Stranger and Stranger Still
Dr. Hugo Strange (not to be confused with Marvel's Doctor Strange, or Nedor Comic's Doc Strange) appears in Detective Comics months before Batman #1 (the first appearance of the Joker and Catwoman). Dr. Hugo Strange is also very much like another early villainous doctor, Dr. Death. Their physical appearance, and their use of science to create weapons may lead one to question whether the two early characters are that much different. They appear six months apart and are nearly identical. This character was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Strange originally operates as the leader of a gang, and uses science to create fog machines and super strong 15 foot mutant henchmen. He is also the first villain to deduce Batman's identity, and attempts to auction off the information. Strange gets reinvented in the early '90s as a psychiatrist obsessed with the Batman, and tries to become the Dark Knight. In the Prey and Terror storylines, he works with the GCPD...