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Court Of Owls
The Court of Owls is a criminal organization and secret society appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They appear as adversaries of the superhero Batman. Created by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the Court is described as an organization of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of the city of Gotham, having existed since the city's founding and completely unknown among its general population outside of an urban legend centered around their reputation for grisly assassinations carried out by indoctrinated agents known as Talons. The 2015–2016 " Robin War" story line details their international expansion, with the group renaming itself the Parliament of Owls. The Court of Owls made their on-screen debut in 2015's '' Batman vs. Robin'' as part of the DC Animated Movie Universe before making their live-action debut later that same year in the '' Gotham'' television series. They feature prominently in the story of the 2022 video game '' Gotham ...
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DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ...
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The New 52
The New 52 was the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire Line (comics), line of ongoing monthly superhero American comic books, comic books. Following the conclusion of the "Flashpoint (comics), Flashpoint" Fictional crossover, crossover storyline, DC cancelled all its existing titles and debuted 52 new series in September 2011. Among the renumbered series were ''Action Comics'' and ''Detective Comics'', which had retained their original numbering since the 1930s. The relaunch included changes to the publishing format; for example, print and digital comics began to be released on the same day. New titles were released to bring the number of ongoing monthly series to 52. Various changes were also made to DC Universe, DC's fictional universe to entice new readers, including changes to DC's internal continuity to make characters more modern and accessible. In addition, characters from the Wildstorm and Vertigo Comics, Vertigo imprints were absorbed into the DC Universe. ...
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Jonah Hex
Jonah Woodson Hex is a fictional antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent. Hex has been substantially adapted in other media, including animated television series and films. Bill McKinney, Adam Baldwin, Phil Morris (actor), Phil Morris, and Thomas Jane, among others, have voiced the character in animation. Furthermore, Josh Brolin and Johnathon Schaech portray Hex in a Jonah Hex (film), self-titled film and ''Legends of Tomorrow'' respectively. Publication history Debut The character first appeared in a full-page in-house ad for ''All-Star Western'' #10 which was published in various November/December 1971-dated DC comics, including a few of DC's war comics line, as well as a hal ...
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Lincoln March
Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) is a fictional character appearing in American comic book, comic books published by DC Comics. A supervillainous alternate-universe counterpart of Batman, Bruce Wayne / Batman, he is depicted as the adult version of Wayne's deceased older brother, who in other universes dies as a child, before Bruce is born. In ''The New 52'', the primary continuity Owlman, originally depicted as the asylum-bound Boomerang Killer, is Retroactive continuity, retroactively revealed to be still alive, stolen from his parents as a child, and working in the service of the Court of Owls under the name Lincoln March. Owlman is voiced by Diedrich Bader and James Woods in the 2008 animated series ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' and the 2010 DC Universe Animated Original Movies, animated feature film ''Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths'' respectively. Jayda Eyles portrays a young gender-swapped version of the character, Samantha Thomas Wayne, in ''Pennyworth (TV series), Pen ...
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Riddler
The Riddler (Edward Nigma, later Edward Nygma or Edward Nashton) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, and debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #140 in October 1948. He has become one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. In his comic book appearances, the Riddler is depicted as a criminal mastermind in Gotham City. He has an obsessive compulsion to incorporate riddles, puzzles, and death traps in his schemes to prove his intellectual superiority over Batman and the police. His real name—Edward Nigma—is a pun itself; an "enigma" is a person or thing that is difficult to understand. With this self-conscious use of an elaborate gimmick, the Riddler's crimes are often theatrical and ostentatious. The character commonly wears a domino mask and either a green unitard d ...
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