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[[File:Penguin Stars and Stripes.jpg|thumb|The Penguin.  Drawing by Greg Nesbitt.]]'''The Penguin''' ('''Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot''') is a fictional villain appearing in American comic books published by [[DC Comics (nonfiction)|DC Comics]]. 

The Penguin is commonly known as an adversary of [[Batman (nonfiction)|Batman]].

Artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger introduced the character in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941). The Penguin is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery.

The Penguin is depicted as being a short, portly man who uses specialized, high-tech umbrellas as weapons. A mobster and thief, he fancies himself as being a "gentleman of crime".

The Penguin runs a nightclub called Iceberg Lounge, which provides a cover for criminal activity; [[Batman (nonfiction)|Batman]] sometimes uses the nightclub as a source of criminal underworld information.

According to Kane, the character was inspired from the then advertising mascot of Kool cigarettes – a penguin with a top hat and cane. Finger thought the image of high-society gentlemen in tuxedos was reminiscent of emperor penguins.

Unlike most of Batman's rogues gallery, the Penguin is in control of his actions and is completely sane, which gives him a unique relationship with Batman.

== In the News ==

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File:The_Dark_Penis_Envy_Rises.jpg|link=The Dark Penis Envy Rises|'''''[[The Dark Penis Envy Rises]]''''' is a 2021 superhero self-help film directed by [REDACTED]. Plot: Eight years after the events of ''The Dark Penis Envy'', the revolutionary Bone forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from neurotic breakdown.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[The Penguin's Underwear]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Batman (nonfiction)]]
* [[DC Comics (nonfiction)]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_(comics) Penguin (comics)] @ Wikipedia


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