Lord Death Man

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Evil-doer

Original
Modern

Full Name

Larry Regelmann

Alias

Lord Death Man

Death Man (formerly)
Batman’s greatest nemesis
Chernobog The Black God
Murder Buddha
Dr. Regelmann

Origin

Batman (Vol 1) #180

Occupation

Criminal

Powers / Skills

Immortality

Mastery of Yoga Techniques
Leadership
Marksmanship
High Pain Tolerance

Hobby

Obssessing over Harley Quinn.

Goals

Continuing his criminal carreer and finding ways to escape Batman

Getting Harley Quinn's attention and potentially date her (both ongoing).

Crimes

Organized crime

Armed robbery
Mass murder
Mutilation
Mass destruction
Assault and battery
Stalking
Faked death

Type of Villain

Immortal Crime Lord

“	HEEHEEHEE! I found a way to resist death itself, but you never know my secret! You think I value life? I wear the grin beneath the skin, the future seen in every smile.	„
	~ Lord Death Man

Lord Death Man, formerly known as just Death Man is a reocurring antagonist in DC Comic's Batman franchise. He is a Japanese criminal who is unable to to die, either due to to a yoga technique or because of meta human powers he possesses. Lord Death Man is also the mentor of the supervillain Flatline.

He usually serves as an opponent to Batman, as well as other villains, such as Harley Quinn and Ra's al Ghul.

Biography[]

Earth One[]

Death Man is a Japanese crime lord with the uncanny ability to put himself in a yoga trance that makes him appear dead. He has a costume resembling a skeleton in a black cloak which was permanently grafted to his skin.

Lord Death Man started out in Gotham where he allowed himself to go down easy during a confrontation with Batman, choosing to fake his death before his trial and let himself be buried alive. Death Man subsequently escaped his tomb and went back to his crime-spree but when confronted by Batman he faked his death once again. Eventually Batman deduced that Death-Man was faking his deaths and confronted him once more in a fight where Death-Man got the apprehend but was supposedly killed by a lightning bolt.

New Earth[]

Origins[]

Lord Death Man fought Batman and Robin years ago and traveled to Japan as "Lord Death Man" to kill all of the Japanese super heroes to take the country for his own. While originally being able to enter death-like states through meditation and trickery, he later developed regenerative healing.

Batman Incorporated[]

One of his earliest targets is the original Mr. Unknown who he murders by breaking pouring acid all over him. When Mr. Unknown's body double Jiro Osamu sees the crime, Lord Death Man sends his henchmen after him, but Jiro gets away. Lord Death Man then captures Jiro's girlfriend, which leads Jiro to shoot him multiple times, causing Lord Death Man to plummet out a three story window. When Batman and Catwoman come to break up the fight, Batman concludes Lord Death Man has received some "upgrades." Those upgrades include being able to come back from the dead, as he wakes up mid autopsy, and murders many civilians in a hospital.

Lord Death Man races towards his next target, Aquazon of the Super Young Team, but is eventually defeated for good by Batman, Catwoman and Jiro. Knowing that Lord Death Man will never be able to die, thus will do anything he can to escape capture, Batman decides to give him a fate "worse than death" and launches Lord Death Man into deep space, never to be seen again. However, during the Outsiders infiltration of Leviathan Orbital HQ, they come across Lord Death Man who has seemed to off escaped Batman's deep space containment capsule. Both Lord Death Man and the Outsiders survived the explosion. Metamorpho used his elemental abilities to shield the others from the explosion while Lord Death Man's body jettisoned to Earth.

Prime Earth[]

This version of Lord Death Man was a thug named, Larry who gimmicked himself around healing and faking his death. He was able to heal regeneratively via having, "Lazarus Blood", blood which imitated the regenerative abilities of the Lazarus Pit, complete with its brain-degrading symptoms. Similar to his New Earth counterpart, Death Man became a Japanese crime-lord who killed Mr. Unknown, worked with Leviathan, fought Batman in space, and was shot into the atmosphere.

His unconscious body was recovered by Ra's al Ghul and his servants. Ra's has Lord Death Man placed in a siphoning device in order to drain the Lazarus Pit fluids from his body. Ra's intends to restore the pits and give life to his new League of Assassins who have been dubbed the Sons of Batman. The league disposed of Lord Death Man upon realizing his blood carried insanity-inducing effects.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Immortality: Due to possessing "Lazarus blood" Lord Death Man is incapable of dying from conventional and even extreme means of death due to his regenerative powers.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: Lord Death Man is capable of not only returning from death, but from any amount of damage thus far inflicted upon him. His head and heart have been removed; his body has been sealed in a block of concrete; and finally, he has been reduced to cooked pieces of meat that were thrown into an active volcano — and yet he has always returned.

Abilities[]

Meditation: Death-Man has mastered the yoga art of controlling his body to mask his vital signs, creating the illusion of death. By entering a trance, Lord Death Man can will himself to essentially be dead, before he is resurrected. He also possess "True Awareness" which means Lord Death Man does not sleep.

Expert tactician: Lord Death Man is a highly skilled planner, using his techniques to fake his death in order to escape justice. He later became Japan's crime lord and orchestrated the deaths of many crime fighters. Later on he secretly funded a reward for his own capture in order to attract the attention of Harley Quinn.

- Leadership: Lord Deathman leads his own gang effectively and even trained his protege Flatline.

Expert Martial Artist: Lord death man is a skilled fighter able to fight the like of Batman, Talon, and Harley Quinn. He also possesses a Dim Mak techinque called "The death touch" which can energetically cause death in another person. He is also strong enough to rip off a man's arm off.
Expert Marksman: Lord Death Man is skilled with using firearms such as handguns and submachine guns. He was able to dual wield Tommy guns while driving a car hitting most of his intended targets.

High pain tolerance: Pain does not seem to faze Lord Death Man. Batman has shattered all four of his limbs, to little effect and Harley Quinn has bisected him with a chainsaw, dragged him across broken glass and set his disparate remains on fire.

Trivia[]

Lord Death Man was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff.
The character's original name was just "Death Man", with the "Lord" title being introduced in Jiro Kuwata's manga adaptation of the original story and being used ever since.
Hilariously enough, Lord Death Man appears to be a fan of Pokémon, as he states knowing the name of every single one of them, including their evolutions.
When asked about the reason for Lord Death Man's inclusion in the Harley Quinn series by the YouTuber Comic Drake, the writer Sam Humphries stated "I chose Lord Death Man because he f*cking rules. And his costume? It f*cking rocks. I mean, just look at the guy! He will always be cooler than you or me. Also, he doesn't die, so we could get away with Harley going ultra-violent on his ass. And he's not continuity poisoned by decades of contradictory American stories".

External Links[]

Lord Death Man on the DC Database
Lord Death Man on the Batman Wiki

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Biography[]

Earth One[]

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Origins[]

Batman Incorporated[]

Prime Earth[]

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