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Professor Pyg

Professor Pygis asupervillainwho appears in comic books published byDC Comics,commonly as an adversary of thesuperheroBatman.Pyg was created byGrant Morrison,Andy Kubert,andFrank Quitelyand debuted as a corpse in thealternate realitystoryBatman#666 (July 2007) before being introduced as a recurring character in the mainstreamDC Universetwo years later inBatman and Robin#1 (August 2009).[1]Professor Pyg was re-introduced following DC'sThe New 52comics relaunch in 2011, appearing throughout the continuity and the subsequentDC Rebirthrelaunch that began in 2016.

Professor Pyg
Professor Pyg as he appears on the cover ofBatman#62 (January 2019).
Art by Mitch Gerads.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceCorpse:
Batman#666 (July 2007)
Full appearance:
Batman and Robin#1 (August 2009)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoLazlo Valentin
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsCircus of Strange
Spyral
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect
Skilled surgeon

The character's in-universe real name isLazlo Valentin,a scientist who suffered aschizophrenicbreakdown that led him to become a supervillain who wears a pig mask. Morrison intended Pyg to seem disconnected from reality, believing him to be one of the "weirdest, most insane" characters inBatmancomic books.Pyg is an obsessive perfectionist who sees human beings as broken individuals; he commonly kidnaps people and uses surgery and chemicals to permanently change them into mind-controlled automatons known as Dollotrons, and sometimes intohuman–animal hybrids.

Morrison took the name "Professor Pig" from the song "Pygmalism" byMomusandKahimi Karie;the name "Pyg" is also shorthand for "Pygmalion", referring to both themythical sculptorwho fell in love with his own creation and the1913 stage play,both of which serve as parallels for Lazlo Valentin and his love for his Dollotron creations. The character'sorigin storyalludes to real-lifeanimal testingcarried out in the mid-twentieth century. He has a makeshift mother made of nails and boards, from which he associatesauditory hallucinationscommanding him to constantly improve his surgical work.

Pyg began making substantial appearances in other media in 2013 with the animated seriesBeware the Batmanand has since appeared in video games, television, and film. The character has been positively received by entertainment journalists as a strange and disturbing addition toBatman's rogues gallery.

Publication history

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Creation and debut

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Further information:Final Crisis § Plot,andBatman: Battle for the Cowl

WriterGrant Morrisonstated a newBatmanvillain must have "a gimmick. Creepiness. A distinctive look... You kind of evolve those themes into new forms".[2]Professor Pyg and his mind-controlled Dollotrons first appeared as crucified corpses in the 2007 storyBatman in Bethlehemby Morrison and artistAndy Kubert,published inBatman#666 (July 2007). The story is set in a future in whichBruce Wayne's sonDamianhelms the Batman vigilante persona. Although Morrison had developed a detailed backstory for Pyg, they were unsure the character would be used again.[3]The name "Professor Pyg" originates from the song "Pygmalism" written byMomusforKahimi Karie,"Pyg" being shorthand forPygmalion.[4]The first storyline of theBatman and Robinseries that ran from August to October 2009 saw the character's debut in the mainDC Universe.The story line, titled "Batman Reborn", focuses onDick Grayson,who takes over the Batman mantle after Bruce Wayne is pronounced dead and partners with a younger Damian Wayne, who is nowRobin.[5]In the story, Lazlo Valentin was an "extreme" circus mob boss until something turned him into Professor Pyg, leading him to begin funding his scientific experiments by selling narcotics to the criminal underworld. Batman and Robin learn from interrogating his underlings, members of a gang called theCircus of Strange,that Pyg is planning to spread a mind-control virus acrossGotham Cityto hold the population for ransom. This occurred after the group broke into the Gotham City Police Department precinct that teammateMister Toadwas held in only to find him dead. Pyg is stopped and placed inBlackgate Penitentiarybut medics cannot save his infected minions known as Dollotrons.[6][7][8]

Return and expanded backstory

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See also:Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

