Real name: The Duc D'Orterre
A.K.A.: None
First Appearance: Detective Comics I#34 (December 1939)
Abilities: Leader of the Apache gang
Weapons: Wheel of Chance and his torture garden
Quotes: "I will open the ceiling gate and let him into my flower garden."
Worst Act: Burning away a guy's face is pretty rotten
Created by: Gardner Fox (writer) and Bob Kane (artist-credited), Sheldon Moldoff (pencils/inks)
Batman goes international in this one, fighting a leader of the infamous Apache gang of Paris. The real gang was more or less forgotten by the 1930's, but the visual of the stripped shirt and slim daggers made a large cultural impact.
The Duc was a pretty rotten fellow. Obsessing over Karel Marie, he kidnapped her brother Charles and burned off his face. The Duc also had some neat torture devices, benefitting his evil nobleman status. He died at the end of his story and so far no one seems to be arguing for his come back.
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