Owlman is the name of several fictional supervillains published by DC Comics who are the intended reverse counterpart of Batman. Owlman first appeared in Justice League of America #29, August 1964 and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. He was created as an evil version of Batman because owls are known to prey on bats.

Originally, Owlman is an unnamed superintelligent supervillain who was created as an evil counterpart to Batman, and is a member of the criminal organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America who originated and operated on the reverse Earth-Three". In some of the pre-Crisis Crime Syndicate appearances, the Earth-Three Owlman also had the ability to briefly control other people's minds, though it is unclear how he acquired this ability. Like the rest, aside from Ultraman, of the pre-Crisis Crime Syndicate, the Pre-Crisis Earth-Three Owlman perished during the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries at the hands of the Anti-Monitor.

The Owlman character was revived (along with his teammates) in the late 1990s for modern DC continuity in the graphic novel JLA: Earth 2. This Owlman was developed to be reflective of the modern readers with a far darker attitude and background than either of the two previous teams. On antimatter Earth, Owlman was now Thomas Wayne, Jr.

the older brother of that reality's Bruce Wayne. In most mainstream DC universes, Batman's genesis occurred when young Bruce Wayne was witness to the murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, and was inspired to devote his life to fighting crime.

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