Black Canary is a villain.
Ernest Charles '' Emile '' Mathis -LRB- 15 March 1880 -- 3 August 1956 -RRB- was a French businessman who founded the car firm Mathis in 1910 .. French. France. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). -LRB- Before the frontier moved in 1919 , he would have considered himself a German businessman and the car firm was a German business . -RRB-. frontier moved in 1919. Treaty of Versailles. The son of a Strasbourg hotelier , Matthis was born in Strasbourg , which at the time was in Germany .. Strasbourg. Strasbourg. Germany. German empire. Between 1902 and 1904 , he worked for the car firm Lorraine-Dietrich , with Ettore Bugatti .. Lorraine-Dietrich. Lorraine-Dietrich. Ettore Bugatti. Ettore Bugatti. In 1904 , Mathis and Bugatti designed the Hermes car , which for some reason was known as the `` Burlington '' when sold in England .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Mathis founded his own car company in 1910 and the following year was a protagonist of the small , multi-cylinder engine , probably inspired by Bugatti .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). In 1907 , Mathis developed a large factory in Strasbourg , where his cars were later made .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Strasbourg. Strasbourg. During the Great Depression , Mathis looked for a partner for his firm and eventually chose Ford of America in 1934 .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Great Depression. Great Depression. Ford. Ford Motor Company. The firm was briefly known as `` Matford '' -LRB- Mathis + Ford -RRB- .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Ford. Ford Motor Company. Following the outbreak of the Second World War , as the German army invaded France , Mathis escaped to America , where he lived and worked throughout the war .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Second World War. Second World War. He returned to Europe in 1946 .. Mathis died after falling out of a hotel window in Geneva in 1956 .. Mathis. Mathis ( cars ). Geneva. Geneva