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Harley Quinn #47 (DC, January 2025) variant cover by Elizabeth Torque and Dave McCaig

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Batman and Robin: Year One #5 (DC, February 2025) cover by Chris Samnee and Mat Lopes

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Batman Eternal #40

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Basil Karlo in Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface (2023) by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Xermanico

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a non-traditional way of "making it in Hollywood" Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface (2023) by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Xermanico

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Clay's a bit triggered by Bruce's presence Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface (2023) by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Xermanico

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Took a break from drawing Avatar: The Last Airbender sketches to fit in a drawing of Clayface for a change last night.

"Feat of Clay Part 1 and 2" really captured the tragedy of Matt Hagen's humanity and his fall from grace when Daggett ruined his life.

And Ron Perlman gave such a memorable performance.

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Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Clayface

Celebrated film actor, Matt Hagen was severely disfigured in a automobile accident.  While recovering, Hagen was approached by Roland Dagget who asked him to be a test subject for the newly developed face cream, ‘Renuyu.’  This cream was a mutagenic that made skin cells malleable.  

The Renuyu enabled Hagen to fix his scarred face and continue his acting career.  The effects of the cream, however, were only temporary as well as highly addictive.  Once hooked, Dagget used Hagen to enacted the criminal activities necessary to circumnavigate the regulatory channels that would otherwise prevent the sale of Renyu.  

When Hagen failed in said efforts, Dagger cut him off.  Desperate in the throws of withdrawal, Hagen broke into Dagget’s warehouse.  He was apprehended by Dagget’s stooges, who attempted to kill Hagen by pouring an entire vat of the Renuyu cream onto him.  

The mutagenic cream hyper-saturated Hagen’s every cell, transforming him into a large, mud-like creature.  Hagen was discovered by his boyfriend, Teddy, who brought him back to their home. There Hagen found that, with concentration, he could mentally manipulate his form, altering his appearance and shape.  He had become entirely malleable and could even transform his limbs into weapons with the consistency of steel or rock. And yet, it required tremendous assiduousness to maintain a given form and, at rest, he returned to a monstrous state.  He decided that Hagen was dead… from now on he was ‘Clayface.’  

With his new abilities, Clayface attempted to extract revenge on Roland Dagget, exposing the dangers of Renuyu and attacking Dagget on the set of the Summer Gleason talk show.  Batman ended up battling Clayface and it appeared that the creature had perished after being electrocuted.  Although Batman later surmised that it was a ruse and that Clayface had merely faked his death.  This proved to be correct and Clayface would resurface on a numerous occasions to again do battle with the Dark Knight.

Actor Ron Perlman provided the voice for Clayface with the tragic villain first appearing in the fourth episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘Feat of Clay Part One.’   

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Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface (One-Shot) (Incentive Variant) (2023)

Art by: Hayden Sherman

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// Batman - One Bad Day (2022): Clayface

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I just think Clayface should be happy

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