SHOW NOTES:
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Intro
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Background (1:15)
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Riddler created by Bill Finger & Dick Sprang in Detective Comics #140 (October 1948)
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Edward Nigma loved puzzles so much he became obsessed with using puzzles to cheat people out of money
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Decided to challenge Batman as a worthy adversary
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Hush – Riddler determines Batman’s secret identity and threatens to expose it, but Batman says that a riddle that everyone knows the answer to is meaningless
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Becomes adversary of Green Arrow for a while
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Spends a year in a coma and awakens to find himself cured of his insanity and obsession with riddles – but does not remember Bruce Wayne is Batman – he assists several heroes with his intellect for a while
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Returns to villainy after being hit with a bomb, restarting his psychosis
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New 52 – slightly new look, but same adversarial stance with Batman’s
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Rebirth – begins as inmate in Arkham, and helps Gotham PD against the Joker
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Offers Joker a partnership, saying if either killed Batman, the other would be unfulfilled – Joker shoots him in the stomach and leaves
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Forms a team to fight Joker in a turf war over Gotham
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Issues (8:48)
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Brian – why does he leave puzzles for Batman to find?
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Why doesn’t he stop since he always loses? (12:29)
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During his reformation, he retained his intelligence and detachment from humanity, yet wanted to do good – why?
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Treatment (29:38)
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In-universe
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Out of universe (36:14)
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Skit (45:32)
- Ending
References:
- Joker episode – Doc – 7:18
- Marc Summers – Anthony/Doc – 20:20
- Rubik’s Cube – Doc – 32:15
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