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
Bob Oksner Bob Oksner Bob Oksner (October 14, 1916 in Paterson, New Jersey – February 18, 2007) was an American comics artist known for both adventure comic strips and for superhero and humor comic books, primarily at DC Comics. Oksner's early work includes creating the second version of Marvel Boy in 1943 for Timely Comics, the predecessor of Marvel Comics. He went on to write with Jerry Albert and draw the syndicated newspaper comic strip "Miss Cairo Jones" (1945–1947), after which DC editor Sheldon Mayer hired him as an artist on comics adapted from other media. Oksner drew a few Justice Society