Tally Man

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The Tally Man is the name of two fictional supervillains in the DC Universe.

Fictional character biographies

Original Tally Man

The Tally Man
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman: Shadow of the Bat #19 (October 1993)
Created by	Alan Grant (writer) Vincent Giarrano (artist)
In-story information
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains
Abilities	Skilled sharpshooter

The original Tally Man previously lived in a poor family who lived in fear of the criminals who they owed money to. When his mother is unable to pay, he attacks and kills the money collector with a fireplace poker. Following this, he is arrested and abused by other inmates. During his sentence, his sister dies of starvation and his mother commits suicide.

As an adult, Tally Man seeks revenge and becomes a mass murderer. ^[1] He allies with Two-Face in Batman: No Man's Land and joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains in Infinite Crisis . ^[2]

Second Tally Man

The second Tally Man is an African-American enforcer and hitman working for the Great White Shark.

The Tally Man
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Detective Comics #817 (May 2006) Detective Comics #819 (July 2006) in persona
Created by	James Robinson (writer) Leonard Kirk (artist)
In-story information
Species	Human
Abilities	Skilled sharpshooter

In other media

• An original character partially based on the second Tally Man named Mr. Blank appears in the Arrow episode "Home Invasion", portrayed by J. August Richards.^{[ citation needed ]} This version is an assassin. He is hired by businessman Edward Rasmus to kill the Moore family before they can sue him for stealing their life savings. Though Blank kills most of the Moores, their son Taylor was placed in their attorney Laurel Lance's custody. Blank subsequently kills Rasmus before targeting her, only to be killed by the Hood.
• Tally Man appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. ^[3]
• The first Tally Man makes a minor appearance in the Batman: No Man's Land novelization, in which he is killed by Two-Face.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of Batman family enemies

References

1. Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 343–344. ISBN   9780345501066.
2. Infinite Crisis #7
3. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure - A look at every character in the game (over 2000!!) , retrieved 2019-09-08