Batman and Robin#13, published in July 2010,[9]marked Professor Pyg's return as part of theBatman and Robin Must Diestoryline.[10]Pyg had been working for the supervillainDoctor Simon Hurtduring the events of "Batman Reborn", and a virus has contaminated the population without Batman (Dick Grayson) or the public realizing it. Grayson discovers this as the virus becomes active. He is swarmed by a mob of infected people in the city streets. Pyg uses the virus as a diversion to escape Blackgate Penitentiary.[11]The following issue focuses on Professor Pyg's business relationship with Doctor Hurt, who says he has "challenged [Pyg] to outline his personal vision for Gotham". As the virus spreads across the city, riots occur under Hurt's command.[12]The story concludes with Bruce Wayne returning to stop Doctor Hurt after being trapped in thetimestream.The infected civilians are quarantined and Professor Pyg is captured and transferred toArkham Asylum.[13]

The character's backstory, including hisorigin,is significantly expanded upon inBatman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes!(December 2011). Lazlo Valentin was a scientist working for a corruptUnited Nationsagency known as Spyral and was driven insane by a product that he was developing, which mimics some effects ofAlzheimer's disease.Lazlo developsparanoid schizophrenia,leading todrug abuseand self-inflicted surgeries that turn him into Professor Pyg. Lazlo fathered a son namedJanosz Valentin,who serves the criminal organizationLeviathanand claimed his father taught him to be immune to pain.[14]

The New 52

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In September 2011,DC Comicsrebooted theirlineof comic books under theNew 52banner,establishing a new continuitywhile keeping landmark stories intact.[15]This iteration of Professor Pyg, still Lazlo Valentin, was introduced inBatman#1 (September 2011) among other established Batman villains during an escaperiotat Arkham Asylum, which was thwarted by Batman (Wayne) andNightwing(Grayson).[16]He continued to makecameo appearancesas an Arkham Asylum inmate in later comics.[17][18][19]In the storylineForever Evil,the inmates of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary battle for control of Gotham. Pyg and his Dollotrons briefly gain control over a district of the city but are usurped byBane.[20]He is later forced byScarecrowto ingest the steroid Venom to combat the usurper.[21]

In October 2013, a prequel toBatman in BethlehemtitledDamian: Son of Batman,in which an older Damian Wayne succeeds his father as Batman, was written by Andy Kubert under the New 52 imprint.[22]Having plotted themini-seriesin 2008, Kubert wanted to return to that timeline, saying, "I had always wanted to write. In talking with editor Mike Marts, he suggested I come up with a mini-series I would like to write and draw. I really loved that Batman and the whole world that Grant [Morrison] dreamed up. So I thought it would be fun to do a story of how Damian actually becomes that #666 Batman."[23]An aging Pyg appears in the second issue and his henchmen in the third. Batman (Damian) attempts to stop him from experimenting on kidnapped children but Pyg's Dollotrons expel Batman from the area. Pyg is never caught.[24][25]

The character plays a larger role in the first volume of the weekly seriesBatman Eternal,which ran from April to August 2014, beginning with a brief confrontation with Batman in the first issue.[26][27]Carmine Falconeattempts to take over Gotham City's criminal underworld, initiating a gang war withPenguin.To provide a distraction, Falcone frames Batman for the destruction of Professor Pyg's laboratory. Angry his work has been destroyed, Pyg sends his remaining Dollotrons to assault Batman, who persuades Pyg that Falcone was responsible. Pyg retaliates by destroying the laboratory of one of Falcone's paid scientists.[28]He later turns several people intohuman–animal hybrids,whom he labels his "farm hands", and finds Falcone. After the farm hands kill Falcone's guards, Pyg straps Falcone to a table with the intention of operating on him but Batman intervenes.[29]He is arrested and sent to Arkham Asylum under the supervision ofDr. Achilles Milo.[30]

InConvergence,the New 52 crosses over with the previous iteration of the DC Universe,[31]during which Pyg's pre-New 52 counterpart is killed. Pyg is also featured in a chapter of the anthologydigital comicseriesSensation Comics, featuring Wonder Woman.[32]DuringRobin War,a crossover between several Robin-related publications published from December 2015 to January 2016, Pyg uses an abandoned theatre for his criminal activities while working for the supervillainBrother Blood.Pyg escaped a confrontation with theTeen Titans.[33]

