![]() ![]() Further studying for the Irezumi master Kobo in Kyoto, Oakes learned to control his strange abilities, and finally defeated both Tarrant and the 'tattoo killer' Mizoguchi Kenji by absorbing them. After being released from jail, Oakes learned that his strange tattoos were a curse as well as a blessing as his tattoos now opened arcane 'doors' and could involuntarily trap people as 'tattoos' on his own body. Oakes first appeared in Skin Graft #1 (July 1993).Ī cellmate of Abel Tarrant, John Oakes learned the art of tattoo - with a supernatural edge - from his fellow prisoner. The second Tattooed Man was John Oakes, the main character of the Vertigo series Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man by Jerry Prosser and Warren Pleece. He states that Sanctuary "screwed up" Mark Richards. In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Tarrant is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler that talks about the Superman Theory. He was apparently killed by Mirror Master and Jewelee when it turned out that he betrayed the Squad to the Society and caused the death of Jewelee's husband and partner-in-crime Punch. ![]() He resurfaced as a member of the Suicide Squad saying that despite his attempted reform, he could not escape his past and was upset the new Tattooed Man had been accepted into the Society. He made an appearance in Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 trying to escape from Alcatraz only to be stopped by Arsenal. Forcing the secret of time travel out of Walker Gabriel, he unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade himself from becoming the Tattooed Man, before Walker dragged him back to the present. While Clinton left Tarrant his 1965 Mustang, what he really wanted was Clinton's time travel equipment. Still later, he would attend the funeral of former Injustice Gang teammate David Clinton, aka Chronos. Tattooed Man later appeared at the funeral for Hal Jordan. Obviously surviving, years later he would reform as a tattoo artist involuntarily being forced to battle Guy Gardner. Tarrant was eventually thought murdered by the Goldface mafia for trying to con them. Tarrant would fall along with the rest of the Injustice Gang, and his activities would remain mysterious for some time. While previously he had tattooed only his arms (that he may hide them under a shirt), by this point he has tattooed much of his body, including his face. ![]() The Tattooed Man would return, however, as a member of the Injustice Gang. The Emerald Gladiator eventually beat the Tattooed Man by making him concentrate on more than one of his tattoos. The Tattooed Man originally had the advantage against Green Lantern because the chemicals' base was yellow (though the tattoos themselves were usually shown as purple). Some of the shapes he was able to conjure from his tattoos were an axe, shield, cannon, and dragon. ![]() When he got back from the robbery, he tattooed himself using the chemicals so he would always have the chemicals near him. During one of his heists, he was exposed to a bunch of mysterious chemicals which left him with the mental ability to create actual objects from the chemicals. Fictional character biography Abel Tarrant Ībel Tarrant was a sailor based in Coast City who turned to burglary. 2) #23 (September 1963) and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. The first Tattooed Man first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. This version of the character was named Latavius " Lala" Johnson. The Tattooed Man is the name of two of Green Lantern's enemies, as well as of one related character.Ī version of the Tattooed Man called Tattoo Man appeared as a recurring character in the Arrowverse television series Black Lightning, portrayed by William Catlett. John Oakes: Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man #1 (July 1993) ![]()
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