Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan) is a fictional supervillain appearing in
American comic books and other media published by DC Comics, primarily
as an enemy of Batman. He belongs to the collective of adversaries
that make up the Dark Knight's rogues gallery. Once an actual
rat-catcher in Gotham City, Otis Flannegan sank into a life of crime.
Calling himself the Ratcatcher because of his special ability to
communicate with and train rats, Flannegan has used his minions to
plague Gotham on more than one occasion by unleashing hordes of the
vermin.A female version of the character, named Ratcatcher 2 and
purported to be his daughter, will make her cinematic debut in the DC
Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad (2021), portrayed by Daniela
Melchior.Ratcatcher first appeared in Detective Comics #585 (April
1988) and was created by Alan Grant, John Wagner, and Norm
Breyfogle.Otis Flannegan used to work as a rat-catcher in the Gotham
City Sanitation Department and always claimed he could train rats to
attack. Flannegan was eventually arrested and spent ten years in
prison after stabbing a man to death in a street fight. After his
release from the Gotham State Penitentiary, Flannegan kidnapped the
four officials responsible for his arrest and subsequent sentence. He
took his prisoners to a hideout located in the city's sewers, where he
kept them for five years. During this period, Flannegan developed his
current criminal alter-ego as Ratcatcher. Wearing protective equipment
and using his animal training skills, Ratcatcher gathered a large
mischief of rats which he used to torture and restrain his prisoners. Ratcatcher (comics) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter