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'''Philip Reardon''' served as a [[soldier]] in the [[U.S. Special Forces]] during the [[Vietnam War]] until he was honorably discharged after a grenade fragment hit him between the eyes. He returned to civilian life as a warehouse [[security guard]]. One night, he was knocked out by thieves who planted a bomb to blow up the warehouse. When [[Batman]] arrived at the scene, Reardon recovered but his vision was blurred. Mistaking Batman as one of the thieves, Reardon battled him. When he recognized Batman, the warehouse exploded and Reardon's retinas were burned, which impacted his war injury and blinded him permanently in both eyes. A brilliant ophthalmologist named Dr. Engstrom tended to Reardon after being brought to him by the crooks where he reconnected Reardon's optic nerves to the sensory cells in his fingertips. In addition to this, Dr. Engstrom granted Reardon's fingers the gift of sight enabling him to see through them. He blamed Batman for what had happened and took his revenge on him under the identity of the Ten-Eyed Man. As Batman was also affected by the blast, he used black contact lenses to help him out. As Ten-Eyed Man attacks Batman, [[Alfred Pennyworth]] helps Batman by coordinating to him through the microphone in Batman's mask. Upon finding out that Ten-Eyed Man can see through his hands, Batman used this to his advantage where he uses his cape to wrap up Ten-Eyed Man's hands and then knocked him unconscious. After Batman contacted Dr. Engstrom, Ten-Eyed Man got away.<ref>''Batman'' #226</ref>
Waking up one night in his apartment following a nightmare involving Batman attacking him with a flamethrower, Ten-Eyed Man finds himself unable to see thinking that Batman blinded him again only to remember that he had placed gloves on his hands since his "eyes" don't have eyelids. He then goes to apply for a job as an [[air marshal]] which he passes with his talents and starts making plans to have his revenge on Batman. After hijacking an airplane as a way to lure Batman to Vietnam as part of his revenge, Ten-Eyed Man led Batman on a cat and mouse in the jungle using traps that were left after the Vietnam War. He tried to blind Batman with a chemical grenade, but Batman placed Ten-Eyed Man's hands in a mud pool so that Batman can subdue him and bring him to justice.<ref>''Batman'' #231</ref>
When incarcerated at [[Gotham State Penitentiary]], Ten-Eyed Man was kept in a jail cell where the guards had his hands locked in a special box that kept him blind all day and night because with eyes on his fingers, "escape would be child's play for him," although precisely ''how'' this would be the case was not elaborated upon. Because of his indisputably unique abilities, he was employed by persons unknown as the only villain worthy to attack [[Man-Bat]]. He was even provided a supervillain costume to go with his talents. During this fight, Man-Bat threw a shrub at him where Ten-Eyed Man hurt his "eyes" when he caught it. After getting some distance from Ten-Eyed Man, Man-Bat caught his breath and figured out who Ten-Eyed Man is. What he doesn't know is that the Civil Liberties Association had hired Ten-Eyed Man to attack him. Upon fighting Ten-Eyed Man who was preparing to fire a magnesium flare bomb, Man-Bat forces Ten-Eyed Man into dropping the bomb enough to emit a blind light that causes Ten-Eyed Man to be temporarily blinded and fall off the building.<ref>''Man-Bat'' #2</ref>
During the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' storyline, Ten-Eyed Man was accidentally killed by [[Anti-Monitor]]'s shadow demons.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #12</ref> It was reportedly at the specific request of [[Marv Wolfman]]
His only appearance after that was along with other characters who were wiped out by the Crisis that were recreated by [[Psycho-Pirate]].<ref>''Animal Man'' #23</ref>
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==In other media==
===Television===
* Ten-Eyed Man appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced by [[Robin Atkin Downes]]. This version is drawn to have "eyes" on his fingertips. In the episode "A Bat Divided", he is seen in a bar where the villains hang out when [[Firestorm (comics)|Firestorm]] and the three Batmen show up. Ten-Eyed Man is among the villains that fight Firestorm and the three Batmen and is defeated. He later appears at the beginning of the episode "Emperor Joker" where he tries to rob a jewelry store only to fight Batman. [[Bat-Mite]] appeared during the fight while reviewing Ten-Eyed Man's history. After Batman cuts himself free from Ten-Eyed Man's eye-themed Belt Net, Bat-Mite then turns one of Batman's Batarangs into a cactus as Batman tricks Ten-Eyed Man into catching it. Ten-Eyed Man catches the cactus which hurts his "eyes" as Batman ties him up.
* In the "Tales of Metropolis" segment of ''[[DC Nation Shorts]]'', the episode where [[Lois Lane]] tries to ask Batman questions has one of them being who the scariest villain that Batman has faced. Upon finally answering all of Lois' questions, Batman answer to the scariest villain question is Ten-Eyed Man.
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