CRIME-WAVECRIME-WAVE
Real Name: Mason Hollis
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Professional criminal;
former assistant to the District Attorney
Group Membership: Leader of a criminal organization
Affiliations: Employed Louie, "Shades" McGraw, Stunt-Master, Torpedo, Turk
Enemies: Daredevil, Debbie Harris, Willie Lincoln, "Foggy" Nelson
Known Relatives: Mr. Hollis (father)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Manhattan, New York
First Appearance: (Mentioned) Daredevil I#57 (October, 1969); (seen) Daredevil I#59 (December, 1969)
Powers/Abilities:
Crime-Wave controlled a large network of criminals. His influence was
powerful enough that the people of New York feared to act as witnesses
against him for fear of the consequences. His specialty crime was
racketeering.
History:
(Daredevil I#59 (fb)) - Willie Lincoln, a blind ex-cop, while seeking
information on Crime-Wave, stumbled across a secret passage to
Crime-Wave's lair beneath a West-Side New York nightclub/discotheque.
Willie feigned ignorance and Crime-Wave instructed his men to let him
go after learning he was blind (and after testing him with blinding
light).
(Daredevil I#57 - BTS) - Willie Lincoln informed District Attorney Nelson about the existence of Crime-Wave.
(Daredevil I#58 (fb) - BTS) - Crime-Wave paid the Stuntmaster $1000 to take out Daredevil, but DD defeated him.
(Daredevil I#58 - BTS) - At Stunt-Master's trial, Daredevil announced to the court that Crime-Wave was trying to take over all organized crime in New York.
(Daredevil I#59) - Daredevil took out a gang of
Crime-Wave's racketeers, but they were soon set free when no one was
willing to act as witnesses against them. The mayor of New York spoke
out against both Crime-Wave and the apathy of the citizens. Willie
Lincoln told Matt Murdoch and Foggy Nelson about his encounter with
Crime-Wave, and they had his story published in the Daily Bugle. In
response, Crime-Wave sent the Torpedo to silence Lincoln. Daredevil
saved Lincoln, but Lincoln then risked his life to save Daredevil and
finish off Torpedo.
(Daredevil I#60) - As Hollis, Crime-Wave criticized
Foggy's engagement to Debbie Harris, an ex-convict. Daredevil took out
two of Crime-Wave's men, and then impersonated one of them, "Shades"
McGraw, and infiltrated Crime-Wave's gambling ship. Aboard the ship,
Crime-Wave watched as the ship served its purpose: bait to draw in
Debbie Harris. Crime-Wave had the machine's rigged so that after an
initial period of success, Debbie would end up losing more than she
could afford, and they could then use her against Foggy. Crime-Wave
offered to forgive her debts if she would help him frame Foggy so that
it would appear as if she were taking bribes. Debbie leapt forward and
unmasked Crime-Wave, just as Daredevil burst in and took out
Crime-Wave's agents.
Crime-Wave, having remasked in the confusion, fired
at Daredevil and Debbie, but a cop--under Foggy's direction--arrived in
time to shoot and wing Crime-Wave, taking him out of the fight. Foggy
then unmasked Crime-Wave, revealing him to be his own assistant,
Hollis. He was then taken away by the police.
(Daredevil VI#26 (fb) - BTS) - After getting out of prison, Mason returned to his family, including his father, Mr. Hollis, who worked as a prison warden.
(Daredevil VI#26 - BTS) - Mr. Hollis taunted the new inmate Daredevil with news that he was Mason's father.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan.
A couple of minor points:
There are few good pictures of Crime-Wave, and his mask is a little different in each of them.
His first name was revealed in Stunt-Master's entry in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z HC#11.
Louie sub-profile and update by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
Crime-Wave's agent Turk has no known connection to:
(Daredevil I#60 – BTS) – Daredevil knocked out one of Crime-Wave’s men, who had supposed the hero was his ally, Charlie, coming to relieve him of duty.
--Daredevil I#60
(Daredevil I#59) - One of the Crime-Wave’s men, Louie, was robbing a man when Daredevil attacked. Louie drew a gun on Daredevil and was shocked when the hero disarmed him and knocked him down. Though the police arrived, the store owner didn’t press charges for fear of what Crime-Wave would do. Daredevil rushed off as a woman on the phone with Mabel told her about it.
--Daredevil I#59
(Daredevil I#59 - BTS) - Mabel heard from her friend on the phone that Daredevil had just rushed past.
--Daredevil I#59 - BTS
"Shades" McGraw & Turk(Daredevil I#60) – When Shades McGraw and Turk,
henchmen for Crime-Wave, were loading money onto a ship, Daredevil
easily defeated both men, then he posed as Shades to sneak on board,
where he learned Shades had a reputation as a great roulette wheel
player.
--Daredevil I#60
images:
Daredevil I#60, Cover (main image)
Daredevil I#59, p12, pan4 (headshot)
Daredevil I#60, p19, pan4 (unmasked)
Daredevil I#59, p1, pan1 (Louie)
Daredevil I#60, p3, pan3 ("Shades" McGraw)
Daredevil I#60, p2, pan4 (Turk)
Appearances:
Daredevil I#57 (October, 1969) - Roy Thomas (writer), Gene Colan
(pencils), Syd Shores (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Daredevil I#59-60 (December, 1969 - January, 1970) - Roy Thomas
(writer), Gene Colan (pencils), Syd Shores (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Daredevil VI#26 (February, 2021) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne (pencilers), Adriano Benedetto (inker), Devin Lewis (editor)
First Posted: 10/28/2003
Last updated: 03/20/2022
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