Character » Cornelius Stirk appears in 55 issues.
Cornelius Stirk is a serial killer in Gotham City who thrives on the chemicals produced by the human body as a reaction to fear. His only scrap of origin known, dates back to his years in high school, when he attacked and brutally killed one of his classmates. He was taken as a patient to Arkham Asylum, until he was released years later, after being certified as sane. Turned out, he suffers from a hypothalamic disorder, that allows him to project images from other people’s minds, which he possibly used on his doctors, to get free. He then killed one of his doctors by torturing him and scared him to death. His killing spree was continued, by using his powers, to kidnapping his victims and literally scaring them to death, and eating their hearts when he has done so. Revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: Knightfall, Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Road to No Man's Land - Wax Man and the Clown story arc, in Batman: Underworld Unleashed - Devil's Asylum, in Detective Comics #593, etc.
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