EL BOLO

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Jewel thief

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Batman I #125 (August, 1959)

Powers: El Bolo was a master with the bolo, and used several gimmicked bolos, including blades ones, electric ones, and bolos that released smokescreens or sleeping gas.

History:  (Batman I #125) - International jewel thief el Bolo came to Gotham City, and immediately started a robbery spree. He evaded Batman and Robin, but they found colored sawdust from his shoes, and realized he was hiding out at the Clay Brothers' circus in Bay City. In a previous case Robin had used time travel to go a few days in the future, and seen a headline announcing that Batman had died protecting him in Bay City, so he was understandably upset, but refused to tell Batman why. El Bolo was performing at the circus as Senor Lopez, and the sight of the Dynamic duo forced him to flee. He drove off, and pushed his car off a cliff to convince them he was dead, but Batman was not fooled. Robin saw Bolo atop a TV tower, and climbed it, hoping to defeat him before Batman put his life at risk, but El bolo tied him up. Batman swung in on a batline, and El bolo cut it, seemingly causing him to plummet to his death. "Batman" was actually a dummy used to distract the thief, and the real Batman got the drop on him. Robin fessed up as to why he was so nervous, and realized the press had seen the dummy fall, and had already rushed a story of Batman's death to the papers.

Comments: Created by Bill Finger & Sheldon Moldoff.