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Doctor Milo
Professor Achilles Milo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Professor Achilles Milo first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #247 and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. Fictional character biography Achilles Milo is a renowned chemist who turned to crime.''Batman'' #112. DC Comics. He used a variety of chemical and medical-related schemes to kill Batman involving subjecting Batman to a drug that made him afraid of anything bat-shaped. After Robin helped him get over his fear of bats, Batman tracked down Milo at his laboratory and handed him over to the police. While incarcerated, Milo developed a fear of bats. Upon being apprehended again, Milo gassed Batman with a compound that made him lose his will to live. When Anthony Lupus visited him for a cure for his unbearable headaches, Milo gave him a drug that was derived from the Alaskan timber wolf which turned him into a werewolf. Milo found that the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elongated Man
Elongated Man (Randolph "Ralph" Dibny) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Flash (comics), The Flash'' #112 (February 25, 1960). The character made his live-action debut in the The Flash (season 4), fourth season of The CW's live-action Arrowverse television series ''The Flash (2014 TV series), The Flash'', portrayed by Hartley Sawyer. In June 2020, Sawyer was fired ahead of the series' The Flash (season 7), seventh season after social media posts with racist and misogynistic references resurfaced. Publication history Elongated Man was created by writer John Broome (writer), John Broome and penciler Carmine Infantino, with significant input from editor Julius Schwartz, who wanted a new supporting character for the Wally West, Flash. Julius Schwartz has noted that Elongated Man was only created because he had not realized that Plastic Man was available due to DC obtaining the rights to him in 1956 alongside other Qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batwing (DC Comics)
Batwing is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Within DC Comics internal continuity, Batwing is one of several superheroes patterned after the famous superhero Batman. Batwing, in particular, was conceived by Batman as his crime-fighting counterpart overseas, 'the Batman of Africa'. The first Batwing is David Zavimbe, a Congolese police officer, created by writer Grant Morrison within the pages of ''Batman Incorporated'' prior to receiving his own eponymous series. Following later events within ''Batman Incorporated'' and ''Batwing'', Zavimbe is replaced in the role by Luke Fox, an American mixed martial artist who had been Batman's first choice in the role, who is also the son of Batman's close associate Lucius Fox. Batwing faces a roster of adversaries ranging from international super villains to the Democratic Republic of Congo's corrupt police force. ''Batwing'' expands the DC Universe by taking place in Africa, making David Zavimbe both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Corrigan
Jim Corrigan is the name of three fictional characters that have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The first Corrigan initially appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940), a deceased cop acting as host to the cosmic entity the Spectre (DC Comics character), Spectre, and was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily. The second Jim Corrigan was an African-American policeman who has no relation with the original character, first appeared in ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #149 (May 1972). The character was created by John Albano and José Delbo. He later became a regular supporting character in ''Black Lightning'' beginning with #4. The third Jim Corrigan appeared years later in issue #12 of ''Gotham Central'', a series about the Gotham City Police Department. The character, created by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker, and Michael Lark although similar to the first Corrigan in being a police detective, again is not related to him and served as a red herring o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten-Eyed Man
The Ten-Eyed Man is a fictional character in DC Comics. He first appeared in '' Batman'' #226 (Nov. 1970) and was created by Frank Robbins, Irv Novick, and Dick Giordano. Fictional character biography Pre-''Crisis'' Philip Reardon served as a soldier in the U.S. Special Forces during the Vietnam War until he was honorably discharged after a grenade fragment hit him between the eyes. He returned to civilian life as a warehouse security guard. One night, he was knocked out by thieves who planted a bomb to blow up the warehouse. When Batman arrived at the scene, Reardon recovered but his vision was blurred. Mistaking Batman for one of the thieves, Reardon battled him. When he recognized Batman, the warehouse exploded and Reardon's retinas were burned, which impacted his war injury and blinded him permanently in both eyes. A brilliant ophthalmologist named Dr. Engstrom tended to Reardon after being brought to him by the crooks where he reconnected Reardon's optic nerves to the sensory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxie Zeus
Maximilian "Maxie" Zeus is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as a minor enemy of Batman. He is depicted as a mentally ill former history professor who is obsessed with Greek mythology and believes himself to be the god Zeus, becoming a crime lord in Gotham City. Publication history Maxie Zeus first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #483 (April–May 1979) and was created by Denny O'Neil and Don Newton. Fictional character biography Criminal career Maxie Zeus is a former Greek history teacher who started to suffer from insanity when he lost his wife. He became a criminal mastermind and used his cunning and intelligence to rise to power amidst the chaos in Gotham City's underworld. He has fought Batman on several occasions before being committed to Arkham Asylum. Because Maxie seemed less dangerous than Joker, Two-Face, and other notorious Arkham inmates, Arkham's administrators did not commit him in the maximum security wing, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magpie (character)
Magpie (Margaret Pye) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by John Byrne, and first appeared in '' The Man of Steel'' #3 (November 1986). The character has been portrayed in live-action by Sarah Schenkkan in the final season of '' Gotham'', and by Rachel Matthews in the first season of the Arrowverse series '' Batwoman''. Fictional character biography Magpie is a jewel thief who specifically targets jewels named after birds and then replaces them with booby-trapped replicas. Taking a job as a museum curator, Pye is slowly driven mad surrounded by the beautiful things that she so loves but can never own. She was notable in Post-''Crisis'' continuity as the first villain who was defeated by Superman and Batman working together, Superman having visited Gotham to "apprehend" Batman before Batman's demonstration of his skills while tracking Magpie convinced Superman that Gotham needed someone like Batman to protect it. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
