*Fun fact:* During the events of "No Man's Land", Croc formed a gang and took advantage of the chaos to extort items from the civilians. At one point, a poor child gives his stuffed animal Crocky (an anthropomorphic crocodile from a popular children's cartoon) to the reptile man and asks him to treat it kindly, causing a genuine laugh from Croc.

Bro, if Killer Croc was in the Marvel Universe, he would have been an X-Man 10 seconds flat.

It's not all bad for Waylon, he did get an amazing moment to shine when he saved Roy Harper's life. I forgot the comic name, but basically, Roy's happiest memory was revealed to be a night when he was fighting Waylon on a rooftop. This was after Green Arrow abandoned Roy for being a heroin addict and Roy was picking fights with villains until one managed to kill him. Waylon figures this out midfight, stops and basically tells Roy to straighten his life out instead of giving up and letting someone assist in suicide. A later comic shows the two talking while also revealing that Waylon became Roy's rehab sponsor. Roy was disowned and cast out by everyone closest to him, and yet Killer Croc was the only one willing to support him.

I have never thought of killer croc as a human. And now I feel so bad because of it. He went through hell and he never deserved this. No one does

The Jokers asylum story is really sad ngl. croc killed somebody who truly thought of him as an equal or family just because he had trust issues. i feel for the guy

I don't know what is more cursed, the relationship between Croc and Baby Doll or the fact that it is still more morally acceptable than Bruce and Barbara's.

Surprisingly, Edgar actually was the most interesting character in the story, IMO. He doesn't seem to be inherently bad but seemed to have been manipulated for some good time down this path. You can see this by the end when he looked sad as if he realized he and Waylon were both manipulated and probably seeming to regret going down that path. He reminds me of Macbeth (from the famous Shakespeare play) He also seemed to genuinely trust and care for Waylon as a comrade. You can see this at the end when he has his back turned to him while knowing full well how angry and manipulated he is at that moment. He had hope he'd still have some trust in him and give the matter more thought but his hope was never fulfilled.

I would have hired this man in a heartbeat. He seems like he can handle manual labor really well and probably wouldn't mind having to work in hot environments. Even with no work experience, an entry level construction or warehouse job really could have set this guy on the right path.

Killer Croc really is one of the more sympathetic villains as *he constantly tries to find happiness* in different ways as he constantly is treated as an outcast and monster, everyone saw him as a killing machine when in reality he was forced to become said killing machine, and only now and then has he found new ways to find happiness. *Croc actually can be a good person, because Killer Croc helped Roy Harper/aka Speedy/Red Arrow to kick his heroin addiction all thanks to Waylon's help and support.* Croc was even once *in love with a fellow villain and Suicide Squad member June Moone/aka The Enchantress* , Waylon fell in love with June because she saw the real him and she fell in love with the caring man he was and *the two actually had an incredibly wholesome relationship for a while, both helping each other as partners and June was even able to teach Waylon how to read and write and Waylon helped June get her dream job in graphic design in New York* . For a time in his life, *Waylon felt happiness that he finally had someone who loved him for who he is.*

I remember in Arkham Asylum, Batman writes off Killer Croc as "...just an animal." Even before I knew his backstory, I felt that he was being way too harsh. Then again, in the Arkham Canon, Croc's cannabilism seems to be far more prominent.

Killer Croc is often portrayed as mindless muscle, which is a shame because stories like this prove you can do a lot more with the character.

Something that I wish more batman media does is have Batman call the villians by their real names. In the animated series, thats how he always talked to them if he wanted to get them help or try to convince them to surrender. That was until he became battle hardened near the end.

I feel like killer croc always had the potential to be redeemed like Plas, If only the society he grew up in was better or people like thomas wayne or like the kents were there for him, I'm pretty sure he would've ended up as a cool superhero. But unfortunately, most stories in DC is mostly a sad and a tragic one...That's why Batman chooses not to kill unless he literally has no other choice, cause deep down he hopes that all of these people can change for the better like Mr. Freeze or Plas...

