Waylon Jones

## Killer Croc

**Waylon Jones**, also known as "**Killer Croc**", is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *MDC's* *Captain Batman* series created by Joe Simon and Bob Kane. He is a reptilian-like humanoid and a cannibalistic murderer.

Born with a result of a combination form of atavism, a rare genetic mutation disorder, and skin disease has gave him the appearance, healing rate, amphibian attributes and the aggression of a certain reptilian animal, the crocodile.

In his youth, Waylon was forced to live and be put under the harsh guardianship of his aunt after his mother's death after his birth and his father abandoned him, due to his son's crocodilian appearance, that only worsened over time.

Relentlessly bullied because of his appearance, he was sent to a reform school but with little education. After years of being abused and bullied went too far, Waylon eventually snapped killed and his aunt, soon fled from society.

He eventually worked as an alligator wrestler and carnival sideshow freak in a world traveling circus. Bonding with his fellow carnival performers and workers in the show, Waylon finally felt as if like he had a family for the first time.

This came to a tragic end however, when vicious audience members in Gotham City staged a horrendous attack, destroying the circus and killing all whom Waylon felt affection for, causing his darker, violent nature to grew.

Since then, Killer Croc eventually became detached from humanity, and his misanthropy grew as did his bestial nature. Driven by sheer misanthropic hate and hatred and a lust for blood, Croc pushed to a crime life by his 18th birthday.

This allowed him to murder, mutilate and cannibalize dozens of people for no other reason than revenge. His genetic mutation also caused his body to grow to grotesque proportions, with his skin becoming hardened and scaly.

Croc regularly works with various mobs as a brutal and cannibalistic hitman, took orders from who could provide him with money and a larger scope of victims, often employ himself to satisfy his appetite for both violence and money.

Croc took orders from anyone who could provide him with money and a larger scope of victims, often employing himself to the mob for money, before being apprehended by Batman.

As the years went on, Waylon's condition would make him more and more into a monster, eradicating any traces of humanity that might have been left as Croc became a monster in body and spirit.

Always seeking his next meal, Croc has never forgotten the scent of Batman and lusts to kill and devour the hero in retribution for his capture at his hands.

"*Tick Tock! FEED THE CROC!!!*"

—Killer Croc, to Batman.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Steve Blum (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

#### As Killer Croc

##### First Mutation

Killer Croc had green, scaly skin with a pale, white hue to his chest. Croc was barefoot (although he had bandages that were wrapped around his feet), and also had them wrapped around his hands and wrists as well. Croc wore black trousers that had faint, white pinstripes. Croc had a black belt around his waist and had loose, red overalls.

Croc was shirtless (a trait that he had possibly carried over from his career as a wrestler), and had faint, yellow eyes with black, slitted pupils. His teeth were all sharp, yellow fangs; curiously, he had a few fangs protruding out through the skin of his upper and lower lips. From his chest upwards, Croc had scaly skin, yet, and his belly appeared to have softer skin and was not scaly like the rest of his body.

##### Current Mutation

Croc's evolution expanded greatly and he was double the mass that he was before with large spiky growths protruding from his left shoulder and his body much larger and bulkier than before, and he towered over the other characters, appearing to be twice the size of Two-Face, Batman and Nightwing. His legs became proportionally shorter in comparison to the rest of his body, giving him a more reptilian shape instead of previous humanoid ones.

He also grew a large tail; due to this, his pants were damaged; Croc used a metal chain to tie a Hell's Gate banner around his waist. His stomach looks less muscular, especially around his midsection. It was strongly implied if not outright stated that Croc's "evolution" was the result of an adaptive reaction to the extreme trauma he underwent from the experimentation that he was forced to undergo at Iron Heights. He also cannot run unless on all fours.

Due to only his left hand being cut off, his adaptive mutation left his upper body unbalanced, with his right arm the only limb of his body its original size from Asylum and City.

