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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's gone through a lot of changes over the years. He started off as an ordinary serial killer with no powers before eventually transforming himself into his more recognizable form. Following the New 52, he was re-invented as a more sympathetic TragicVillain who [[BeingEvilSucks hated being a criminal]], as opposed to his previous, more sociopathic portrayal.


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* SameCharacterButDifferent: The Pre-and-Post-Crisis Karlo was a sociopathic, irredeemable killer and one of Batman's more loathsome enemies who was one of the few to almost never be treated sympathetically. The New 52 takes a lot more influence from the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse incarnation and his successors, turning him into a TragicVillain and one of the more sympathetic and at times even heroic members of the rogues gallery.
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However, in the New 52 and DC Rebirth, his origin was significantly revamped - now taking cues from his origin in WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and subsequently portraying him as much more sympathetic. In this new continuity, Karlo was a struggling actor like before, but this time, his powers stemmed from continued exposure to an experimental body-morphing facial cream called Renu, which he became addicted to after his face was scarred in a car accident. Unfortunately, the medicine ended up warping his mind as well as his body, driving him to become a monstrous supervillain out of misplaced rage. In the modern day, however, Karlo has become genuinely remorseful for his past crimes, and when Batman approaches him to join his new team of Gotham Knights, he jumps at the chance to finally do something good with his life. Since then, he's become less of a villain and more of an on-and-off ally to the Bat-Family.

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However, in the New 52 and DC Rebirth, his origin was significantly revamped - now taking cues from his origin in WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and subsequently portraying him as much more sympathetic. In this new continuity, Karlo was a struggling actor like before, but this time, his powers stemmed from continued exposure to an experimental body-morphing facial cream a toxic industrial solvent called Renu, which he became addicted to after using to remold his face was after getting scarred in a car accident. Unfortunately, the medicine Renu ended up warping his mind as well as his body, driving him to become a monstrous supervillain out of misplaced rage. In the modern day, however, Karlo has become genuinely remorseful for his past crimes, and when Batman approaches him to join his new team of Gotham Knights, he jumps at the chance to finally do something good with his life. Since then, he's become less of a villain and more of an on-and-off ally to the Bat-Family.
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* TheCorruption: In Rebirth continuity, Karlo's abilities have more recently become this, with him slipping more and more into a dangerous, reactive state if he doesn't apply intense concentration while maintaining form.

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* TheCorruption: In Rebirth continuity, Karlo's abilities have more recently become this, with him slipping more and more into a dangerous, reactive state if he doesn't apply intense concentration while maintaining form.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the prominence his mother's received in recent years, there's been absolutely no mention of Cassius or his father in regards to Sondra. Steve Orlando claimed while working on ''Gotham City Monsters'' that Cassius didn't exist in the proper canon anymore.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the prominence his mother's received in recent later years, there's been absolutely no mention of Cassius or his father in regards to Sondra. Steve Orlando claimed while working on ''Gotham City Monsters'' that Cassius didn't exist in the proper canon anymore.

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* EyeBeams: He can melt objects to goo just by staring, a more powerful variation of Preston Payne's melting power.



* HeatVision: He can melt objects to goo just by staring, a more powerful variation of Preston Payne's melting power.

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