The Listener

A creature of shadows and secrets, The Listener slipped into DC's Silver Age in 1967, brought to life by the dynamic creative pairing of Bob Haney and Dick Dillin in the pages of Blackhawk #229. Over roughly thirteen years, this intriguing figure carved out a modest but collector-noted footprint across DC's universe, rubbing shoulders with the legendary Blackhawk and his crew — Andre, Hendrickson, and Chuck — as well as the formidable Weapons-Master. With appearances spanning from Blackhawk to Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, The Listener proves to be a quietly fascinating corner of Silver Age DC history, and with a key issue among their slim seven appearances on record, this is exactly the kind of under-the-radar discovery that makes digging through back-issue bins so rewarding.