Bat (Quality Universe)

Quality Universe‎
Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	The Bat
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	No Eyes
Hair	Bald
Origin
Universe	Quality Universe
Creators	Reed Crandall
Original Publisher	Quality Comics
First Appearance	Modern Comics #70 (February, 1948)
Last Appearance	Modern Comics #70 (February, 1948)

You're forgetting yourself, Mugger! Since I came to town, the underworld takes its orders from ME! The Bat

The Bat was a super-powered desperado who fought the Blackhawks in the 1940s.

History

One day in the 1930s, the famous "Midwest Limited" passenger train jumped the tracks, injuring dozens of passengers, all but one of whom recovered completely. This unidentified man was blinded and terribly disfigured in the crash, and the famous plastic surgeon, Doctor Spicer, was unable to restore his sight or his appearance. At his private sanitarium, without obtaining his patient's consent, or even telling him about it, Spicer also administered some unidentified glandular fluids, extracted from bats. This had the effect, as expected, of imbuing the patient with an incredible echolocation ability. The patient either was driven mad by this new sensory input, or was already a psychopath, and he embarked on a career of violent crime. He started calling himself the Bat, and many home-owners, cashiers, witnesses, security guards, and bystanders were left dead in his wake.

In 1948, the Blackhawks were called in by the civic authorities of one small U.S. town to deal with this maniac. They did so, capturing the Bat and most or all of his gang alive.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Echolocation: This made him almost unhittable, in an ordinary fistfight, or even in a gunfight. At close range, even Blackhawk was unable to shoot him.
• Strength: He strangled a thug, bigger than himself, with one hand.

Abilities

• Intimidation
• Leadership

Other Characteristics

• Blindness
• Loud noises scramble his hearing, thinking, and balance.

Notes

• This version of the Bat, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

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Footnotes

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