Bork (Carl Bork) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Haney and Neal Adams, the character first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #81 (December 1968) and was later re-introduced in JLA #61 (February 2002).

Fictional character biography

Carl Bork is a criminal dockworker from Gotham City nicknamed "King of the Docks". After a shipboard theft in the South Pacific, he discovers Desolation Island, whose natives give him a magic statue that gradually mutates him.

Bork in The Brave and the Bold #81, artist Neal Adams.

Bork is imprisoned in the Van Kull prison outside Metropolis. He escapes and battles Batman before being convinced to surrender while his mother is treated for a heart condition.

After being paroled, Bork joins the Power Company.[1] He is later forced to fight in Roulette's metahuman brawls and appears as a client of the Oblivion Bar.[2][3]

In other media

Carl Bork appears in The Flash episode "Seeing Red", portrayed by Andre Tricoteux.

References

  1. ^ The Unofficial Bork Biography
  2. ^ JSA Classified #19 (January 2007). DC Comics.
  3. ^ Superman #663 (July 2007). DC Comics.
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