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[[File:NightwingV2-101Textless.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Clayface in Nightwing v2 #101.]] '''Matt Hagen''' is a male comic supervillain who features in [[DC Comics]]. ==Biography== [[File:DetectiveComicsV1-298.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Matt Hagen in Detective Comics v1 #298.]] Matt Hagen In search for hidden wealth, he went skin-diving to find a sunken frigate filled with gold that would make him rich. During one such dive, he found an undiscovered grotto that contained a natural pool of strange chemicals. After being exposed to it, he was transformed into a clay-covered creature with the ability to change shape and he began to operate as the [[Clayface]]. (Detective Comics v1 #298) ==Overview== ===Personality and attributes=== After gaining his powers, his new form led to him becoming the new '''Clayface'''. (Detective Comics v1 #298) ===Powers and abilities=== Originally, Matt Hagen was an ordinary human being until he found an pool composed of a protoplasm that filled him with a strange energy. This caused his body to be composed of a kind of hard clay-like substance that was pliable and soft. Through concentration, he was able command his body to change shape allowing him to adopt his former human guise to more stranger creatures such as centaurs or giant eagles. (Detective Comics v1 #298) ==Notes== *Matt Hagen as the second Clayface was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff where he made his first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #298 (December, [[1961]]). ==Alternate Versions== ==In other media== ===Television=== *In the DC Animated Universe, the Matt Hagen Clayface made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting. **In Batman: The Animated Series, Matt Hagen made his first appearance in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Ron Perlman. **In Justice League, Matt Hagen returned as an antagonist in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Ron Perlman. *In Young Justice, the Matt Hagen Clayface appeared in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Nolan North. ===Video games=== *In Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, the Matt Hagen Clayface appeared as a boss level antagonist in the setting of the video game where he was voiced again by actor Ron Perlman. ==Appearances== *''Detective Comics v1'': (1961) *''Batman v1'': *''Crisis of the Infinite Earths v1'': ==External Links== *[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Matthew_Hagen_(New_Earth) DC Database Entry] *[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/clayface-hagen/4005-35188/ Comicvine Entry] {{stub}} [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Male Characters]] [[Category:Comic Characters]] [[Category:Actors]] [[Category:Criminals]] [[Category:Shapeshifters]] [[Category:Supervillains]] [[Category:DC Comics Supervillains]] [[Category:Batman]] [[Category:DC]] [[Category:Bill Finger]] [[Category:Sheldon Moldoff]]

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