Clayface

Clayface is an alias used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Most incarnations of the character possess clay-like bodies and shapeshifting abilities, and all of them are adversaries of the superhero Batman. In 2009, Clayface was ranked as IGN's 73rd-greatest comic book villain of all time.

Clayface
The different versions of Clayface, from top to bottom: Sondra Fuller, Peter Malley (Clay-Thing), Preston Payne, Cassius Payne, Matt Hagen and Basil Karlo
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance(Karlo):
Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)
(Hagen):
Detective Comics #298 (December 1961)
(Payne):
Detective Comics #478 (August 1978)
(Fuller):
Outsiders #21 (July 1987)
(Cassius):
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27 (May 1994)
(Malley):
Batman #550 (January 1998)
(Russell):
Catwoman #1 (January 2002)
(Williams)
Batman: Gotham Knights #60 (February 2005)
Created by(Karlo):
Bill Finger (writer)
Bob Kane (artist)
(Hagen):
Bill Finger (writer)
Sheldon Moldoff (artist)
(Payne):
Len Wein (writer)
Marshall Rogers (artist)
(Fuller):
Mike W. Barr (writer)
Jim Aparo (artist)
(Cassius):
Doug Moench (writer)
Kelley Jones (artist)
(Malley):
Doug Moench (writer)
Kelley Jones (artist)
(Russell):
Ed Brubaker (writer)
Darwyn Cooke (artist)
(Williams):
A. J. Lieberman (writer)
Javier Pina (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoBasil "Baz" Karlo
Matthew "Matt" Hagen
Preston "Bill" Payne
Sondra Fuller
Cassius "Clay" Payne
Peter Malley
"Todd Russell"
Johnny Williams
Adaptations:
Chris Cassius
Ethan Bennett
Tanner Freyr
Virginia Devereaux
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliations(Karlo):
Secret Society of Super Villains
Injustice League
Batman Family
(Hagen):
Anti-Justice League
(Fuller):
Strike Force Kobra
(All):
Mud Pack
Notable aliases(Karlo):
The Ultimate Clayface
Clayface-Prime
(Fuller):
Lady Clay
(Malley):
Dr. Peter Malley
The Clay-Thing
Abilities(All):

(Karlo, Hagen, & Fuller):

  • Power replication

(Payne):

(Cassius):

  • Bio-fission

(Malley):

  • Death glare

A prominent enemy of Batman, Clayface has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, and has been voiced by Ron Perlman in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) and Alan Tudyk in Harley Quinn, among others, with live-action versions of the character appearing on the television series Gotham, portrayed by Brian McManamon, and Pennyworth, portrayed by Lorraine Burroughs.

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