IAN KARKULL	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Criminal scientist
Status: Deceased
Marital Status: Presumed single
Base of Operation: Shadowlands
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 161 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Bald
First Appearance: More Fun Comics #69 (July 1941)
Creators: Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman

HISTORY

Karkull, a scientist in the 1940s, discovered a device which could turn people into living shadows. He used it on other people until encountering the sorcerer Doctor Fate, when he used it on himself to make it harder for Fate to harm him. However, when Doctor Fate destroyed the device, Karkull was trapped as a living shadow, in which form he battled various mystical heroes before being defeated by the Justice Society of America; his shadow form exploded and bathed them in energy which kept them unnaturally young for many years, and also caused Alan Scott's son Obsidian to grow up with shadow powers.

For several decades, Karkull was lost in a shadow realm, until he began influencing others who accessed this realm, including Obsidian, who finally released him, only to slay him in cold blood shortly later.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Ian Karkull in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who: Update '87 #3 (October 1987)