Crocodile Men

The Crocodile Men are a team that feature in Fawcett Comics/DC Comics.

History

Pre-Crisis

The Crocodile Men were a race of humanoid reptilian crocodiles from the planet 'Punkus. Several of them were recruited into Mister Mind's Monster Society of Evil from their home planet Punkus and served as lackeys. Billy Batson broadcast a warning that Mr. Mind was still on the loose, and director Hitchblock of Eastern Elephantine Studios sent Captain Marvel a letter, saying he was doing a film version of Mr. Minds wrongdoings and needed his technical advice. Captain Marvel was happy to help, believing it was important the world was warned about how dangerous Mind was, and he was impressed with the mechanical worm Hitchblock whipped up as a stand-in for Mind. Mr. Mind got word about the film from his underlings, and saw an opportunity to sow chaos. He also wanted to make sure he was being portrayed as evil and devious as he deserved to be. A janitor on the film set spotted him, so Mind took the place of the mechanical worm to hide in plain sight. Hitchblock needed an extra to play a boy in peril who the Monster Society would fling off a cliff, and Captain Marvel changed into Billy Batson to volunteer. Mr. Mind alerted his new Monster Society recruits, the Crocodile Men, and had them take the place of the other actors in the scene. The Crocodile Men were supposed to pull Billy back from the cliff edge at the last moment, but ignored the director and tossed Billy to his doom. (Captain Marvel Adventures v1 #38)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Crocodile Men were shown as being inhabitants of the Magiclands where they were native to the Wildlands. At some point, a three-headed Crocodile-Man was captured and imprisoned within the Dungeon of Eternity located in the Monsterlands. (Shazam! v3 #11) Herkimer later travelled to Earth where he attacked a museum only to be defeated by Shazam. (Shazam! v3 #12) After Mr. Mind's release, he went about freeing the other member of the Monster Society with the three headed Crocodile-Men being among his army that came to Earth. (Shazam! v3 #11)

Members

• Herkimer :
• Jorrk :
• Sylvester :

Notes

• The Crocodile Men were created by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck where they made their first appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures v1 #22 (March, 1943).
• The character of Sobek appeared to had been a Post-Crisis take on the Crocodile Men.

In other media

Films

• In Shazam!, the Crocodile Men made a brief cameo appearance in the setting of the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe. When Billy Batson and his siblings looked for an exit from the Rock of Eternity, they stumbled upon lots of doors. Eugene Choi opened one of the doors which revealed a group of Crocodile-Men playing poker. He was spotted by the Crocodile-Men who attempted to get him, but Eugene quickly closed the door.

Appearances

• Captain Marvel Adventures v1: (1943)
• Shazam! v3: (2020)

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