LIEUTENANT KITCH

Real Name: Stanley Lawrence Kitch

Class: Human

Occupation: GCPD lieutenant

Group Affiliation: GCPD

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Detective Comics I #596 (January, 1989)

Powers: Kitch was a veteran police officer armed with a handgun.

History

(Demon III #1-3) - Merlin returned his allies Glenda Mark and Randu Singh to Gotham City with a teleportation spell after they helped him and Jason Blood foil the demon Asteroth's schemes to rule Hell. Melin's spell created a green glow that was noticed by Jason's neighbor Mrs. Harper, who called the police. Lieutenant Kitch responded, and believing Randu and Glenda to be burglars, took them downtown. He was satisfied that they were not burglars, but Jason's friends who had a key to his apartment, but was suspicious when they couldn't agree as to where their friend was. He gave them some time alone, and they agreed they couldn't tell Kitch their friend was possessed by the demon Etrigan and stuck in Hell. Randu thought he might hypnotize Kitch to make him forget the whole affair, but Kitch returned to the interrogation room, revealing he'd had a tape recorder running in the room while he was gone. Seeing no other choice Glenda and Randu told him Jason and Etrigan's entire history. Kitch had a hard time believing them even though they seemed sincere, and they told him that Batman could confirm their story. Kitch approached Commissioner Gordon, told him the situation, and asked him to turn on the bat-signal. Batman corroborated their story about Etrigan, and believed the malevolent demon had trapped him in Hell. Gordon, remarking that Hell was outside his jurisdiction, was ready to let them go, but D.A. Richard Jaynes was listening outside Gordon's office, and demanded they be kept in custody. He suspected Jason had been murdered, and considered them prime suspects. He distrusted Batman, and disliked his relationship with the GCPD.

Comments: Created by Alan Grant & Eduardo Barreto.

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