UNICORN
In DC Comics, 'Unicorn' refers both to Gotham City supervillain Skitch Benson—an enforcer for Jervis Tetch's Wonderland Gang—and to various mythical, alien, and demonic beast species spanning Skartaris, Krypton, the DCEU, and the Arrowverse.
Cronologia
Biografia
Skitch Benson, operating under the pseudonym 'The Unicorn', is a career thug and criminal enforcer active within Gotham City's underworld.
As a key brute for the Wonderland Gang, an Alice in Wonderland-themed criminal syndicate associated with the Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch), he serves alongside fellow themed enforcers including the Lion (Lewis Yarnell), March Harriet, the Walrus, and the Carpenter.
Beyond Gotham's criminal underworld, the moniker and creature identity of the unicorn spans multiple DC realities. Mythological and alien unicorns inhabit regions such as the Hollow Earth realm of Skartaris, Krypton (where Kara befriended a female unicorn named Ka-Es), the Arrowverse (where they exist as predatory demons), and the DC Extended Universe (where they are feared apex beasts).
Storia
Skitch Benson made his debut in Gotham City when he was recruited into a newly formed incarnation of the Wonderland Gang.
Outfitted as 'The Unicorn', he and Lewis Yarnell ('The Lion') acted as primary physical security and heavy enforcers while carrying out themed robberies across the city.
Unbeknownst to Benson and the gang's rank-and-file, Jervis Tetch was not acting on his own whims; Tweedledum and Tweedledee were secretly manipulating the Mad Hatter via mind-control technology to use the gang as their personal proxies. Batman uncovered the conspiracy, defeated Benson's crew in combat, and handed the Unicorn over to Commissioner Gordon and the GCPD.
I PEZZI DI UNICORN
Poteri & Abilità
• Heavy Physical Enforcement: Skitch Benson possesses street-brawling capabilities and physical strength utilized for muscle work and bodyguard duties. • Criminal Operations: Experienced in executing coordinated group robberies under themed syndicate leadership.
• Demonic Heart Consumption (Arrowverse Species): Horse-like demonic creatures capable of feeding on human hearts. • Apex Monstrous Strength & Ambrosia Diet (DCEU Species): Monstrous creatures feared by other beasts, inhabiting dark caverns and feeding on ambrosia. • Alien Biology (Kryptonian Species): Exotic biological traits inherent to Kryptonian wildlife such as Ka-Es.
Evoluzione
The concept of the Unicorn in DC lore originated as a traditional fantasy creature in high-adventure titles like *Warlord*, where Travis Morgan encountered wild specimens in the subterranean world of Skartaris.
In 2008, Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen re-imagined the name as a villainous alias for street thug Skitch Benson in *Detective Comics* #841, embedding him into Gotham City's rogue gallery as a member of Paul Dini's expanded Wonderland Gang. While Benson maintained minor appearances across digital tie-ins like *Batman: Arkham Unhinged* and stylized comics like *Li'l Gotham*, live-action screen media later reinvented literal unicorns into drastically darker entities. The Arrowverse portrayed unicorns as vicious human-heart-devouring demons, whereas the DC Extended Universe depicted them as terrifying, ambrosia-fed apex beasts in *Shazam! Fury of the Gods*.
Da Collezione
As a deep-cut minor enforcer from Paul Dini's 2008 run on *Detective Comics*, Skitch Benson's Unicorn persona has not received official standalone mass-market action figures or high-end statues from major collectibles manufacturers like DC Direct, McFarlane Toys, or Sideshow Collectibles.
Collectors looking to represent the Wonderland Gang typically rely on figures of central leaders like the Mad Hatter or custom kitbashes of the henchmen. The character remains an obscure comic-exclusive deep cut primarily sought after by single-issue Batman collectors.
DC's human Unicorn, Skitch Benson, is a Gotham thug created by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen in 2008.