Debut in other media

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Professor Pyg, voiced byBrian George,became a recurring villain in the 2013 animated seriesBeware the Batman,which was intended to focus on lesser-known members of Batman'srogues galleryto set it apart from previousBatmantelevision shows. He appears alongside Mister Toad (Udo Kier), a humanoid toad, as eco-terrorists who hunt people for what they deem to be crimes against the animal kingdom. Pyg is still portrayed as a surgeon, transforming his victims into human–animal hybrids.[5][34][35][36]The character later appeared in aside quest[5]of the 2015 video gameBatman: Arkham Knight,voiced byDwight Schultz.Pyg is described as "a gifted scientist who suffered a schizophrenic break" that caused him to develop his persona. In the game, Pyg uses his Circus of Strange business as a front for abducting people to turn into Dollotrons. After leaving behind a trail of corpses of failed experiments, Pyg is investigated and apprehended in a confrontation with Batman.[37]Pyg also made minor appearances in the animated seriesBatman: The Brave and the Boldand the video gameInjustice 2.[5]

Lazlo Valentin played byMichael Cerverismakes his live-action debut in thefourth seasonof the television seriesGotham.The character is introduced under his Professor Pyg alias as avigilantewho slaughters corrupt policemen and dresses their corpses with pigs' heads.[38]Executive producer Bryan Wynbrandt described him as the "big villain" of the first half of the season.[39]The character'smodus operandilater expands; he targets the wealthy, who he claims "fed on the poor of Gotham".[40]Police captainJames Gordonlearns that "Professor Pyg" is a persona used by Valentin, a contract murderer who impersonates serial killers. He is hired by crime figureSofia Falconein a conspiracy to turn the corrupt police against kingpinOswald Cobblepotand usurp his criminal empire. Falcone kills Valentin to keep the conspiracy quiet.[41]

DC Rebirth and introduction in film

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In May 2016, DC Comics again relaunched their entire line of comic books under theDC Rebirthbrand, restoring elements of the DC Universe that were erased under the New 52 while maintaining the continuity.[42]Pyg re-appears in 2017'sNightwing#18, operating in Paris and creating Dollotron versions of Grayson and Damian Wayne, known as Deathwing and Robintron. Grayson and Wayne overcome Pyg, who tells them he created Deathwing and Robintron for Simon Hurt.[43]He later appears inHarley Quinn#43–44 andBatgirl and the Birds of Prey#15.[44]He appears again inBatwoman#11, in whichBatwomansaves her allyJulia Pennyworthfrom Pyg afterAliceleaks her secret identity to him.[45]

Professor Pyg is among the villains who feature in theintercompany crossoverThe Shadow/Batman,in which Batman andThe Shadowteam up to combat a conspiracy.[46][47]Pyg makes his film debut voiced byJames Urbaniakin the 2018 animated filmSuicide Squad: Hell to Pay,[48]in which he is depicted as an underground surgeon-for-hire for supervillains.

In the limited seriesDoomsday Clock,a sequel to the seminal 1986Watchmen,Pyg is among the supervillains who attend an underground meeting held byRiddler.[49]In a story in the 2018 Halloween anthologyCursed Comics Cavalcade,Damian Wayne teams up with the zombieSolomon Grundyagainst Professor Pyg, after he kidnaps a group of children.[50]

In January 2019, theMister Miraclecreative teamTom Kingand Mitch Geralds reunited forBatman#62, which was promoted as a "special issue". Pyg holds Batman captive, as he recalls the mythical Pygmalion and considers how he psychologically mirrors Pyg.[51][52]

In theHarley Quinnepisode "There's Nowhere to Go But Down", Pyg makes a brief, silent cameo among the prisoners in Bane's pit. He later appears as the main antagonist of "Gotham's Hottest Hotties", where he attempts to create the perfect woman using stolen parts from various attractive bodies, including Nightwing's buttocks. However, he is defeated and ultimately killed by Harley Quinn, who is working with the Bat Family.[citation needed]

Characterization and symbolism

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"Like the Pygmalion of myth, Lazlo fancies himself something of a sculptor—except he doesn't work in clay or marble, he's much more fascinated with transforming living human bodies... He has no real rhyme or reason for his crime. He's really only motivated by his art—there's no vendetta or plan or higher purpose. Pyg doesn't follow a pattern or even build up to a punchline. He's not really angling for pure chaos like theJoker,but he's also not systematic likeVictor Zsasz.He just wants to spread his own twisted idea of "perfection" in his work, no matter the cost. "

— Meg Downey, in aDC Comicseditorial[53]

