crook named Ed Ogilvy who was loyal to his employers. While in the midst of a negotiation with someone, Ed and his wife Ann were killed. As a young boy, Ogilvy joined up with Penguin where he started out as a lookout for Penguin's men when they were attacked by Batman. While Batman warned Ogilvy to stay out of trouble, he would not comply. Soon, Ogilvy rose through the ranks of Penguin's gang and became his right-hand man. At one point, he got a deep three-lined scar on his left arm from one of Batman's batarangs. Penguin sent Ogilvy to steal some data from the bank. Ogilvy did that and had to kill a new recruit for disobeying orders by raiding a bank vault. During the "Death of the Family" storyline, Ogilvy was put in charge of Penguin's operation when Joker recruited Penguin for his plans on Arkham Asylum. The first thing he did was save Poison Ivy from her inescapable doom when she was captured and buried alive by Penguin's men. Then he commandeered all of Penguin's operations. As Joker continues his rampage and wanting to take advantage of it, Ogilvy unleashes a gas that might be Joker venom in Gotham City. Observing the outcome of one of Joker's activities earlier in the week, Ogilvy takes on the name of Emperor Penguin. When Mr. Foschina refuses to partake in a plan to kill Penguin's enemies in a plot to blame it on Joker, Emperor Penguin uses his umbrella to kill him by cutting a grin into his face. Emperor Penguin receives the news from Ms. Finch that Batman is trying to convince the Gotham City Police Department that Joker didn't kill some of the men who were found dead. Emperor Penguin notes that Penguin's enemies are running to him for protection and that he will soon be the emperor in Gotham City. As Penguin gets his secret cache of umbrella weapons at the Gotham City Zoo to use for his revenge upon his return to the Iceberg Lounge, Emperor Penguin is expecting this as he plans to prove to Penguin that he is not untouchable as Penguin has claimed. When Penguin makes his way to his mansion and finds that his men are working for Emperor Penguin, Penguin gives him an angry call as Emperor Penguin explains his actions. Penguin discovers that the children's center that he stole from