* The Signalman Of Crime! * Batman's Roman Holiday! * Am I Really Batman? * 1st APPEARANCE "SIGNALMAN" (Phillip Cobb) Phillip "Phil" Cobb was a gangster with big ideas. He came to Gotham City intent on hiring a gang of his own and making it big, but was laughed at when trying to recruit thugs because he had no reputation. Steaming with anger, he vowed to prove himself to Gotham's mobsters, and when he noticed how modern society was regulated by signs, signals and symbols, he found the inspiration for his criminal career. Becoming the "Signalman", he went on a spectacular crime spree using signs and symbols as his trademark.