Captain Stingaree
Captain Stingaree | |
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Secret Society of Super-Villains | |
Notable aliases | Karl Crossman |
Abilities | Skilled swordsman |
Captain Stingaree (Karl Courtney) is a
Name
In his memoir The Boy Who Loved Batman, Uslan says that he and Rozakis were excited to create a pirate-themed villain for Batman, but disappointed by the name that editor Julius Schwartz gave the character: "Bob said it was the name of some old movie about a notorious highwayman played by Richard Dix or Fort Dix or some old actor. I hated the name Stingaree. Bob hated the name Stingaree. But Julie liked it, and so it came to pass".[2]
Fictional character biography
Born one of a set of
In Secret Society of Super-Villains #6 (April 1977), Captain Stingaree joins the
In Detective Comics #526, Captain Stingaree meets at an old theater with other Bat-Villains. Talia is branded a traitor. While Talia escapes, Captain Stingaree is accidentally frozen by Mr. Freeze. This is his last pre-Crisis appearance.
Post-Crisis
In Justice League of America #2 (November 2006), it is revealed that Captain Stingaree is
DC Rebirth
In the DC Rebirth reboot, Karl is played as somewhat of a joke villain. He is portrayed as a man who assumes the identity of Stingaree when not under the influence of his medication. He attempts to murder several people who clearly know him and are dressed as the Batman. They plead with him to go back on his medication, but he says that they will not "deceive him again". He is stopped by the real Batman and "Gotham Girl" before anyone is seriously injured.[5]
Powers and abilities
Captain Stingaree has no superpowers but is a skilled swordsman.
See also
References
- ^ OCLC 213309017
- ISBN 9781452109770. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ISBN 9780345501066.
- ISBN 978-1893905788.
- ^ Batman (vol. 3) #6 (2016)