![]() ![]() Though Batman easily beat Electrocutioner, a second assassin, Deathstroke, ambushed the proceedings. Oswald was contacted by one of the would be assassins, Electrocutioner, and lured Batman to the Final Offer so that Batman and Electrocutioner could fight in his arena. Oswald initially believed Batman to be a myth, but was convinced otherwise after a 50 million dollar bounty was placed on Batman by a mysterious new player. However, the weapons contained hidden technologies that ensured that the buyers would be loyal to him. He eventually concocted an insidious scheme to get various gangs under his control, offer the gangbangers military grade weaponry for free on Christmas Eve. Turf wars with Roman Sionis and Carmine Falcone soon followed, but Oswald eventually gained an edge over them through his ruthlessness. As a means to legally insulate himself from his crimes, Oswald rarely left the ship, dealing primarily through intermediaries, who began referring to him the Penguin. When he came back to Gotham City, he was penniless and nursing a grudge against the Wayne family, despite it being his own father's folly that lost the family fortune.Īs Oswald secured a foothold in the illegal arms trade, he acquired a freighter from pirates, rechristened it The Final Offer, and converted it into his headquarters, incorporating a weapons store, a casino, and a gladiatorial arena to keep his men entertained. He took to skipping class to go hang around criminals and, in doing so, picked up quite a colorful education. Oswald himself was attending boarding school in England, where he was mocked for his short size and homely, hunched-over appearance. This did not stop Stanley Cobblepot, Oswald's father, from sinking the family fortune into the hotel chain until the family was bankrupt. The Wayne family hotel chain was, however, very successful while the Cobblepot chain was not. Oswald's descent into crime began in his grandfather's time, when Henry Cobblepot opened a hotel chain to compete against the one owned by one Judge Solomon Wayne. Despite his short stature, the Penguin is a wily foe whose umbrellas conceal a variety of deadly weapons and gadgets. Gotham's popular Iceberg Lounge serves as Cobblepot's front for a number of illegal financial activities that fund much of the city's underworld. ![]()
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