Monk (DC)
The Monk is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Golden Age
The Monk
The Monk hypnotizes Bruce Wayne's then-fiancee, Julie Madison, into trying to kill a man. Batman stops her and the next day, Bruce Wayne takes her to a doctor, who has also been hypnotized and tells them to go on a cruise. Batman uses the Batgyro to get to the ship Julie is on and meets the Monk, who is after Julie. The Monk tries to use his hypnotic powers on Batman, but Batman uses a Batarang to escape his trance. The Monk lures Batman to his base in Paris, where Batman defeats a giant ape that is set on attacking him. However, the Monk succeeds in catching Batman in a net and tries to lower it into a den of snakes, but using the Batarang again, Batman knocks the lever up, breaks a glass chandelier, and uses the glass to cut through the net. The Monk has a female assistant named Dala, who lures Batman to the Monk's lair using Julie Madison as bait. (Detective Comics v1 #31) The Monk places Julie in a hypnotic trance again, but Batman again rescues her. After rescuing Julie after following her to Transylvania, Batman meets Dala, whom he takes towards the Monk's castle. Nonetheless, he is caught in a net, hypnotized, and trapped in a pit by the Monk, who transforms into a wolf to summon others, but Batman escapes, using gas to knock out the wolves, then using a rope attached to a Batarang to climb out. He kills the Monk and Dala by shooting them with silver bullets made from candlesticks as they lie in their coffins. (Detective Comics v1 #32)
Silver Age
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis of Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Niccolai Tepes
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Tepes along with his vampiric Brotherhood came to serve a new monster and sought to ensure his rise in the world. This saw them looking to gather honest blood and led them to capturing soup kitchen workers in Gotham City. Their activities drew the attention of Andrew Bennett who confronted them in the newly formed region of Monstertown where the Monk was seemingly killed. (Gotham City Monsters v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Monk was created by Gardner Fox and Bob Kane where he made his first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #31 (September, 1939).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Other
Appearances
- Detective Comics v1: (1939)
- Batman v1:
- Batman and the Mad Monk v1:
- Batman v3:
- Gotham City Monsters v1:
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