Dan Turpin

Dan "Terrible" Turpin is a fictional character from DC Comics. He is a police inspector in Metropolis.

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He was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in New Gods #5 in 1971, when he was encountered by Orion. He was a tough, no-nonsense cop nicknamed "Terrible" Turpin.

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In current Superman titles, Inspector Turpin is a member of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit. He was extremely loyal to Inspector Sawyer, before her transfer to Gotham City, and was romantically interested in her before learning she was a lesbian.

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Possibly inspired by his attitude, and the fact he always wears a derby hat, later writers have revealed him to be the adult version of Kirby's Golden Age "kid-gang" character Brooklyn, of the Boy Commandos.

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In the 1990s cartoon ', Turpin was modeled on Kirby, and voiced by Joseph Bologna. In the series, he was killed by the supervillain Darkseid for refusing to bend to his will and rallying the people to the defense of Metropolis, even after Darkseid had captured the Man of Steel.

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