Waylon Jones

**Waylon Jones**, also known as **Killer Croc,** is a former professional wrestler and a criminal in Gotham City.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Waylon Jones was once a professional wrestler who suffered from an unidentified infection that caused his skin to grow scales. As the infection progressed, other abnormalities began to appear, making him resemble a crocodile. He also developed violent and cannibalistic tendencies. When he first started wrestling, he began with fighting crocodiles, thus dubbing the name "Killer Croc".

#### Killer Croc

After Waylon was fired, he went into a life of crime. In early 2022, he began to eat people and live in the sewers. However, he was later stopped by Batman, Robin and Batgirl and sent to Arkham Asylum.

#### The Reign of Darkseid

During the Reign of Darkseid, Waylon as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation, only to be freed two weeks later after the Justice League stopped Darkseid.

## Personality

Waylon Jones grew up with a very dysfunctional childhood due to his appearance, getting into fights with his peers for making fun of his grotesque appearance. That, in addition to years of abuse from his alcoholic aunt have turned him into a rather cold individual and the taunting of children and others only exacerbated it. This caused Waylon to despise humanity and gain a horribly negative outlook on life.

Croc is incredibly, violent, hostile and dangerous, to the point where it is a mere risk going near him. He acts in an animalistic manner, and shown to often distrust others, given his hatred of humanity. Indeed, he is a cold-blooded cannibalistic murderer who will not hesitate to rip apart or devour those he dislikes, or sometimes simply to satisfy his hunger.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Meta-human/Reptilian physiology:** Due to an unidentified infection, Waylon developed a reptilian biology with enhanced psychical attributes.
	+ **Accelerated healing factor:** Due to his crocodile physiology, Waylon's cells are regenerative in nature, thus allowing him to rapidly heal from extensive injuries.
	+ **Superhuman speed:** Waylon is able to move at speeds far faster than normal humans. His superhuman strong legs allow him to run very fast on land, although he is much faster in the water.
		- **Speed swimming:** Due to his crocodile physiology, Waylon is able to swim as fast as an actual croc.
	+ **Superhuman durability:** Waylon can withstand very high levels of physical damage, as shown when he was shot multiple times by James Gordon, but sustained no damage.
	+ **Superhuman strength:** Waylon has shown great physical strength when he effortlessly grabbed Bruce and held him up with one hand, with Bruce being helpless as Jones gripped his neck. He also showed greater levels of physical strength when he tore open a door.
	+ **Underwater breathing:** Due to his crocodile physiology, Waylon is able to breathe while underwater.

### Abilities

* **Peak of human physical condition:** Waylon was a champion professional wrestler in peak physical condition.
* **Expert hand-to-hand combatant:** Waylon was familiar with professional wrestling techniques. After he was infected, he became a serial killer.

### Weaknesses

* **Neural regression:** Over time, as the infection spread over Waylon's body, his neural pathways began to regress, causing his mind to diminish.

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC Comics, Waylon Jones, known as Killer Croc, is an enemy of Batman who was born with a type of atavism that caused his skin to regress and turn him into a crocodile-like person. He debuted in *Detective Comics* #523 (February, 1983).