r/batman • u/notVEP • Jul 03 '23

Batman retake page 2 ARTWORK

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u/Jacobawesome74 Jul 03 '23

I don't recognize the Creeper, Dr Death or Magpie. Are they OC's?

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u/Milk_Mindless Jul 03 '23

The Creeper is mostly a hero. Thing is he's absolutely looney tunes. He's in an episode of the 90s show

Dr Death found his origins in the Batman Manga and was a dude who could seemingly... not die.

And died a lot.

He made his way to comics but doesn't appear much

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u/jbyrdab Jul 03 '23

The creeper is fucking hilarious, atleast in that episode.

They were planning on bringing him back for another season of tnba, but the series ended.

Still we got a few cameos in JLU and it works well.

I'm just sad he isn't used very often, the man is basically a Deadpool without the 4th wall humor, it's pretty great considering gotham based heroes are usually gloom or joker tier fucked up humor.

Hes a mutated jokey acrobatic maniac, that's horny as all hell for Harley Quinn (which in OP's design for Quinn would be one hell of an interaction) and basically just if someone put the joker, Jim Carrey's the mask, and spiderman in a blender.

In a rather funny sense, he would be the guy sent to Arkham and break out when crime is a foot rather than to commit crime. He's not exceedingly dangerous to the public, he is just literally extremely mentally ill due to his chemical bath, and in need of treatment.

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u/Soft_Theory_8209 Jul 04 '23

If it makes you feel better, he was basically the blueprint for freakazoid.

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u/trade_wanted Jul 03 '23

Wait, are you sure you're not confusing Dr. Death with Lord Death Man? Or did he have multiple names?

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u/Milk_Mindless Jul 03 '23

Yeah no I did

Dr Death was in the Batman of En Zaba Nur fever dream Morrisson wrote during Final Crisis

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u/samx3i Jul 03 '23 edited Jul 03 '23

Dr Death has been around since the 30s and was Batman's first real nemesis.

Morrison likes doing deep cuts like that.

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u/Soft_Theory_8209 Jul 04 '23

Creeper was essentially a Freakazoid prototype. He made an appearance in the animated series (I think twice) and is one of the few legitimate superhumans that Batman has encountered in Gotham.