Tiger Shark I

The first Tiger Shark is called Lt. Tiger Shark who is the skipper of the US Vessel called Phantom Clipper.

Tiger Shark II

The second Tiger Shark is Dr. Gaige. He was a famed oceanographer known for many discoveries in his field. It was his boredom and greed that led him to a life of crime. Donning a striped orange diving costume complete with a helmet and tiger stripes, Gaige adopted a secret identity as the Tiger Shark. Recruiting a dockside gang of criminals to do his bidding, Tiger Shark led his gang of thugs to an undersea headquarters in a sunken ship 200 miles from shore. Tiger Shark became a brilliant criminal mastermind plotting a series of spectacular crime sprees at sea and Gotham City's waterfront. In May 1949, Batman

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 and Robin

Dick Grayson

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 took an interest in Tiger Shark's crime spree and used the "sub-batmarine" to help them apprehend Tiger Shark. The devices on the sub-batmarine were successful at apprehending Tiger Shark. Ironically, the "sub-batmarine" that Batman and Robin used to captured Tiger Shark had been designed especially for their use by Dr. Gaige himself, much to the surprise of both parties after Tiger Shark was unmasked by Batman and his true identity exposed.

Powers and abilities

The second Tiger Shark was a brilliant criminal mastermind able to plan spectacular crimes at sea and on Gotham's coast. He possessed an array of underwater-use weapons. Tiger Shark also almost always carried a handgun. Also, Tiger Shark and his henchmen used special jet water skis that enable them to maneuver on and under water.

In other media

The second Tiger Shark appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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episode "Legends of the Dark Mite!". He is among the Batman villains in Bat-Mite

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's illusions. He chases after Bat-Mite when he lands in the water. In "A Bat Divided!", he was seen in a bar where the bad guys hang out upon the arrival of Firestorm and the three Batmen. In "The Criss Cross Conspiracy", he was seen fighting Batman alongside his goons over a tank of sharks.

External links

• Tiger Shark I's bio
• Tiger Shark II's bio
• Tiger Shark II at Batman Wiki
• Tiger Shark II at DC Wiki