Edgar is the only one that actually seemed to care for killer croc, didn’t seem like it was only for how he was useful. Edgar wanted him to be in the house and treated as family when Juliet was against it.

This story just makes me feel bad for both Croc and Edgar, who I think genuinely thought of Croc as his only trustworthy companion left. In a better world, it'd've just been Edgar and Croc, livin' as kings. Even if it was a bloody one, it's happier for Croc than what he got.

croc in the suit and tie looks kinda spiffy id hire that man in an instant

Between Juliette and Edgar I wholeheartedly believe that Juliette is the bigger monster. Edgar may have rescued Waylon to use him as a hitman but he was one of the few people to not only treat Waylon as a person but a friend even to the very end of his life. He's still very much in the wrong for having Waylon keep his wife prisoner and leads a criminal organization but as a person he still shows more good humanity than his wife. Meanwhile Juliette may have started out the same way and treated Waylon as a person but over time she grew to see him not for who he was but what. She went from showing him compassion to being very callous towards him. Part of it could be due to her imprisonment but the majority seems to stem from manipulation. She's not loyal to Edgar or Waylon and was more than happy to throw either of them away even after they gave her what she wanted. What makes it worse is how she only started speaking kindly to Waylon again when it was her life on the line. Edgar was flawed but he still has his good side. Juliette meanwhile grew to represent the worst in humanity in every way.

I wonder if there's ever been a comic detailing Killer Croc's first act of cannibalism. Eating someone would probably be the final straw separating him from humanity and it would be interesting to see how Waylon reacted to commiting such a heinous act.

I wish you had also talked about the last pannel in the 2nd comic Waylon looks absolutely defeated, miserable, tired…a whole month he spent with those people and he lost them because of greed, manipulated by a woman he thought cared for him, like the mother he never met, only for her last words to be directed at the man shooting him to not stop

What’s wild to me is that Croc has a great origin story to be a hero. Not only that but with all the other freaks flying around and punching through walls in the DC universe, you’d think one of them would take croc in under their wing and show him a path of good. But maybe it was too late and he wasn’t found soon enough by the right people. So he ends up embracing the monster people made him out to be.

The thing that made me change my perspective on croc was that he helped speedy thru his lowest point. Speedy (green arrows sidekick) wanted to be suicidal and went to killler croc and fight him. Croc figured it out and refused to do so. They talked about it and formed a friendship. Speedy sometimes checks in on Waylone but he don’t sound like a monster to me after that comic. Funny enough everybody can agree that joker needs to die. But every other Batman villain is redeemable to an extent. Or at least the ones that I’m thinking of rn.

If I were an adult who came across child Waylon, I'd totally try to raise him up to be a superhero called "Dinoman" or something like that xD

Me as a kid: I like Killer Croc because he's a reptile. Me now: Dang, Killer Croc seems like a chill guy when you actually treat him like a human. It's actually kinda sweet to see Waylon Jones being treated with respect and love, by Edgar, it only sucks that he was manipulated by the lady in the end.

Killer Croc is one of those characters that gets more interesting the more you dig, turning a monstrous creature, into the most fleshed out and tragic human, who doesn’t see himself like that after how much society treated him as such.

I would love to see a Marvel/DC story where Kraven is in Gotham and hunts down Killer Croc, Man Bat, and Batman

I never once thought of Croc as someone suffering. I just thought he did what he does because he feels powerful, strong, and that no one can stop him. In reality, its only because people only see the outside of him...and he resents that

People say Edgar was playing croc in this nah Bro was loyal that's what makes me the saddest he didn't even put a fight for Waylon.😢

I wonder if there's a story out there where rogues that "Used to be human" decided to have a night on the town together. People like Killer Croc, Clayface, Man-Bat, just deciding to hang together for a night since nobody else is gonna, might tone down some of these sad and lonely stories if they had some buddies who were living the exact same life.

