Simon Dark
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Simon Dark is a fictional comic book character in the DC Comics universe, with an ongoing eponymous series beginning in October 2007 and ending in 2009.
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Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Simon Dark #1 (October 2007)[1] |
Created by | Steve Niles (writer) Scott Hampton (artist) |
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Notable aliases | The Mayor |
Abilities | Impervious to Bullets and Amputation, Super-strength,[2] Intelligence, Arcane knowledge |
While ostensibly set in Gotham City, the comic focused exclusively on Simon Dark and his narrative, with no cross-overs and only a few casual comments to indicate he and Batman were active in the same city.[3]
His name is also the name of a nursery rhyme in the city which he lives:[4]
"Lurks in shadows, hides in the park.
Simon. Simon.
Simon Dark.
If you're good, he'll stay away
If you're bad, he'll make you pay
Lurks in shadows. Hides in the park.
Simon. Simon.
Simon Dark".
- The nursery rhyme of "What Simon (Dark) Does".