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The Crooked Man

The Crooked Man

Character from an old english nursery rhyme.

Name:
The Crooked Man
Real name:
Aliases:
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Insanely Rich
  • Intellect
  • Marksmanship
First issue:
Four Color (1942) #59 Mother Goose And Nursery Rhyme Comics
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Origin

The Crooked Man is a character from an old 1840's english nursery rhyme. The original version goes like this:

"There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
and they all lived together in a little crooked house."

Creation

The nursery rhyme was written by James Orchard Halliwell and was first published in 1842.

Other Media

Video Games

The Wolf Among Us

In The Wolf Amoung Us The Crooked Man appears a number of times and is depicted as a highly intellectual gangster who prefers to use his brains or servants to get a job done.

Issues

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2014

November 2014

December 2014

February 2015

March 2015

July 2015

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October 2015

November 2015

February 2020

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