Electrocutioner appears in Batman: Bad Blood, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes. He is among the villains who work for Talia al Ghul. When Electrocutioner was about to kill Robin, he was killed by Damian Wayne's clone Heretic.
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The Electrocutioner, a self-appointed executioner of criminals who slipped through the hands of the law, begins a series of crook- killings in Gotham City with his electrically charged suit. Batman has three encounters with the Electrocutioner. In the first, killer Mike Caine dies;Batman #331 (January 1981) in the second, Batman rescues Dane Whitney; in the third, the Electrocutioner falls through a window, grips a metal railing, and shocks himself, so that he lets go and plunges off a cliff into the river below. The Electrocutioner goes to Manhattan.
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The Electrocutioner is a supervillain alias used by three fictional characters in the DC Comics Universe.
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He was close to killing the man when Black Canary stops him during their argument. Black Canary then realizes what Green Arrow did, thus Electrocutioner escapes from Green Arrow's attempt to bring Electrocutioner down.Justice League: The Rise and Fall Special (March 2010) Although Electrocutioner was defeated and horrifically injured by Speedy.Green Arrow and Black Canary #31 (May 2010) Green Arrow's arrival convinces Speedy that killing is not the answer, and the two archers take him into custody.
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A second Electrocutioner appeared briefly in the Batman: Arkham Knight prequel comic. The unnamed Electrocutioner claims to be an underling of Lester Buchinsky and had acquired several of Buchinsky's prototypes and modified it using Wayne Industries technology. Electrocutioner attacks Batman shortly after the ending of Arkham City, but is quickly defeated due to his arrogance, which Batman notes as the "exact problem with [his] old boss". He is then left there for the GCPD to find, but Arkham Knight appears and kills him with a shotgun blast to the head.
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While Green Arrow distracts the League, Mia kidnaps the Electrocutioner and brings him to their hideout beneath Star City.Green Arrow #31 (March 2010) Though Mia begs Green Arrow for the chance to kill Electrocutioner, he convinces her that killing is not the answer, and takes Electrocutioner into custody.Green Arrow #32 (April 2010) Following Electrocutioner's arrest, Mia attends Lian's funeral alongside a number of prominent heroes, including her former teammates from the Teen Titans. During the service, Mia is attacked by Roy, who angrily blames her for getting Lian killed.
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52 #34 (December 2006) In the Rise and Fall storyline, Green Arrow is still hunting Electrocutioner and those who worked with Prometheus; keeping secret his murder of the man as the rest of the JLA tries to track him down. Green Arrow confronts the Electrocutioner, who set off the device that devastated Star City in Justice League: Cry for Justice.
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Initially working in the cause of justice just like the first Electrocutioner, Lester Buchinsky became a criminal and mercenary. Overly reliant on his ability to generate electricity, the Electrocutioner has faced (and been defeated by) Batman, Robin, and Nightwing. In at least one scheme, working with the Cluemaster to steal an armored car full of money, Spoiler works to oppose him. Spoiler turned out to be Cluemaster's daughter.
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123 and the Electrocutioner in Batman #331 (Jan. 1981).Manning "1980s" in Dougall, p. 138 Novick continued to work, still under contract, until failing eyesight prompted his retirement in the 1990s.
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Vigilante #23 (November 1985) The Electrocutioner is eventually killed by the Vigilante.Vigilante #27 (March 1986) When S.T.A.R. Labs opened a portal to Limbo in Operation Zeppelin, they did this as various deceased criminals wished to return to the earthly realm through the portal. These criminals included the Electrocutioner, Icicle, Clayface II, El Papagayo, Iron Major, and Top. When Operation Zeppelin's creator Director Jeffrey Simon disappeared, a rescue party went through the portal and the villains captured them.
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Vigilante #50 (February 1988). DC Comics. Before his death, he frequently battled Cannon and Saber and Electrocutioner. Adrian makes an appearance in the Day of Judgment limited series, as one of the dead heroes in Purgatory.
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The first Buchinsky appeared in Batman #331 (Jan 1981) and was created by Marv Wolfman, Michael Fleisher, and Irv Novick. The unidentified Electrocutioner first appeared in Detective Comics #626 and was created by Marv Wolfman and Jim Aparo. Lester Buchinsky first appeared in Detective Comics #644 (May 1992) and was created by Chuck Dixon, Tom Lyle. and Scott Hanna.
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Firebug was the second-to-last boss, preceding Joker, in the NES's Batman game, loosely based on the 1989 film. He, Killer Moth, and Electrocutioner are supervillains working as thugs for the Joker. Firebug serves as the Joker's bodyguard, and wants revenge on Batman for defeating his brother. He could run at high speeds, punch rapidly, and throw giant fireballs from his hands.
