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Around late 2007, Barton Mathis established himself as a serial killer in [[Star City|Starling City]] when he left the bodies of his victims on display, dressed up as dolls. This earned him the moniker, "The Dollmaker". Unbeknownst to anyone, Mathis targeted women who used Mermaiden, a high-end skin cream marketed for delicate complexions, which he deemed perfect to help produce "dolls". After killing eight women, Mathis was taken down by Detective [[Quentin Lance]] and sent to [[Iron Heights Prison]].<ref name="Broken Dolls">{{Ep|Broken Dolls}}</ref>
 
Around late 2007, Barton Mathis established himself as a serial killer in [[Star City|Starling City]] when he left the bodies of his victims on display, dressed up as dolls. This earned him the moniker, "The Dollmaker". Unbeknownst to anyone, Mathis targeted women who used Mermaiden, a high-end skin cream marketed for delicate complexions, which he deemed perfect to help produce "dolls". After killing eight women, Mathis was taken down by Detective [[Quentin Lance]] and sent to [[Iron Heights Prison]].<ref name="Broken Dolls">{{Ep|Broken Dolls}}</ref>
   
===Revenge===
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===Escape and revenge===
 
Mathis was in jail during [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]]. An escaped [[Cecil Adams|Cecil Adams/Count Vertigo]] gave Mathis the keys to his cell during the earthquake and ensuing chaos out of admiration for a "fellow artist". Mathis repaid Cecil with a warning about aftershocks, something the drug dealer guaranteed.<ref>{{Ep|State v. Queen}}</ref>
 
Mathis was in jail during [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]]. An escaped [[Cecil Adams|Cecil Adams/Count Vertigo]] gave Mathis the keys to his cell during the earthquake and ensuing chaos out of admiration for a "fellow artist". Mathis repaid Cecil with a warning about aftershocks, something the drug dealer guaranteed.<ref>{{Ep|State v. Queen}}</ref>
   
After escaping, Mathis eventually continued his killing spree and sought revenge on Quentin. As a message, Mathis killed another woman and left her body for the police to find, revealing his return. When Quentin and [[Oliver Queen|the Arrow]] worked together to take him down, Mathis called Quentin and taunted him as he killed another girl. After discovering how Mathis chooses his victims, Quentin and [[Team Arrow]] tried to lure Mathis out by using Felicity Smoak as bait. Mathis ambushed Felicity and tried to kidnap her, but the Arrow intervened. When Quentin pursued him, Mathis hit him with a piece of wood and tried to shoot him, but was stopped again by the Arrow. He then took off when the police arrived.
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After escaping, Mathis eventually continued his killing spree and sought revenge on Quentin. As a message, Mathis killed another woman and left her body for the police to find, revealing his return. When Quentin and [[Oliver Queen|the Arrow]] worked together to take him down, Mathis called Quentin and taunted him as he killed another girl. After discovering how Mathis chooses his victims, Quentin and [[Team Arrow]] tried to lure Mathis out by using [[Felicity Smoak]] as bait. Mathis ambushed Felicity and tried to kidnap her, but the Arrow intervened. When Quentin pursued him, Mathis hit him with a piece of wood and tried to shoot him, but was stopped again by the Arrow. He then took off when the police arrived.
   
 
Shortly after, Mathis took Quentin and his daughter, [[Laurel Lance (Earth One)|Laurel Lance]], prisoner, and planned to turn Laurel into one of his dolls while forcing Quentin to watch. Before the process began, the Arrow arrives and saved Laurel. Mathis tried to flee but was attacked by [[Sara Lance|the Canary]]. The two fought until Barton used some pipes to trap her. Before he could kill her, the Arrow pinned him down with two arrows in his shoulders. The Arrow told Mathis he was going back to jail, but the Canary refused to accept that, and killed Mathis by impaling him through the chest with one of her eskrima sticks.<ref name="Broken Dolls" />
 
Shortly after, Mathis took Quentin and his daughter, [[Laurel Lance (Earth One)|Laurel Lance]], prisoner, and planned to turn Laurel into one of his dolls while forcing Quentin to watch. Before the process began, the Arrow arrives and saved Laurel. Mathis tried to flee but was attacked by [[Sara Lance|the Canary]]. The two fought until Barton used some pipes to trap her. Before he could kill her, the Arrow pinned him down with two arrows in his shoulders. The Arrow told Mathis he was going back to jail, but the Canary refused to accept that, and killed Mathis by impaling him through the chest with one of her eskrima sticks.<ref name="Broken Dolls" />

Revision as of 22:08, 5 December 2018

"After all, everyone loves a pretty doll."
—Barton Mathis[src]

Barton Mathis (died October 23, 2013), also known as The Dollmaker, was a psychopathic serial killer who escaped prison during the Undertaking. He would drown his female victims by pouring a polymer down their throats, before dressing them up like dolls for police to find, thus giving him his name.

