Who Is Hooded Claw? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Hooded Claw is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Sylvester Sneekly, with over 8 comic issue appearances. Voiced by comedian Paul Lynde as a deliciously over-the-top parody of a pulp villain, The Hooded Claw spends his time capturing Penelope Pitstop and gleefully placing her in over-elaborate death traps that never work; oddly enough, he seems perfectly happy about this and simply looks forward to the next death trap effort.

Who is Hooded Claw?

As Sylvester Sneekly, he is Penelope Pitstop's trusted and overly prim legal guardian; as The Hooded Claw, he is Penelope Pitstop's sarcastic and scenery-chewing ham of a nemesis. As The Hooded Claw, he is assisted by the Bully Brothers, identical twins dressed in a parody of 1930s era British gangsters. In the final episode of the series, one of the Ant-Hill Mob stole his Hooded Claw costume and, for whatever reason, he chose to retire from villainy rather than try to make a new costume, chuckling all the way. The Hooded Claw is a master of disguise and quick-change artist; in addition to this, he is astonishingly talented at building over-elaborate death traps at a moment's notice out of anything at hand. His most notable talent is his unflagging and mocking laughter.

Key facts

Hooded Claw is of human origin and first appeared in "Feather Fuddle". The character is published by DC Comics. With 8 recorded issue appearances, Hooded Claw ranks among the most featured characters in comics.