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El Papagayo
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Jonah Hex vol. 1, #2 (May 1977)
Created by	Michael Fleisher Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
In-story information
Alter ego	(Both) Unknown

El Papagayo is a fictional character, a comic book western criminal created by Michael Fleisher and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez and published by DC Comics and first appearing in Jonah Hex (1st series) #2 (May 1977).

Fictional character biography

El Papagayo is a Mexican bandit who operated in the late 1800s. He is the leader of a large group of criminals. Quentin Turnbull, an enemy of Jonah Hex, hires an actor to portray a Secret Service agent in order to trick Hex into infiltrating Papagayo's gang and eventually bring the man to justice. Hex fails to do so and he and the bandit would come into conflict many more times over the years.

In one incident, El Papagayo captures Jonah from his hotel room and stakes him out in the desert to fry in the sun. He manages to escape but this is learned by El, who promises to keep an eye out for him.

Decades later, the heroes known as Hawk and Dove visit the supernatural realm of Hell. El Papagayo's spirit is seen suffering.

Batman and Robin once encountered a modern El Papagayo in the Republic of Montegua, who may or may not have been a descendant of the original.