Rorschach

Super Name: Rorschach
Real Name: Walter Joseph Kovacs
Aliases: Walter Kovacs Terror of the Underworld
Publisher: DC Comics
Creators: Dave GibbonsAlan Moore
Gender: Male
Character Type: Human
First Appearance: DC Spotlight #1
Appears in: 72 issues
Birthday: 21-Mar-40
Died:  Watchmen #12 - A Stronger Loving World

Childhood:

Walter Joseph Kovacs was born March 21, 1940 in an unknown city. His parents split when he was very young, and he grew up with his mother, a drug-addicted prostitute. He would constantly walk in on her jobs, believing she was being hurt. She would beat him whenever he did this. When he was ten, he was attacked by two bullies, who called him "whoreson" , shoved a half eaten fruit into his face, and told him that he would make them appointments with his mother. He lashed out at the boys, shoving one of the bully’s cigarettes into said bully’s eye. He proceeded to tackle the other boy tearing at his cheek with his teeth, and pulling his hair and mouth. He was pulled off of the boy by passing pedestrians. After this incident, he was sent to Lillian Charlton Home for Problem Children located in New Jersey (homage to Charlton comics).

Becoming a Superhero:

The same year as his mother’s murder, he dropped out of school. He took a job as a garment worker. Here his phobia of working with women, or anything relating to women began to take effect. This was caused by his being beat by his mother whenever he saw her doing sexual activities. When working at the factory, a women ordered a dress, made of fabric, developed by Dr. Manhattan that consisted of two liquids, black and white, which were constantly shifting in response to heat and pressure making images like a Rorschach test. The women did not like the dress, but Walter grew to love the fabric. When he was 18, Kitty Genovese (a real life figure) was brutally murdered while people looked on from their tenants.

Powers:

Agility
Escape Artist
Gadgets
Intellect
Stamina
Stealth
Tracking
Unarmed Combat
Weapon Master

The Improvised Weaponry of Rorschach:
Grappling gun
Homemade flamethrower
Pepper
Meat Cleaver
Cigarette
Fried Fat
Fork
Toilet
A dog


Inspiration:
Like most characters of Watchmen Rorschach is inspired by a Charlton comic book character. His inspiration is the Question and Mr A. Alan Moore has also quoted Rorschach to be a realistic/archetypical Batman, or a "nutcase."

Other Appearances:
He makes cameo appearances in Kingdom Come, Astonishing X-Men and Smax. He also is refered to in a Question comic, as well as being quoted by Deadpool when his mask was removed.