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191: "Marv Wolfman and artist Jim Aparo continued their run...by introducing the second villain to bear the name of the Electrocutioner." and writing an anniversary adaptation of the first ever Batman story, which was printed along with two other adaptations and the original.Manning "1990s" in Dougall (2014), p. 191 He continued as The New Titans writer and revitalized the series with artist Tom Grummett.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p.
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One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #1, Signalman informs Black Lightning that Plastique has teamed with the Electrocutioner in a partnership known as the Bomb Squad. Since then she has appeared in Checkmate (1st series) as a member of the Suicide Squad. Apparently, she and Captain Atom are now separated, leading the character to revert to her criminal ways.
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The series was reprinted a number of times, and led to two sequel miniseries – Robin II: Joker's Wild and Robin III: Cry of the Huntress – by the same creative team.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 248 Dixon and Lyle also co-created the Electrocutioner in Detective Comics #644 (May 1992)Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 195 and Stephanie Brown in Detective Comics #647 (August 1992).Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p.
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Villains United #5 (November 2005) His seemingly miraculous resurrections have been noted by other characters, most notably during his recovery from his gunfire-related injuries.Teen Titans (vol. 2) #20, noted by Electrocutioner Bolt is member of Luthor, Joker and Cheetah's Injustice League Unlimited and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run. He is one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six.
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During the 34th week of the series 52, Plastique and the Electrocutioner appeared as part of a Suicide Squad operation against Black Adam. She later appeared in Checkmate (2nd series), again depicted as a villain. In Countdown, she appears with the Suicide Squad to help apprehend the Trickster and the Pied Piper. It is recently shown that Plastique helped Prometheus in his plot to get revenge on the Justice League by planting a massive explosive device in Fawcett City.
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He encounters two muggers in Central Park and attacks them with lethal doses of electricity from his gauntlets. The Vigilante meanwhile, continues to cut a bloody swathe of bodies in the name of justice. He breaks into Charles McDade's limousine and shoots McDade and his lady friend Mona Simpson to death. That evening, Vigilante learns that the Electrocutioner is back in town and is in fact targeting the same criminal element that the Vigilante himself is.
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Count Vertigo has been seen among Lex Luthor's ranks in the Secret Society of Super Villains in the pages of Infinite Crisis.Infinite Crisis #3 He appeared during the 52-week series, as a member of a Suicide Squad led by Atom Smasher against the Black Marvel Family. He is with Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer), Persuader, Plastique and Electrocutioner.52 Week 34 He appears "One Year Later" in the revamped Checkmate title as part of its regular cast as the White Queen's Knight under White Queen Amanda Waller.
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The stupidity of Lester's second partner, a hulking brute with delusions of intelligence calling himself Czonk The Baffler, would also hamper their plans.Robin Vol.4 #1-5 (November 1993 - April 1994) For a time, Lester was frequently seen in the employ of Blüdhaven crime boss Blockbuster.Nightwing Vol.2 #33-34 (July - August 1999), 54-55 (April - May 2001) In Infinite Crisis, Lester became a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006) During the 34th week of the series 52, Electrocutioner appeared as part of a Suicide Squad operation against Black Adam.
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During the Blackest Night storyline, Mia briefly travels to Coast City with Connor in order to fight off the Black Lantern invasion. She and Connor rescue Dinah from Ollie, who had been transformed into a Black Lantern by Nekron.Black Lantern Green Arrow They return to Star City following the end of Blackest Night. During the events of Justice League: Cry for Justice, Mia is babysitting Roy Harper's daughter Lian, but is called away when the Electrocutioner is sighted planting bombs created by Prometheus in Star City, which are intended to move Star City to an alternate universe.
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Wolfman returned to the Dark Knight for another brief run on Batman and Detective Comics, writing "Batman: Year Three",Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 240: "Written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by Pat Broderick, the four-issue 'Year Three' saga introduced a young boy named Timothy Drake into a flashback sequence starring a young Dick Grayson and his parents." creating Robin III Tim DrakeManning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 241: "With the pencils of [George] Pérez, Jim Aparo, and Tom Grummett, [Marv] Wolfman concocted the five-issue 'A Lonely Place of Dying'...In it, Tim Drake...earned his place as the new Robin." as well as AbattoirManning "1990s" in Dougall (2014), p. 190: "Marv Wolfman and penciller Jim Aparo introduced serial killer Abattoir." and a new version of the Electrocutioner,Manning "1990s" in Dougall (2014), p.
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