Who Is Film Freak? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Film Freak is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Burt Weston, with over 36 comic issue appearances. A film obsessed villain. Burt Weston debuted in the same month in Batman #395 and Detective Comics #562 .

Who is Film Freak?

Burt Weston A failing actor that portrayed quirky villains, Film Freak decided he'd make a better one in real life. He committed every crime known in films so therefore the Gotham Newspapers named him Film Freak, to which the name stuck. When a female reporter found out his identity, Weston stalks her in a similar way to a main character in Psycho , named Norman Bates . Film Freak starts to murder his fellow associates, until he's caught by Harvey Bullock and Batman . In the Knightfall story line, Film Freak is controlled by the Mad Hatter and is killed by Bane . Edison In the Year One story line of Catwoman , Film Freak is a TV show host. He manages to deduce Catwoman's identity and later kidnaps her daughter with the help of Angle Man . They are defeated quite easily, and have their mind's wiped of Catwoman's identity by Zatanna .

Key facts

Film Freak is of human origin and first appeared in "Reeling ; The Criminal Element". The character is published by DC Comics. With 36 recorded issue appearances, Film Freak ranks among the most featured characters in comics.