Real Name: James "Gentleman Jim" Craddock
Occupation: Con man
Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 174lbs
Eyes: None
Hair: None
First Appearance: Flash Comics #88 (October 1947)
Created By: Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert

"Gentleman Jim" Craddock was the son of an English gentleman who abandoned both Jim and his mother, forcing them into poverty. Being poor made Craddock greedy and when he grew up he was a notorious highwayman and robber who terrorized England in the 1800s. He journeyed to the United States and encountered the gunslingers Nighthawk and Cinnamon. The hot-headed Nighthawk captured and ended Craddock's life with a noose and gallows, but Craddock transcended death as a surprisingly cultured phantom.

The Gentleman Ghost learned he would wander the earth until the spirit of his killer moved on to the next plane of existence. Unfortunately for Craddock, Nighthawk and Cinnamon were the reborn incarnations of Egyptian royals Prince Khufu and Chay-Ara, and their souls (due to their exposure to the Thanagarian Nth Metal) could never truly pass on. Both were eventually resurrected as Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the Gentleman Ghost became their recurring nemesis during the 1940s. Craddock has over the decades menaced other heroes, including Max Mercury and Stargirl, but the vengeful Ghost always returns to his main foes, the Hawks, sometimes as a foe and sometimes as a friend.

Gentleman Ghost did clash with Batman and Superman on different occasions. In JSA Classified, issues 5-7, the Gentleman Ghost was a member of the Injustice Society. In Villains United #1, he joined the Secret Society of Super Villains. His origin was currently explored and altered in the pages of JSA #82-87 (2006). Still natural son of an abusive father and a poor mother, young Jim Craddock soon slipped into a life of crime, making contacts with the supernatural. After being prophetized by a gypsy that he would be able to trascend death and return to life fighting and killing his enemies in England soil, his villainous career was put to an end when he was captured and sentenced to death. Returning as a ghost, he battled the JSA hoping for the prophecy to realize.

When the rightful time arrived, he gained the additional power of calling upon him vengeful ghosts from his enemies' (the JSA) past. His plan was foiled by Wildcat, surprisingly a descendant of the Royal House of England, so able to fight with him as only the time tossed Hippolyta formerly could, and Stargirl, who, as a virgin girl, was impervious to ghostly attacks. Finally vanquished, he apparently disappeared for good.