| Hugo Strange | |
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 Cover to Batman: Gotham Knights #9 (November 2000); art by Brian Bolland | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #36 (February 1940)[1] |
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| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Professor Hugo Strange Doctor Hugo Strange |
| Team affiliations | Cabal |
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Hugo Strange is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character is one of Batman's first recurring villains, and was also one of the first to discover his secret identity.[2] The character first appeared in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940).[3]
A notorious enemy of Batman, the character has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, including animation, video games, and the live-action television series Gotham, where he is portrayed by BD Wong.
- ^ "GCD :: Cover :: Detective Comics #1". Comics.org. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ Fleisher, Michael L. (1976). The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume 1: Batman. Macmillan Publishing Co. pp. 343-345. ISBN 0-02-538700-6. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.