Fox has released the first batch of photos from the penultimate episode (“A Legion of Horribles”) of Gotham‘s second season, and they reveal the first look at Brian McManamon as Basil Karlo, a.k.a. the original Clayface.
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Hugo Strange welcomes a familiar face to GOTHAM after he resurrects Fish Mooney in Indian Hill. Later, Bruce discovers a friend is in danger and teams up with Gordon, Alfred and Lucius, while uncovering more of Strange’s experiments.
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Basil Karlo made his first appearance in Detective Comics #40 (June 1940) and was created by Bob Kane. He was a once-famous actor who went insane with rage when he learned that The Terror, a classic horror film he starred in, was being remade without him. To exact his revenge, Karlo dressed up as the film’s villain, Clayface, and killed members of the cast in the order in which their characters died in the film.
At that time, Karlo didn’t possess any super-powers, but that all changed when he reappeared in 1989’s “The Mud Pack” story arc of Detective Comics. The four-part series featured Karlo joining forces with the other incarnations of Clayface — Preston Payne, Matt Hagen and Sondra Fuller — to take down Batman. After they were defeated, Karlo imbued himself with shape-shifting abilities by taking samples from his downed allies (who he tricked) and injecting the samples into himself.
Guest Cast: Kit Flanagan as The White Haired Woman, Clare Foley as Ivy Pepper, BD Wong as Hugo Strange, Tonya Pinkins as Ethel Peabody, Michelle Veintimilla as Firefly/Bridgit, Brian McManamon as Basil, Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney
“Wrath of the Villains: A Legion of Horribles” episode of Gotham will air Monday, May 16 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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