appears in Battle for the Cowl interviewed by Vicki Vale. Within the context of the stories, his parents were rescued by Batman shortly before Jones was born and they named him "Batman" as thanks. The boy grew up idolizing Batman and tried to become a crimefighter before he began collecting stamps. As an adult, he is an expert on Batman. Bat-Mite Batwing Batwoman Beard Hunter Beard Hunter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Ernest Franklin was a disturbed and closeted gay assassin of bearded men who was hired the Bearded Gentlemen's Club of Metropolis to kill the Chief because he wouldn't sell his beard to them. He cannot grow a beard due to a male hormone deficiency according to his mother when she was visited by the police. Beard Hunter in other media Beard Hunter appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Tommy Snider. This version is a bounty hunter with the ability to track down individuals by consuming their facial hair. He was first seen in "Hair Patrol" where the Bureau of Normalcy hired him to track down Niles Caulder. Beard Hunter infiltrates Doom Manor and consumes some of Caulder's facial hair from the sink drain as means to track him. Vic and Rita find and interrogate him, but he is able to get free and overpower Vic. Later, the Beard Hunter tracks down an effigy of Caulder and Slava's creature appears and attacks him. The Doom Patrol's search for the Beard Hunter brings them to Danny the Street. In "Ezekiel Patrol", Beard Hunter was with Mr. Nobody when the Doom Patrol enacted a plan that involved Mr. Whiskers and Ezekiel the Cockroach fighting in giant size as Negative Man plans an explosion to take them out. When Beard Hunter asks Mr. Nobody what they are supposed to do, Mr. Nobody quotes "Oh sh--" before the explosion happens trapping them in the painting. In "Dumb Patrol", Crazy Jane's Miranda personality, Cyborg, Negative Man, and Roni Evers enter the White Space painting where they find Beard Hunter while Mr. Nobody isn't there. Beard Hunter explains to them that he landed an animated gig. Beast Boy Bekka Khalid Ben-Hassin In 2013 several years after DC Comics rebooted the DC Universe through the New 52, a new incarnation of Doctor Fate would be created for the Earth 2 series named Khalid Ben-Hassin. Similarly to the Khalid