Hugo Strange
| Hugo Strange | |
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Cover to Batman: Gotham Knights #9 (November 2000); art by Brian Bolland | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #36 (February 1940) |
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| Team affiliations | Cabal |
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Hugo Strange is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character is one of Batman's first recurring villains, and was also one of the first to discover his secret identity. He first appeared in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940).
A notorious enemy of Batman, Hugo Strange has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, including animation, video games, and the live-action television series Gotham, where he is portrayed by BD Wong.