The Riddler Stops Playing Games...

I'm glad someone else finally bought up that The Riddler was the one who gave Joker the idea to do The Killing Joke. That's ALWAYS glossed over.

The problem with the Riddler is that he's one of those character's who's intelligence is 100% in the forefront, which means he's only as smart as the writers writing him. You can't just say "lol science" like with other mastermind characters like Doc Ock. Because of this, you tend to see writers be lazy and cheat by making him an idiot that just thinks he's smart, eliminated 100% percent of his threat and intrigue.

"Riddle me this batman! Drive your car through some racetracks"

Riddler as a Moriarty-esque mastermind is an under used angle. He has the panache to pull it off

A story that i don't think is brought up enough is from the silver age. Basically, the riddler decided one day to steal something without leaving batman any clues, and he got to the finish line with no caped crusader on his tail. But he wasn't able to take the prize. His body stopped just before because he believed he hadn't earned it. That literally stopped him in his tracks. Not because he didn't want to take it, but because no matter how hard he tried, he wasn't allowed to. So he used hypnotism once he had left to get rid of the mental block, and when he did that, Batman literally could not catch him, no matter what crime he committed. But eventually batman started finding riddles, because Riddler was subconciously creating them, as he still couldn't handle the idea of "cheating"

Love how the abusive dad says " my son is an idiot" and batman decides to say "lol so true!" like I feel like you should have come to a different conclusion there bud

Bro when people take Batman villains and go full “yeah if they stop fucking around we’re cooked” its so great

this is not canon for anyone confused how this works, its part of an 8 issue mini series about Batman's villains having their one bad day equivalents, came out a couple years ago

Riddler locked in. Which caused Batman to lock in; and only one of them knows 1001 ways to kill you up close and personal. God this was an amazing comic.

He’s not wearing his Matt Murdock glasses anymore please bring them back 😭😭😭😭😭

“Riddle me this Batman” “I spend my days lower than everyone else, constantly under people. And yet I’m never quite the smart fella. What am I?” “A fart smella” “😢”

I remember when I first read this, I was mixed on it. I love Riddler and him being on top of things and not a joke, but it kind of felt a bit much. Like this was Eddie's own fanfic and the ending was Batman smashing his computer.

My head canon is Batman paralyzed him at the end and came to his hospital room and hit him with the “don’t do it again”

All the prison guards shooting each other instead of the Riddler. Like, seriously?

I love the trope of "Jokey character is holding themselves back for the bit. Take their bit away and you can see what they're truly capable of."

Crazy how they kill each other in stead of killing the riddler 😭 😭 😭 Edit: there is a war in the comments😂😂😂

The guy who drew the Riddler's dad TOTALLY used the dad from Dead Poets Society as a character model.

This is very cool but while I can believe the police and heroes would not be able to stop him, I dont believe for a second the crime families or villains wouldnt just kill the riddler super easily. His whole plan relies on batman not killing...

Bro decided to lock in

i feel like the guards could have just shot the riddler like if they are gonna kill 2 humans when they could have killed one psychopath who is probably going to kill after this if he’s alive