Hobie Brown was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a bright but angry teenage African-American who got fired from his job as a window washer. Intending to use his engineering skills for personal profit, he devised a plan to steal items while disguised as a supervillain and bring them back to his home as Hobie Brown.
However, when he donned his green and purple "Prowler" costume for the first time, he crossed paths with Spider-Man. Spider-Man vanquished and unmasked the Prowler, but realizing he was just a misunderstood kid (much like himself), he gave him advice to not throw his life away as a criminal and to redeem himself.[3] Hobie took this advice to heart and has since become a model citizen. Hobie later impersonated Spider-Man at the hero's request - Spider-Man wearing a webbing mask - to convince Peter Parker's friends that he was not Spider-Man after Peter 'confessed' the truth while suffering delirium due to the flu, thus creating the impression that Peter had merely been confused.[4] Hobie became convinced that Spider-Man was involved somehow in the death of police Captain George Stacy, and unsuccessfully tried to bring Spider-Man to justice.[5] Hobie eventually married his love, Mindy S. McPherson, and settled down into a career as a construction worker.
Prowler has no superhuman powers, but is naturally inventive, especially in the field of pneumatics, although he has no formal education in that science. He relies on a suite of technical gimmicks that he has created. The Prowler wears modified coveralls interwoven with denim and stretch fabric, equipped with gas cartridge bracelets and anklets capable of propelling projectiles at high velocity. His arsenal of projectiles include steel darts ("flechettes"), gas pellets, small explosives, magnesium flares and cleaning fluid. Prowler has been known to use hypnotic aids and conventional hand-held weapons. He wears steel-tipped gauntlets for scaling walls, and shock absorbent foam rubber insulated boots. He also wears a cape which contains a network of pneumatic filaments which expand with air to give it a rigid structure, allowing him to glide for short distances.
A technological genius, he also designed the cybernetically-controlled wing harness used by Peter Parker in the alter ego of the Hornet during Identity Crisis, although he himself was unable to use it due to the weight.
Hobie is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, possessing a green belt in taekwondo.
I feel Michael B Jordan will be perfect for this role. Spidey needs an ally that can help him out once in a while if he is in a tight bend. As far as wearing his suit or other things. If The franchise goes the criminal element route I think this would be a perfect addition in the franchise. peter having someone to relate to in a oostume for a moment and given him advice could grow Spidey's character and be more of a man.
The prowler could keep his look in the comics or his more updated look which they have established recently, with more theif tech and such.
Comment and tell me what you think.
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