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- Not to be confused with Mirror Master.
Mirror Man is the name of two different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Fictional character biography
Floyd Ventris
| Mirror Man | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #213 (November 1954) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Floyd Ventrix |
| Abilities | Genius-level intellect |
Floyd Ventris is a criminal who was detained at Gotham State Penitentiary. Using broken mirror shards, he distracts the guards long enough to escape from prison. Inspired by the mirrors, he became Mirror Man. Upon creating a machine that would enable him to see through objects, Mirror Man began targeting Batman so that he can find out his secret identity. He was able to see under Batman's cowl and discover his identity of Bruce Wayne. Though Batman later wrote a letter to the Gotham Gazette about the times they though he was falsely exposed as Bruce Wayne. This causes Mirror Man to get a similar image of Batman which fails as Mirror Man is defeated. When Mirror Man is incarcerated at Gotham State Penitentiary, Batman revealed that he used a special cowl made of mirrors which was the reason why Mirror Man failed to get another image of Batman's identity.[1]
Mirror Man later escapes from prison and begins another plan to expose Bruce Wayne as the true identity of Batman. Bruce Wayne outwits Mirror Man's thugs at the Gotham Museum which is witnessed by Vicki Vale. Despite Batwoman's efforts to stop them, Mirror Man and his thugs escape. By Mirror Man's next attack, Vicki Vale hires an actor to pose as Bruce Wayne in order to keep Batman's identity a secret even though she was unaware that Bruce had asked Alfred Pennyworth to impersonate Batman. When one of Mirror Man's thugs finds out about Vicki's hoax, Mirror Man and his thugs are defeated by Batman and taken to GCPD Headquarters. Wayne appears at the police department causing Mirror Man's theory to be dropped.[2]
Following the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline, Mirror Man is among the villains that were sprung from Gotham State Penitentiary by Ra's al Ghul.[3]
Mirror Man II
The second Mirror Man appears during the "Gotham Underground" storyline. He is an unnamed African-American man who is a part of the New Rogues which were assembled by Penguin. As this group is modeled after the Rogues, Mirror Man is modeled after Mirror Master.[4]
During the "Final Crisis" storyline, Mirror Man and the New Rogues are enlisted by Libra to get the Rogues back into the Secret Society of Super Villains. He fought Mirror Master who was able to use his mirrors to blind Mirror Man and then strangle him with one of Trickster's springs.[5]
Powers and abilities
The Floyd Ventris version of Mirror Man has genius-level intellect and uses devices that are themed with mirrors.
The New Rogues version of Mirror Man uses Mirror Master's special mirrors in battle.
In other media
Mirror Man appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "A Bat Divided." He is seen at a bar where the villains hang out when Firestorm and the three Batmen arrive.
References
External links
- Mirror Man (Floyd Ventris) at DC Comics Wiki
- Mirror Man (New Rogues version) at DC Comics Wiki
