178 – The Penguin

A panel from Detective Comics #58, October 1941
A panel from Detective Comics #58, October 1941

Yet another iconic Batman villain makes his debut this year, with The Penguin in Detective Comics #58 (October 1941). Um… he looks like a penguin. He wears a monocle and a top-hat. He uses umbrellas to commit crimes. That’s about all I can really say about him from this story.