William Dawson (Earth-One)

Psykon
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	William Dawson
Main Alias	Psykon
Base Of Operations	Central City, Missouri
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Professional criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Bald
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	John Broome · Carmine Infantino
First Appearance	The Flash #115 (September, 1960)
Last Appearance	The Flash #313 (September, 1982)

Psykon was an enemy of the Flash.

History

William Dawson was a criminal whose body was taken over by Gorilla Grodd. After being released from prison, Grodd returned to Gorilla City, where Dawson's body devolved into a gorilla. He later returned to exact his revenge on Grodd.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Telepathy
• Flight

Notes

• This version of William Dawson (Earth-One), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 6 Appearances of William Dawson (Earth-One)
• 1 Images featuring William Dawson (Earth-One)
• Quotations by or about William Dawson (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: William Dawson (Earth-One)

Footnotes

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