Who Is Johnny Witts? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Johnny Witts is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Jonathan Wittleson, with over 12 comic issue appearances. A criminal who prided himself on eluding Batman. Often would bait Batman into traps.

Who is Johnny Witts?

Johnny Witts was a self-proclaimed crime boss who also stated he was one step ahead of the Batman . His first encounter with the Caped Crusader was to lead him to a high rise where he placed a noose around Batman and was going to have one of his men cut the rope and have Batman fall to his death. Batman escaped and tailed one of Johnny's henchmen. Batman placed a tracer on himself so that the police would later locate Johnny and arrest him. Johnny Witts, going by the crime boss as The Swami set The Fearsome Foursome out into the Gotham City streets. This brought the Batman to Johnny Witts. He created a complex trap for him and was stunned when Batman escaped. He believed Batman would die in his trap and did not think ahead of hoe Batman would escape.

Key facts

Johnny Witts is of human origin and first appeared in "The Crime-Boss Who Was Always One Step Ahead of Batman". The character is published by DC Comics. With 12 recorded issue appearances, Johnny Witts ranks among the most featured characters in comics.