Monk (comics) Monk (comics) The Monk, also known as Mad Monk, is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character first appeared in "Detective Comics" #31 (September 1939) and was created by Gardner Fox, Bob Kane, and Sheldon Moldof. The Monk made his first appearance in "Detective Comics" #31 (September 1939) and was created by Gardner Fox, Bob Kane, and Sheldon Moldof. He is one of the earliest significant villains of the "Detective Comics" series, and his battle with Batman is one of the Dark Knight's first multi-part
Modern Age of Comic Books in comic books. This also led to an avalanche of other comic book adaptations which included previously lesser known Vertigo titles, notably "Constantine" (based on the comic book "Hellblazer") and "V for Vendetta". In the mid-1970s, Marvel antiheroes such as the X-Men’s Wolverine, the Punisher, and writer/artist Frank Miller’s darker version of Daredevil challenged the previous model of the superhero as a cheerful humanitarian. Miller also created Elektra, who straddled the conventional boundary between love interest and villain. Two artistically influential DC Comics limited series contributed to the trend: "," also by Frank Miller and "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and