Edgar was the most tragic character there. He took Waylon in, took care of him, treated him like a friend, made him one fo the most powerful men in Gotham, and in return got killed for no reason after realizing his wife was doing "stuff" behind his back.

Waylon messed up by forgetting the golden rule "Bros before hoes"

A little fact: Croc also became the sponsor for Roy Harper after he tried to get croc to unalive him. I remember Jason Todd going to croc when Roy Harper went missing

“He always finds good in people” Also Batman: *BEATS A JAYWALKER TO A VEGETATIVE STATE*

This is how you do a sad and endearing super villain story. Most of the fucking time, its just 'super villain lost family and now is taking revenge' or 'super villain was betrayed and now hates the world'

As a Florida resident, I find this story very relatable.

Batman is one of the most varied characters for me, the best batman is the good one, seeing the best in people where possible, and being the best a human can be, whereas in others hes overly violent at times and beyond human, surviving unbelievable things like re-entry

Killer Croc is like if Raphael was a Crocodile and didn't have his brothers or Splinter.

I could swear Queen made a song about him…

I’ve always thought that a movie of Waylon Jones’ transformation into Killer Croc would do well in theaters, kinda like what Todd Phillips did with Joker. But if they really were to do a Croc movie, they’d either have to go really heavy with special effects, or have something like Suicide Squad Croc (which I bet not a lot of people want to see). Hell, they could even mold him into an anti-hero.

Theres an extra layer to this as in the Arkham Knight DLC with Croc we learn that his "mutation" can be accelerated through physical trauma, causing any damage to grow back more monstrous than before which might lead one to believe rhat what his aunt did effectively locked in Waylons fate right from the get-go

Spending almost half a minute on an intro distinguishing Killer Croc from the Lizard just to set up a joke that he looks like the Lizard... genius.

I like in the Injustice comics, Croc actually gets married to a lady Super villain named Orca.

When it comes to Killer Croc he's hand down my favorite Batman villain period. His backstory is sad and tragic where it's like cut him some slack universe. I feel like he could be a cool anti-hero like I could see him being a member of the Outlaws with Jason Todd, Roy Harper and Starfire as the muscle of the group or the current Outlaws with Bizarro, Artemis and Jason.

I think that this is what I liked on the first Suicide Squad movie, as Harley speaks to Waylon like a normal person and you can see a spark of humanity in him as he reacts to her and then when they all band together at the Bar.

He would make a pretty cool hero character

The ending💀💀

I'd love to see a Batman movie where cops are scared to go in the sewers because of what they find down there and Batman unravels the mystery of Croc's past only to realize that Croc isn't a bad guy just misunderstood. Then at the end he even helps Batman defeat the main villain.

The sad part is, I know exactly how he feels, my whole life people have feared me for the way I look, ignoring my heart, or my well intentions, Reading this comic book really made me cry, some of us walk around our whole lives, feeling like Wreck-It Ralph, unloved and abused😔❤️‍🩹

I always found it funny how croc is either a green scaly human or lizard if he aggressively snacked on mcdonalds on the daily, i personally like the fat lizard design because it has a charm and i find humanoid reptiles creepy as hell.

When it comes to Killer Croc, I root for him instead of rooting for the rest of the world, specifically because it was the world and the people around him that forced him into this way of life. Nobody even gave him a chance to be a good person.

Croc being tricked into killing the only person that cared about him by the wife is just brutal.

Man, he felt happy and accepted for once, and he was just being used, poor Waylon... I was so happy for him, reading Injustice, when he married Orca and found out he was going to be a father, later dissapearing with her to start a new life, seemingly without anyone ever finding them. You go, you beautiful beast of nature.

