Who Is Professor Milo? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Professor Milo is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Achilles Milo, with over 95 comic issue appearances. Professor Achilles Milo is a mad chemist, who's an enemy of Batman and Elongated Man, currently a chemistry professor at Gotham Academy

Who is Professor Milo?

Professor Achilles Milo was a great chemist who turned to the dark side. He was one of Batman's foes and attempted several times to effect Batman with some sort of gas or drug. He's given Batman a drug to make him fear anything bat-shaped, and tried to make suicidal with a gas compound.However Dr. Milo was driven insane by being exposed to some of his own chemicals, and Batman sent him to Arkham Asylum . Where Batman actually sought out his chemical genius when he needed help. Another appearance was in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, where he was apparently cured of the gas, but no one would believe it. Elongated Man later confronts Professor Milo and looks to have his lower legs cut off and is now in a wheel chair. This is in fact a disguise as Milo is hiding the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath.

Key facts

Professor Milo is of human origin and first appeared in "The man Who Ended Batman's Career". The character is published by DC Comics. With 95 recorded issue appearances, Professor Milo ranks among the most featured characters in comics.