Who Is Killer Croc? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Killer Croc is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Waylon Jones, with over 1,701 comic issue appearances. Waylon Jones was born with a genetic mutation giving him a reptile's skin, sharp claws, and teeth; due to genetic atavism. Croc became a circus wrestler who would rise to conquer the Gotham Mob racket only then to become one of Batman's most physically imposing rogues.

Who is Killer Croc?

Origin Waylon Jones Waylon Jones was born with a condition that gave him a thick scaly hide and razor-sharp claws and teeth. As a child, he was relentlessly bullied because of his monstrous appearance. When he was only eight years old, he snapped and almost killed one of his schoolyard tormentors. For that little incident, he spent the next eight years of his life in reform school. He didn't like it much. Over this time his contempt for humanity grew; and so did his body, mutating to grotesque proportions and becoming increasingly reptilian in appearance. The now sociopathic Waylon Jones celebrated his eighteenth birthday by becoming a cold-blooded murderer. He served twenty years for that crime and emerged from jail to join a traveling carnival.

Key facts

Killer Croc is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Inferno ; Mob Rule!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,701 recorded issue appearances, Killer Croc ranks among the most featured characters in comics.