Batcomputer Database:
Before it became The lceberg Lounge, the building was home to the Gotham Customs House. At one point, the land was part of a proposal for a new waterfront public park, but the project was left in limbo due to soil toxicity. A few years later, after an unusually short application process, Oswald Cobblepot swooped in and bought the property. Turns out he had bribed the inspector to falsify the soil report so he could buy the land for cheap. He demolished part of the building and rebuilt it around his new nightclub to make it look partly like an iceberg. The main club space offers good vantage points if we ever need to navigate the building covertly. Oswald has since been conducting all his business (both legal and illegal) from the Iceberg Lounge. The building is guarded 24/7 despite Oswald's claims to have gone legit. Regardless, he remains a valuable source of information.
Items of Import:
- Cobblepot Family Portrait, Circa Late 1930s
Cobblepot patriarch Theodore with his family, celebrating his second term as Mayor of Gotham City in the late 1930s.
As the heir to the Cobblepot Steel "robber baron" empire, Theodore wielded significant influence over Gotham even before he began his political career. Two generations later, the family legacy passed to Oswald's father, Tucker. Oswald was disowned in his teens due to his penchant for violent criminality.
- Custom-made Trick umbrellas
A mechanism in the handle releases a hidden blade.
Oswald's compulsive need to carry an umbrella apparently traces back to his grandfather, who caught a fatal case of pneumonia in a rainstorm. Years later, The Penguin developed a fondness for weaponised umbrellas. Inspired by KGB assassinations in the 1970s, some of his prized pieces feature poisoned tips, concealed blades, and firing pins for bullets and other deadly projectiles. Today Cobblepot keeps his collection mostly as mementos of his colorful past. Or so he says.
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