Gorilla Boss is the name of a DC Comics

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 supervillain.

Fictional character biography

George Dyke is a mobster who was executed in a gas chamber at Gotham City Prison on a rainy evening. However, his brain is removed from his body by his henchman under his orders. George's brain ends up transplanted into the body of a towering gorilla

Gorilla

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 by a disgraced surgeon named Doc Willard. The Gorilla Boss establishes a crime spree in Gotham and fights Batman

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 twice.

Sinestro

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 later steals Gorilla Boss' cerebellum, expands it to planet-size, and used it as a power source. This unnatural abomination is destroyed by Superman

Superman

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.

Gorilla Boss's brain is later returned to his gorilla body. He then gets used as a pawn by Gorilla Grodd

Gorilla Grodd

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.

Powers and abilities

Gorilla Boss has enhanced super-strength and endurance. Though Gorilla Boss can't speak, he can communicate with his henchmen using a pen and paper.

Television

• Gorilla Boss appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold
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  episode "Gorillas in our Midst!" voiced by Diedrich Bader
  Diedrich Bader
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  . He alongside Gorilla Grodd and Monsieur Mallah
  Monsieur Mallah
  Monsieur Mallah is a fictional character, a superintelligent gorilla supervillain in the and the criminal and romantic partner of the Brain. Monsieur Mallah first appeared in Doom Patrol Monsieur Mallah is a fictional character, a superintelligent gorilla supervillain in the and the criminal and...
  
   team up as G.A.S.P. (short for Gorillas and Apes Seizing Power) to replace Gotham City's population with gorillas. Gorilla Boss is defeated by B'wana Beast
  B'wana Beast
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   and Vixen
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   (whom he taunts mercilessly because she is not as strong as he).

Miscellaneous

• Gorilla Boss appears in The Batman Adventures
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  (a spin-off comic book series of Batman: The Animated Series
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  ). He was part of Black Mask's
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   organization alongside The Phantasm, Bronze Tiger
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  , Sportsmaster
  Sportsmaster
  The Sportsmaster is the name used by two DC Comics villains who used their sports skills for criminal purposes. The original Sportsmaster first appeared in All-American Comics #85 , and was created by writer John Broome and artist Irwin Hasen....
  
  , and Black Spider
  Black Spider
  Black Spider is the name of several fictional characters who are DC Comics villains. The first two were both primarily the enemies of Batman.-Fictional character biographies:-Eric Needham:...
  
  before being defeated by Batman.

External links

• Gorilla Boss at DC Wiki
• Gorilla Boss' brief bio