Birdbrained

Celebrating a Deathday™ (September 10, 1997): Web-footed criminal mastermind Oswald Cobblepot of Gotham City, USA. Raised by sewer-dwelling penguins, the gadget-happy ornithologist turned to a life of crime after his dastardly trick umbrellas failed to woo the heart of cat-suited prick-teaser Julie Newmar. In his prime time, the squawking, top-hat-and-monocled "Penguin" proved a wily foe for Police Commissioner Gordon and dunderheaded Chief O’Hara. Tooling about in his tricked-out Pengymobile and ably assisted by the deviously-monikered, bowler-hatted henchman — Hawkeye, Swordfish, Pushbroom, Dustbag and Thingamabob — he unleashed smoke bombs, itching powder, exploding gum, hand buzzers and whoopee cushions on unsuspecting, law-abiding citizenry and watched the bedlam ensue. His Iceberg Lounge was a successful money-laundering front before being shuttered for repeated code violations by millionaire Bruce Wayne and nut-thrusting sidekick Burt Ward. Cobblepot would eventually see the errors of his ways and trade in his purple tuxedoes for Champion® gym wear to become the boxing cornerman of legendary “eye-talian stallion” Robert “Rocky” Balboa, Sr. Bloody hell. Happy Anni-hearse-ary™, Citizen Waddler.