First look at Killer Croc from The CW’s Batwoman season 3

Killer Croc is coming to Batwoman season 3 next week and Entertainment Weekly has the first look at the villainous critter. The episode, titled Loose Tooth, will find an unassuming teenager named Stephen infected by a tooth from the original Killer Croc and transforming into a new version of the villain, “whose hunger and ferocity may even exceed that of his predecessor. As the bodies pile up, Batwoman will be forced to decide if there’s enough of Steven left in this new Croc to reason with, or if he’s already too far gone.” You can check out a photo of the new Killer Croc below.

“We had an absolute blast during the creature design phase, and having Batwoman hunting Croc 2.0 through the sewers of Gotham in our show’s version of a creature feature horror movie is a story we can’t wait to unleash on our fans,” Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries said. Batwoman herself, Javicia Leslie, said that shooting the Killer Croc episode was a lot of fun.

They hired an actor who was huge in real life. He’s like a really big guy, so we didn’t have to fake anything with special effects. So, the stunts were fun and he was creepy. Special effects did such a good job with his makeup and mask. So, he was really scary-looking. It felt like one of those nostalgic episodes that is like Batman meets Stranger Things.

Despite the fantastical nature of the character, Caroline Dries wanted to ground Killer Croc in science. “I was like, ‘Eh… what is it like, a crocodile as a character on the show? I like it theory, but what is it in execution?’” Dries said “Once you mine it and mine it and find this core essence of it and you can apply science to it, even if it’s schmience, I can ground it in reality somehow and it’ll make sense in my brain. So that’s what we did with Killer Croc, and we understand that [it’s a] mutation and it ultimately makes sense, and comes from a very human place.” Batwoman season 3 debuted on The CW yesterday and the Killer Cros episode will air next Wednesday.