Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot (a.k.a. The Penguin)

[MajorHoy]

First appearance: Detective Comics #58
(cover-dated December 1941 / on-sale date of October 21st, 1941 per the GCD):

to be continued . . .

[K7P5V]

Probably needs a good writer to bring out his potential. Here's hoping 2021 will be a better year...

[jb681131]

Here is one of my favorit portrait of him:
the_penguin.jpg

[Riv86672]

^^^damn, both those pics are sweet!

I like how Penguin is so versatile.
He can operate as both a straight up villain, or a shrewd businessman. He’s part of one of Gotham’s 5 founding families. He’s in the know on most of the criminal activities going on in the city, so, an information broker. So much stuff to play w. there.

[Mistah K88]

This art by Timm reminds me of Burgess.

Oswald is my favorite bat baddie. The gentleman of crime who is an intelligent criminal who can match wits with Batman himself. He’s not crazy, like a good chunk of Batman’s rogues.

[Riv86672]

^^^OMG that IS Burgess Meredith!!!

[Restingvoice]

Here is one of my favorit portrait of him:
the_penguin.jpg

What happened to his eyes?

[Spencermalley935]

The Penguin is one of my favorite Batman villains of all time for his mix of sophistication and ruthlessness, his brilliant intellect and his iconic visual appearance.

It's just too bad that DC is really just content to make him a boring casino owner in most of his modern appearances and it also really annoys me when fans underrate him in favor of overrated villains like Black Mask or Hush. Gotham the show may have been far from perfect but it at least gave Oswald Cobblepot his due as a villain.

[jb681131]

The Penguin is one of my favorite Batman villains of all time for his mix of sophistication and ruthlessness, his brilliant intellect and his iconic visual appearance.

It's just too bad that DC is really just content to make him a boring casino owner in most of his modern appearances and it also really annoys me when fans underrate him in favor of overrated villains like Black Mask or Hush. Gotham the show may have been far from perfect but it at least gave Oswald Cobblepot his due as a villain.

Well sayd.