Who Is Ventriloquist (Wesker)? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ventriloquist (Wesker) is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Arnold Wesker, with over 471 comic issue appearances. One of the most bizarre criminals in Gotham City, the Ventriloquist (real name Arnold Wesker) is a crime lord who directs all orders (and executions) through a wooden dummy named Scarface. A female crime lord, named Peyton Riley, has also assumed the alias after Wesker's death.

Who is Ventriloquist (Wesker)?

This page is for the original Ventriloquist, Arnold Wesker. For the second Ventriloquist, see Peyton Riley . Origin Arnold Wesker A meek, quiet man, Arnold Wesker plans and executes his crimes through a dummy named Scarface , with the dress and persona of a 1920s gangster, complete with pinstripe suit, cigar, and Tommy gun. His name comes from the nickname of Al Capone after whom Scarface is modeled. Born into a powerful Mafia Family, Wesker developed Dissociative Identity Disorder after seeing his mother murdered by an assassin from a rival Family. Growing up, his only outlet is ventriloquism. After a barroom brawl in which he kills someone during a violent release of his repressed anger, Wesker is sent to Blackgate Penitentiary . He is introduced to Woody - a dummy carved from the former gallows by cellmate Donnegan - who convinces him to escape and kill Donnegan in a fight which scars the dummy, thus resulting in the birth of Scarface.

Key facts

Ventriloquist (Wesker) is of human origin and first appeared in "Fever". The character is published by DC Comics. With 471 recorded issue appearances, Ventriloquist (Wesker) ranks among the most featured characters in comics.