Fictional Character Biography
His secret identity is Tom Townsend, the wealthy playboy son of an inventor father. The villain the Black Hand kidnaps him and his father, intending to torture Tim's father in order to obtain the secret of his latest invention, but Tim's father dies resisting the questioning. Before Tom, too, is killed, a great eagle crashes through the window and carries Tom off.
Training with the eagle's aerie at the top of the mountain, the healthy environment and hard living made him an elite physical specimen. When the eagle brings a US flag, he took it on as his namesake, and makes a costume out of the flag. He names his animal savior-turned-sidekick Yank the Eagle, and went on to successfully thwart the Black Hand.
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