Le Pingouin

Le Pingouin is the French-language edition name for the Penguin, Batman's umbrella-wielding Gotham crime boss Oswald Cobblepot, whose obsession with birds and high-society status makes him one of the Dark Knight's most distinctive and enduring adversaries.

Born from the minds of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland in 1988 — one of the most celebrated creative partnerships of the Copper Age — Le Pingouin is a fascinating artifact of comics' international reach, a character whose catalog life has stretched across nearly four decades through Semic S.A.'s French-language publications. Most at home in the pages of Batman, Batman Chronicles, and Batman - Cher Detective, this figure shares the page with some of the heaviest hitters in comics: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Robin, Green Lantern, and Oswald Cobblepot himself. With a debut pedigree that rare and a publishing life running all the way to 2026, Le Pingouin is a rewarding discovery for collectors who love chasing the corners of the Batman universe where international publishing history and legendary creative talent quietly intersect.