Oz Cobb

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Oswald Cobb (The Batman Saga)

The Batman Saga

Real Name

Oswald "Oz" Cobb[1]

Main Alias

Penguin

Other Aliases

Oswald Cobblepot[2]

Relatives

Unnamed grandmother (deceased)

Unnamed grandfather (deceased)

Francis Cobb (mother)

Unnamed father

Jack Cobb (brother, deceased)[3]

Benny Cobb (brother, deceased)[3]

Affiliation

Penguin's Crew ·

Formerly Falcone Crime Family,[4]

Maroni Crime Family[3]

Base Of Operations

Gotham City

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Public Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Criminal

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Origin

Universe

The Batman Saga

Creators

Bill Finger · Bob Kane

First Appearance

Before The Batman: An Original Movie Novel

(February 1, 2022)

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The world wasn't built for guys like us. That's why we gotta take whatever we decide is ours. 'Cause no one's gonna give it to us, not without a fight.

The Penguin

The Penguin (real name Oz Cobb) is a sardonic, ruthless, and power-hungry criminal in Gotham City. Once the lieutenant to crime lord Carmine Falcone, he was one of the earliest enemies of the Batman, and aspired to make his way through to the top of the city's criminal empires.

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History

Early life and career

Oswald "Oz" Cobb was born and raised, along with his brothers Jack and Benny, in Gotham City, New Jersey by their mother Francis. Growing up in a low-income neighborhood, Oz came to admire local mob boss Rex Calabrese, who garnered great respect from those around him, even leading to a small parade when he passed away. Usually, Oz and his brothers had fun going to the Gotham City Subway, which were abandoned after the reforms of the previous mayors. After the deaths of his brothers, Oz tried to cheer up his mother, who fell into a depression, and managed to encourage her to move forward, frequenting a jazz club.[3][5][6]

Oz grew up to be a cruel and impulsive criminal, becoming a personal driver for gangster Pinchy Rovegno. He earned the nickname "Penguin" from his plump figure and waddling limp, caused by clubfoot. Among his criminal activities, the Penguin participated in a drug deal with Link Tsai, a member of the Triads, but failed to give him any of the money. Later, he became romantically involved with a stripper, Eve Karlo, who became one of his confidants.[1][3][6]

Work with the Falcones

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Working as a driver for the Falcones

After Pinchy's death by an informant, Oz was brought on a member of the Falcone Crime Syndicate, working as a driver for his new boss, Carmine Falcone. The Penguin formed a close friendship with Carmine's daughter, Sofia during his time as a driver for her. However, because Sofia sought to reveal to the press about how her father killed seven women, Oz betrayed her, telling Carmine, who blamed her for the murders, causing Sofia to be admitted to Arkham State Hospital, allowing Oz to take Sofia's place and operate as Carmine's right-hand man. He became one of the major proprietors of drops and other drugs as part of a tight drug ring the Falcones took over from Sal Maroni and used to effectively control the city, with many government officials on Carmine's payroll.[3][7][4]

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Oz Cobb in the Iceberg Lounge

Oz also became the manager of the Iceberg Lounge, their primary hangout space. With the money he earned, the Penguin purchased a residence and made occasional visits to his mother, who was beginning to become confused as the years progressed. Nine years later, in 2021, the Penguin attempted to export military-grade explosives into the city to create a new finance ring for the mob, and rise even further in the criminal underworld. However, the newly emerged vigilante Batman stopped the dealings, which brought tension between Carmine and Oz, though they continued their work together.[4][6][2][1]

The Riddler killings

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Interrogated by Gordon and the Batman

In 2022, the serial killer known as the Riddler began targeting and slaughtering Gotham's corrupt elite, all tying back to Carmine Falcone. While overseeing a shipment of drops, the Penguin was attacked by the Batman, who interrogated him, falsely believing him to be the rat who helped Falcone take control of Maroni's drug operation. The Penguin helped him solve one of the Riddler's puzzles, revealing Falcone as the rat, and allowing the Batman to get even closer to taking the Riddler down.[4]

