Real name: Carlson
A.K.A.: Larry Larrimore
First Appearance: Batman I#3 (Fall 1940)
Abilities: Chemical master
Weapons: chemical cocktails of unknown ingredients
Quotes: "So, my face is ugly to you!"
Worst Act: Murder
Created by: Bill Finger (writer) and Bob Kane (artist-credited), Jerry Robinson/George Roussos(inks)
An interesting villain. While we've seen villains inspired by popular media (Joker, Catwoman), the Ugliest Man in the World seems to predate the 1946 Rondo Hatton vehicle the Brute Man.
Bruce Wayne is meeting with businessman Larrimore and his partner when one of them drops dead, his face horribly distorted. From there a wave of riots hits Gotham City, the mob of disfigured people being by the titular man. When a doctor named Ekhart (who shares a similar name to the doctor who said be the best doctor in the world in 1942's Detective Comics#66) claims to be able to treat the victims of the mob.
Captured at the group's lair, we learn that Larrimore is in fact Carlson. It seems that some years ago in collage Carlson was participating in a fraternity hazing when he was injected with an unknown amount of chemicals, twisting his features horribly. Shunned by friends and dumped by his fiancé, Carlson went underground, building an army of similarly distorted people to destroy all things deemed beautiful.
Not a terrible story and a fairly compelling villain. A pity this was his only appearance.
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