Personality: Carpenter wants the respect of his peers, and if he can’t get their respect, he’ll settle for their cash. However his efforts to make a name for himself are frustrated time and again by the fact that each name he chooses has already been used.
Personal Interests: Unknown.
History: Little has been revealed about Birdman’s past, other than his encounters with Spitfire. In each case, Spitfire has apprehended him in the act of a petty crime, but has let him go. Carpenter promised to ‘go straight’ and give up crime, but finding it difficult to secure a steady job, sold the designs for his Birdman suit to Martin Corvus, an unscrupulous businessman and failed applicant to join the Inner Circle of the British Hellfire Club. Corvus adapted and improved on Carpenter’s design, then mass produced the suit, outfitting an entire army of flying soldiers who he called the Stormcrows. Corvus sent his men to capture Carpenter, in an effort to prevent him from alerting the authorities and also so that they could continue to exploit his technical knowledge. Corvus’ scheme was foiled by Spitfire, who rescued Carpenter.
Since this time Carpenter has been offered employment by the Ministry of Defence and has officially given up his Birdman alter-ego. He has occasionally assisted Spitfire, and used his costume again to help fight off demons attacking a hospital during the Hell on Earth event.