Killer Croc (Post-Crisis)

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==Summary==
Waylon Jones, a.k.a. Killer Croc was born in a slum in Tampa, Florida. He was born with a skin condition that made him resemble a humanoid crocodile, hence his name which he got in the circus. His mother died in childbirth, and his father abandoned him. Waylon was raised by his aunt, but her persistent drinking prevented him from growing up in an ideal household. As a teenager, Waylon had no friends, and was the object of ridicule of those who knew him. He went to prison for all the crimes he committed against those who couldn't keep their mouths shut and made comments about his condition. By the time he reached adulthood, Waylon found work wrestling alligators. It was at this point that he began referring to himself as Killer Croc. Even then, his strength level was greatly beyond that of a normal human. Croc soon realized that there was more money to be made in crime, so he set out to become Gotham's most powerful underground figure.
Batman foiled each of his plans and locked him in Arkham several times, until Killer Croc essentially went insane, having visions and nightmares related to Batman and many others mocking him in his dreams, plus being experimented on in Arkham. Each defeat only made him worse and after a short encounter with the villain Bane, who broke his arm, he became a cannibalistic rampaging wild man with no regard for human life, while still keeping some of his humanity, to a certain degree.
Though originally just a human with skin disease, he began to mutate over time, developing a more reptilian physiology, with a three-chambered heart, permeable skin, buccal pumping to augment axial breathing, a proto-diaphragm for lung expansion, etc.
On a grand scheme to take Batman down, the supervillain Hush implanted a virus in Croc that caused his body to devolve into a more primal and reptilian state, making Croc's life even more miserable. His mind was healed, but he remained a dreaded monster because the virus was pretty much incurable, leaving Croc forever to be shunned by society.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | At least 
Key: Pre-Hush virus | Post-Hush virus
Name: Waylon Jones, Killer Croc, King Croc, Croc
Origin: DC Comics, Detective Comics #524
Gender: Male
Age: 30s to 40s, possibly older (Similar age-wise to Batman and started his criminal career at a little over 34)
Classification: Thug, Mutant, Arkham Asylum inmate
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Stealth Mastery (Mostly in the sewers), Natural Weaponry (Sharp teeth and claws), Enhanced Senses (Was able to detect and pinpoint Bane's location through the many smells in a sewer), Regeneration (Low-Mid, After biting his own arm off for the sake of nutrition, it began to regrow in the following days); Limited Resistance to some Poisons (Puke grenades didn't affect him and tear gas only pissed him off), Sleep Manipulation (Had tranq darts shoved down his throat but they didn't work on him, as he proceeded to go on a rampage.) and Fear/Mind Manipulation (Takes Scarecrow's toxin with some mind control meddling from Mad Hatter plus a drug from Batman and overpowers them all, barely affected if at all.) | All previous abilities enhanced (Bit off his own hands and they regrew in slightly over a week. With only a small trace of someone's scent he was able to find them across Gotham)
Attack Potency: At least Small Building level+, possibly higher (Slightly stronger than Batman and comparable to a venomless Bane and was beating him up at first. Knocked out an off guard Batman with a single punch in the back of the head, tore apart a jail cell made for regular prisoners, ripped or busted open a metal door, did something similar with an elevator's metal frame, can easily punch through glass, walls and even the roof of a train, bit through Batman's bulletproof cowl, killed two other meta-humans, snapping the neck of one of them) | At least Building level (Much stronger than before and comparable to those who can hurt him. Busted out of a cell made for his unmutated self, scratched through his own skull, his own jaws are strong enough to bite through his tough hide)
Speed: At least Supersonic+, possibly Hypersonic+ reaction/combat speed (Comparable to Batman, could keep up with venomless Bane, sneaks up on Batman while he's talking with Ivy, Supergirl complimented his speed, given his size, kept up with Katana underwater) | At least Supersonic+, possibly Hypersonic+ reaction/combat speed (Faster than before according to himself and Batman as he caught one of Robin's kicks from behind, called Batman slow and was shown to be faster than Catwoman), Unknown travel speed (Shoulder tackled the Batmobile and made it crash)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Flipped a car upside down, sent a moderately sized gator flying, lifted several wooden crates including a big one that was quite heavy even for him) | At least Class 10 to Class 25 (Easily lifted a car over his head and threw it off-screen, tore a bank vault door off the vault [which likely weighed 20 tons or more], easily lifted Solomon Grundy's 1000 lb body with his jaws), possibly Class K (In a fit of rage, he ripped out the head and spine of one of Black Mask's thugs, which would require around 1 million newtons, or 101~102 tons-force)
Striking Strength: At least Small Building level+, possibly higher | At least Building level
Durability: At least Small Building level+, possibly higher (Fell a good height and shrugged it off, tasers didn't hurt him, Tim Drake sneak attacked him with a metal bar to the back of the head and all it did was break the bar, survived a punch from Supergirl which sent him flying though it left him knocked out, survived a tackle from an angry Aquaman, chose to fall off a 52nd floor into the water and has survived and shrugged off a few huge falls off buildings, Axe-Man's axe bounced off his hide as if it were made out of metal, tanked this huge crash, as shown during this fight with Harley Quinn, his skin is at least few centimeters thick) | At least Building level, possibly higher (Explicitly stated to be tougher than before, and Batman even needed an explosive to take him down, tanked gunfire from what appears to be a modified Apache's gatling gun)
Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to Batman, Batman used a spear-like metal fencepost to stab him but Croc pushed it on Bats himself, stabbing him with the other end, climbed 52 floors non-stop by sticking to the side of a building with his claws, repeatedly got stabbed from Katana underwater and kept on fighting, felt nothing after Huntress shot three arrows through his arm, ignored bullets strong enough to penetrate his hide) | Superhuman (Replicated a similar feat from earlier, climbing up a skyscraper with his claws, scratched his head until he reached the brain and then ran across Gotham towards the one responsible for turning him into a puppet, bit his own hands off in order to escape from Arkham)
Range: Standard melee range (Is 6'5" or 1.95 m tall) | Extended melee range due to increased size (Is 7'5" or 2.26 m tall)
Intelligence: Very insane, ranges from Below Average (Has shown signs of slight speech impediment) to Above Average (Could keep up with Bane and even broke his venom device and snuck up on Batman once, defeated Huntress underwater and trapped her there so she could drown, all while under the effects of the Joker virus which slowly killed whoever had it, tried to convince Creeper that he was just as much of a freak as him and that he should free him, Wonder Woman finds his fighting expertise valuable) | Ranges from Below Average to Above Average (Though his mind became consumed by hunger and he's still a bit thuggish, he's shown some signs of intelligence, like when he set up a trap for Batman or when he escaped Arkham by biting his own hands off)
Weaknesses: Extremely aggressive and deranged to the point of acting in animalistic ways.
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==Gallery==
croc swamp thing appearance.png|Croc's first depiction as a cannibalistic thug of low intelligence and his first appearance in the Post-Crisis continuity.
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PostCrisisCrocVsBattlesRender.png|Full appearance
Kc3.jpg|Waylon at his most primal and savage, after Hush's virus.
RCO290 1470903622.jpg|Post-Hush Croc among the other villains, by Jim Lee
Salvation_Run_KC_render by Caleb.png|Full appearance, during Salvation Run
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
The Lizard (Spectacular Spider-Man) The Lizard's profile (Post-Hush Croc was used and speed was equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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