Cornelius Stirk is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics.
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12 Facts About Cornelius Stirk
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Cornelius Stirk is a cannibalistic supervillian with the ability to cause fear or hallucinations through telepathy and appears as a recurring adversary of Batman.
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Cornelius Stirk has the ability to make other people see him as someone else, allowing him to get close to his victims.
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Cornelius Stirk operates under the delusion that he requires the nutrients and hormones from peoples' hearts in order to stay alive, and these are best prepared with norepinephrine by inducing fear in the victim prior to death.
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Cornelius Stirk had been confined since the age of 16 for trying to kill a classmate.
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Cornelius Stirk makes a brief cameo in the beginning of the four-part storyline The Last Arkham, where Jeremiah Arkham, Arkham Asylum's new director, utilizes more barbaric methods to "cure" him.
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When Cornelius Stirk refuses to take his medication, for instance, Jeremiah has two orderlies brutally beat him with billy clubs and forces the medication down to his throat.
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Gordon hallucinates that Cornelius Stirk is actually Batman as Cornelius Stirk tried to kill Gordon with a knife.
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Cornelius Stirk later appears during the "Madmen Across the Water" storyline, taking place after his capture but before Arkham Asylum is rebuilt.
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Cornelius Stirk is seen in the story arc offering to eat human hearts to save medication.
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Cornelius Stirk is able to cast a hypnotic aura which allows him to take on any face he chooses, generally a face that people will trust.
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