Crazy-Quilt is the name of several characters in
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Publication history
The Earth-Two Crazy Quilt first appeared in ''
Boy Commandos'' #15 (March 1946) and was created by
Jack Kirby.
The Paul Dekker version of Crazy Quilt first appeared in ''
Blackhawks'' #180 and was created by artist Dick Dillon and an uncredited writer.
The unidentified female version of Crazy Quilt first appeared in ''
Villains United'' #2 and was created by
Gail Simone
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and
Dale Eaglesham
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.
Fictional character biography
Earth-Two Crazy Quilt
Crazy Quilt is an unnamed noted painter who leads a double-life as a master criminal. He gives the plans for his crimes to various henchmen through clues left in his paintings. His criminal empire crashes to a halt when one of his henchmen double-crosses him. Blinded by a gunshot wound, he volunteers for an experimental procedure that restores his vision, but is left unable to see anything but bright colors. In his second published appearance, this is combined with a special helmet that emits bright colored lights, enabling him to see under most circumstances.
Paul Dekker
In a 1963 issue of ''Blackhawk'' taking place on Earth-One, a fence named Paul Dekker uses the name Crazy Quilt, but the title heroes capture him. As a result of this appearance, some resources report the original Crazy-Quilt's true identity as Dekker. This includes at least one comic, the
Kevin Smith-penned ''Batman: The Widening Gyre'' #4. However, the earlier ''Batman Encyclopedia'', another official source endorsed by DC Comics, states that Dekker is a separate character from the original Crazy Quilt.
In the Post-Crisis, Paul Dekker's history is similar to the Earth-Two Crazy Quilt. Crazy Quilt's sight is restored briefly for a time after he kidnaps a surgeon to assist him. Batman and Robin intervene. In self-defense, Robin reflects the madman's light beams back into his newly restored eyes. Unintentionally, Quilt is permanently blinded. Obsessing over his young adversary, he becomes one of the few bat-villains to hate Robin more than his mentor.
Later, thinking to enact his revenge upon
Grayson, he mistakenly takes out his aggression on
Jason Todd
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, who was new to the role at the time. Todd is nearly beaten to death. Again, it is Robin who is pivotal to stopping Crazy Quilt's plans.
Crazy Quilt later fought Jason Todd after knocking Batman unconscious.
When
Ra's al Ghul caused a mass prison break at Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary, Crazy Quilt was among the freed inmates that worked for Ra's al Ghul by abducting
Alfred Pennyworth,
Commissioner James Gordon
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,
Vicki Vale,
Harvey Bullock, and Julia Pennyworth.
Crazy Quilt was later seen in Arkham Asylum when Batman was Arkham Asylum's latest patient. He joins the other inmates in attacking Batman who ends up defeating them.
During the ''
Underworld Unleashed'' storyline, Crazy Quilt was among those who were offered a carved black candle of
Neron.
Crazy Quilt appears in the Belle Reve riot in ''Justice League'' #34, lugging around the eviscerated body of the prison warden. The prisoners, along with much of humanity, were being affected by the entity Mageddon. It had affected fellow prisoner, telepath
Hector Hammond, who then altered the minds of the inmates.
Crazy Quilt also has a role in one of the many reincarnations of the
Secret Society of Super Villains
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. He and dozens of villains gather in response to the
JLA's new moonbase and extended team efforts. During the meeting, Quilt has his outfit insulted by the
Monocle. The meeting turns out to be a JLA trap and all the villains are captured.
In ''
The New 52
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'' (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe) during the story arc ''
Batman: Endgame'', Dr. Paul Dekker appears as insane ex Wayne Enterprises geneticist Batman suspects supplied the
Joker with his newest serum filled with Dionesium, but is found out to not be guilty. He is also a member of the ''Doctors Three'' along with
Doctor Death and
Hugo Strange. Dekker calls out claiming that the Joker has given him the opportunity to become one of the "Dionesium Men" as well and gleefully injects himself with a syringe despite Batman's warnings. Almost immediately, Dekker's tissues begin to decay and rot from his body and he drops from the window into the waiting crowd of infected who tear what remains of him to pieces. In a nod to his
Pre-Crisis alter ego, Dekker is found covering his nude body with a patchwork quilt.
Female Crazy Quilt
Apparently the
Society
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, led by
Alexander Luthor, Jr.
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Publication history
Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character made his first appearance in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #1 (April 198 ...
, has in its roster a new version of Crazy Quilt, a female one with the characteristic costume and vision-helmet of the previous villain. She has appeared in the ''Villains United'' series. She works with many other supervillains to take down the 'Secret Six'. In ''
Outsiders
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'' #50, she is captured by the
Suicide Squad.
In the ''
Secret Six'' series, she is one of the villains who accepts the offer of a bounty on the heads of the Secret Six from mysterious crime boss, Junior. She is possibly shot by the Six, and stabbed in the stomach by
Scandal.
She later appears in
James Robinson's ''
Justice League: Cry For Justice'' miniseries as one of the many villains who attacks the team.
Skills and equipment
Crazy Quilt has a helmet that allows him to hypnotize his victims by utilizing flashing lights of various colors. It can project lethal laser beams and function as artificial eyes since because his original ones do not work anymore. The lenses feed their input signals straight into his brain.
[''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' Vol 1 #5 (July 1985)] All versions possess expertise in
gadgetry.
In other media
Television
* The Paul Dekker incarnation of Crazy Quilt appears in ''
Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced by
Jeffrey Tambor.
* The Paul Dekker incarnation of Crazy Quilt appears in ''
DC Super Hero Girls
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'', voiced by
Tom Kenny. This version is a teacher at Super Hero High.
Film
Crazy Quilt appears in ''
The Lego Batman Movie''.
See also
*
List of Batman Family adversaries
References
External links
Crazy Quiltat DC Database
Crazy Quilt (Dekker)at Comic Vine
Crazy Quiltat Writeups.org
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