Biography

Killing Spree

Around late 2007, Barton Mathis established himself as a serial killer in Starling City when he left the bodies of his victims on display, dressed up as dolls. This earned him the moniker, "The Dollmaker". Unbeknownst to anyone, Mathis targeted women who used Mermaiden, a high-end skin cream marketed for delicate complexions, which he deemed perfect to help produce "dolls". After killing eight women, Mathis was taken down by Detective Quentin Lance and sent to Iron Heights Prison.[1]

Escape and revenge

Mathis was in jail during the Undertaking. An escaped Cecil Adams/Count Vertigo gave Mathis the keys to his cell during the earthquake and ensuing chaos out of admiration for a "fellow artist". Mathis repaid Cecil with a warning about aftershocks, something the drug dealer guaranteed.[2]

After escaping, Mathis eventually continued his killing spree and sought revenge on Quentin. As a message, Mathis killed another woman and left her body for the police to find, revealing his return. When Quentin and the Arrow worked together to take him down, Mathis called Quentin and taunted him as he killed another girl. After discovering how Mathis chooses his victims, Quentin and Team Arrow tried to lure Mathis out by using Felicity Smoak as bait. Mathis ambushed Felicity and tried to kidnap her, but the Arrow intervened. When Quentin pursued him, Mathis hit him with a piece of wood and tried to shoot him, but was stopped again by the Arrow. He then took off when the police arrived.

Shortly after, Mathis took Quentin and his daughter, Laurel Lance, prisoner, and planned to turn Laurel into one of his dolls while forcing Quentin to watch. Before the process began, the Arrow arrives and saved Laurel. Mathis tried to flee but was attacked by the Canary. The two fought until Barton used some pipes to trap her. Before he could kill her, the Arrow pinned him down with two arrows in his shoulders. The Arrow told Mathis he was going back to jail, but the Canary refused to accept that, and killed Mathis by impaling him through the chest with one of her eskrima sticks.[1]

Personality

"What comes next is really quite exquisite. The sound of an esophagus slowly hardening. Like a symphony."
—Barton Mathis[src]

Barton Mathis was a disturbed psychopath who took sadistic pleasure in killing women and dressing them up like dolls, for no apparent reason other than his own entertainment. Mathis seemed to have a fetish for his victims' skin, which he commented on a lot, and took great care to only target women with certain complexions. Mathis believed, in his own twisted way, to be these women a favor by dressing them up as dolls, claiming their beauty will be preserved and won't fade with age. He spoke in a calm, reverent manner during his killings, admiring them like a piece of art.

Mathis seemed to have some level of appreciation for criminals who crossed the same lines as him, as shown with Count Vertigo.

After being arrested by Quentin Lance, Mathis developed a personal grudge with the former, and this desire for revenge was only thing that broke through his facade. Mathis desired to torment his arrester on a personal level, as seen when he forced Quentin to listen to one of his victims' screams over the phone and even tried to murder Quentin's daughter, Laurel, in front of him to destroy his spirit. These traits were what led to Mathis' painful, yet well-deserved death.

Abilities

  • High-level intellect/Skilled tactician: Barton was a notorious serial killer who managed to successfully evade the police before and after his incarceration. He also managed to conceal the secret of his modus operandi for years. Mathis is shown to be a quick analytical thinker; he blindsided and disarmed Quentin Lance by ambushing him in an abandoned warehouse. When confronted by the Canary, Mathis pulled a chain to make pipes fall on and pin her down.
  • Stealth: Mathis was able to stalk and kidnap multiple women during his killing spree. Mathis also quickly vanished after his first confrontation with the Arrow despite police approaching. He was even able to abduct both Quentin and Laurel near a police station.
  • High tolerance for pain: When the Arrow shot Mathis in the back with an arrow, Mathis simply pulled it out and continued running with no sign of pain.[1]

Trivia

  • Within The New 52, Barton Mathis is a supervillain and the third character in the DC comics to adopt the moniker of Dollmaker. He made his first appearance in Detective Comics #2, in November of 2011. The Barton Mathis version of The Dollmaker is a deranged surgeon who runs an organ transplantation racket and uses the empty husks of his victims to create life-sized puppets. His alias is derived from his rag-doll appearance, the result of his own sewing. Dollmaker is assisted in his organ trafficking ring by a gang of patchwork madmen, his "family".
  • Barton is one of two Arrowverse characters to have become the Dollmaker in the comics. The other is Winn Schott, although the latter one is good guy and doesn't use that moniker.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 2

Season 6

References