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Dan Turpin
	; Dan Turpin from Superman: Funeral For A Friend; Artist Tom Grummett
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Brooklyn Detective Comics #64 (June 1942); Dan Turpin New Gods #5 (November 1971)
Created by	Jack Kirby (writer & artist)
In-story information
Full name	Daniel Turpin
Team affiliations	Metropolis SCU; Boy Commandos
Notable aliases	Terrible, Brooklyn

Daniel "Terrible" Turpin is a fictional character published by DC Comics. Turpin was created by Jack Kirby, he first appeared as Brooklyn (due to him being born in New York) in Detective Comics #64 (June 1942), and first appeared as Dan Turpin in New Gods #5 (November 1971).

[edit] Publication history

Due to a recent retcon, Dan Turpin was made the adult version of Jack Kirby's Golden Age "kid-gang" character Brooklyn, of the Boy Commandos.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fictional character biography

Lieutenant Inspector Dan Turpin is a member of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit. In the third Superboy series, Dan Turpin is sent to Hawaii to investigate whether or not they needed a Special Crimes Unit of their own. While initially skeptical, a visit from the violent Darkseid faction, the Female Furies convinces Dan that the islands need an SCU.^[1] In current Superman titles, Turpin is extremely loyal to Inspector Sawyer, before her transfer to Gotham City. His romantic feelings for her fall apart when he learns she is a lesbian. Turpin has a daughter named Maisie.

[edit] Current status

Dan Turpin returns in Final Crisis #1 (May 2008). He had been called back from retirement to investigate the case of several missing kids; this evolves into investigating the death of the New God Orion. Orion passes on several cryptic phrases to Turpin, telling him that "He is in you all!" before finally passing away.

In the second issue, he follows clues given to him by Renee Montoya and The Mad Hatter, investigating The Dark Side Club and journeying to the devastated city of Blüdhaven. There he meets up with Reverend Good, and begins to realize that "there's someone in my head."

In the fourth issue, Turpin, after much inner struggle, is turned into the new host body for Darkseid.

In the sixth issue, Batman uses a gun loaded with a Radion bullet, which is poisonous to the New Gods, to shoot Darkseid in the shoulder. After Darkseid is claimed by the Black Racer, Turpin appears to regain control of his body, breathing "In us... in all of us..." in apparent recognition of the meaning of Orion's last words. However, Superman later addresses the body as though Darkseid was still in control of it, and Turpin then vanishes, meaning it remains unclear what exactly the fate of Turpin is.

[edit] Other media

[edit] Television

In the 1990s cartoon Superman: The Animated Series, Turpin was modeled on Kirby and voiced by Joseph Bologna. He appears often in the early part of the series. Initially he is highly critical of Superman because of his interference in the MPD's work, which (in his opinion) questioned his abilities as a police officer. In the episode Tools of the Trade, however, he and Superman end up saving each other's lives, whereupon Turpin becomes more appreciative of the Man of Steel.
Turpin's final appearance is in the two part episode Apokolips...Now!, where he leads the police of Metropolis against Darkseid's invasion force and stands up against Darkseid himself even after the alien despot presents Superman in defeat. After being forced to retreat his forces from their attack against Earth by New Genesis, Darkseid vaporizes Turpin in revenge for his defiance and as a last parting insult to Superman.
Turpin's funeral was presided over by a rabbi. The prayer he uses is called a Kaddish. It was out of respect for the legacy of the character that producer Bruce Timm found a genuine religious leader for the voiceover. He also modeled the cemetery after the real-life one where Jack Kirby is buried. Daniel Turpin's gravestone bears the inscription "Earth's Greatest Hero" as a reference to the him leading the MPD against Darkseid. His grave is located on a sunny hillside on the outskirts of Metropolis, visited by his friends in life and watched over by long-time ally Superman, a homage to the brighter Silver Age, and dedicated to the memory of Jack Kirby. As the funeral was breaking up, Superman offered up a small tribute to his departed friend, saying, "In the end, the world didn't really need a super man... just a brave one". In the final episode of the show, Superman mentions him several times, and even dedicates one of the blows he delivers to Darkseid to the memory of Dan Turpin. Darkseid merely says simply," Had I known one death would have caused you so much grief, I would have taken more."

Inspector Turpin also appears in the Graphic Audio production of Superman: The Never Ending Battle. In it, Turpin acts as a decoy to help Superman catch an assassin, and then the two share a friendly conversation about how Superman doesn't look good in hats before a sudden wind picks up, foreshadowing the main threat of the story.

In "Bulletproof", a season 8 episode of Smallville (TV Series), Danny Turpin, portrayed by David Paetkau, is a street cop who is partnered with an undercover Clark Kent. [1] Like the Smallville version of Maggie Sawyer, this Dan Turpin appears to be early in his police career.

[edit] References

^ As seen in Superboy vol. 3 #20 (October 1995)

[edit] External links

DCU Guide: Dan Turpin

[0] As seen in Superboy vol. 3 #20 (October 1995)

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