The best versions of batman is the one that empathizes with his villains and doesnt see them as enemies but as hurt ans mentally damaged/ill people, and he will always initially try to go out of his way to try to help/save them before he is forced take them down. Hell, even way into his career as batman, and has encountered some of his villians numerous times at this/that point, he still tries to help them and convince them to give up their villanous/evil ways and that he can help them. Batman just wants to help these people. He relates to them because just like them to some degree, he too was affected by an unfair and cruel world and because of that experience he too became badly mentally ill and wants to avoid more people being damaged like he was. In some ways, batman is still that little boy that unfortunately lost his parents, doing his best to avoid any other kid having to go through similar experiences to him or any one of his villians. Thats also part of the reason as to why he doesn't want to kill them/his villians and why he sends them to a mental asylum and not a maximum security prison.

This dude scared the hell out of me as a kid in the Arkham series. But now I feel for the big man. He just needs an honest soul around him.

Honestly, I would love to see an alternate reality, where Killer Croc ends up becoming a hero. Maybe Batman takes him under his wing? (Pun partially intended.) Maybe he’s brought into Justice League Dark? (I know that group is about magic, but I feel like he would fit in pretty well among characters like Constantine and Swamp-Thing.)

He kinda reminds me of this NPC in my DnD campaign, called Rafael. He was born in a very hostile environment. His father turned him into a monster and forced him to do terrible things. When he finally had enough, he killed his father and burned their house down, making sure his sister and butler got out safe. He died.... Or so he thought. Turns out his powers granted him a form of immortality, but it all came with a cost. For 1200 years he was a prisoner in his body, as it moved and acted "on its own accord". I would say more, but maybe it's best if some things... are kept a secret....

At least earth one killer croc got the help he needed from Batman but it does make me wish our cannon version was accepted by someone.🐱

I always thought Killer Croc would be an interesting anti-hero type character. Of course I love him as a villain, but imagine the Bat Family accepting Croc into their home and maybe treating him better than anyone else. Now imagine Killer Croc being Batman's go to guy for dealing with any missions that might involve the sewer or any water. Imagine Jason Todd and Croc going after drug dealers and stuff. Could be cool

This is my personal opinion but I feel like Killer Croc will be more accepted if he ever went to live at Atlantis. Killer Croc versus a Broken Man who wants to be left alone

I've been anti social most of my life and as such I've no friend circle and so except my family everyone treats me as somewhat of an outcast. That's why I feel very sympathetic towards characters that are treated differently just because of their features or personality. My heart goes out to all such suffering souls. You're not outcast you're unique♥️

Leatherhead from TMNT and Killer Croc need to have a deep conversation together Share their suffering and pain, and become the Croc Combo, giving their fellow reptiles a good name

6:56 Bro how does Croc look SO GOOD in that outfit

Killer Croc is a shining example of when the "monster" isn't a monster, but humanity is.

He really just wants to belong... somewhere. But just about everyone either uses, shuns, betrays or fails him. Just because he's different. But still human, despite his massive mutations. But how can you even DARE trust anyone, when ones life has been filled with such complete hatred and rejection? Being an outcast can be such a curse. But even then, there us hope. Croc still has hope, but he rarely ever gets to feel happy. Truly depressing, but also heartwarming. Hope remains.

I wish I could give Waylon a planet sized-hug, the man hasn’t deserved any of this 🥺

Now that I think about it I have not once considered Croc’s backstory ever or that it may be tragic at all. He’s always presented as unabashedly evil and savage in whatever he’s in.

The end of the video caught me off guard 😭

That is truly a tragic tale. Great recap

What a fantastic story, holy crap. Didn’t know I was such a fan of the croc until this.

the ending got me hanging 💀

Damn that's sad. Thank you for making this video 🤌

This really hit’s because in one of the Arkham games he says to Batman “I HOPE YOU SUFFER BATMAN LIKE IVE SUFFERED”

I'm binging all your videos rn and I love them so much!! The narrating and the editing is so so good please keep it up :) !!

Gah damn. I never knew he was like this. Most portrayals of him are as just a ruthless thug, with the exception of that 90's episode of Batman, where he teamed up with, I think her name was Baby Doll (the "adult child" actress who had growth problems that gave her mental issues)? Batman villains were always the best, they should have represented him better in all his animated counterparts, too. This would be an amazing episode of a modern show for Batman, or simply a series of short movies.

