The Dealer is an auctioneer who sells super-villain weapons and artefacts of evil. His mobile location is the Mirror House, where he conducts auctions to the rich and decadent in a dark cult that believes evil is humanity's divine spark. This has made him an enemy of the second Batman.
History[]
New Earth[]
Guiborg first attracts Batman's attention when his sold weapons are involved in a series of murders across Gotham City. Batman disguises himself as a member of the Dealer's dark cult and infiltrates Mirror House, where everyone is required to wear a gas mask. The Dealer immediately exposes him with a sabotaged mask and drugs Batman with hallucinogenic nerve gas. The entire house are commanded to tear Batman apart, and he barely escapes through the violent hallucinations. Batman ambushes the Dealer again on a flight leaving Gotham. He ingests Man-Bat serum to turn himself into a monster, but Batman still beats the crap out of him and the plane goes down during their fight. There's a massive explosion, but the Dealer's body isn't found in the wreckage and he might have escaped. It's later revealed that he was assisted in his Gotham plans by James Gordon Jr..
Earth Prime[]
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Notes[]
- Dick Grayson mentions that "Etienne Guiborg" is probably an alias, as the real Étienne Guibourg was a 17th Century priest in France convicted for leading black masses. This implies that the Dealer is either using the name as an alias or his origins are supernatural.