Zigomar

Zigomar, The Eelskin
Real Name	Unknown
First Appearance	Le Matin (1909)
Original Publisher	Chamberlain & Co.
Created by	Leon Sazie

Origin

Zigomar was a masked crime lord, and leader of a band of Romany thieves. Zigomar's organization is named Z, and the group's password is "Z is the life! Z is the death!" accompanied by a Z hand sign. Zigomar himself is a suave but brutal man who carried out nefarious schemes throughout Europe. He would hold people up at gun point and was guilty of murder, arson and robbery. Zigomar's nemesis was Paulin Broquet, a dedicated Parisan police officer who pursued Zigomar, catching and killing him (he thought) many times, only to have Zigomar resurface unharmed. Zigomar was also pitted against American detective Nick Carter.

Notes

• This character is not to be confused with the later Serbian comic hero of the same name created by Nikola Navojev and Branko Vidić.
• According to Koji Kada, Dr. Nazō the main antagonist of the Ōgon Bat franchise resembled a Zigomar himself when he was Black Bat in the story of the same name.