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== Enemy Of The Midnight Men ==

The Talon’s criminal expansion eventually brought him into conflict with [[Crucible:The Midnight Men|the Midnight Men]], whose investigations repeatedly disrupted his operations during the 1940s.

Their battles differed sharply from the straightforward fistfights common to many Golden Age adventures. Encounters with Talon often involved psychological warfare, traps, manipulation, and elaborate fear-based schemes designed to break opponents mentally before physical confrontation ever occurred.

Several Midnight Men reportedly suffered lingering trauma after facing him.

Despite his physical fragility, the Talon proved exceptionally difficult to defeat because he understood human weakness so intimately. He rarely attacked directly, preferring instead to exploit guilt, insecurity, greed, and hidden fears within his enemies.