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The Monocle (DC) — First appearance, key issues & comics · Cape Zone

The Monocle portrait

Character/DC

The Monocle

Jonathan Cheval, Hawkman villain

17 appearancesSince 1945

Jonathan Cheval was The Monocle, a brilliant criminal genius who used his knowledge of optics to battle against the Golden Age Hawkman.

Character history

Key issues

3 issues

Flash Comics
#64
intro
1945-04-00
Forever Evil
#1
death
2013-11-00
Forever Evil Director's Cut
#1
death
2013-12-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

15 series

Justice League of America
1960–1987
3 issues →
Flash Comics
1940–1949
1 issue →
Crisis on Infinite Earths
1985–1986
1 issue →

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe cover

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe

1985–1987

1 issue →

Crisis on Multiple Earths cover

Crisis on Multiple Earths

2002–2013

1 issue →

Suicide Squad cover

Suicide Squad

2012–2014

1 issue →

DCTCape Archive 2013

DC Comics: The New 52 Villains Omnibus

2013–2013

1 issue →

Forever Evil cover

Forever Evil

2013–2014

1 issue →

Forever Evil Director's Cut cover

Forever Evil Director's Cut

2013–2013

1 issue →

Forever Evil cover

Forever Evil

2014–2014

1 issue →

Batman: Harley Quinn cover

Batman: Harley Quinn

2015–2015

1 issue →

FECape Archive 2015

Forever Evil

2015–2015

1 issue →

Batman Giant cover

Batman Giant

2019–2020

1 issue →

COMCape Archive 2021

Crisis on Multiple Earths

2021–2023

1 issue →

Crisis on Infinite Earths 5 (Facsimile Edition) cover

Crisis on Infinite Earths 5 (Facsimile Edition)

2024–2024

1 issue →