Editing Hugo Strange (section)

{{Short description|Fictional comic book supervillain}}
{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = Hugo Strange
| image          = ModernHugoStrange.jpg
| converted      = y
| caption        = Cover to ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #9 (November 2000); art by [[Brian Bolland]]
| real_name      = Professor Hugo Strange<br>Doctor Hugo Strange
| publisher      = [[DC Comics]]
| debut          = ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #36<br>(February 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comics.org/issue/670/cover/4/ |title= GCD :: Cover :: Detective Comics #1 |publisher= Comics.org |access-date= 2011-01-28}}</ref>
| creators       = {{ubl|[[Bill Finger]] (writer)|[[Bob Kane]] (artist)}}
| alliances      = Cabal
| aliases        = {{ubl|Doctor Todhunter}}
| powers         =
* Criminal mastermind
* Trained in psychiatry, chemistry, and biology
}}
'''Hugo Strange''' is a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; supervillains (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[supervillain]] appearing in comic books published by [[DC Comics]], commonly as an [[List of Batman family enemies|adversary]] of the [[superhero]] [[Batman]]. The character is one of Batman's first recurring villains, and was also one of the first to discover his secret identity.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleisher |first1=Michael L. |title=The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume 1: Batman |date=1976 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Co |isbn=0-02-538700-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco01flei |url-access=registration |access-date=29 March 2020 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco01flei/page/343 343]-345}}</ref> The character first appeared in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #36 (February 1940).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=290}}</ref>

A notorious enemy of Batman, the character has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, including animation, video games, and the live-action television series ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', where he is portrayed by [[BD Wong]].