Signalman

A small time crook with a big opinion of himself, Phil Cobb went to Gotham City thinking that he would be accepted into one of its major crime gangs. He was told he needed to get himself a reputation first.

Walking the streets, he saw the Bat-signal in the night sky, and this inspired him to become the Signalman. He would use signals to give Batman clues to his crimes, and then he would use other signals to commit those crimes.

Although Batman foiled him twice, Signalman escaped and began making headlines for himself. His next caper involved stealing the Bat-boat; but against his own M.O., Cobb ignored a signal - a bell buoy - and he steered into a shoal, where he was captured.

Cobb managed to escape prison and sought to put a gang together. However, he discovered he was now known as "the guy Batman put in jail". He tried his signal crimes once more, but again he was captured by Batman.

Signalman relies mainly on gimmicks. He has used a gas-gun, miniature flares and remote controlled devices that change signals of an electronic nature.