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| Real Name: Richard (last name unknown) |
| Also Known As: Mr. Numb |
| Place Of Birth: Paris |
| First Appearance: Nightwing: Rebirth Vol.1 #1 (2016) Modern Age Villain |
| Known Associates: Court of Owls, The Red Lion, Deathstroke |
| Group Affiliation: League of Shadows
Formerly Kobra Cult,
Parliament of Owls,
Secret Society of Super-Villains |
| Base Of Operations: Blüdhaven |
| Grudges: Nightwing |
| Creators: Tim Seeley and Javi Fernandez |
| Gallery: Click |
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| Raptor is a skilled assassin, excellent hand-to-hand combatant and thief. |
| Suyolak: Raptor wears a glove known as a Suyolak. The gadgets, weapons and other functionalities that Raptor included in his Suyolak are numerous and these are some of the most important: Darts, Tranquilizer Darts, Sleeping Gas, Tear Gas, Shark Attractant, Grappling Hook and Claws. |
| Pain Immunity: Having contracted Leprosy as a kid, Raptor's body was ravaged by the full effects of the disease, making his skin harden with calluses and his nerve endings go numb that, later in life, allowed him to fight without feeling any pain. |
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| Born as a poor immigrant in Paris, Raptor grew up in the Cirque Romanes de Paris, a circus with other Romani immigrants, as a clown that entertained the tourist. However, the circus had issues with the local government whom viewed them as dirty people who were a "health hazard" to Paris. Raptor later came down with Hanson's disease, known as leprosy, and due to the poor conditions, he was unable to afford the drugs needed to cure him. His nerves were damaged and his own people turned from him. |
| However, Mary Lloyd met Raptor and after seeing his condition, help cure Raptor of his condition by stealing the medical drugs away from the same local government who claimed they were unable to help the circus and Raptor. Feeling indebted to her, he made and oath and watched her from that point on to protect Mary as she was at odds with the authorities. |
| Having met John Grayson, he is made aware from his spying that John doesn't approve of him due to being too intense and his eyes creeping him out as well as expressing concern over the authorities connecting Raptor and Mary to one another. However, Mary reassures him that she will ask for him to keep his distance. As he walks away, he turns around and makes eye contact with Dick. |
| After her death, he went into deep grieving. Through his grief, he became even more enraged when he found out Dick Grayson was adopted by Bruce Wayne, an act in which he viewed as Bruce taking Dick away from his identity and people, raising him to be a "weapon" for Bruce to use against the poor and unfortunate, and turning him into the very thing Mary resented about those who lived a more privileged life. He then dedicated most of his time to watch both him and Dick from the shadows, stumbling upon the fact that Dick was Robin (later Nightwing) and Bruce Wayne was Batman |
| He later then became Raptor at some point, becoming a wanted criminal through seventeen countries in the world. |
