Monk
He is the first costumed villain of Batman's. A vampire with an ability to turn into a wolf.
Name:
Monk
Publisher:
Real name:
Niccolai Tepes
Aliases:
- Richard Rallstone
- Louis DuBois
- The Mad Monk
- Niccolai Tepes
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Animal Control
- Hypnosis
- Immortal
- Invulnerability
- Longevity
- Magic
- Psychic
- Shape Shifter
- Stamina
- Super Strength
- Unarmed Combat
- Vampirism
Origin
The Monk is a vampire along with his assistant/ sister Dala. The Monk was once a post-Civil War plantation owner in New Orleans named Louis DuBois. He and Dala are attacked by their vengeful ex-slaves and subjected to a voodoo ritual which transforms them into the undead. They move to Gotham where they lure Batman into a trap by using Bruce Wayne's fiancee, Julie Madison, as bait. The Monk places Julie in a hypnotic trance. After rescuing Julie, Batman kills the Monk and Dala by shooting them with silver bullets as they lay in their coffins.
Dala later appears alive and romantically engaged with Dick Grayson as part of the Monk's plan. Batman is transformed into a vampire by the Monk but is eventually cured by a serum administered by a priest/exorcist named Father Green. In the end, Father Green leaves Gotham with the Monk and Dala as his captives, suggesting that he had been pursuing them for a large time period.
Batman and the Mad Monk
This version of the Monk is called Niccolai
