Seven Fingers Dupree

Connections

• When Henry Coates' father was killed by a cop in the pay of local crime boss Seven Fingers Dupree, Henry swore to devote his mighty intellect to fight crime and Sentinel was born

Context

Sentinel's origin story sounds suspiciously similar to Batman's, but Henry Coates was likely much older than Bruce Wayne was at the time of patricide. This incident in Sentinel's lore is mentioned after the list of PhDs he got, and it says Henry swore to devote his "mighty intellect" to fight crime, suggesting that he was probably in his 20s or 30s at the time his father was killed.

"Dupree" is of French origin. The du part means "of the" or "from the," while pre(e) is translated as "meadow." Therefore, "of/from the meadow."

There seems to be no strong connection between Seven Fingers Dupree and any real-world figure or reference. There seems to be a musician out there named Curly Fingers Dupree, but that's about it. While it certainly sounds like the surname a crime boss could have, the name "Dupre" or "Dupree" seems to crop up in various, seemingly random places in film, music, and other areas of pop culture. Maybe it just sounds like a cool name.