Professor Pyg is usually characterized in comic books as someone who is suffering from severe mental illness. Cocreator Grant Morrison envisioned him as "one of the weirdest, most insane characters that's ever been in Batman [comics]" and said, "We hear a lot about Batman facing crazy villains but we tried to make this guy seem genuinely disturbed and disconnected... Professor Pyg isn't from another world; he's from here, but he's very, very sick". Taking inspiration from the works ofDavid Lynch,Morrison wanted the visuals inBatman Reborn,illustrated byFrank Quitely,to feel like a real world crossing over with a world of schizophrenia,paranoia,and the use of narcotics. They've stated that when Batman and Robin are facing Pyg and his Dollotrons, they are dealing with "the eerie, creepy, mentally-ill dark corners of life".[2]The character uses drugs,lobotomy,and doll masks permanently molded onto people's faces to turn them into genderless Dollotrons, which he believes are perfected human beings.[54][55]

The name Pyg is a shortening ofPygmalion,George Bernard Shaw's play that was adapted into the musicalMy Fair LadystarringRex Harrison,which tells the story of a professor's attempt to convert a street urchin into an educated, high-society woman. According to Morrison, "Movie enthusiasts will know that Rex Harrison also playedDoctor Doolittle,who by strange coincidence was famed for teaching barnyard animals to speak proper, so our Professor Pyg mixes all these characteristics and influences together to create a monster who wants to make everything and everyone 'perfect,' as he sees it ".[4]On theDC Comicswebsite, journalist Meg Downey notes parallels between Professor Pyg's view of his Dollotrons and the Greek mythological figurePygmalion,who carved a statue of a woman out of ivory that was so realistic and beautiful he fell in love with his creation.[56]Morrison referred to the character's experiments to force biology to conform to his will as an "attempt to dominate and redefine the feminine principle", comparing it to the wire mother experiments performed by psychologistHarry Harlowon infant monkeys and to theproto-mothermythologies ofMesopotamiaand ancientBabylon:"The shattered mind of Lazlo Valentin has mashed all of these connections into a frightening personal 'mythos', constructed to justify his deranged activities as Professor Pyg".[3]Morrison also said Pyg's deranged rants inBatman and Robin Must Dieallude to animal experimentation carried out in the US in the mid-twentieth century, including Harlow andJohn B. Calhoun's Rockville barn rat population research, which collectively influenced the character's origin story.[57]In the comics, Pyg has a makeshift mother constructed from boards and nails from whichauditory hallucinationscontinuously compel him to improve his work.[8]InBatman#62, Bruce Wayne compares Pyg's love for his work to his own fixation with vigilantism, having built up his ideals and philosophies since he witnessed his parents being murdered as a boy.[58]

Pyg was adapted differently from the comics in the television seriesBeware the Batman;developerGlen Murakamisaid, "it's not like we're trying to change it, but we only have 22 minutes to tell that story. The theme that we went in with Pyg and Toad was kind ofWind in the Willows,but they also became like a twisted [Sherlock] Holmes and Watson. It felt like it flowed, it felt like it had a theme. That seemed more important for that to track rather than all the backstory. "[59]Chris Sims of the journalism websiteComicsAlliancesaid the changes are "about as far from melting people's faces, stripping in front of a wire mother and dosing Gotham City with a psychotropic drug as you're likely to get".[36]According toComic Book Resourceswriter Kieran Shiach, theArkham Knightiteration is a very accurate facsimile of the original comic book portrayal, the major difference being the character's new enthusiasm for opera music.[5]Pyg's in-game attributes label him aperfectionistand an amateur opera vocalist. Before his confrontation with Batman, during which Pyg describes his surgical operations as "fixing" his victims who are unique and broken, Batman is warned byAlfred Pennyworththat Pyg is "unhinged, even by Gotham's standards". After Pyg's capture, he claims his mutilated victims are works of art, and while in a police lockup, he expresses concern for how they are being treated.[37]

In the television seriesGotham,Lazlo Valentin is portrayed as a contract killer who impersonates other serial killers. He creates an elaborate persona of a murderer under the Professor Pyg alias to aid Sofia Falcone's rise to power in Gotham City's criminal underworld.[60]Actor Michael Cerveris said of the faux persona, "Professor Pyg is a brilliant and chameleon-like person who has a highly developed sense of what's right and wrong—it just might not be a sense of right and wrong that corresponds with everybody else's". Executive producerJohn Stephenssaid the character was chosen for the show because "He hits that sweet spot of being grotesque and terrifying, but also a little bit in that fairy-tale-esque world". Cerveris said Pyg takes delight in his actions and sees himself as a mirror image to James Gordon, who also wants to end corruption in theGotham City Police Department.Pyg spells his name with a "y" as an homage to Pygmalion and because he wants to remake Gotham City in his own image. He also wants to make Gordon into a better version of himself; according to Cerveris, "He is almost looking at Gordon as an ally, like 'I'm on your side, Jim'. And Jim is saying, 'No, you're actually a sociopath'. So it works in many ways as a seduction on Pyg's part as he tries to pull (Jim) in."[61][62]

