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With a varlet drift as big asBatman ’s , some villains steal the show , some are just trick , and some are drastically underrated . Being underrated does not mean that they are unable ; a consecutive firebug such as Firefly can be just as deadly as one of his more ill-famed counterpart if yield the right opportunity . With that in thinker , few villains have been as underestimated asBatman the Animated Series’Clock King - until now .
Depictions of the Clock King have motley . Early variants boast William Tockman , a gentleman dressed in a clock costume with a penchant for clock crimes and clock - themed gadgets . The second version of the role make him one of themany villain reinvent for the near byBatman : the Animated series . now named Temple Fugate , he is a gentleman dressed in a brown case and brown bowler hat , with clock fount on either his glasses or his affiliation . While he miss superpowers , he is obsessed with timing and truth , capable to accurately calculate and foreshadow events with speck preciseness - even pass toe - to - toe with Batman himself on affair , where his ability to time and react to Batman ’s flak make up for his lack of soldierlike training .
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Batman : Killing Time , by Tom King , David Marquez , and Alejandro Sanchez , visualise Batman , the Penguin , the Riddler , Catwoman , and the United States governmentall unite for the ultimate Batman villain heistto develop a mysterious artefact known only as ' the eye of god . ' Throughout the series , an omniscient narrator item both the events of the race and the history of the eye itself in a zigzag - zagging fashion , jump back and forth between hours and centuries as events unfold . In consequence # 5 , the Riddler and Catwoman endeavour to ransom the middle over to a federal agentive role , but the Penguin bug the location and sends an army of goons to the meetup . Batman go far as well , and the eye is dropped in the ensuing battle royal … before right away being recover by the Clock King , who reveals himself to be both the teller and architect of all the event thus far .
This full affair present just how ruthless the Clock King ’s machinations can be . Throughout the event ofBatman : The Killing Time , many notable villains were pushed to the verge of destruction or otherwise incapacitate : it start with Killer Croc being imprisoned for a coin bank heist and end with the Penguin hospitalized and the bulk of his army killed in the battle for the heart . what is more , both Catwoman and the Riddler have been neutralized during the conflict . This intend that the Clock King has taken down four spectacular names in Batman ’s rogues ' gallery , while simultaneously out - planning both BatmanandThe Riddler - two of Gotham ’s most splendid mind . Few villains can boast of having done as much in a unmarried stroke .
The Clock King ’s kitschy past has left him often deride as being a C - lean baddie , but those who underrate him do so at their own peril . This maestro deviser has demonstrate that he has what it takes to tangle with the big figure of Gotham , waiting in the phantom and making sure that every programme runs swimmingly with clockwork preciseness . While this may be the next-to-last issue ofKilling Time , Batmanhas a lot cut off out for him if he want to take the Clock King down : the right way now , time is definitely on the side of this formerly underrated villain .
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