History: (Batman I #331) - The Electrocutioner was a vigilante who acted as judge, jury and executioner for criminals who he felt had cheated the justice system. He stalked Spike Rafferty, a death row inmate released on a technicality, and electrocuted him in an alleyway. His next target was hitman Mike Caine, who’d also been released on a technicality. Batman was already on the case, and visited Caine, telling him to confess to one of his numerous hits so he’d be safe behind bars. As Batman was leaving he heard a scream, and found Caine electrocuted by the Electrocutioner. Electrocutioner shocked Batman unconscious, saying they shouldn’t be fighting because they were on the same side. Mobster Dane Whitney was released after a judicial foul-up and Batman found him at a private movie screening just as Electrocutioner showed up. Electrocutioner again tried to convince Batman they should be allies, but Batman was having none of it. Electrocutioner wasn’t ready for a drawn out fight and fled. Batman posed as a manservant of Samson, a recently released killer, and was able to get the drop on the Electrocutioner. Electrocutioner was frustrated that they kept fighting, saying they were the same, and Batman made it clear he had nothing in common with a cold-blooded murderer. During their fight the Electrocutioner tumbled out a window to the water’s below Samson’s mansion.

(Vigilante I #8, 9) - Electrocutioner caught up with Jose Ruis', who he'd been keeping tabs of for a while; hunting Ruis down and electrocuting him. He killed Geraldo Cardazy, who'd was freed after a search warrant performed on his home was ruled illegal. His next target was mafia enforcer Ebert, and the Vigilante interrupted him in Ebert's home. Electrocutioner said they could kill him together, and was displeased to hear Vigilante say he only killed in self-defense. He said criminals only understood brutality, set an electric fire and knocked out Vigilante, telling him it would be best if he left the Electrocutioner to his work unhindered. Vigilante recovered and tried to rescue Ebert from the inferno, but the roof fell in on him. Vigilante escaped, and later tried to prevent Electrocutioner from killing Remmington Kord, but failed.

(Vigilante I #15) - Electrocutioner had discovered a child abuse ring and slowly killed the offenders. Vigilante responded, and Electrocutioner grabbed one of the abused girls and tossed her off a roof so Vigilante would be forced to save her and he could make his escape. Hank Weston was a clown who'd attempted to rob a bank to raise money for his dying wife. He was found not guilty by a sympathetic jury, and Vigilante wondered if Electrocutioner would consider him a target, so he caught his next performance at the circus. The Electrocutioner arrived, and when Vigilante interfered he tried to kill him, saying Vigilante had gone soft, and again regretting that they weren't working together. Vigilante and Hank were saved by Hank's clown buddies, and Electrocutioner ran off in the confusion.

(Vigilante I #23-27) - Electrocutioner came across two muggers in Central Park, and murdered them while their victim fled from him in horror. Days later he killed some muggers on the docks, and caught up on the latest news. Drug kingpin Trinidad Santiago had been released on a bad search warrant, so Electrocutioner decided to make him his next target. Electrocutioner started torturing and killing Santiago's underlings until he learned that the criminal was holed out in the Catskills. He arrived at Santiago's cabin and killed him before fleeing into the woods. He came upon the new Vigilante, who was also there to kill Santiago, battling with Adrian Chase who was trying to stop his violent successor. Electrocutioner decided that Vigilante had to die, and Vigilante was concerned with keeping Adrian away from his electrical attacks. Adrian attacked Electrocutioner, saying Vigilante was his, confusing the villain. They separated and the police staking the area kept them on the run. Santiago's men shot Electrocutioner, and he fled to an empty barn. Adrian followed him, and soon after so did the Vigilante. Adrian gunned down the Electrocutioner, seeing him as a twisted version of what he used to stand for.

(Hawk and Dove Annual #1) - S.T.A.R. Labs opened a portal to Limbo in operation Zeppelin, and the souls of deceased villains Iron Major, Top, Clayface, El Papagayo, Electrocutioner and Icicle were seeking to escape the underworld and return to Earth through the portal. When Director Jeffrey Simon, creator of Zeppelin, disappeared, a rescue party went through the portal, and the villains captured them. They bargained with their demonic jailer, a demon impersonating Etrigan, exchanging their prisoners to gain temporary mortal forms, and prepared to return to Earth. They were opposed by Hawk, Dove, and the Titans West. The battle was fierce, but the tide turned when Jeb Stuart came down from heaven and gave Hawk his Haunted Tank. The false Etrigan offered them a way out through another portal, but he was merely toying with the dead villains, and when he sent them through a portal, it turned out to be an entrance to Hell.

Comments: Created by Michael Fleisher & Irv Novick.

Electrocutioner received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7.

Electrocutioner had a cameo in Vigilante I #28, 29, 50.

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