ORPHEUS II (Gavin King)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Alex Simmons and Dwayne Turner

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Gavin King
Occupation: Vigilante; former professional dancer and singer
Status: Deceased
Base of Operation: Gotham City
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
First Appearance: Batman: Orpheus Rising #1 (October 2001)
Creators: Alex Simmons and Dwayne Turner

HISTORY

Gavin King grew up in Gotham City dreaming of becoming a professional dancer and singer. Having reached his goal in his late teens, King toured the world as part of a famous dance troupe, but his travels exposed him to a world full of famine, poverty, violence, prejudice, and lack of faith. King tried to help these unfortunates on more than one occasion, nearly getting himself killed in the process. Eventually, he was recruited by a secret organization dedicated to correcting some of the world's problems. Getting special training and technological support in the form of a stealth-circuitry-enhanced costume, King became Orpheus – a force against evil and ignorance. Reasoning that Gotham City needed a black hero, Orpheus returned to his native city as a successful entertainment producer as well as a crimefighter. Orpheus' first cases in led him into contact with the Batman, who was not fond of the debut of another inexperienced vigilante in Gotham, but still recognized Orpheus as a competent force for good.

Orpheus later encountered Nightwing and Black Canary before earning Batman's trust and being given an assignment. He took over the gangs of the Hill and directed them in paths that were more productive than their usual criminal endeavors. Assisted in this by Onyx, he found himself in the middle of a fire-fight that sparked a city-wide gang war. Batman tried to use Orpheus to unite all of the city's now-leaderless gangs under a benevolent head, but before this could be achieved, Orpheus was killed by Black Mask.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Orpheus in chronological order click here