Stadtgeist (Gargoyle of Gotham)

Doctor Charles Quinton used the techniques developed by Franz Ebner, aka "Doctor Geist", to change the children he treated in Arkham Asylum. Some of Quinton's patients were later recruited into the Stadtgeist as agents

Stadtgeist
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Official Name	Stadtgeist
Status	Active
Identity	Secret
Universe	Earth 46
Base of Operations	Hotel Townsend, Gotham City
Affiliations
Organization Leader(s)	Doctorgeist
Current Members	Moth-er Dr. Charles Quinton (status unknown)
Former Members	Crytoon Officer Lucho (deceased) The Scribe (deceased) Wounder (deceased)
Enemies	Batman Crytoon
Creators	Rafael Grampá
First appearance	Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2 (February, 2024)

The Stadtgeist is a secret society active in Gotham City.

History

Doctor Charles Quinton used the techniques developed by Franz Ebner, aka "Doctor Geist", to change the children he treated in Arkham Asylum. Some of Quinton's patients were later recruited into the Stadtgeist as agents called "Geistermen", but others like Bruce Wayne avoided this fate. As Quinton was not able to complete the process on Bruce his memories and "dark aura" were sealed away, channelled into his vigilante identity as Batman.

The Stadtgeist's ultimate plan appears to be to destroy Gotham using vast quantities of TNT. One of their operatives went rogue and began murdering the Geistermen to try and stop them, leaving a distinctive pattern of puncture wounds on the body.

At the same time another of their agents, a man known only as Crytoon, drew the attention of Batman. Batman's attempts to stop Crytoon resulted in him being arrested by the Gotham City Police Department. The Stadtgeist sent three police officers on their payroll to kill Crytoon before he could reveal anything about their organisation, but he murdered them and escaped.

Before vanishing, Crytoon gave the police a symbol matching the clock on the outside of the Townsend Hotel, the Stadtgeist's headquarters. Batman went to the hotel and fought his way past the guards on the rooftop, crashing through a skylight into the chamber behind the clock where the Stadtgeist were waiting for him.

The Stadtgeist leader Doctorgeist shocked Batman at the base of the skull to unlock his "dark aura" and then set a Geisterman known as Wounder to attack him, so Batman would be forced to embrace the darkness or die. Batman flew into a berserk rage and attacked the assembled Stadtgeist members. A group of street kids known as the Ratz who had also infiltrated the meeting unmasked and helped Batman escape. Doctorgeist dispatched Wounder to catch Batman and bring him back, but Wounder was ultimately killed in a fight with Batman.

Notes

• The Stadtgeist appears to be the Earth 46 equivalent of the Court of Owls.

Trivia

• Stadtgeist literally translates into English as "city spirit".

See Also

• 2 Appearances of Stadtgeist (Gargoyle of Gotham)
• 1 Images that include Stadtgeist (Gargoyle of Gotham)
• Organization Gallery: Stadtgeist (Gargoyle of Gotham)

Links

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Footnotes

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