* Hair Color: N/A
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Green
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

### Attributes:

* Killer Croc has incredibly thick, tough skin and razor-sharp teeth and claws
* An expert wrestler, his strength and stamina are at a near-superhuman level
* Heightened senses, and extremely fast reflexes
* Able to survive in water for extended periods of time
* An intense hatred of humanity
* Cannibalistic

## Personality

Waylon Jones's psychopathic nature in his adult years, such as misanthropy and cannibalism are all attributed to his violent and tragic past. His skin disorder made him a constant victim of bullying and growing up with an abusive aunt virtually racked any hope Jones had for humanity. This almost certainly vanished when he murdered and devoured his alcoholic aunt and circus freaks whom he treated like family were killed by an enraged audience.

As society only saw him as a monster and social leper he embraced himself as such, rejecting any humanity he may have or retain, he renamed himself as a career criminal, "Killer Croc." His opinions of humanity became so bleak by the time of Arkham Asylum that he doesn't even consider them people; in his own words as well as in his eyes, they are just "food" and bags of meat. Between the years and events, Croc's personality had several differences.

For example, in Batman's first encounter, he carried some traits of humanity, shown in both behaviors and the fact he still wears clothing whereas in Batman's recent encounter, he is almost naked. As an assassin for hire, Croc's main ambitions were money, fame or the highest body count imaginable. He makes it perfectly clear that he possesses no loyalties or superiors, although he was employed by Black Mask, he assures Batman "the only boss a'me is me."

Croc's lack of loyalties was also displayed when after ambushing Batman during the Blackgate Riots and was grazed by a sniper he simply threw him away, allowing him to do whatever he wished with the Joker presumably out of the knowledge that when the night was over the Clown Prince would no longer have the means to pay him. He also appears to be needlessly aggressive.

For instance, after witnessing Loeb be executed, he, out of the blue, hurtles one of Black Mask's henchman to a wall, presumably killing the man for no reason whatsoever as he didn't show any irritation or anger before doing such act.

In Asylum, Croc became a genuine animal, though not exactly possessing a sound mind before, given Asylum he reverted to that of an animalistic, savage mental state. He was driven more out of basic animal blood lust than common sense which makes him highly impulsive, normally not analyzing a situation or environment which can at times result in defeat. A specific case is when, thinking he had Batman cornered in his lair ran to him at full momentum but couldn't see he had laid a trap.

He does seem to possess a sense of humor despite his barbaric mind but is extremely vicious and dark such as during patient interviews when his psychiatrist says after lacerating Aaron Cash's hand and he lost a lot of blood Croc replies in a tone of complete indifference "I nearly choked on that bony hand of his."

By the time of his current form, Croc still seemed to have a degree of humanity left in him, as when he confronted Warden Ranken with the other inmates, screamed at him to cure him, and when he was confronted by Batman later at the GCPD Lockup, he actually wondered what was going happen to the Warden before his wild animal-like instincts took over and he vowed to kill everyone.

## History

### Past

#### Early Life

Due to a genetic disorder, Waylon was abandoned and put under the guardianship of his incredibly abusive and alcoholic aunt after his mother died giving birth to him and his father abandoned him, due to his appearance, the result of a combination of body mutation, genetic disorder and rare skin disease he was born with, that only worsened over time.

Brutally abused in his home and locked up in a closet like an animal as his aunt drank and engaged in sexual activities and relentlessly bullied at school his entire life, Waylon accepted his place in society as always being seen as a monster. After his time of being abused and bullied went too far, Jones then embraced his animal instincts and violently murders and devours his aunt after finally reaching his breaking point.

Waylon fled from society and eventually joined a traveling circus, where he was made part of the stage performances, becoming and adopting the stage name known as, "King Croc". Bonding with his fellow carnival performers and workers in the show, Jones finally felt as if like he had a family for the first time. This came to a tragic end however, when vicious audience members in Gotham City staged a horrendous attack, destroying the circus and killing all whom he felt affection for.

Seeking revenge on all humanity for their crimes and viewing them as disgusting, selfish and judgmental sacks of flesh, Croc became a cannibal murderer known as, "Killer Croc" and began to devour countless individuals to survive, becoming a monster in body and spirit.

## External links

* Killer Croc *Wikipedia*
* Killer Croc *Arkham Wiki*
* Killer Croc *Batman Wiki*
* Killer Croc *DC Database*
* Killer Croc *DC Universe Online Wiki*
* Killer Croc *Villains Wiki*