HARRY O'CONNORHARRY O'CONNOR
Real Name:
Harry O'Connor
Identity/Class:
Normal human (Pre-modern
era to present)
Occupation:
Police sheriff
Group Membership:
Sleepy Hollow Police Department
Affiliations: Darryl (last name unrevealed), Dickie (last name unrevealed), Archie Faulkner, Pete Fillardi, Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Ken Greer, Ned (last name unrevealed), Ralph (last name unrevealed), Ellen Stouffer, Emily Stouffer, Mr. Stouffer (first name unrevealed)
Enemies:
Melanie Brockton, Cameron Fillardi, Lucifer (in the form of Jack
O'Lantern (Steve Levins))
Known Relatives:
Cameron Fillardi (godson, deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations:
Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, USA
First Appearance:
Ghost Rider VI#8 (April, 2007)
Powers/Abilities:
Harry O'Connor did not
possess any superhuman powers but was a skilled police officer and
sheriff. He was an accomplished police officer, skilled at using
various firearms and explosives. He has also used a golf club and a
barbecue fork as weapons.
Height: (by
approximation): 5'9"
Weight: (by approximation): 165 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: White
History:
(Ghost Rider VI#10 (fb) - BTS) -
Prior to becoming a police officer,
Harry O'Connor fought in two separate wars.
(Ghost Rider VI#8 (fb) - BTS) -
Good friends with Ken
Greer, Harry O'Connor was the partner of fellow police officer, Pete
Fillardi, who had made O'Connor the godson of his son Cameron.
When Pete
died, O'Connor swore to look after Cameron. After Cameron was
mysteriously
beheaded, O'Connor spoke with Cameron's mother about the death.
(Ghost Rider VI#8) - Following Cameron's death, O'Connor visited the witness, Emily Stouffer, in the hospital. After helping Emily from her hospital restraints, allowing her to interact with her worried parents again, O'Connor asked for three minutes alone with Emily to question her about Cameron's death. Once alone with Emily, O'Connor informed her of a situation the previous year in which Cameron had forced himself on a girl named Monica Brezzi. He then explained that if Cameron's death was self defense, he would understand, but Emily commented that it was not. O'Connor then asked Emily to explain what exactly had happened. Afterward, Harry phoned District Attorney Greer's office and explained that all Emily had seen was a flash of light, then she heard a sound and found Cameron dead. After determining that Emily did not really have any pertinent information, O'Connor emphasized to Greer that there was no need to question Emily further. Greer asked if O'Connor was covering up for Cameron. O'Connor just replied that, since he and Greer went back a long way, O'Connor was going to forget Greer had even asked that question. Greer apologized and then asked Harry had any other leads. Harry commented that someone had desecrated a grave at St. Mary's Cemetery that same night and while it happened every year near Halloween, he was going to have his officers look into it. Greer then asked if O'Connor had spoken to Cameron's mother but their conversation was interrupted when O'Connor received another call. Answering the call, Harry O'Connor was informed by Archie Faulkner that, during his golf game, his friend Dickie had found a man in the bushes, covered in blood. Upon hearing the news, O'Connor did a U-turn in the road and headed toward the golf course. Shortly after, O'Connor brought the man (unaware he was Johnny Blaze) into the nearby country club, where O'Connor claimed Blaze had a weapon and hit Blaze with a golf club. O'Connor then planted a knife on Blaze and attempted to force Blaze to confess to Cameron's murder. O'Connor then continued hitting Blaze with a golf club, despite Blaze's warnings that if the beatings continued, something bad would happen. O'Connor continued threatening Blaze until Blaze transformed into the Ghost Rider. Shortly thereafter, O'Connor awoke in the hospital, wondering what had happened. The surrounding officers admitted that they had hoped O'Connor himself could shed some light on the situation, as all of the lockers near Harry at the country club had been incinerated, as well as his uniform, gun and badge, yet O'Connor did not have so much as a blister on him. O'Connor immediately pulled himself out of bed as one of the officers warned against going through the front door due to the reporters that had gathered seeking information on two more murders that had occurred during his hospitalization. Upon hearing from the officer that the murder suspect's head was on fire, O'Connor went out the hospital window.
(Ghost Rider VI#9) - After a total of four teenagers had been beheaded in Sleepy Hollow, news reporter Melanie Brockton attempted to speak with O'Connor, who reminded Melanie to get off the streets, as there was a curfew and that it applied to everyone. Melanie then asked how the curfew would affect the upcoming Halloween festivities and whether the children would be allowed to go trick-or-treating, to which O'Connor replied "are you serious?" Not long after, O'Connor witnessed Ghost Rider driving through town on his motorcycle and slammed into Ghost Rider with his sheriff's car, pinning Ghost Rider into the side of a building. Pulling out a large gun, O'Connor exclaimed that, while he didn't know what Ghost Rider was, he was pretty sure his gun was big enough to take even Ghost Rider's head clean off, much like he supposed Ghost Rider had done to the deceased teenagers in town. Ghost Rider replied that he was not the murderer but O'Connor sarcastically suggested it was a different guy with a flaming head.
