Penguin

Bob Kane and Bill Finger created the supervillain charter Penguin, who first appeared in Detective Comics issue #58, published in December of 1941. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot (Penguin’s birth name) became a supervillain adversary to the superhero Batman and is one of his most diabolical enemies known to cause chaos and terror throughout Gotham city. This Gotham mobster often refers to himself as a “Gentleman of Crime,” wearing a sophisticated top hat, monocle, and tuxedo. When the Penguin finds himself in immediate need of a weapon, he is normally armed with his signature umbrella, which doubles as a retractable concealed sword. His arsenal of modified umbrellas is often used as guns, gassing mechanisms, cutting tools, a mini-helicopter, and other eccentric gadgets.

 Throughout the decades, the Penguin character traditionally appears as a short, fat, waddle-walking human male with a long nose, dubbing him Penguin. Following the stereotype of a traditional 20th-century gangster, the Penguin owns and operates a Gothom City nightclub appropriately titled the Iceberg Lounge. The lounge provides a convenient cover front for his malicious and criminal activity. At times, Batman uses the lounge to shakedown underworld crooks and source useful criminal information. It is rumored that the Penguin character was inspired by the mascot used in the Kool cigarettes advertising campaign of the 1940s, and Co-creator Bill Finger added that the stereotypical image of high-society gentlemen in tuxedo resembled, you guessed it, penguins.

The Penguin also frequently appeared on the cult classic 1960s live-action TV show and was like the Joker, also featured in the full-length film released to theaters on July 30, 1966.