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Cornelius Van-Van
 

Religion: indeterminate

Name: Cornelius Van-Van

Classification: supporting character supporting character  

Publisher(s): DC

First Appearance: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers"

Creators: John Broome, Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella

Number of Appearances: 1

Occupation: millionaire, retired

Gender: male

Note: loves old silent comedy films

Retired oil millionaire Cornelius Van-Van paid filmmaker B.C. De Nil $50,000 to make new "old-style" comedy films. Mr. Van-Van did not realize that "De Nil" was actually the Joker in disguise.


This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers" (7-panel cameo)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/19314/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=92108