Polka-Dot Man (a.k.a. "Mr. Polka-Dot")

by MajorHoy Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:54 am

From Detective Comics #300
(cover-dated February 1962, but with an on-sale date of December 26, 1961 per the GCD)

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And here's a summary of the story from Batman Family #15 (December 1977-January 1978):

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He's actually made some minor appearances since then, and he's due to be in the upcoming second Suicide Squad movie! Rolling Eyes

From collider.com,

Polka Dot Man (David Dastmalchian)

Image via Warner Bros.

Polka Dot Man belongs to the class of criminals that popped up in the first few months of Batman’s crusade on crime, the ones who saw a guy dressed like a bat and said “well, okay, if you want to get weird with it.” No one got weirder than Abner Krill—created by writer Bill Finger and artist Sheldon Moldoff for Detective Comics #300—a thief whose whole thing is polka dots. His suit is covered in polka dots that, somehow, transform into various weapons. (Buzzsaw polka dot!) His crimes tend to be vaguely dot-themed. (His first appearance? Robbing the Spot Carpet Cleaning Company.) In The Suicide Squad, Polka Dot Man will be played by David Dastmalchian, who you might know best as the Arkham Asylum inmate interrogated by Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight or the truly delightful hacker Kurt in the Ant-Man movies.

DEATH ODDS: We’ll See. I mean, when you’re teasing a movie filled with 1970s-style war set-pieces, you don’t automatically assume the guy in the polka-dot spandex makes it out alive. But there’s no world where Polka Dot Man doesn’t become a fan favorite, and I’m sure James Gunn knows this. Whether that makes it more or less likely that the character gets blown to pieces is up in the air.

https://collider.com/the-suicide-squad-characters-cast-explained/#ratcatcher-2-suicide-squad

by MajorHoy Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:49 pm

MajorHoy wrote: . . . He's actually made some minor appearances since then, . . .

Like in Nightwing #104 (Late April 2005), part of the "Nightwing Year One" story

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and in the Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! mini-series from 2009.

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by MajorHoy Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:36 pm

And guess who shows up in The Batman and Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #12!

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by Barry_Allen Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:50 am

I'd say that there is really almost everybody (as for minor villains of the past) appearing in The Batman and Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #12! Polka-Dot Man (a.k.a. "Mr. Polka-Dot") 1f60e

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by MajorHoy Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:50 pm

Barry_Allen wrote:I'd say that there is really almost everybody (as for minor villains of the past) appearing in The Batman and Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #12!

Well, maybe not everybody, but there are definitely brief appearances by quite a few of them.

by Barry_Allen Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:21 pm

I had missed that mini-series: Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! was it worth the reading? Wink

by MajorHoy Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:38 pm

Barry_Allen wrote:I had missed that mini-series: Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! was it worth the reading?

Good question.

I didn't read it either.

I never read Final Crisis itself and don't really have any burning desire to do so.

by Barry_Allen Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:32 pm

Well, maybe you could try the quite cheap reprint of Final Crisis, in two Tpbs, part one and two, co-published in Italy some months ago by Rizzoli Books and Panini and sold on newstands as part of the Superheroes - the Dc Legends series (which, btw, is still continuing with the original Flash of Two Worlds, on sale this week...), here's their covers:
From part one: