Victor Aguilar Explains – Is He Based On A DC Comics Character?

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The penguin

HBO’s The penguin introduces Oz Cobb’s unlikely sidekick Victor Aguilar, who serves as the titular DC villain’s equivalent to Batman’s Robin. The penguin Episode 1 reveals the criminal hierarchy of Gotham, with Oz Cobb beginning to cap the Falcon Empire out of sheer recklessness. Killing Carmine Falcone’s son Alberto gets Oz into hot water, as Alberto’s sister Sofia Falcone aka the Hangman has just been released from Arkham. Although The penguin It doesn’t introduce any major Gotham heroes or villains as popular as Batman and the Riddler, it dives deeper into The BatmanS lore with a few new characters.

Aside from Sofia Falcone, Oz Cobb’s impulsive nature leads him to cross paths with Carmine Falcone’s main rival, Sal Maroni. Maroni underestimates Oz, but he soon realizes what the infamous penguin is really capable of when Oz gives him the ring Carmine Falcone took from him years before. This would not have been possible without the help of Oz Cobb’s sidekick, Victor Aguilar. At the end of The penguin episode 1, Victor Aguilar becomes Oz Cobb’s right-hand manAll because he dared to mess with the penguin in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Who is Victor Aguilar in the Penguin?

Victor Aguilar is Oz Cobb’s most skilled and trustworthy ally in the Penguin

The penguin Episode 1 introduces Victor Aguilar as a young gangster who tries to steal the rims off of Oz Cobb’s car. Victor’s speech impediment inspires Oz to spare Victor’s life, and Oz recruits Victor as his personal assistant. Victor Aguilar is obviously a naive teenager driven to crime due to Gotham City’s lack of opportunities. But While Victor is reluctant to carry out Oz’s twisted tasks, he is ambitious enough to put his morals aside. And pushes his own limits, until he helps Oz deliver Alberto Falcone’s corpse directly to Sofia.

When Oz orders Victor to grab Alberto’s corpse and put it in the car’s trunk, Victor admits that he has never done anything like this before. Oz understands Victor’s hesitation, and says “Listen, Vic… the apartment where you live… I know it’s gone. Nothing on the sixth was left standing“. This line suggests that the Riddler’s terrorist attack of The Batmans end destroyed Victor Aguilar’s home, leading him to petty crime in order to survive. Unlike the Clown Gang members at the beginning of The BatmanVictor probably hasn’t crossed paths with Batman yet.

Is Victor Aguilar based on a DC Comics character?

Victor Aguilar has yet to appear in DC Comics, but he may be based on a famous DC sidekick

Although Victor Aguilar is The penguins deuteragonist, he is an original character with no comic book counterpart. There are several characters named Victor in DC Comics: the supervillain Victor Fries aka Mister Freeze, the serial killer Victor Zsaz, the detective hero Vic Sage aka The Question, the Teen Titans and Justice League superhero Victor Stone aka Cyborg, and even the Lesser-known criminal Victor Singleton aka The Single Bullet Killer. However, none of the characters bear any resemblance to Victor Aguilar, played by Rhenzy Feliz in The penguin.

nevertheless, The penguinVictor Aguilar is partially inspired by a famous DC hero. Jason Todd, the second Robin, made his comic book debut in 1983 Batman #357Where he tries to steal the Batmobile’s tires in an alley, just like Victor Aguilar does with the Penguin’s purple sports car. Similar to Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb, Batman chooses to take the kid under his wing and recruits him as his sidekick – only that instead of killing and disposing of corpses, Batman teaches Jason Todd how to be a crime-fighting vigilante.

Did Penguin ever have a sidekick in the comics?

The Penguin had a sidekick and several henchmen in DC Comics

DC Comics’ Oswald Cobblepot isn’t known for taking apprentices under his wing, though The penguin once had a sidekick nicknamed Chick. Chick was introduced in 1976s Super Friends #1 As a member of the supervillain team “Super Enemy”Which included popular villains like Poison Ivy and Cheetah, as well as lesser known criminals like the Human Flying Fish. Each of the more experienced villains of the super foos taught one sidekick, and Chick was one of the most promising. For example, Chick helped infiltrate the Penguin in the Hall of Justice.

The Penguin has hired the services of several handlers over the years. For example, the penguin is assisted by Jay, Raven and Lark in the Iceberg Lounge. Batman saves the Penguin’s henchman Harold Allnutt from his employer and hires him as the Batcave’s resident mechanic. The twins who secure the Iceberg Lounge Inn The Batman May have been inspired by DC’s Trigger Twins, who also worked for the Penguin in the comics. Now, like Chick, Jay, Raven and Lark, The penguinVictor Aguilar joins the list of penguin allies whose names are not-so-subtle references to birds – Aguilar is derived from the Spanish word “Aguila”Or “Eagle”.

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