Spotswood Hartley (Earth-Two)

Kingpin
Mainstream Universe‎, 1930s-1950s
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Real Name	Spotswood Hartley
Main Alias	Kingpin
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two
Creators	David Vern Reed · Lew Sayre Schwartz
First Appearance	World's Finest #57 (March, 1952)
Last Appearance	World's Finest #57 (March, 1952)

Spotswood Hartley was a socialite who became the notorious crime leader known only as "The Kingpin".

History

Hartley ran the criminal rackets in Gotham City and he never revealed his identity to his henchmen. As the police and Batman investigated his activities, Hartley found the perfect scapegoat on fellow socialite Bruce Wayne. Hartley placed evidence that would point towards Wayne as the Kingpin, but when Batman became involved, his plan was discovered and Hartley was finally captured.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Leadership

Notes

• This version of Kingpin, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022–2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

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• 1 Appearances of Spotswood Hartley (Earth-Two)
• 1 Images featuring Spotswood Hartley (Earth-Two)
• 1 Quotations by or about Spotswood Hartley (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Spotswood Hartley (Earth-Two)

Footnotes

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