Comic Trivia Of The Day- The Scarecrow

The last of this week's Comic Trivia Of The Day but never fear, it will be back Monday.

So today we will be looking at Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow. The Scarecrow was introduced to us in World's Finest Comics #3, way back in 1941.
Crane uses a mixture of psychology and fear tactics to cause his victims to hallucinate, turn insane and he can also literally scare people to death using a special concoction of chemicals that floods the victim with their deepest fears. The Scarecrow has used these custom weapons to tear havoc through the streets of Gotham over the years, be it on his own or with other super-criminals as part of The Injustice Gang or The Sinestro Corps.

This can even be seen in the two of the three most recent Batman films with Raz al Guhl and Bane, this is where the trivia comes in.

Did you know that Jonathan Crane is the only villain to appear in each of the Christopher Nolan films and this is more than any other villain, including The Joker who is portrayed as Batman's greatest enemy. Although he appears in all three film, he only portrays the Scarecrow in two of them (snippets throughout Batman Begins and The very beginning of The Dark Knight) because he is shown in 'normal' clothes when acting as the judge in The Dark Knight Rises.

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Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman part 2

So here is the second part of the Batman series. The winner of this post will join Carnage, Magneto  and the Joker as well as more villains in the upcoming days and weeks.  

The link for the Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman Part 1 is below.
http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villains-ever.html

 To check out the other posts in the series you can find the links at the bottom.

Okay so the list of villains for this post is: The Riddler, Raz al Guhl, Bane and the Penguin. These guys were left out of the first part to create a more dynamic and diverse selection at the end. Okay so here we go

The Riddler

Edward Nigma is a genius whose obsession with riddles makes him one of the most theatrical Batman villains of all time. Giving a riddle to his victims, in which getting it wrong means instant death (the fate which happens to most of the unfortunate people the Riddle comes into contact with).Riddler isn’t really the type of person to use guns or go in a fist fight but he does have his custom made ‘?’ cane which he can use to beat his victims if he so chooses. The cane can also be used for setting off his traps if Batman gets to close.

Raz al Guhl

Leader of the league of shadows and master of several martial art techniques means that Raz al Guhl is probably the most deadly fighter that Batman has ever come across. Raz al Guhl was also Batman’s mentor, training him, improving his fighting technique and increasing Bruce Wayne’s potential to fight crime. This proves a real problem for the dark knight because R.A.G knows Batman’s moveset and will possibly be able to predict his offensive attack. Raz al Guhl also has a serious hatred for crime which is shown in both the comics and the first and last films in the Dark Knight series. This hatred will prove very useful in the fights against the other competitors in this series.

                                                          Penguin

Penguin is a mob boss through and through, just with added psychosis to help him achieve his extreme goals with an ‘any means necessary’ attitude. He is extremely ruthless and an unforgiving person as if you fail him you are likely to get killed. Wielding nothing more than a gun and his ‘special’ umbrella, Penguin is the type of person who doesn’t and will just kill you now just to get you out of the way rather than interrogating his victims first.

Bane

A venom fuelled behemoth with amazing strength that even Killer Croc was overpowered by. The venom turns Bane into a monster with destruction on his mind, be it people or places. All though juiced up with venom, Bane is also intelligent which helps him in fight situations. Bane wields nothing more than his fists as he needs no other weapon, showing you how strong he is. Finally Bane will always be known as the man(/monster) who ‘broke the bat

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FIGHT 1 The Riddler VS Raz al Guhl

In a random encounter with no previous preparation the Raz al Guhl would be able to slice The Riddler into two almost instantly. However if it were a planned scenario with The Riddler setting traps then he would have a much needed advantage of the leader of the League of Shadows. All though these riddles and traps would prove to be a much harder task for Raz al Guhl, he would still be able to pass them all, running his blade through the chest of The Riddler. WINNER: Raz al Guhl.

FIGHT 2: Bane VS The Penguin

This fight would just be the pure strength of Bane against the sheer aggressiveness of The Penguin. Although Penguin would fire shot after shot into the rampaging Bane, Penguin wouldn’t be able to stop the leviathan from charging at him. Bane would easily lift and throw The Penguin through a wall, severely crippling him. WINNER: BANE

FINAL FIGHT: Raz al Guhl VS Bane

It would be a student vs teacher fight to the death between these two, Raz al Guhl would have speed on his side where as Bane would obviously have the strength advantage over his enemy. Hitting Bane with multiple kicks, punches and sword strikes, Raz al Guhl would be able to slow the venom induced beast down but not be able to stop him. Bane would be able to grab his former master and break him into two just like he did with Batman. Raz al Guhl wouldn’t die but a little trip to a Lazarus pit may be in order.

WINNER: BANE

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If you want to read more in this series click these links below

Spiderman Villains-http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villain-ever-series.html

X-Men Villains-http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villain-ever-series_12.html

What happened to the Riddler?

Before the final Christopher Nolan film of the trilogy was announced there were many speculations that The Riddler was going to play the main protagonist in the Dark Knight Rises. Mock up posters were made and posted all over the internet and rumours that Johnny Depp was going to be cast as the genius villain.  Don’t get me wrong Bane was an awesome villain to choose and his story interweaved brilliantly with the Batman begins but I can’t help but wonder that The Riddler would have been a more popular choice and someone that more people would know of. Think about it, in Batman and Robin Bane was just used as muscle for Poison Ivy and was introduced to the audience as an idiot. Don’t get me wrong, Tom Hardy and Christopher Nolan did an amazing job in bringing the Bane character to the big screen and portraying him as a smart, dangerous serial killer who also has a soft side with his love for Talia al Guhl.

Like I mentioned earlier Bane’s story, as well as the whole of the Dark Knight Rises film, is extremely well linked to Batman Begins with Bane being trained in the League of Shadows (the same place Bruce Wayne got his training) as well as Raz Al Guhl’s daughter Talia being bought in as well as a small bit from Liam Neeson himself reviving his role from the first film.  I just believe that the Riddler would provide more of an intellectual problem to Batman rather than a physical one. It would not have to be linked to any of the films beforehand such as The Dark Knight didn’t really have much of a link to Batman Begins (other than the joker card handed to Batman at the very end of the first film).

Obviously this will never happen now since Nolan as ended on an incredible high with the Dark Knight trilogy but perhaps it could happen in another potential film that all of us fans want. Maybe The Riddler could be bought into a potential Robin/Nightwing film  (As mentioned in an earlier post)

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