not followed up.
He later married Karen Beecher (Bumblebee), before moving to California. He is an accomplished jazz musician and owns a nightclub named "Gabriel's Horn".
Post Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths Mal's uncostumed adventures are assumed to have happened much as they did in Earth-One. However, he never took the identity of Guardian, and the Gabriel's Horn has a very different origin.
While the other Titans were on a mission, Mal inadvertently released an old villain, the Gargoyle from Limbo. He recaptured the villain, but found he had left the plans for a high-tech horn that would create spatial warps. With the help of Karen he built a horn to the plans, and took the identity of Herald.
He subsequently learnt that the horn weakened the boundaries between the mortal world and Limbo, and destroyed it. As occurred pre-Crisis, he and Karen retired from superheroics, and moved to California.
During the JLA/Titans event, Mal acquired a new Gabriel's Horn, and briefly joined the short-lived Titans LA.
Most recently when Dr. Light had captured Green Arrow and demanded to see the Titans and the Titans alone, he rejoined for the last time. He then joined Troia with other superheroes to find out what was going on in space during Infinite Crisis..
One Year Later
Template:Spoiler In Teen Titans (v. 3) #35 Herald was revealed to be a member of the Doom Patrol alongside his wife Bumblebee. It seems that his voice box has been damaged and that he now speaks with a synthisized voice. Template:Endspoiler
Other media
Herald appeared in Season 5 of Teen Titans "Calling All Titans" in which he meets Raven and becomes an honorary Titan, but soon has to fight off both See-More and Warp. He is victorious, only to discover his communicator is disabled. Blowing his horn allows him to open portals into other dimensions (or other places in whichever dimension he's in, as evidenced by his opening a portal that led to outer space). In the penultimate Teen Titans episode "Titans Together," he teamed up with Jericho, Pantha, Más and Beast Boy in a rescue mission to save the remaining Titans. They were overpowered, but reinforcements arrived. The Herald used his horn to get rid of Punk Rocket and the dragon Malchior, and later saved every single Titan by teleporting the Brain's fusion bomb into outer space.
Unlike in the comic books, Herald wears a mask. He is played by Khary Payton.