34 Facts About Killer Croc

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Killer Croc is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman.

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Killer Croc made his live-action debut in the 2016 DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad, portrayed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

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Killer Croc was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Gene Colan.

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Killer Croc was raised by his aunt, an abusive alcoholic who called him names like "lizardboy" and "reptilian freak".

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Killer Croc eventually killed his aunt and became a criminal in Gotham City.

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Killer Croc was originally depicted as killing Jason Todd's parents.

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Killer Croc escaped custody and sought revenge on Harvey Bullock and two other criminals who got him in jail.

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In reality, Killer Croc was buried under rubble and was freed from his prison by storm drains.

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Killer Croc survived on rats and was isolated for months, driving him further into madness.

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Killer Croc later went on a rampage after a confrontation with a vagrant, and winds up in a shopping mall.

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11.

Killer Croc fails, and Bane pits himself against Croc, breaking his arms.

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Killer Croc is left for the police in a fishing net all bruised up with a broken arm.

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13.

Killer Croc is summoned by a paranormal force to break out of Arkham and make his way to the Louisiana swamps.

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Killer Croc has appeared in both the "Hush" storyline and its chronological follow-up, Broken City.

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Killer Croc attempted to take revenge on the Mad Hatter, but was stopped by Batman.

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One Year Later during the "Face the Face" storyline, Killer Croc is shown to have been feeding on the dead body of an orca.

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Killer Croc is then passingly referenced by Roy, as he is Roy's current sponsor for his alcoholism at the time when Roy was in a bar with Jason Todd.

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Killer Croc is confronted by the villain Bane, who injects Croc with Venom, turning Croc into a hulking giant, whom Bane then defeats.

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Killer Croc recently helped Harley Quinn and her friends fight a gang of other Batman villains in Coney Island.

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20.

Killer Croc encourages her to try, but later expresses fear and sheds tears that he will lose her if she is able to achieve her dream.

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21.

In Harley Quinn's series, Killer Croc joined the Penguin's plans to take over New York, but went off on his own to take Coney Island, revealing that he was on display there in a freak show as a kid driving out the other villains.

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In Joker War event tie-in Killer Croc has enough after Joker and his goons made their way to Monstertown and tore it to pieces.

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Killer Croc decided to create a new one in the sewers of Gotham, hoping that he and the others would be left alone.

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Killer Croc wants to bring others down to the sewers for protection from the war above.

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25.

Killer Croc's backstory explains that he was born with a condition resembling epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, a disfiguring skin disorder.

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Killer Croc's skin is hardened to the degree that it is nearly impenetrable to ordinary forms of abrasion, including high caliber weapons fired from a distance.

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Killer Croc possesses an extraordinary amount of super-strength; for example, he was able to tear a bank vault door off of its hinges with minimal effort.

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Killer Croc has demonstrated regenerative powers, allowing him to heal and restore lost limbs and teeth.

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Killer Croc possesses superhuman reflexes and speed, especially while he is moving underwater.

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Killer Croc is jealous and hateful of "normal" people and often lashes out violently without provocation.

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In recent years, Killer Croc has been portrayed as being much more reptilian than in past incarnations.

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Killer Croc appears in the Batman: Arkham series where he is reimagined as much physically larger than most of his comic book counterparts and retains his cannibalistic nature.

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Killer Croc has been voiced by Steven Blum in Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Knight as DLC, and VR, and by Khary Payton in the prequel Arkham Origins.

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Killer Croc is then arrested and held in Blackgate Prison with the other Arkham escapees until the asylum can be rebuilt.

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