The Shark

A creature of the deep end of DC's rogues gallery, The Shark surfaced in the pages of Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe in 1987 — making their Copper Age debut in one of comics' great reference landmarks. With appearances spanning nearly four decades and a presence in beloved Batman-centric titles like Batman and Robin: Year One, Batman '66, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, this is a character woven into the fabric of DC's Dark Knight corner of the universe. The Shark keeps genuinely distinguished company — sharing pages with the likes of Green Lantern and Batman himself — and any villain who turns up in that orbit is worth a second look. Rare in the catalog but persistent across the years, The Shark is exactly the kind of deep-cut DC discovery that makes browsing these pages such a rewarding hunt.