Sebastian Rothschild (New Earth)

Sebastian Blackspell
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Sebastian Rothschild
Main Alias	Sebastian Blackspell
Other Aliases	Blackspell the Magician
Base Of Operations	Gotham City · formerly New York and Paris
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Magician
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Tony S. Daniel
First Appearance	Batman #698 (June, 2010)

Blackspell was an enemy of Batman.

History

A member of New York's elite, Rothschild was arrested 15 years ago, and is rumored to be a magician. Recently, he was linked to a series of murders in Gotham City, which involved mob financiers being murdered in a fashion which suggested Gotham super-criminals. This case is in some way connected to the current Firefly. When Batman investigated the crimes he eventually learned of the crime group made up of several super villains as well as mob financiers. When the Riddler "lost his mind" and joined the heroes as a private eye his search brought him back to Blackspell. Riddler then proceeded to concoct an elaborate plan to use his associations with Blackspell to goad Blackspell into attacking and killing the old members of the group so Riddler could make away with the money. The plan worked and Blackspell began to attack the members; when Blackspell learned of Riddler's plan he didn't attack the Riddler and caused the Riddler to do some drastic things. In the end Blackspell did attack Riddler but Batman intervened and knocked over a boiled cauldron of a magic potion. Blackspell was turned into the withering tree monster that he had wanted Riddler to live his life as. But when touched by rain or water he reverted back to Blackspell and was arrested by the Batman.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Magic

Abilities

• Stage Magic

Notes

• Sebastian Blackspell's real last name may connect him to the actual Rothschild family.

Related

• 2 Appearances of Sebastian Rothschild (New Earth)
• 2 Images featuring Sebastian Rothschild (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Sebastian Rothschild (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Sebastian Rothschild (New Earth)

Footnotes

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