[5] Pyg's in-game attributes label him a perfectionist and an amateur opera vocalist. [36] According to Comic Book Resources writer Kieran Shiach, the Arkham Knight iteration is a very accurate facsimile of the original comic book portrayal, the major difference being the character's new enthusiasm for opera music. The character has been received by entertainment journalists as a strange and disturbing addition to Batman's list of enemies. Although Morrison had developed a detailed backstory for Pyg, he was unsure the character would be used again. Pyg was created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, and debuted as a corpse in the alternate reality story Batman #666 (July 2007) before being introduced as a recurring character in the mainstream DC Universe two years later in Batman and Robin #1 (June 2009). Although Morrison had developed a detailed backstory for Pyg, he … The storyline, titled Batman Reborn, focuses on Dick Grayson, who takes over the Batman mantle after Bruce Wayne is pronounced dead and partners with a younger Damian Wayne, who is now Robin. Professor Pyg is certainly one of the most visually interesting Batman villains to be introduced in recent years, which explains why he’s been adapted so many times in the past decade, most notably in Batman: Arkham Knight where one of the side quests was solving the mysterious murders of people who found dead who had never visited Gotham before. [72][73], David Pepose of Newsarama praised the inclusion of Professor Pyg and Jason Bard in Batman Eternal for emphasizing elements of the DC Universe that were underused following the New 52. Cozy two level home in East El Paso. Professor Pyg often comes into conflict with Batman and was formerly an agent of Spyral. [70], Meg Downey said Professor Pyg is one of Batman's most disturbing villains. Creepiness. She conducted the mental experiments that created Magpie. Writer Grant Morrison stated a new Batman villain must have "a gimmick. (December 2011). He also said Grant Morrison accomplished his goal of making Pyg one of the weirdest and most insane characters in Batman comic books. 'Gotham' Is Introducing An Obscure, Cop-Obsessed Creep", "Best Shots Comic Reviews: Batman Eternal #1, All-New X-Men #25, More", "Gotham season 4 casts Fringe's Michael Cerveris as extremely creepy villain Professor Pyg", Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Professor_Pyg&oldid=1000086611, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 14:20. Lazlo Valentin was obsessed with making himself and people \"perfect\" after he was berated by his parents that he wasn't \"perfect\" or \"wasn't good enough\" to please them. After leaving behind a trail of corpses of failed experiments, Pyg is investigated and apprehended in a confrontation with Batman, the player character. The character is introduced under his Professor Pyg alias as a vigilante who slaughters corrupt policemen and dresses their corpses with pigs' heads. Professor Pyg attempts to release an addictive identity-destroying drug in the form of a … Robin! Professor Pyg eye to eye with the Shadow! [60] Actor Michael Cerveris said of the faux persona, "Professor Pyg is a brilliant and chameleon-like person who has a highly developed sense of what's right and wrong—it just might not be a sense of right and wrong that corresponds with everybody else's". The theme that we went in with Pyg and Toad was kind of Wind in the Willows, but they also became like a twisted [Sherlock] Holmes and Watson. [58], Pyg was adapted differently from the comics in the television series Beware the Batman; developer Glen Murakami said, "it's not like we're trying to change it, but we only have 22 minutes to tell that story. In talking with editor Mike Marts, he suggested I come up with a mini-series I would like to write and draw. Morrison took the name "Professor Pig" from the song "Pygmalism" by Momus and Kahimi Karie; the name "Pyg" is also being shorthand for "Pygmalion", referring both to the mythical sculptor who fell in love with his own creation and the 1913 stage play, both of which serving as parallels for Lazlo Valentin and his love for his Dollotron creations. Formerly a member of Spyral until he was driven insane by Doctor Dedalus, he's a gifted scientist who's obsessed with making things perfect. Pyg is seen in Arkham Asylum trying to fight Batman and Nightwing in order to escape. [57] In the comics, Pyg has a makeshift mother constructed from boards and nails from which auditory hallucinations continuously compel him to improve his work. Pyg started