Penguin appreciation thread

[Ben D]

hello people

I still like the penguin and he's falling from popularity it seems. So lets send a big all WE LIKE PENGUIN sign to DC in this thread!

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[Aelle3]

Fantastic thread! I love the Penguin he is by far my favourite Bat villain, possibly my fav villain over all. So I fully support this thread.
Did you read Aarons Penguin story in Jokers asylum? I could do with a mini by aaron (or by anyone).

In support im going to change my avatar.

[Nefarius]

I love Penguin.Both as an eccentric gentleman of crime and crime boss.He is such an underrated villain.

[Aelle3]

I love Penguin.Both as an eccentric gentleman of crime and crime boss.He is such an underrated villain.

Agreed the only one im not to fond of is the tim burton monsterous version.

[daveageallen]

i love the penguin. danny devito is what made me love him as a little kid.
so much so , that for a show and tell we had to pick our dream job. i said either a paleontologist, or the penguin. because i wanted to kill batman.

i even have the picture i drew for it still, of me as the penguin, about 6 years old, with bright red hair and freckles shooting batman with an umbrella.

i have no clue why i was so amazed with him as a kid, but still is one of my favorite villains.

[RubberLotus]

Ah, Ozzie.

Not exactly my favorite Bat-Villain, but far from the bottom of the heap.

Little Known Fact: Pre-Crisis Penguin actually had a superpower. Detective Comics #541, he walks around the South Pole (and even swims in the water!) for hours on end in nothing but his trademark tuxedo and top hat. In comparison, Batman almost went insane from chasing Penguin through the blizzards even with a zillion layers of thermal insulation underneath his costume.

Mind you, no explanation is given for his apparent Mr. Freeze-like ability to freezing temperatures. Batman simply notes with surprise that "he's... immune to the cold!"

[Keehar]

I've always been a big fan of the Penguin. Burgess Meredith, Danny DeVito, even Paul Williams voicing him in BTAS, I think they all did great jobs with the character.

He is criminally underrated these days.

You should read the Penguin stories written by Alan Grant in Detective in the early 90's. They were brilliant, and drawn by the great Norm Breyfogle:

[Nefarius]

Agreed the only one im not to fond of is the tim burton monsterous version.

Even Burton's version has a charm and a twisted romance.Not,my ideal version but it was enjoyable in Batman Returns film.I also loved the DeVito appearence/comic book personality combo in B:TAS. I was one of the few people that prefered this over the revamp in his appearence in TNAB.



NOTE:Although "The Batman" series used the grotesque DeVito style,i dislike this version only because i feel that Penguin's design miss the charm and the elogant eccentricity that B:TAS original design had.

[mosdef]

Penguin is gonna be in Batman: The Dark Knight

[FHIZ]

Hilarious thing about that image... The Source posts it saying "Man David Finch is such a nice guy and loves everything Batman...as evident in the cover for issue 4!"

Me and other people comment along the lines "Thats Andy Clarke... get your shit together"

and it magically disappears.

[Keehar]

Penguin is gonna be in Batman: The Dark Knight

What an awesome cover.

[Aelle3]

Even Burton's version has a charm and a twisted romance.Not,my ideal version but it was enjoyable in Batman Returns film.I also loved the DeVito appearence/comic book personality combo in B:TAS. I was one of the few people that prefered this over the revamp in his appearence in TNAB.



NOTE:Although "The Batman" series used the grotesque DeVito style,i dislike this version only because i feel that Penguin's design miss the charm and the elogant eccentricity that B:TAS original design had.

Oh i agree. I dont really dislike the Batman returns version, he definitely has charm i guess hes just not my favourite Cobblepot. Also I loved the BTAS Penguin, Paul Williams really made it.

[Karl O'Neill]

Burgess Meredith for the win.

Quack Quack.

[Keehar]

Burgess looked so much like the comic book character that it was scary. Talk about perfect casting.

[weeks]

the jason aaron penguin story from the first joker's asylum is my favorite penguin story and is also the best of either volume of that series. such good stuff.