In early episodes ofGotham,Pyg claims to have suffered at the hands of Gotham City's elite, implying a troubled past for the Pyg persona and a vengeful motive. Cerveris stated Pyg is aware of his actions but may not be comfortable with himself, which may be partly because he is covering his true identity. Layers of his disguise are continuously stripped down and reapplied.[63]Hailing from the southern United States, Valentin uses implanted, shifting metal plates and facial reconstruction to help him hide his true identity.[64]Before the Pyg persona is revealed to be fake, Cerveris said he lacks his alter ego's trademark surgical prowess because it was intended to focus more on his relationship with the city and James Gordon, and that the Dollotrons are not the sole purpose of his existence. Cerveris also said the Dollotrons might be a later part of Valentin's life because the show is about the origins of the Batman mythos.[65]

Design

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Professor Pyg's traditional pig mask was adapted into one more resembling the flesh of a pig that, according to Michael Cerveris, gave it a more disturbing and comedic quality.

Professor Pyg most commonly wears a pig mask,[66]a makeshift surgical outfit,[54]and a butcher's apron. Much of his original wardrobe in the comic books was designed by Frank Quitely and is a homage to theEdwardiansuits worn by Rex Harrison inMy Fair Lady.[3]

The television seriesGothamwas planned to feature a pig mask that more closely resembled the comic book version but it was deemed "a little too cheery and pink". Executive producerDanny Cannondecided the mask should look like decapitated pig flesh. Cerveris found the change to be simultaneously comical and disturbing; he had some difficulty acting in the mask due to its weight and the heat underneath, and because it blocked his peripheral vision. According to Cerveris, "the mask is a really freeing aspect, and I felt naked when I didn't have the mask on, and couldn't really be Professor Pyg". Pyg retains his apron from the source material.[61][63][67]

Merchandise

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Professor Pyg's opera suite titled "Ode to Perfection" was composed byDavid Buckleyfor theBatman: Arkham Knightsoundtrack.[68][69]Anaction figureof the character was released as part of the third series ofArkham Knightfigures from DC Collectibles in February 2016.[70]

Critical response

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Meg Downey said Professor Pyg is one of Batman's most disturbing villains.[56]In 2015,IGNwriters Jesse Schedeen and Joshua Yehl ranked Professor Pyg as the twenty-third-greatest Batman villain of all time,[71]and in a separate editorial, Schedeen called Pyg "one of the crazier and more unusual" Batman villains created by Grant Morrison.[66]Beth Elderkin ofio9called the character "one of the weirdest villains to come out of theBatmancanon "whileBustlereferred to him as "one of the comics' modern masterpieces, and one of its most horrifying creations".[72][73]

David PeposeofNewsaramapraised the inclusion of Professor Pyg andJason BardinBatman Eternalfor emphasizing elements of the DC Universe that were underused following the New 52.[74]Comic Book Resources's Mike Fugere said the character is a "bigger monster" than Solomon Grundy, an undead creature within the DC Universe who Fugere calls "terrifying". He cited the comic bookCursed Comics Cavalcade#1 as his reason, a story in which Grundy tries to stop Pyg from mutilating a group of children. According to Fugere, Pyg is "basically Hannibal Lecter on steroids and is a reminder that not all superhero comics are for kids". He also said Grant Morrison accomplished his goal of making Pyg one of the weirdest and most insane characters inBatmancomic books.[50]

In 2017, John Stephens said Professor Pyg is one of his favorite recently-created Batman villains for being demented, grotesque, and funny. Because the character was created recently, he also said Pyg is more contemporary than the classic rogues and did not have to be revitalized as much.[55]When it was announced Professor Pyg would appear onGotham,Digital Spycommented, "Gothamseason 4 is going to introduce its most disturbing villain ever, so forget about sleeping ever again ".[75]Charlie Ridgely ofComicbook.comstated Pyg's appearance onGothamproved he is "one of the most disturbed" villains who has served as an antagonist to Batman.[76]

See also

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