the campaign of making people "perfect", as his minions (Dollotrons) capture Robin. [2] The character uses drugs, lobotomy, and doll masks permanently molded onto people's faces to turn them into genderless Dollotrons, which he believes are perfected human beings. He also wants to make Gordon into a better version of himself; according to Cerveris, "He is almost looking at Gordon as an ally, like 'I'm on your side, Jim'. [16] He continued to make cameo appearances as an Arkham Asylum inmate in later comics. In order to solve the murder you’ll need to identify all six victims using Batman’s Deep Tissue Scanner. [3] Morrison also said Pyg's deranged rants in Batman and Robin Must Die allude to animal experimentation carried out in the US in the mid-twentieth century, including Harlow and John B. Calhoun's Rockville barn rat population research, which collectively influenced the character's origin story. In the limited series Doomsday Clock, a sequel to the seminal 1986 Watchmen, Pyg is among the supervillains who attend an underground meeting held by Riddler. The scannerthat is a part of Batman's equipment has three working modes - it can be used for checking the skin, muscles and bones. Current Est. Pyg is stopped and placed in Blackgate Penitentiary but medics cannot save his infected minions known as Dollotrons. About 11628 Stockmeyer Dr El Paso, TX 79936. Pyg is also featured in a chapter of the anthology digital comic series Sensation Comics, featuring Wonder Woman. He is swarmed by a mob of infected people in the city streets. Pyg has been kidnapping people and turning them into Dollotrons. Language: English Words: 14,531 Chapters: 4/4 Comments: 1 Kudos: 7 Bookmarks: 2 Hits: 142 Lazlo fathered a son named Janosz Valentin, who serves the criminal organization Leviathan and claimed his father taught him to be immune to pain. He creates an elaborate persona of a murderer under the Professor Pyg alias to aid Sofia Falcone's rise to power in Gotham City's criminal underworld. After the farm hands kill Falcone's guards, Pyg straps Falcone to a table with the intention of operating on him but Batman intervenes. When the Crime Syndicate arrives from anothe… DC Database is a FANDOM Movies Community. ", "From Demon Barber to the Musical Prof. Pyg: Michael Cerveris Teases the Theatrics of Gotham", "Batman: Arkham Knight–Original Video Game Score–Volume 2", "Comic-Con: DC Unveils Third Wave of Batman: Arkham Knights Figures", "Gotham Adds Professor Pyg to Its Roster of Season Four Baddies", "Who Is Professor Pyg? Pyg is never caught. The story is set in a future in which Bruce Wayne's son Damianhelms the Batman vigilante persona. [6][7][8], Batman and Robin #13, published in July 2010,[9] marked Professor Pyg's return as part of the Batman and Robin Must Die storyline. [20] He is later forced by Scarecrow to ingest the steroid Venom to combat the usurper. Lazlo develops paranoid schizophrenia, leading to drug abuse and self-inflicted surgeries that turn him into Professor Pyg. The only psychiatric staff on duty that night is Dr. Joan Leland, Dr. Ruth Adams, and Dr. Roger Huntoon and Doctor Destiny is in the mood to torment them. [5] In the story, Lazlo Valentin was an "extreme" circus mob boss until something turned him into Professor Pyg, leading him to begin funding his scientific experiments by selling narcotics to the criminal underworld. [12] The story concludes with Bruce Wayne returning to stop Doctor Hurt after being trapped in the timestream. Annuitized Jackpot for 01/22/2021: $970 Million. [10] Pyg had been working for the supervillain Doctor Simon Hurt during the events of Batman Reborn and a virus has contaminated the population without Batman (Dick Grayson) or the public realizing it. Cerveris stated Pyg is aware of his actions but may not be comfortable with himself, which may be partly because he is covering his true identity. Professor Pyg—arguably Batman’s strangest and creepiest rival ever created —was conjured up from the deepest darkest recesses of the mind of Grant Morrison, making his first appearance in Batman #666 (July 2007), an issue that takes place … Mills Batman currently lives in Cleveland, TN; in the past Mills has also lived in Mount Lebanon PA and El Paso TX. [2] Professor Pyg and his mind-controlled Dollotrons first appeared as crucified corpses in the 2007 story Batman in Bethlehem by Morrison and artist Andy Kubert, published in Batman #666 by DC Comics. According to Fugere, Pyg is "basically Hannibal Lecter on steroids and is a reminder that not all superhero comics are for