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Izaak Crowe (Batman: Fortunate Son)

(My attempt at recreating the infamously whiny, drug-addled and frankly insane rock star semi-antagonist from the 1999 rock music "tribute" that was Batman: Fortunate Son. Yes, thatcomic that gave us Batman's "PUNK IS NOTHING BUT DEATH" speech. I used "rock star" as a template and of course cobbled him together from various bits like Red Hood (Jason)'s jacket, but also tried to edit his behaviour so he'd be more hostile to cops and the like. He does still get scared and run off when attacked or when he sees Batman's allies though and I couldn't find a way around that.)

Izaak Crowe is the semi-antagonist of the 1999 graphic novel "Batman: Fortunate Son." Although a successful rock musician hailed as the next Elvis, consistent drug use, fear of "selling out" and the pressures of his lifestyle cause Crowe to lose his mind. Hallucinating the ghost of an ersatz Elvis, Izaak bombs his recording studio with a grenade and goes on the run. His mind addled by drugs, Crowe protests disappointment in how he lived an idyllic life and not the harsh lives that he beleives his idols went through, before gathering crowds and stirring unrest, such as demanding a music shop order his music and give it to his fans for free and leading a crowd on a march up to the not-Elvis museum where the rock legend's corpse lies encased in glass, Lenin-style. Crowe's group intend to seize the body and the relics of not-Elvis for the sake of "art" and not for money. Unbeknownst to him, Crowe's spiral into madness was caused by the machinations of his manager Roy Lazarus who plans to have Crowe killed so Crowe will become a "legend" and Lazarus can profit off of that legend.

Naturally, Crowe's antics get the attention of Batman and Robin, who begin investigating the root causes of Crowe's madness. Batman, portrayed here as having an inborn hatred of rock music and punk, believes that Crowe is manipulating the simple-minded while Robin, portrayed here as an irrational fanboy of Crowe, believes that Crowe is just another victim in a larger scheme.

Ultimately, Crowe is killed by police after instigating yet another riot.