(Ghost Rider VI#10 (fb)) -
O'Connor
demanded to know who
Ghost Rider was and when Ghost Rider introduced himself as the spirit
of vengeance, O'Connor explained that he just needed a name for the
police
report and prepared to shoot Ghost Rider, who instead melted
the barrel of the gun, then wrapped
Harry in chains, warning O'Connor against delaying him
further. Harry defiantly replied that
Ghost Rider should just kill him right then and there, as he was not
going to stop, but Ghost Rider simply kicked O'Connor several feet away
into a nearby car, then blew up his sheriff's car. Left wondering if
Ghost Rider had knocked him away to save him from the explosion,
O'Connor
phoned Ralph to report the fire at Kimball Drug store. Soon realizing
Ghost Rider was still there, O'Connor told Ralph not to send the fire
trucks there immediately. Confronting Ghost Rider, O'Connor saw him
transform back into Johnny Blaze. O'Connor took the unconscious Blaze
to his basement and
warned Blaze not to transform into Ghost Rider, as they were
surrounded by firearms and explosives. O'Connor then questioned
Blaze why he was in Sleepy Hollow and learned that Lucifer had
escaped
and possessed someone in town. When O'Connor asked what Lucifer
currently
looked like, Blaze replied that he wasn't sure, only that it involved a
pumpkin and fire. O'Connor immediately phoned Ned and asked if the
first
desecrated grave at St. Mary's Cemetery was Steve Levins and Ned
replied that it was. Ned was soon killed while still on the phone with
O'Connor, who explained to Blaze Steve Levins' past as the Jack
O'Lantern. O'Connor then freed Blaze, stating he
realized that the town's murderer was Lucifer in
Jack O'Lantern's body and not the Ghost Rider. Deciding to help Ghost
Rider take down Lucifer, Harry traveled to the home of the religious
Darryl and told him to leave town, warning that the
end times had actually come as Darryl had often believed. With Darryl
gone, Harry prepared to lay his trap for Lucifer.
(Ghost Rider VI#10) - On Halloween night, after the Lucifer-possessed Jack O'Lantern rose an army of the recently deceased and descended on Darryl's home, O'Connor answered Darryl's door by blowing off the Jack O'Lantern's head with a shotgun. Reforming his head, Lucifer sent several zombies after the sheriff, who yelled that the zombies were useless without orders. Lucifer replied that he already knew that but O'Connor commented that he wasn't talking to Lucifer as Ghost Rider had arrived behind Lucifer.
(Ghost Rider VI#11) - Lucifer
hurled some of Jack O'Lantern's pumpkin bombs at Ghost Rider, who
knocked them into the
air, forcing O'Connor to dive for cover inside Darryl's home. Getting
back
on his feet following the blast, O'Connor came face-to-face
with
the reanimated corpse of Cameron Fillardi. Fighting Cameron in the
kitchen, Harry wielded a barbecue fork, stabbing Cameron several times.
Cameron continued trying to kill Harry but Harry managed to kick
Cameron into Darryl's refrigerator, which then fell on top of Cameron.
Despite Cameron's nature as a bad kid, Harry apologized. Lucifer soon
arrived with O'Connor's shotgun and prepared to kill O'Connor,
commenting
that he had never actually fired a gun before. Taking advantage of
that, O'Connor stalled for time by telling Lucifer that he had to put
bullets in
the gun first and while Lucifer tried to figure out the gun, Ghost
Rider arrived and continued the fight against Lucifer. As Ghost Rider
dragged Lucifer outside in chains, O'Connor pulled out a detonator.
Ghost
Rider then deposited Lucifer next to several explosives. O'Connor then
used the detonator to blow up the neon "Repent" sign above Darryl's
house. After destroying Jack O'Lantern's corpse and forcing Lucifer
out, Ghost Rider checked on O'Connor and thanked him for his
aid in fighting Lucifer. O'Connor replied that he was 62 and
the best thanks would be Blaze left Sleepy Hollow and never
came back. Blaze then mounted his motorcycle and left.
Comments: Created by Daniel Way, Javier Saltares and Mark Texeira.
Harry O'Connor's police rank was Captain, according to his uniform in Ghost Rider VI#10.
Since Harry was mentioned as being
62, he would have
been active in the pre-modern era, even with the sliding timescale.
Even if he perpetually remains 62 as the timescale slides, he would
still be active prior to the Fantastic Four's founding. Therefore, I
listed him as being active in the pre-modern era.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Harry O'Connor has no known
connections to
Appearances:
Ghost Rider VI#8 (April, 2007) -
Daniel Way (writer), Javier Saltares (breakdowns), Mark Texeira
(finishes), Michael O'Connor (editor)
Ghost Rider VI#9 (May, 2007) - Daniel Way (writer), Javier Saltares
(breakdowns), Mark Texeira (finishes), Michael O'Connor (editor)
Ghost Rider VI#10 (June, 2007) - Daniel Way (writer), Javier Saltares
(breakdowns), Mark Texeira (finishes), Michael O'Connor (editor)
Ghost Rider VI#11 (July, 2007) - Daniel Way (writer), Javier Saltares
(breakdowns), Mark Texeira (finishes), Michael O'Connor (editor)
Last updated: 11/21/15
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