Who’s The Better Trickster?

Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight

MANY HAPPY RETURNS: We find out through flashbacks that The Joker has a habit of attacking Gotham City every month, as a way of giving Batman a birthday present. Then one month, Joker doesn’t attack, which sends Batman and the GCPD into a paranoid frenzy. They even evacuate the entire city, and Batman searches through every nook and cranny of Gotham. When the present is finally revealed, it's nothing more than The Joker himself standing in the middle of Gotham Square. After Batman beats the crap out of him, Joker says that the present is him knowing that they'll be doing this deadly duel forever.

THE BEAUTIFUL UGLY: Two-Face kidnaps a seemingly innocent man named Aidan Bennet, and holds him hostage in an abandoned courthouse. It’s revealed that Aidan was the prime suspect in Harvey Dent’s first case as D.A., that being a museum robbery gone wrong that involved the death of a security guard. Aidan was released on a technicality, but Harvey knows that he commited the crime, and now it’s time for judgment.

SOLITAIRE: Having escaped Arkham Asylum, The Riddler steps out into Gotham City and breaks into Wayne Tower. As the story goes on, we find out that Riddler was abused by a guard in Arkham Asylum who would never let him have any enjoyment, and the guard has been hired as Wayne Tower’s chief of security. We watch as Riddler easily bypasses security, uploads a computer virus into the mainframe, and even blows up walls, and all without losing his composure. The best way to describe Riddler through most of the story is Calm and Always In Control.

STUDY HALL: Tired of constantly battling the Batman and losing, Jonathan Crane decides to call it quits. He thus sneaks out of Arkham Asylum and flees the city. He then forges his own teaching credentials, creating a false identity. With these, Crane gets himself a job at an upstate college, living the quiet life of a psychology professor. He even begins a friendship with a book smart student named Molly Randall. But it all comes crashing down when Molly is beaten and possibly raped by her boyfriend, Bromley. Enraged, Dr. Crane dons his old Scarecrow costumes and whips out the old, reliable fear toxin. Bromley is about to get a visit from The Scarecrow, and may God have mercy on his soul.

SHINIGAMI

After the accidental death of their father, Akira and Fujiko got into a fight that nearly tore the entire tower apart. In the ensuing scuffle, they knocked over some candles and set the building on fire. As the ceiling started to collapse around them, Akira told her to stop fighting since the building was coming down around them. Fortunately, Akira was able to push her off of her just as the floor above them collapsed. Akira was seemingly buried alive in the rubble, while Fujiko’s face was horribly burned by a flaming beam falling on her. Akira was able to escape the burning building and took the Sword Of Order with her. Now left alone and disfigured, Fujiko only had her assassin training to keep her going. But in the coming years, she slowly started to lose her grip on reality. With no one to keep her company except for the loyal Yakuza members who trained her, she started creating people to talk to. Eventually, this habit of talking to herself began to spiral out of control. Whenever she’d be training, she’d become downright terrifying. But whenever she wasn’t training and was just by herself, she’d snap out of it. Sometimes whenever she was in her room, her reflection would talk to her. Eventually, it got to the point that she’d go to training sessions without even knowing it. It seems that during her downward spiral into insanity, Fujiko had developed Severe Schizophrenia. The voices would egg her on, encouraging her to follow a path of death and self-destruction. This would lead to disastrous consequences, like when she killed her sensei during sword training in a frenzy of madness. Eventually, she lost all control and went completely off the deep end. But underneath all of the rage and violence, Fujiko is an extremely lonely person who just wants to be loved. The only reason why she battles her sister is that it's the only way she can think of to spend time with her. She’s even hoping that maybe Ryuko will stop her.

The Spot Tribute (Break The World)

This is a song I found that I think fits Dr. Jonathan Ohn (The Spot) perfectly. Give it a listen!

My Homemade Joker Cosplay

Marry, Screw, Kill: Cinematic Villains

Marry, Screw, Kill: Anime Villains

My redesign of Oberon Sexton: The Thin White Duke Of Death

What’s your opinion on modern day Cluemaster? Is he different enough from Riddler, or is he still a cheap knock-off?