Willoughby Kipling
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Willoughby Kipling is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Willoughby Kipling
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Willoughby Kipling
Overview
Personality and attributes
A powerful magician and misanthrope, Kipling entered the stage only when needed, manipulating people for the greater good.
He was shown to be constantly drinking, smoking, and cursing with him being regarded a disgrace by his fellow Knights.
Powers and abilities
He was noted for being a member of the mystical Knights Templar.
Notes
- Willoughby Kipling was created by Grant Morrison and Richard Case where he made his first appearance in Doom Patrol v2 #31 (April, 1990).
- The character was originally intended to be John Constantine, but at the time DC Comics editorial policy limited Constantine's use outside of his own series to preserve the realism of the characte
- Kipling was meant to look like Richard E. Grant's character Withnail in Withnail and I.
In other media
Television
- In Doom Patrol, Willoughby Kipling appeared in the setting of the DC Universe live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Mark Sheppard. The character first appears in the episode "Cult Patrol" in which he comes looking for the Chief. The Chief is missing, so Kipling enlists the Doom Patrol to help him prevent the end of the world. They fail and the Cult of the Unwritten Book summons the Decreator, an interdimensional entity who begins destroying the world. In "Paw Patrol", the Chief works with his nemesis Mr. Nobody to use one of Crazy Jane's superpowered personalities to initiate the creation of the Recreator, a being who can counter the Decreator. Kipling uses this being (which is embodied by a dog) to summon the Recreator and nullify the threat. In the episode "Fun Size Patrol", Elasti-Girl persuades the Chief to enlist Willoughby Kipling to help restore everyone to their respectful sizes. Kipling does that in exchange for the Chief giving him a talisman that grants its wielder immortality. The Chief later spoke to Kipling about other ways to prolong his life. In the mid-credits scene of "Possibilities Patrol" taking place in the Northern Yukon, Kipling takes the head of the deceased Chief stating that his time isn't over yet. In "Undead Patrol", Darren Jones steals the Chief's head causing Kipling to enlist the Doom Patrol for help.
Appearances
- Doom Patrol v2: (1990)
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