“
It's gonna take more than a clown in a shiny suit to take me down.
”
Tobias Whale was the most notorious crime boss in Freeland as well as the archnemesis of Black Lightning. He’s a main antagonist within Black Lightning within the Arrowverse.
He is portrayed by Marvin "Krondon" Jones III.
Victims[]
Black Lighnting[]
Season 1[]
- Unnamed Man - Consumed by piranhas after being thrown into their tank by Tobias Whale.
- Latavious Johnson/Lala - Strangled by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Leonard - Beaten to death by Joey Toledo with knuckledusters on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Rat - Consumed by piranhas after being thrown into their tank by Tobias Whale.
- Eldridge Whale - Had his back broken by Tobias Whale.
- Alvin Pierce - Suffocated by Tobias Whale by forcing ripped up pieces of his articles into his mouth, shown in a flashback.
- Unnamed Fighter - Beaten and had his neck broken by Tobias Whale.
- David Poe - Died in a car accident arranged by Tobias Whale off-screen, mentioned.
- Two Unnamed Lady Eve Henchmen - Shot by Tobias Whale’s Henchmen with lightning guns on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson/Lady Eve - Shot by Tobias Whale’s Henchmen with a lightning gun on the orders of Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Latavious Johnson/Lala/Tattoo Man - Blown up by Tobias Whale with a bomb within him. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Two Unnamed A.S.A. Agents - Blown up by Tobias Whale when he blew up Latavious Johnson/Lala.
- Unnamed A.S.A. Agent - Shot by Tobias Whale.
- Total - 15
Season 2[]
- Marsellus White - Neck broken by Tobias Whale.
- Detective Summers - Shot in the head by Tobias Whale.
- Rion - Broke his neck after falling off a railing due to being paralysed by Khalil Payne/Painkiller with his paralytic venom on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Kara Fowdy - Died of syphilis after being impaled through the stomach by Tobias Whale with a harpoon.
- Unnamed Man - Drowned by Tobias Whale.
- Khalil Payne/Painkiller - Died in hospital after having his cybernetic spine ripped out by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by the A.S.A.
- Earl - Killed by Latavious Johnson/Lala on the orders of Tobias Whale off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Meta-Human - Died when his pod was smashed by Tobias Whale.
- Latavious Johnson/Lala/Tattoo Man - Burned when all his tattoos emerged on his skin at once, initiated by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Total - 9
Season 3[]
- Unnamed Markovian Soldier - Killed by Tobias Whale off-screen, mentioned.
- Nurse Michael Allen - Suffocated by Tobias Whale with a plastic bag off-screen, body shown.
- Total - 2
Season 4[]
- Mayor Billy Black - Impaled by Red with a bullet using magnetokinesis on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Darius Morgan - Shot three times in the chest by an unknown assassin on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Unnamed Member of the Shadow Board - Strangled to death by an unknown assassin on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Total - 3
Kill Count[]
- Total - 29
- Season 1 - 15
- Season 2 - 9
- Season 3 - 2
- Season 4 - 3
Characters Killed By Tobias Whale[]
- Latavious Johnson/Lala - Strangled by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Leonard - Beaten to death by Joey Toledo with knuckledusters on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Eldridge Whale - Had his back broken by Tobias Whale.
- Alvin Pierce - Suffocated by Tobias Whale by forcing ripped up pieces of his articles into his mouth, shown in a flashback.
- David Poe - Died in a car accident arranged by Tobias Whale off-screen, mentioned.
- Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson/Lady Eve - Shot by Tobias Whale’s Henchmen with a lightning gun on the orders of Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Latavious Johnson/Lala/Tattoo Man - Blown up by Tobias Whale with a bomb within him. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Marsellus White - Neck broken by Tobias Whale.
- Detective Summers - Shot in the head by Tobias Whale.
- Rion - Broke his neck after falling off a railing due to being paralysed by Khalil Payne/Painkiller with his paralytic venom on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Kara Fowdy - Died of syphilis after being impaled through the stomach by Tobias Whale with a harpoon.
- Khalil Payne/Painkiller - Died in hospital after having his cybernetic spine ripped out by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by the A.S.A.
- Earl - Killed by Latavious Johnson/Lala on the orders of Tobias Whale off-screen, mentioned.
- Latavious Johnson/Lala/Tattoo Man - Burned when all his tattoos emerged on his skin at once, initiated by Tobias Whale. Resurrected by Lazarus Prime.
- Nurse Michael Allen - Suffocated by Tobias Whale with a plastic bag off-screen, body shown.
- Mayor Billy Black - Impaled by Red with a bullet using magnetokinesis on the orders of Tobias Whale.
- Darius Morgan - Shot three times in the chest by an unknown assassin on the orders of Tobias Whale.
Deaths[]
- Disintegrated by Mobius/Anti-Monitor with a wave of anti-matter. Resurrected by Oliver Queen/Spectre on Earth Prime.
- Impaled through the chest on a metal spike and electrocuted by Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning.
