Killer Croc is a Sad Character…

Fun fact: During the events of "No Man's Land", Croc formed a gang and took advantage of the chaos to extort items from the civilians. At one point, a poor child gives his stuffed animal Crocky (an anthropomorphic crocodile from a popular children's cartoon) to the reptile man and asks him to treat it kindly, causing a genuine laugh from Croc.

Bro, if Killer Croc was in the Marvel Universe, he would have been an X-Man 10 seconds flat.

I would have hired this man in a heartbeat. He seems like he can handle manual labor really well and probably wouldn't mind having to work in hot environments. Even with no work experience, an entry level construction or warehouse job really could have set this guy on the right path.

Killer Croc is often portrayed as mindless muscle, which is a shame because stories like this prove you can do a lot more with the character.

It's not all bad for Waylon, he did get an amazing moment to shine when he saved Roy Harper's life. I forgot the comic name, but basically, Roy's happiest memory was revealed to be a night when he was fighting Waylon on a rooftop. This was after Green Arrow abandoned Roy for being a heroin addict and Roy was picking fights with villains until one managed to kill him. Waylon figures this out midfight, stops and basically tells Roy to straighten his life out instead of giving up and letting someone assist in suicide. A later comic shows the two talking while also revealing that Waylon became Roy's rehab sponsor. Roy was disowned and cast out by everyone closest to him, and yet Killer Croc was the only one willing to support him.

I have never thought of killer croc as a human. And now I feel so bad because of it. He went through hell and he never deserved this. No one does

croc in the suit and tie looks kinda spiffy id hire that man in an instant

Edgar is the only one that actually seemed to care for killer croc, didn’t seem like it was only for how he was useful. Edgar wanted him to be in the house and treated as family when Juliet was against it.

The Jokers asylum story is really sad ngl. croc killed somebody who truly thought of him as an equal or family just because he had trust issues. i feel for the guy

Killer Croc really is one of the more sympathetic villains as he constantly tries to find happiness in different ways as he constantly is treated as an outcast and monster, everyone saw him as a killing machine when in reality he was forced to become said killing machine, and only now and then has he found new ways to find happiness. Croc actually can be a good person, because Killer Croc helped Roy Harper/aka Speedy/Red Arrow to kick his heroin addiction all thanks to Waylon's help and support. Croc was even once in love with a fellow villain and Suicide Squad member June Moone/aka The Enchantress , Waylon fell in love with June because she saw the real him and she fell in love with the caring man he was and the two actually had an incredibly wholesome relationship for a while, both helping each other as partners and June was even able to teach Waylon how to read and write and Waylon helped June get her dream job in graphic design in New York . For a time in his life, Waylon felt happiness that he finally had someone who loved him for who he is.

I remember in Arkham Asylum, Batman writes off Killer Croc as "...just an animal." Even before I knew his backstory, I felt that he was being way too harsh. Then again, in the Arkham Canon, Croc's cannabilism seems to be far more prominent.

The thing that made me change my perspective on croc was that he helped speedy thru his lowest point. Speedy (green arrows sidekick) wanted to be suicidal and went to killler croc and fight him. Croc figured it out and refused to do so. They talked about it and formed a friendship. Speedy sometimes checks in on Waylone but he don’t sound like a monster to me after that comic. Funny enough everybody can agree that joker needs to die. But every other Batman villain is redeemable to an extent. Or at least the ones that I’m thinking of rn.

Surprisingly, Edgar actually was the most interesting character in the story, IMO. He doesn't seem to be inherently bad but seemed to have been manipulated for some good time down this path. You can see this by the end when he looked sad as if he realized he and Waylon were both manipulated and probably seeming to regret going down that path. He reminds me of Macbeth (from the famous Shakespeare play) He also seemed to genuinely trust and care for Waylon as a comrade. You can see this at the end when he has his back turned to him while knowing full well how angry and manipulated he is at that moment. He had hope he'd still have some trust in him and give the matter more thought but his hope was never fulfilled.

Something that I wish more batman media does is have Batman call the villians by their real names. In the animated series, thats how he always talked to them if he wanted to get them help or try to convince them to surrender. That was until he became battle hardened near the end.

I wonder if there's ever been a comic detailing Killer Croc's first act of cannibalism. Eating someone would probably be the final straw separating him from humanity and it would be interesting to see how Waylon reacted to commiting such a heinous act.

What’s wild to me is that Croc has a great origin story to be a hero. Not only that but with all the other freaks flying around and punching through walls in the DC universe, you’d think one of them would take croc in under their wing and show him a path of good. But maybe it was too late and he wasn’t found soon enough by the right people. So he ends up embracing the monster people made him out to be.

I feel like killer croc always had the potential to be redeemed like Plas, If only the society he grew up in was better or people like thomas wayne or like the kents were there for him, I'm pretty sure he would've ended up as a cool superhero. But unfortunately, most stories in DC is mostly a sad and a tragic one...That's why Batman chooses not to kill unless he literally has no other choice, cause deep down he hopes that all of these people can change for the better like Mr. Freeze or Plas...

I don't know what is more cursed, the relationship between Croc and Baby Doll or the fact that it is still more morally acceptable than Bruce and Barbara's.

If I were an adult who came across child Waylon, I'd totally try to raise him up to be a superhero called "Dinoman" or something like that xD

Between Juliette and Edgar I wholeheartedly believe that Juliette is the bigger monster. Edgar may have rescued Waylon to use him as a hitman but he was one of the few people to not only treat Waylon as a person but a friend even to the very end of his life. He's still very much in the wrong for having Waylon keep his wife prisoner and leads a criminal organization but as a person he still shows more good humanity than his wife. Meanwhile Juliette may have started out the same way and treated Waylon as a person but over time she grew to see him not for who he was but what. She went from showing him compassion to being very callous towards him. Part of it could be due to her imprisonment but the majority seems to stem from manipulation. She's not loyal to Edgar or Waylon and was more than happy to throw either of them away even after they gave her what she wanted. What makes it worse is how she only started speaking kindly to Waylon again when it was her life on the line. Edgar was flawed but he still has his good side. Juliette meanwhile grew to represent the worst in humanity in every way.