Killer Croc facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Killer Croc |
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Killer Croc as he appears in Batman: The Animated Series (left) and later in its sequel series The New Batman Adventures (right)
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Cameo appearance: Detective Comics #523 (February 1983) Full appearance: Detective Comics #524 (March 1983) |
| Created by | Gerry Conway (writer) Don Newton (artist) Gene Colan (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Waylon Jones |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Secret Society of Super Villains Suicide Squad Justice League |
| Notable aliases | Croc King Croc |
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Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) is a fictional Batman character who appears in comic books by DC Comics. He has a Lizard-Crocodile appearance who uses his stronge force to fight and swin to try to defeat Batman. Before he became Killer Croc, Waylon Jones was a wrestler who suffered from a rare genetic condition that gave him a reptilian appearance and superhuman strength. Driven insane by his irreversible transformation, he turned to a life of crime, over time developing animalistic tendencies which make him a dangerous individual.
Created by Gerry Conway, Don Newton and Gene Colan, the character first made a cameo appearance in Detective Comics #523 (February 1983), before being officially introduced in Detective Comics #524 (March 1983). He has become one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.
He was voiced by Aron Kincaid in Batman: The Animated Series. He was played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. While typically portrayed as a supervillain, he has also been occasionally depicted as an antihero.
Powers and abilities
Killer Croc's skin is hardened to the degree that it is nearly impenetrable to ordinary forms of abrasion, including high caliber weapons fired from a distance. He also possesses an extraordinary amount of super-strength; for example, he was able to tear a bank vault door off of its hinges with minimal effort. He has demonstrated regenerative powers, allowing him to heal and restore lost limbs and teeth. He possesses superhuman reflexes and speed, especially while he is moving underwater. He can also see through his crocodile eyelids. Killer Croc also has an enhanced sense of smell. Once he has become familiar with a person's scent, he can track them from miles away.
Croc's main weakness is consistently portrayed in most adaptations, aside from The Batman series, as being his low intellect. He typically resorts to brute force to solve most problems, allowing Batman to outmaneuver him in combat by thinking his way through the problems he faces in defeating the powerful Croc. Batman regularly describes his foe as an animal rather than a man. He acts almost solely on instinct and hardly ever takes the time to plan or rationalize his actions. This is a departure from his initial portrayal, where he was shown to be a ruthless and intelligent criminal who was able to plot his ascent from henchman to The Squid to perhaps the most powerful force in Gotham organized crime before being defeated by Batman.
See also
In Spanish: Killer Croc para niños
- List of Batman Family enemies
