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Superhero Identity Unknown (if any)
Origin: Natural
Archetype: Scrapper (?)
Power Sets/Powers: Unknown, although the original members of the Dawn
Patrol have been described with as "not men with super powers or special technology
but simply brave soldiers willing to do whatever it took, to give whatever they had…They learned the most deadly and
esoteric martial arts, became lethally adept with all manner of weaponry." Whatever his powers or abilities, they allowed
him to fight Eisensturm, the leader of the Storm Korps, to a standstill.
Levels: Unknown
Group Affiliation: The Dawn Patrol (former leader)
History
Alistair Sutton
was a wealthy British fighter pilot who fought in the first Great War. In 1923, Sutton and several other pilots met in Sutton's
ancestral home to form "a sacred trust," an organization to protect the world from horrors like those they encountered in
World War I. Thus, the Dawn Patrol was born.
During the 1920s
and 30s, Sutton led the Dawn Patrol against a number of menaces, but their darkest hour came at the height of WWII. Prior
to the outbreak of major hostilities, the Dawn Patrol opposed war with Germany. When Nazis attacked, the heroes suffered a significant
public relations backlash. Nevertheless, under Sutton's wise leadership, the Dawn Patrol "fought bravely alongside the
RAF during the Battle of Britain and escorted Royal Navy and American convoys across the Atlantic,
taking terrible losses in the process. However, they found their greatest challenge in fighting off the Storm Korps, Germany's
elite super soldier cadre. After the fall of France, the Storm
Korps began a prolonged series of raids into the British Isles. Their super powers allowed them to
cause tremendous damage, much more than normal Special Forces operations could ever hope to accomplish.
"The most daring
Storm Korps raid came within a hair's breadth of striking a tremendous blow against British morale. Three Storm Korps super
soldiers, led by the nefarious Eisensturm, managed to breach Buckingham Palace's
defenses and kidnap his royal highness the King of England. Sutton chased the kidnappers down and fought Eisensturm to a standstill
in the Scottish Highlands. He bought enough time for the rest of the Dawn Patrol to arrive and help rescue the captured monarch
from the hands of fascist villainy. It was shortly after this that American victories in Africa drew
off much of the Storm Korps' resources and many credit Sutton's victory over Eisensturm as the turning point of the war for
Great Britain and the Dawn Patrol."
Nearly all the members
of the original Dawn Patrol are dead, including Sutton. How and when Sutton perished remains undisclosed.
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