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The character first appeared in ''Darkhawk #1'' (March, 1991), created by Tom DeFalco and Mike Manley. Chris Powell was an ordinary high school student who found a mysterious amulet which turned him into an armored hero. Darkhawk was original for its time in that the nature of his origin was planned out ahead of time but was kept secret for several issues, resulting in a very gradual storyarc that lasted for years. The armor (as well as others just like it) were created by a [[Space Pirates|space pirate]] named Dargin Bokk . The alien scientists who created the technology turned on Bokk and sent one of the last amulets to Earth to keep it out of the wrong hands. Chris found the amulet in an abandoned [[Amusement Park]] moments after finding out his father was a [[Dirty Cop]]. It transported Chris' body to a dimension called Null Space and replaced it with an android body which used the amulet as a sort of [[Gem Heart]]. Years later, Chris found that there were many more users of this technology and was separated from the Darkhawk armor.

Darkhawk's series lasted for 50 issues (March, 1991- April, 1995), most of them written by Danny Fingeroth. During this time, Darkhawk joined the [[New Warriors]] and [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. Despite his early popularity, once his series was cancelled, he languished in [[Comic Book Limbo]] for years. He returned in various books including ''The Loners'' (a spinoff of a team that appeared in the pages of [[Runaways]]), [[Crossover|Marvel events]] such as ''[[Secret Invasion]]'' and more prominently ''[[War of Kings]]''.

 

 

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* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Chris later found out that if he was wounded as Darkhawk, all he had to do was change back to his human form and the next time he used the armor, he was healed. This came in handy when the villain Tombstone [[Beat Still My Heart|tore his amulet/heart from his chest]].

* [[Grappling Hook Gun]]: His suit came equipped with a grappling hook launcher, allowing him to send himself into the air and [[Not Quite Flight|glide with his wings]]. He later found out he could fly.

* [[Humans Are Special]]: {{spoiler|In ''War of Kings'', it is revealed that Chris's anger issues and psychotic episodes were the result of his suit. Because the humans are a young race, none of the suits can effectively integrate with them. Talon says this is a weakness, but a Skrull, stuck in the same position of Chris, says that it makes him special, allowing him to use the suit in ways Talon and Razor never could.}}

* [[Organic Technology]]: There is synthetic flesh under that suit, as well as blood. As mentioned, the amulet served as the android's heart as well.

* [[Powered Armor]]