Humpty Dumpty | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2 (August 2003) |
Created by | Dan Slott (writer) Ryan Sook (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Humphry Dumpler |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations | Secret Society of Super Villains |
Notable aliases | The Hobby Robber The Super Saboteur |
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Humpty Dumpty (Humphrey Dumpler) is a fictional character from DC Comics. Unlike many of Batman's enemies, he is not deliberately malevolent, and is typically portrayed as comic relief.
Humpty Dumpty first appeared in the 2003 graphic novel Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Sook. [1]
Humphry Dumpler is a hulking man with an egg-shaped head who speaks in rhyme and has a compulsive desire to "repair" that which he considers to be broken. He is shown in flashback to have been the victim of inexplicable, almost supernaturally bad luck almost since birth, illustrated by countless tragedies through his life. Eventually, he became determined to understand the mechanics of the world around him in an attempt to see what made things go wrong for him and attempt to fix them. In his crimes, Humpty disassembles and reassembles mechanical devices that upset him in some way. The devices he "fixes" cause numerous accidents, such as a subway train derailing. Humpty Dumpty's final crime is to adjust the gears in a clock tower, causing one of its hands to fly off, provoking a chain reaction in which dozens of enormous signs crashed to the streets, killing dozens of people. When Batgirl tries to apprehend him, she dislocates her arms. Humpty slips her arms back into their sockets and surrenders to her. She asks why he had borrowed a copy of Gray's Anatomy , and he reveals that he had dissected his abusive grandmother and sewn her back together in an attempt to "fix" her. [2]
He is a model prisoner at Arkham Asylum and is given various small projects to pass the time, such as repairing a broken mirror or fixing Ventriloquist's Scarface dummy. He befriends the financial fraudster Warren White and saves his life from Death Rattle and Two-Face. [3]
In Villains United , Humpty Dumpty joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Society. [4] [5]
He is one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six. [6]
In the Batman: Battle for the Cowl storyline, Humpty Dumpty is recruited by Black Mask as part of a group of villains aiming to take over Gotham. [7]
During the Batman: Leviathan storyline, Humpty Dumpty masquerades as Santa Claus to bring stolen toys to the children residing at Rainbow House Shelter. However, he is defeated by Batman and Robin, who discover that the children died under unspecified circumstances. [8]
In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, Humpty Dumpty appears as an inmate of Arkham Asylum. [9]
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