However, the substance wore away at Basil's sanity and resulted in an outbreak on set which had him black-listed from the industry. In return, Basil had to use his shapeshifting to act as the Penguin's agent. Prime Earth continuity gave Clayface a new origin inspired by the tragic portrayal of the Clayface character from Batman: The Animated Series.īasil Karlo was an actor who purchased the illegal substance, "Renu" from the Penguin to augment his appearance. In the second issue of Final Crisis, he triggers an explosion at the Daily Planet in Metropolis, the home town of Superman. He can be seen as a member of Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. Clayface was a member of the Injustice League and was among the villains seen in Salvation Run. While he was successful in absorbing the heroine, he is ultimately forced to release her. Later, he seeks to increase his already formidable powers by absorbing Wonder Woman (a clay construct similar to him), making him near invulnerable. It appears that the Ultimate Clayface is destroyed in this battle, but has resurfaced as a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains II.
Poison Ivy eventually battles and defeats Karlo, sinking him deep into the ground. With that distraction, Batman soundly defeated both of them.ĭuring the " No Man's Land" storyline, Basil Karlo holds Poison Ivy, who is in charge of producing fresh vegetables for the remaining people in the city, prisoner in Robinson Park. Freeze over who has the right to kill the Caped Crusader. He was able to capture Batman and was about to kill him, but he got into a feud with Mr. Karlo was able to escape his underground prison when Gotham City was struck by the great Cataclysm. While literally sinking into the earth's crust when he loses control of his power, he manages to survive, and now his body sports crystals similar to quartz that endow him with greater powers. He was defeated by the combined efforts of Batman, Looker, and The Outsiders by overloading his abilities and making him melt into the ground. Though the Mud Pack is defeated, Karlo tricks his allies and manages to imbue himself with abilities similar to those of Preston Payne and Sondra Fuller. Clayface then forms an alliance (consisting of Lady Clay, Clayface II, and Clayface III) dubbed " the Mudpack" to defeat Batman. Much later, Clayface languishes in a prison hospital, where Lady Clay (Sondra Fuller) visits him out of curiosity. Once again, the Dynamic Duo foil the evil Karlo. He once again dons the mask of Clayface and targets Bruce Wayne's fiancee. He reappears in Detective Comics #49 (March 1941) after the prison ambulance he is riding in plunges off a cliff. Adopting the alias of the villain of one of his old movies, " Clayface," he fatally wounded several members of the cast and crew of the remake before eventually being defeated by Batman and Robin. Clayface as depicted on the cover of his debut appearanceīasil Karlo was an actor until he was driven mad by learning that a new actor would lead the role of a remake of the classic horror film that he had originally starred in.
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