Gotham: 10 Things You Need To Know About Professor Pyg
10. He's A Relatively New Batman Villain
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As far as Batman villains go, Professor Pyg is actually a fairly new creation.
Introduced in Batman #666 (a suitably hellish issue from Grant Morrison's stint on the character), Pyg first took a leading role in Batman & Robin: Reborn, where Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne were first tested as the newest incarnation of the Dynamic Duo.
The villain's experienced something of a meteoric rise since, taking a starring role in the much maligned Beware the Batman before making a standout appearance in Batman: Arkham Knight.
He's clearly endeared himself to Bat-fans (as much as a murderous psychopath can), and while villainous additions to the Bat-lore are few and far between these days, old Lazlo has undoubtedly been one of the best.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
