Lazlo Valentin (Arrowverse)

**Lazlo Valentin** is a former talented surgeon at Gotham General Hospital, a former contract killer and assassin operating in Gotham City and the founder and leader of the infamous gang known as the Circus of Strange. He is also one of the many enemies of Batman.

## Lazlo Valentin (Arrowverse)

* Civilian
* Professor Pyg

## General Information

### Occupation

Surgeon at Gotham General Hospital (formerly)Serial Killer

Founder and Leader of the Circus of Strange

Scientist

Contract Killer

Assassin

Criminal (incarcerated)

### Affiliation

Gotham General Hospital (formerly)Circus of Strange

### Alter Ego

Professor PygThe Pyg (codename)

Pyg (codename)

The Professor (codename)

Valentin was originally a gifted and talented surgeon at Gotham General Hospital who was responsible for saving many lives across the city which earned him a lot of attention and fame from his co-workers and many Gothamites, including the likes of Jacob Kane and Tommy Elliot. After working for many years at Gotham General, Lazlo attempted to create a powerful drug that he could use to keep the people he operated on awake without feeling anything when they were operated on. However, the experiment was a failure and Lazlo was exposed to his own drug, which turned out to be an identity destroying monstrosity.

Affected, Lazlo went insane after losing memories of his previous life and his identity being destroyed by his own drug. Lazlo then donned a completely new identity and personality, calling himself **Professor Pyg**, stylized as **The Pyg**, **The Professor** or simply **Pyg**. He based his name off of the play *Pygmalion*. After becoming Professor Pyg, Lazlo believed that humans were faulty machinery designs that needed to be improved. He slaughtered most of the staff at Gotham General however kept few alive and used his surgery skills to severely mutilate them beyond repair, believing they were now “perfect”.

Professor Pyg also crafted his army of Dollatrons, who are genderless lobotomized people with creepy masks fused to their faces. Pyg also rallied up more goons until he had made the gang known as the Circus of Strange. Using his henchmen, Pyg planned to release the identity destroying drug into Gotham City, referring to his plan as “The Year of the Pyg”. However, Batman managed to stop him, leading to Lazlo being placed in Arkham Asylum and carefully monitored throughout his stays there.

Pyg eventually escaped however and started killing corrupt cops within the GCPD, targeting ones who used to be under the employment of Oswald Cobblepot and Roman Sionis. He also established himself as a contract killer and assassin and was hired by numerous other crime lords in Gotham. Throughout the span of his career, Professor Pyg and Batman would have numerous encounters with one another. Bruce would later describe Pyg as one of the most twisted foes he had ever faced.

Professor Pyg staged numerous terrorist attacks in Gotham City and terrorized it for the next 15 years, sent back to Arkham Asylum and breaking out a month later. 15 years later, Batman left Gotham City after killing the Joker, and this caused his foes to either go into hiding or be incarcerated at Arkham Asylum. Pyg was among the ones who was incarcerated.

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Pyg, along with everyone else in the multiverse apart from the seven Paragons, was killed by an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10th, 2019, only to be restored a month later after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.

Pyg was resurrected on Earth-Prime, where the timeline and his history was slightly changed. In the new timeline, Pyg tried to invade Gotham General and abduct numerous children to make them into Dollatrons, however was stopped by Batman who also managed to capture the Circus of Strange. After Batman left Gotham 15 years later, Pyg was arrested and incarcerated at Arkham Asylum where he currently remains.