kids". Professor Pyg proclaims the "Year of the Pig", and he and his Circus of Strange appear in Gotham City as part of the plan by Simon Hurt. Summary: Mills Batman was born on 06/26/1974 and is 46 years old. According to Cerveris, "the mask is a really freeing aspect, and I felt naked when I didn't have the mask on, and couldn't really be Professor Pyg". Pyg spells his name with a "y" as an homage to Pygmalion and because he wants to remake Gotham City in his own image. The three of them must work together and do whatever it takes to survive until Batman arrives. He cited the comic book Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1 as his reason, a story in which Grundy tries to stop Pyg from mutilating a group of children. [17][18][19] In the storyline Forever Evil, the inmates of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary battle for control of Gotham. A distinctive look ... You kind of evolve those themes into new forms". "Pygsty", Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn–Deluxe Edition, "Grant Morrison: The Batman and Robin to Come", "A Professor Pyg Primer: Who Is Gotham's Creepy New Villain? He is hired by crime figure Sofia Falcone in a conspiracy to turn the corrupt police against kingpin Oswald Cobblepot and usurp his criminal empire. According to Morrison, "Movie enthusiasts will know that Rex Harrison also played Doctor Doolittle, who by strange coincidence was famed for teaching barnyard animals to speak proper, so our Professor Pyg mixes all these characteristics and influences together to create a monster who wants to make everything and everyone 'perfect,' as he sees it". Kate Kane has finally solved the mystery of her sister's disappearance 15 years ago. Professor Pyg is a deranged schizophrenic who has developed an obsession with making people \"perfect\", which he accomplishes by transforming them into Dollotrons, a process that bonds false \"doll\" faces to their own, presumably permanently. Pyg retaliates by destroying the laboratory of one of Falcone's paid scientists. He appears alongside Mister Toad (Udo Kier), a humanoid toad, as eco-terrorists who hunt people for what they deem to be crimes against the animal kingdom. "On the Run; A Tale from Robin War", Christopher Sabela (w), Mirka Andolfo and Max Raynor (a), Gabe Eltaeb (col), Dave Sharpe (let), Brian Cunningham, Alex Antone, and Andrea Shea (ed). Batman and Robin learn from interrogating his underlings, members of a gang called the Circus of Strange, that Pyg is planning to spread a mind-control virus across Gotham City to hold the population for ransom. Professor Pyg and his mind-controlled Dollotrons first appeared as crucified corpses in the 2007 story Batman in Bethlehem by Morrison and artist Andy Kubert, published in Batman #666 by DC Comics. Professor Pyg appears as a side villain in Batman: Arkham Knight. Lazlo Valentin was a scientist working for a corrupt United Nations agency known as Spyral and was driven insane by a product that he was developing, which mimics some effects of Alzheimer's disease. Gordon's fight against Pyg is similar to the Pyg battle in the video game Arkham Knight, in which Pyg throws cleavers at Batman while hiding behind a table. [1] Professor Pyg was re-introduced following DC's The New 52 comics relaunch in 2011, appearing throughout the continuity and the subsequent DC Rebirth relaunch that began in 2016. A former agent of Spyral driven mad by his own mind-eroding drugs, he was an enemy of Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne during their tenure as Batman and Robin. Strange, at the beginning of his career, worked as psychiatrist at Blackgate Prison, where he treated its inmates (such as Alberto Falcone). He'll let loose his "Dollotrons" which are heavily pain resistant enemies. Later, during the war with the Leviathan Organization, through investigation, Batman discovers that Pyg's "mother of nails" is actually Talia al Ghul. [50], In January 2019, the Mister Miracle creative team Tom King and Mitch Geralds reunited for Batman #62, which was promoted as a "special issue". Grayson discovers this as the virus becomes active. ", "Breaking Down The Eclectic 'Beware The Batman' Villain Roster", "Michael Cerveris on Playing Professor Pyg on 'Gotham', Being Part of 'Mosaic', and More", "Exclusive: 'Gotham' EP Reveals Every Villain Appearing in Season 4", "Exclusive: Geoff Johns Details "Rebirth" Plan, Seeks to Restor Legacy to DC Universe", "Batman & Shadow: What Happened When These Two Dark Heroes Met". 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