

Squid then shoots ink onto Nelson's face as Dr. Wald to Nelson as she stated that she has been understanding the nature of magic for thirty years trying to find a way to bring Abyss to her. As Squid drags Manteau away, Ex Nihilo reveals her true identity as Dr. Squid then knocks out Manteau as Baroness Resin regresses back to Nelson Jent. Baroness Resin and Manteau try to find a way to attack Abyss where Manteau ends up throwing a chair at Abyss making him disappear. Ex Nihilo tries to merge with Abyss which doesn't work. It was revealed that Ex Nihilo was the one who rescued Squid from falling through half-formed worlds and ephemeral realities to bring Abyss to them. King's apartment, they run into Ex Nihilo and Squad as they witness the arrival of Abyss. When Nelson Jent (in the form of Baroness Resin) and Manteau arrive at Mr. Įx Nihilo and Squid have each started to seek out a specific man to fill out the emptiness. Before leaving, the Squid warns that whatever is causing the string of comas is coming back, and that Squid needs it to come back. Squid explains that the snail-man was not quite what he seemed. Wald (Ex Nihilo's alter-ego), who is hearing over the phone from Vernon Boyne that Nelson escaped in a cab. Meanwhile, Squid returns to the hospital and pays a visit to Dr. Upon feeling his powers failing, Iron Snail escapes into an alley and escapes in a cab as Nelson. Upon arriving at the hospital, Nelson ends up fighting Squid in the hospital. Sensing something is wrong, Nelson heads to the phone booth and turns into Iron Snail. When Nelson Jent wonders what his next move will be, Squid infiltrates the hospital and kills Darren Hirsch.

Squid escapes from his cage and agrees that he will help deal with Ex Nihilo's problems merely on principle, despite his great disdain for his "captor". In The New 52 (a reboot of the DC Comics universe), Squid is shown as a prisoner of Ex Nihilo. Squid tried to flee using one of Abyss's portals to return to his homeworld, but the Abyss was disoriented at the time, and sent the Squid to someplace else, the precise details unknown even to Abyss himself. Chris and Vicki used their H-Dials to combat Squid and Abyss where they ended up defeating them. They start in Fairfax which was home to Chris King and Vicki Grant. The second character called "The Squid" is an alien who arrived on Earth with Abyss to commit a string of robberies. The alien Squid II makes his first cover appearance. He was seen peddling a new drug called "Icarus" throughout the streets of Chinatown. Once again, he has a pet giant squid (who is also named Gertrude) which he uses to dispatch his foes. In The New 52 timeline, the Squid is re-established with a different appearance. Most of the bosses refused to join Intergang and were killed for that, but the Squid's final fate was unknown. In Post-Crisis continuity (as seen in 52), the Squid returned and was one of the crime bosses sought out/captured by Bruno Mannheim of the Intergang. Eventually the villain Killer Croc (who was once a part of the Squid's gang) kills the Squid by shooting him from a rooftop. Batman was able to barely escape from the tank with his life. In an attempt to gain control of the Gotham underworld, he and his crew succeeded in capturing Batman and feeding him to Gertude. He also was able to capture a giant squid which he named "Gertrude", which he kept in a huge aquarium in his hideout, usually feeding his foes to it. He sets up a hideout in an old warehouse near the piers. įollowing the fall of Rupert Thorne and Tony Falco, he was poised to fill the vacuum left by Rupert Thorne and Tony Falco. Batman is wounded in the process, and the Squid trails him and tries to finish the job without success.
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He and his gang stole a satchel full of important documents that Batman eventually recovers. Clement Carp) is a crime lord and master criminal in Gotham City.


The Squid watches his pet giant squid Gertrude try to kill the Batman on the cover of Batman #357.
