Crimesmith

The Crimesmith is the name of two minor fictional villains in the DC Universe. The first Crimesmith made only one starring appearance, in World's Finest Comics #68 (January-February 1954), in the story "The Secret Weapons of the Crimesmith!" Rand Garrow is a small-time crook sent to prison by Batman. He uses his time in jail to learn how to construct elaborate machines. After his release, he begins calling himself the Crimesmith, and sells his machines to other criminals to use in crimes. At first stymied by the Crimesmith's inventions, Batman gets a break in the case after catching Patch Parson using one of the Crimesmith's machines. When Crimesmith plans to secretly broadcast images from old monster films and cause a panic in Gotham...