he is one of Batman’s earliest
adversaries and one of the few to learn
the Dark Knight’s secret identity
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the origins of
Professor Hugo Strange
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in Detective Comics and
Batman number one predating the Joker’s
Batman’s primary antagonist Hugo Strange
invented the fear toxin and exploited
Batman’s secret identity before others
did the same years later in fact Doctor
Strange is such an early series villain
that he entered the fray before the
creation of the original Batman comics
this was a time when the Caped Crusader
was still the protector of Manhattan
instead of the famous and fictitious
Gotham walking the fine line between
genius and insanity strange was first
introduced as a criminal scientist in
his debut used a stolen concentrated
lightning machine to generate a dense
fog and this allowed him to rob the
city’s banks unseen foiled and locked
away by Batman he quickly escaped from
Manhattan City Asylum with five fellow
patients like guinea pigs he transformed
them into hulking mindless zombies
through the use of a powerful artificial
growth hormone he then administered the
drug to Batman however the Caped
Crusader managed to create a vaccine to
save himself and went on to stop the
monsters from destroying the city later
Batman tracked him down to a secret
hangar and the two fought until strange
was knocked off a cliff
surviving he appeared in Gotham City
years later disguised as the head of a
private hospital for the city’s
wealthiest citizens his scheme was to
hold them for ransom so he was
especially pleased when Bruce Wayne
checked in to recover from bizarre
radiation burns piecing things together
the doctor soon discovered that the
millionaire was in fact his arch nemesis
strange then attempted to auction off
his knowledge to Gotham’s top villains
mafia boss Rupert thorne accidentally
killed the professor during the brutal
interrogation and cast his body under
water with a barrel however strange had
tricked him by dramatically slowing down
his heart rate escaping with his life
strange plotted revenge
this would be murderers by creating a
holographic ghost to haunt thorne he
then used drugs and androids to weaken
Bruce Wayne so that he could take on the
role of Batman becoming the Dark Knight
strange went on a crime spree he used
toxins blackmail and intimidation to
gather all of the stock in the Wayne
foundation taking possession of all of
Bruce Wayne’s assets strange left a
millionaire in a state of personal
bankruptcy after discovering who had
taken over his life Batman and his pal
Robin confronted strange in the Batcave
after strange his defeat they handed him
over to the authorities and created a
story of false memories to protect their
secret identities a bizarre and ruthless
villain within the franchise strange is
unique for not only respecting and
adoring the Batman but also for his
desire to wear his costume a master of
psychological warfare strange built a
reputation out of disappearing Andrea
merging years later his genius intellect
allowed him to learn new Sciences
including robotics and holography these
skills forced his victims to question
their own sanity never featured in the
live-action Batman television series or
films the character has appeared several
times in more recent cartoons after
being rediscovered by fans strange was
made a major villain for the highly
anticipated video game Batman Arkham
City
adversaries and one of the few to learn
the Dark Knight’s secret identity
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the origins of
Professor Hugo Strange
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in Detective Comics and
Batman number one predating the Joker’s
Batman’s primary antagonist Hugo Strange
invented the fear toxin and exploited
Batman’s secret identity before others
did the same years later in fact Doctor
Strange is such an early series villain
that he entered the fray before the
creation of the original Batman comics
this was a time when the Caped Crusader
was still the protector of Manhattan
instead of the famous and fictitious
Gotham walking the fine line between
genius and insanity strange was first
introduced as a criminal scientist in
his debut used a stolen concentrated
lightning machine to generate a dense
fog and this allowed him to rob the
city’s banks unseen foiled and locked
away by Batman he quickly escaped from
Manhattan City Asylum with five fellow
patients like guinea pigs he transformed
them into hulking mindless zombies
through the use of a powerful artificial
growth hormone he then administered the
drug to Batman however the Caped
Crusader managed to create a vaccine to
save himself and went on to stop the
monsters from destroying the city later
Batman tracked him down to a secret
hangar and the two fought until strange
was knocked off a cliff
surviving he appeared in Gotham City
years later disguised as the head of a
private hospital for the city’s
wealthiest citizens his scheme was to
hold them for ransom so he was
especially pleased when Bruce Wayne
checked in to recover from bizarre
radiation burns piecing things together
the doctor soon discovered that the
millionaire was in fact his arch nemesis
strange then attempted to auction off
his knowledge to Gotham’s top villains
mafia boss Rupert thorne accidentally
killed the professor during the brutal
interrogation and cast his body under
water with a barrel however strange had
tricked him by dramatically slowing down
his heart rate escaping with his life
strange plotted revenge
this would be murderers by creating a
holographic ghost to haunt thorne he
then used drugs and androids to weaken
Bruce Wayne so that he could take on the
role of Batman becoming the Dark Knight
strange went on a crime spree he used
toxins blackmail and intimidation to
gather all of the stock in the Wayne
foundation taking possession of all of
Bruce Wayne’s assets strange left a
millionaire in a state of personal
bankruptcy after discovering who had
taken over his life Batman and his pal
Robin confronted strange in the Batcave
after strange his defeat they handed him
over to the authorities and created a
story of false memories to protect their
secret identities a bizarre and ruthless
villain within the franchise strange is
unique for not only respecting and
adoring the Batman but also for his
desire to wear his costume a master of
psychological warfare strange built a
reputation out of disappearing Andrea
merging years later his genius intellect
allowed him to learn new Sciences
including robotics and holography these
skills forced his victims to question
their own sanity never featured in the
live-action Batman television series or
films the character has appeared several
times in more recent cartoons after
being rediscovered by fans strange was
made a major villain for the highly
anticipated video game Batman Arkham
City
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