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Oz overlooks his new empire

As the Riddler killed more and more of Falcone's major associates, his criminal empire started to lose its power. After Falcone was apprehended by the police, the Riddler fatally shot Falcone with a sniper rifle before he himself was captured. After the Riddler's followers attacked and flooded most of the city, the Penguin prepared to take control of the Falcone Crime Syndicate on his own.[4][1]

Gang war in Gotham

A week after the flood, the Penguin headed to the destroyed Iceberg Lounge, where he ran into Alberto, Falcone's drug-addicted, party-going son and the successor to the criminal empire. During his talk with Alberto, he told him about his childhood and how he was protected by Calabrese, expressing his desire to be like him, but with Alberto mocking him because he would never reach the top, the Penguin was filled with anger and guided by his instincts, he shot Alberto, before realizing the mistake he had made. Through Alberto's phone, he found out about the drop ship that would take place, so he had plans to dock the shipment.

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Taking a protégé

Taking the corpse to hide it, the Penguin encountered a gang of teenage thieves and ran into the stuttering young man, Victor Aguilar, who lost his family during the flood. Instead of killing him, the Penguin formed a friendly bond with him and made him his right-hand man and protégé. In the midst of the discussions of the Falcone Criminal Syndicate, Sofia, who left Arkham State Hospital reformed, began to suspect Falcone's disappearance, threatening and chasing the Penguin to find out what happened to Alberto. Despite his attempts to flee, the Penguin, guided by his mother, sought to make an alliance with Sal Maroni to achieve the drop. While being humiliated and tortured by Sofia, the Penguin refused to answer what happened to Alberto, laughing when she saw a car, driven by Victor, arrive at the base, revealing Alberto's corpse. Avoiding suspicion against him, the Penguin decided to take the drop cargo and reach the top by himself.[1]

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An unlikely alliance

Allied with the Maroni Crime Family, the Penguin sided with both the Falcones and the Maronis during their gang war, but the Maronis did not take him seriously, as the Falcones searched for an inside man among them. With the arrival of Carmine's brother, Luca Falcone, the Penguin sought to frame the insufferable underboss of the family, Johnny Viti, attempting to use images of Viti having an affair with Luca's wife to frame him without success due to Vic's failure in his part of planting jewelry in Viti's car. Frustrated that Luca was seeking to get rid of her, Sofia contacted the Penguin, who met with her and agreed to form a circumstantial alliance to overthrow Luca. With Sofia's plan to traffic a new drug she tested in Arkham known as Bliss that would give people relief, the Penguin and Sofia looked for buyers to help them, allying themselves with the leader of the Triads, Feng Zhao, whom they convinced after blackmailing Viti with revealing his affair with Luca's wife.[3][6]

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"I'm doing you a solid. Your son's a talker."

In the middle of delivering merchandise at a party, the Penguin and Vic had a heated argument, in which Vic decided to resign from being his assistant, while he tried to apologize to Sofia, but was rescued by Vic from Sal's wife, Nadia Maroni, leaving Sofia behind. After burning his car and with his betrayal revealed to both Sofia and the Maronis, Penguin assembled a crew of his trusted associates, carrying out the kidnapping of Sal and Nadia's son and crime family heir, Taj Maroni, using him to trade for the stolen Bliss. Penguin arrived at the exchange, managing to steal the drugs and burning Nadia and Taj alive for their betrayal, but soon realized that much of the mushrooms were rotten before receiving a call from Sal, who revealed that he escaped from Blackgate Penitentiary after killing Mikey Stone, one of Penguin's associates, and threatened to exact revenge. While Sal and Sofia, who killed all the Falcones and founded her new crime syndicate, the Gigante Crime Family, teamed up to kill Penguin, he, Vic and Francis hid from their enemies while he and Vic found a new lair under the subway to produce Bliss.[6][5]