Who Is Nicholas Scratch? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Nicholas Scratch is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 32 comic issue appearances. Nicholas Scratch is a foe of Batman and Jean Paul Valley. He is a political persuader and privately wealthy rock star and The Church of the Blue Sword religion leader. He has conspired to control Gotham City after 'No Man's Land' through thuggery and coercion.

Who is Nicholas Scratch?

"It just might be because you're a politician, and that means You're corrupt from your marrow to your epidermis. You have the mind of a vulture and the morals of a rabid rat. Oh, and did I mention that You're weak? very, very weak! Pathetically weak! Don't you agree? Senator?" -- Nicholas Scratch (killing Senator Etherbrook Halivan). Until he was 21 years old, Nicholas Scratch was a loser. Although his I.Q tested high, no one knew he was intelligent because he was, from earliest childhood, over-weight, clumsy, cowardly and timid. In college, he majored in astronomy because the study of stars allowed him to be isolated for long hours. An Astronomer at a university facility on the West Coast, and at the tender age of twenty-one. He was also a nerd.

Key facts

Nicholas Scratch is of human origin and first appeared in "Mr. Wayne Goes to Washington, Part One: The Jackals". The character is published by DC Comics. With 32 recorded issue appearances, Nicholas Scratch ranks among the most featured characters in comics.