RATCATCHER (Otis Flannegan)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Otis Flannegan
Occupation: Formerly rat catcher; later criminal
Status: Deceased
Citizenship: American
Marital Status: Presumed single
Base of Operation: Gotham City
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
First Appearance: Detective Comics #585 (April 1988): "The Ratcatcher"
Creators: John Wagner, Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle

OVERVIEW

A former rat catcher for the Gotham Sanitation Department, Otis Flannegan spent a decade in jail following a violent street brawl. On his release, he captured various officials connected with his jail sentence and held them in the sewer system. He was discovered five years later by the police and the Batman, who, after encountering Flannegan's army of rats, was able to save some of Flannegan's prisoners. The Ratcatcher is a disturbed man who has been incarcerated in Arkham Asylum. He appeared in Metropolis, attacking friends of Clark Kent.

Ultimately, the Ratcatcher was killed by an OMAC.

HISTORY

Not yet available

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Ratcatcher in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who Update '88 #3 (October 1988)