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The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)
Oswald Cobblepot runs the Iceberg Lounge and half the city's underworld. Never underestimate a man with an umbrella gun.
Quick answer
Gotham Vault currently connects The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) to 61 Batman-related comic issue pages. Use this character page as a canonical hub for appearances, story arcs, and reading paths.
Quick facts
- Total appearances: 61
- Date range: 1942-06-30 → 2025-05-01
- First listed issue: Batman #11: The Joker's Advertising Campaign
- Latest listed issue: Absolute Batman #6: The Zoo, Part Six
Citation summary
Gotham Vault lists 61 issue appearances for The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot), spanning 1942-06-30 → 2025-05-01. The most common series include Batman, Absolute Batman, Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture, with story arc links including Dark Victory, Death of the Family, Hush.
Issue appearances
- #1
Batman #11: The Joker's Advertising Campaign1942-06-30 - #2
Batman #13: The Batman Plays a Lone Hand1942-10-31 - #3
Batman #17: The Batman's Biographer1943-06-30 - #4
Batman #25: Are Two Villains Better Than One?1944-10-31 - #5
Batman #27: Season's Greetings From Batman And Robin1945-02-28 - #6
Batman #30: Back To the Big House1945-08-01 - #7
Batman #33: Crime On the Wing1946-02-01 - #8
Batman #36: Sir Batman and Robin in King Arthurs Court1946-08-01 - #9
Batman #38: The Penguin on Parole!1946-12-31 - #10
Batman #41: Batman, Interplanetary Policeman!1947-06-01 - #11
Batman #43: The Blackbird of Banditry!1947-10-01 - #12
Batman #48: The 1,000 Secrets of the Bat-Cave!1948-08-01 - #13
Batman #51: The Wonderful Mr. Wimble1949-02-01 - #14
Batman #56: Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!1949-12-01 - #15
Batman #58: The State-Bird Crimes!1950-04-01 - #16
Batman #61: The Origin Of Batplane II!1950-10-01 - #17
Batman #70: The Robot Cop Of Gotham City! / The Masterminds Of Crime / The Parasols Of Plunder1952-04-01 - #18
Batman #76: The Danger Club1953-04-01 - #19
Batman #99: The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!1956-04-01 - #20
Batman #155: Return of the Penguin ; Batman's Psychic Twin1963-05-01 - #21
Batman #169: Partners In Plunder1965-02-01 - #22
Batman #176: Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes1965-12-01 - #23
Batman #190: "The Penguin Takes a Flyer -- Into the Future!"1967-03-31 - #24
Batman #191: The Day Batman Sold Out1967-05-01 - #25
Batman #198: The Origin of the Batman1968-02-01 - #26
Batman #200: The Man Who Radiated Fear!1968-03-31 - #27
Batman #201: Batman's Gangland Guardians1968-05-01 - #28
Batman #257: Hail Emperor Penguin!1974-08-01 - #29
Batman #287: Batman-Ex -- As in Extinct!1977-05-01 - #30
Batman #374: Pieces of Penguin!1984-08-01 - #31
Batman #448: The Penguin Affair Part 1: Pawns1990-06-30 - #32
Batman #449: The Penguin Affair Part 3: Winged Vengeance1990-06-30 - #33
Batman #458: Night Monsters1991-01-31 - #34
Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture1992-08-01Movie Adaptations - #35
Batman #548: The Penguin Returns, Part One: Burning Faces1997-11-01 - #36
Batman #549: The Penguin Returns, Part Two - The Egyptian Falcon1997-12-01 - #37
Batman: The Long Halloween #13: Punishment1997-12-01The Long Halloween - #38
Batman #572: Jurisprudence: Part 11999-12-01 - #39
Batman: Dark Victory #6: Hate2000-05-01Dark Victory - #40
Batman #584: The Dark Knight Project2000-12-01 - #41
Batman #586: Penguin Dreams2001-02-01 - #42
Batman #626: As the Crow Flies, Part One: Visions2004-06-01Hush - #43
Batman #627: As the Crow Flies, Part Two: Partners in Crime2004-07-01 - #44
Batman #628: As the Crow Flies, Part Three: Scary Monsters2004-07-01 - #45
Batman #630: As the Crow Flies, Part Five: Home Invasion2004-09-01 - #46
Batman #688: Long Shadows, Part One: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows2009-09-30 - #47
Batman #689: Long Shadows, Part Two: New Day, New Knight2009-10-31 - #48
Batman #690: Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires2009-11-30 - #49
Batman #692: Life After Death, Part 1: The Awakening2009-12-31 - #50
Batman #694: Life After Death, Part 3: Fractured Pieces2010-02-01