this shape-shifting criminal always
plays dirty welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the origins of
Clayface you weren’t even supposed to be
in here Khan why sign up with Joker move
on your Stern as with most comic book
characters they’re often reimagining and
different versions to a character’s past
we’ve chosen to primarily follow the
storyline that unfolded in 1940’s
Detective Comics number 40 and was then
expanded upon in issues 298 478 and 600
for a Batman villain whose identity has
been inhabited by several characters
over the years the original Clayface was
introduced as basil Karlo a legendary
actor who fell out of the limelight when
the film studio he worked for decided to
remake his horror classic Dredd castle
without his involvement he was driven
insane in response he decided to
sabotage the production and make the
deaths that occur in the film really
happened in his own monster costume
taking on the name Clayface when the
horror films murder scene was about to
shoot Carlo turned off the lights and
slayed the actress in question before
the actor playing the film’s monster
could complete to see though the police
shut down the set following the death
their investigation came up dry this
prompted panic from Bruce Wayne’s fiance
Julie who as it turns out was an actress
in the film whose character was slated
to be killed off as well
wasting no time Bruce suited up his
Batman and travelled to investigate
following a lead Batman paid a visit to
the slain actresses boyfriend’s house
one of the few prime suspects only to
find him hanging from a hook in his
closet barely alive the man muttered
Clayface before dining meanwhile Robin
investigated the dread castle set
discovering the light on he grabbed a
lamp and entered the castle where
Clayface lay in waiting ready to stab
him reacting suddenly Robin threw
Clayface over his shoulder
despite this Robin tripped over his
fallen lamp and Clayface dropped the
unconscious hero into the fake moat
below
luckily Batman arrived just in time to
save Robin from drowning
the next day as Bruce’s fiance was about
to shoot her death scene Clayface
prepared to strike
however Batman was ready and tackled him
before Robin knocked him out Batman
unmasked the killer as the director
realized that he’d seen the costume
before in another horror picture
starring basil Karlo
sure enough the actor was revealed to be
behind the murders years later in 1961
the monstrous character was rebooted and
given another identity that of the
shape-shifting Matt Hagen great thing
about being a shapeshifter I can blend
in with a crowd outside make my getaway
and revolve some other joint as it
turned out this Clayface had acquired
his powers while scuba diving and
looking for hidden treasure only to
discover an underwater cavern there he
came into contact with a pool of body
altering protoplasm able to shape-shift
for a limited amount of time before
Reese emerging himself in the pool
he used the ability to carry out heists
until Batman caught him you again Hagen
listen to me there is no age telling me
now Clayface in 1978 preston pain became
the third character to inhabit the
identity a deformed scientist he stole a
sample of blood from Matt Hagen and used
it to alter his own DNA instead of
fixing his deformity the procedure made
him take on the permanent look of a clay
monster and made his touch deadly to
others causing him to go mad and date a
mannequin this Clayface hit his
monstrous appearance inside a special
containment suit in 1989 the series came
full circle as all the incarnations of
Clayface including a fourth female
version were all united against the Dark
Knight in the group calling themselves
the mud pack this showcased the return
of basil Karlo the original Clayface
betraying his team Carlos stole samples
of all of their blood took them to a lab
and used it to make himself into the
most powerful of the shapeshifters
becoming a major threat to the citizens
of Gotham and the caped crusader a
popular Batman villain this
shape-shifting blob of dirt has
continued to appear in various media
including the animated series and the
Batman Arkham series of video games next
I will become you Batman
are you a Clayface fan for more origins
of your favorite comic-book characters
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you know what I have given for a death
scene like this Oh too bad I won’t get
to read the notices
plays dirty welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the origins of
Clayface you weren’t even supposed to be
in here Khan why sign up with Joker move
on your Stern as with most comic book
characters they’re often reimagining and
different versions to a character’s past
we’ve chosen to primarily follow the
storyline that unfolded in 1940’s
Detective Comics number 40 and was then
expanded upon in issues 298 478 and 600
for a Batman villain whose identity has
been inhabited by several characters
over the years the original Clayface was
introduced as basil Karlo a legendary
actor who fell out of the limelight when
the film studio he worked for decided to
remake his horror classic Dredd castle
without his involvement he was driven
insane in response he decided to
sabotage the production and make the
deaths that occur in the film really
happened in his own monster costume
taking on the name Clayface when the
horror films murder scene was about to
shoot Carlo turned off the lights and
slayed the actress in question before
the actor playing the film’s monster
could complete to see though the police
shut down the set following the death
their investigation came up dry this
prompted panic from Bruce Wayne’s fiance
Julie who as it turns out was an actress
in the film whose character was slated
to be killed off as well
wasting no time Bruce suited up his
Batman and travelled to investigate
following a lead Batman paid a visit to
the slain actresses boyfriend’s house
one of the few prime suspects only to
find him hanging from a hook in his
closet barely alive the man muttered
Clayface before dining meanwhile Robin
investigated the dread castle set
discovering the light on he grabbed a
lamp and entered the castle where
Clayface lay in waiting ready to stab
him reacting suddenly Robin threw
Clayface over his shoulder
despite this Robin tripped over his
fallen lamp and Clayface dropped the
unconscious hero into the fake moat
below
luckily Batman arrived just in time to
save Robin from drowning
the next day as Bruce’s fiance was about
to shoot her death scene Clayface
prepared to strike
however Batman was ready and tackled him
before Robin knocked him out Batman
unmasked the killer as the director
realized that he’d seen the costume
before in another horror picture
starring basil Karlo
sure enough the actor was revealed to be
behind the murders years later in 1961
the monstrous character was rebooted and
given another identity that of the
shape-shifting Matt Hagen great thing
about being a shapeshifter I can blend
in with a crowd outside make my getaway
and revolve some other joint as it
turned out this Clayface had acquired
his powers while scuba diving and
looking for hidden treasure only to
discover an underwater cavern there he
came into contact with a pool of body
altering protoplasm able to shape-shift
for a limited amount of time before
Reese emerging himself in the pool
he used the ability to carry out heists
until Batman caught him you again Hagen
listen to me there is no age telling me
now Clayface in 1978 preston pain became
the third character to inhabit the
identity a deformed scientist he stole a
sample of blood from Matt Hagen and used
it to alter his own DNA instead of
fixing his deformity the procedure made
him take on the permanent look of a clay
monster and made his touch deadly to
others causing him to go mad and date a
mannequin this Clayface hit his
monstrous appearance inside a special
containment suit in 1989 the series came
full circle as all the incarnations of
Clayface including a fourth female
version were all united against the Dark
Knight in the group calling themselves
the mud pack this showcased the return
of basil Karlo the original Clayface
betraying his team Carlos stole samples
of all of their blood took them to a lab
and used it to make himself into the
most powerful of the shapeshifters
becoming a major threat to the citizens
of Gotham and the caped crusader a
popular Batman villain this
shape-shifting blob of dirt has
continued to appear in various media
including the animated series and the
Batman Arkham series of video games next
I will become you Batman
are you a Clayface fan for more origins
of your favorite comic-book characters
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you know what I have given for a death
scene like this Oh too bad I won’t get
to read the notices
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