Lord Death Man
Lord Death Man is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Lord Death Man
Death-Man mastered yogi techniques that controlled his breathing and allowed himself to appear dead. Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attended a penthouse gem showing when Death-Man and his gang arrived, saying he'd take the goods because while the living couldn't take their wealth with them after death he was already dead. Bruce and dick changed into Batman and Robin as Death-Man fled the penthouse, shooting down the security guards. The Dynamic duo nabbed him, but he gloated that he was the specter of death, beyond their grip. Death-Man was sentenced to death, but told the judge he was beyond human judgment, and seemingly dropped dead in the courtroom. Batman was haunted by the grim villain, and his macabre claims, so he insisted the GCPD dig up his grave, and found Death-Man lying there. A news report soon came in that Death-Man reappeared on the scene, and had robbed and killed again. Batman and Robin caught up with him fleeing in a funeral hearse, and cornered him in a junkyard. After a drawn out battle Death-Man again told them they had no power over him, and dropped dead again. Bruce attended a socialite event where a yogi was buried alive, but unearthed unharmed because he used meditation techniques to put himself in suspended animation. Having tumbled onto the same trick Death-Man used he dug up his grave again, only to find it empty. Death-Man and his gang were waiting for the heroes, shooting at them, and promising he would bury Batman in the grave he once lied in. Death-Man and Batman struggled over the grave when a bolt of lightning hit Death-Man, killing him, and he tumbled into the grave. Batman thought it ironic that a freak accident carried out the state's death sentence. (Batman v1 #180)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
In Japan, he decided to eliminate all crimefighters in the country and decided to target Mr. Unknown. Kidnapping the vigilante, he used acid to burn off his hands whilst he was unconscious and then proceeded to brutally kill him. (Batman Incorporated v1 #1)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that Lord Death Man lived to take the life of others. (Batman Incorporated v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
He came to master yogi techniques that controlled his breathing and allowed himself to appear dead. (Batman v1 #180)
Notes
- Death Man was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff where he made his first appearance in Batman #180 (May, 1966).
Alternate Versions
- In Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga v1 (1960), an alternate version of Lord Death Man appeared in the setting of the manga adaptation. As billionaire Bruce Wayne and his young ward Dick Grayson attend a jewelry auction, the lights go out and “as if from the depths of hell” the shrill laugh of one called Lord Death Man and his henchmen steal the priceless jewels and escape. Suddenly, Bruce and Dick leave and transform into Batman and Robin and chase down Lord Death Man’s men and the deathly looking rogues himself with the use of batarangs and grappling ropes. When incarcerated and sentenced to death, Death Man dies in the court room to Batman and Robin’s surprise. Seeing him buried wasn’t enough, for Lord Death Man infiltrated Bruce Wayne’s dreams, saying “I’m used to giving nightmares, not getting them.” Bruce suggests they take a vacation to Jamaica and even in paradise, they have to race back to Gotham City when heard over the radio Death Man has killed once again. Once tracking him down to a junkyard, Batman attacks and discovers his ability to die and revive himself is horrifically true. In Part Two, Batman discovers Lord Death Man is using a Yoga method to illustrate he is death, then awaits for his men to dig him from his grave. Chapter Three pits Batman and Lord Death man against one another, in the end Lord Death Man meets his demise with an explosion in the skies.
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Lord Death Man appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" where he was voiced by actor Diedrich Bader. Lord Death Man appears in an adaptation of the manga story. The story is mostly faithful to the original, save for the implication that he parachuted to safety following a collision with power lines. Bat-Mite implicates this was a change in "the American dub", lamp-shading the segment being done in the style of early anime.
Appearances
- Batman v1: (1966)
- Batman Incorporated v1:
- Talon v1:
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