Bro you gave me some mad love for killer croc that's dope thanks for making this video man

You’re a good story teller I got so caught up in the story it didn’t feel like a comic explain anymore but a movie.

This is honestly heartbreaking !

Waylon is easily a character I love dearly for sure, and hope to see more of him in the future Also that ending ☠️

The fact that a villain like him can just be this broken inside is just heartbreaking killer croc is just my favourite character now he just wants to be treated like a human and not a monster thats just so heartwarming that he is still a broken man in the inside being manipulated into killing the people that took care of him and how he was jusst so done with life and ending his killing spree and went back to the prison or smth just breaks my heart…

Batman just has the most interesting villains ever. All of them really have their own stories and identities and man, I will always love learning more about them. Great vid.

As soon as she called herself a “perfect” pet, I knew she was going to betray him.

Its sad for people who dont know this character or his lore even tho hes a fictional character you still have to feel really bad about his own reputation

Reminder that in Injustice Croc got married to Orca in an honestly pretty sweet ceremony. The wedding was attended by what remained of the suicide squad and was officiated by a talking gorilla. It was nice seeing Croc finally get to be happy.

The way u narrated this is truly beautiful, really fittin voice, i love all of ur vids theyre so good :)) keep up the good stuff man !! Best comic related channel ive seen so far.

He may be somewhat sadistic and barbaric, but knowing what’s he’s been through in his life and time at the asylum. It’s not hard to see why he is the way he is

Since Gotham was flooded at the end of the last movie, I think it would be cool if in ‘The Batman 2’ Killer Croc was the villain and was just lurking around in the flooded streets of Gotham eating people

Being one thing on the outside that everyone sees and expects me to be while being someone else on the inside is... extremely relatable to me. If I could meet Waylon, I'd be friends with him in a heartbeat

.... Holy crap. I had no idea Killer Croc had that much depths to him. Thanks for sharing it.... that was beautiful in a tragic way.

The dude who interviewed Weylon 100% had that coming. Dude was just poking him to feel superior and feel powerful over a guy who clearly has a lot of psychological trauma.

KC is the ONLY villian that genuinely scares me. I wouldn't say I havce a phobia of crocs or gators... I just respect them enough to know that if I'm in the presence of one, something has gone terribly wrong. An ancient predator, a dinosaur that hasn't evolved in a million years because it had alreay been perfected. An unthinking, uncaring, avatar of nature. Just something that has to do what it has to do. Now imagine all of that as a person. Yeah, nah.

Killer croc has always been my favourite Batman villian cause under all those scales he not only has a heart, he just wants to be left alone since he knows despite how.people treat him or talk to him, he'll always be the monster they fear weather he likes it or not

Holy shit your voice is great for story telling

I remember back in 2011 when I watched a video about a guy making a video about this Killer Croc comic. I was surprised because before that I thought that Killer Croc was just a mindless monster. The same guy made about Doctor Octopus, his sad backstory and the period where he was the superior Spider-Man and once again I thought that Doctor Octopus was just a typical mad scientist before that.

11.42 this part caught me off guard.

Thats why croc is my 2nd fav super villian. Such a good and sad story and what a badass villian

Ever since playing the Lego Batman video game with killer croc, he has been my favourite Batman villain aside from the Eraser. But I never really saw anyone flesh out his character so thank you!

Killer Croc: "I am a victim of prejudice!" 😢 Judge: "Dude, you literally eat human heads for fun and you didn't think twice before robbing the circus freaks that kindly accepted you as one of them. You're going to the f*cking gas chamber!" Killer Croc: "F*ck..."

Man, I wanna give Waylon a hug.

He jumped scared me in a batman game once, never forgiven

Aw bro this is so sad i just want to run up and give this big crocodile a big hug and tell him he is a good man not a monster 😭😭😭😭

I love him and I'll protect him at any cost but, imagine just IMAGINE seeing killer crock from the Arkham games on the sewer by accident