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Killer Croc
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Real Name
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Waylon Jones
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First Appearance
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Batman (Vol. 1) #358 (April, 1983)
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Creators
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Gerry Conway, Gene Colan, Don Newton, Curt Swan
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Team Affliations
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The Secret Society of Super-Villains
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Aliases
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Croc, King Croc
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Base of Operations
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Gotham City
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Powers
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Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, durability, and senses, hard scale-like skin, razor sharp claws and teeth, Regenerative Healing Factor, Immunity to Toxins
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Skills and Abilities
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Expert swimmer, Expert Marksman, Experienced alligator wrestler
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Tools and Weapons
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None
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Killer Croc is a super-villain in the DC Universe and an enemy of Batman.
Origin
Born with a strange mutation that ostracized him from society, Waylon Jones eventually became a professional wrestler before become a deadly and cruel criminal in Gotham.
Biography
Waylon Jones was born with a severe case of Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis (a form of atavism) which caused his appearence to resemble that of a crocodile. Waylon's mother died in childbirth and his father abandoned him, leaving the child to be raised by his alcoholic, abusive aunt. As a teenager, he had no friends and was repeatedly brought into juvenile detention facilities for his violent behaviour before being tried as an adult at age 16.