

With Clayface’s vast and nearly unstoppable abilities, the Joker knew he had all but conquered Arkham City.

Until it was far too late, Joker and his doppelganger even managed to hide the deadly yet truthful nature of the clowning duo from Hugo Strange, Batman, and for a brief period of time, Harley Quinn.
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Clayface interacts with Batman on numerous occasions, and countless others including Talia al Ghul, managing to fool and suede all within the city into believing that the Joker had made a full recovery. At the request of the Joker, Karlo poses as the healthy crazed Clown Prince of Crime and willingly carries out the vast amounts of chaos the actual Joker would if he was capable. At first, Karlo is reluctant to form an alliance with the dying clown, but is quickly convinced to aid the Joker and embroils himself in the Clown Prince of Crime’s last megalomaniac master plan.ĭespite not actually being imprisoned in Arkham City, Clayface has sided with the Joker for one key reason to play “the role of a lifetime”. Assuming the guise of numerous inmates and security personnel alike, the monstrous mudpack eventually makes contact with the Joker, who is revealed to be his cryptic employer. It was only after the real Warden Sharp was found did the guard realize his lethal mistake, but Clayface was long gone by that point.īasil Karlo enters Arkham City completely undetected. When the rescue teams of the GCPD swept through the ruined Asylum after Joker's plans, one uninformed guard believed that Sharp was trapped within the same cell Batman saw and let him out, while in reality it was simply Clayface taking advantage of the situation to finally escape. Clayface will mention how the warden left in a hurry despite Batman's insistence that he stay hidden, all while impersonating Commisioner Gordon. Clayface commended the detective for discovering his identity, and asked him to keep it a secret, as he had a reputation to keep.Īfter all but one of the hidden chronicles are found around Arkham, Quincy Sharp has disappeared from his santuary. His profile could then be read and the Riddler's riddle, "A case of mistaken identities?" was solved. Detective Mode revealed that the shapeshifter had no skeleton, and scanning him revealed him as Karlo/Clayface. When Batman turned around, a morphing noise sounded and in the cell appeared what seemed to be Commisioner Gordon. However, after rescuing the warden in the room above, another man looking like the warden appeared in the cell, claiming that the one rescued was an imposter and begged to be let out. What appeared to be security guard Aaron Cash was pacing behind the wall, urging Batman to let him out of the cell. The cell contained a female mannequin, white hand-prints, and excess Clayface goo. Inmate may be impersonating other personel". His malleable physical form makes him extremely difficult to injure or contain.īatman, while searching for Arkham Warden Quincy Sharp, came across a cell behind a clear wall with no bars.Can change his physical form, adopting the appearance of nearly anyone.While that group was defeated, Karlo tricked his allies, injecting himself with the essences of several of them, becoming a superhuman imbued with the abilities to change shape, melt others into protoplasm with a touch, and mimic the powers of heroes or villains he copies. Later, Karlo joined the Mud Pack, an alliance of shape-changing, mutated villains who had subsequently used the name Clayface. He took on the mask of the film's villain, "Clayface", and killed several of the remake's cast and crew before being stopped by Batman and Robin. Initially an actor in horror films, Basil Karlo went mad when he learned a classic film of his was to be remade with a different actor in the lead role.
