“Batman’s Evil Eye”, from Detective Comics #389, originally published in 1969 written by Frank Robbins, with pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Joe Giella, and cover art by Neal Adams.“Fright of the Scarecrow!!”, from Batman #189, originally published in 1967 written by Gardner Fox, with pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Joe Giella, and cover art by Carmine Infantino and Giella.“The Return of the Scarecrow”, from Detective Comcis #73, originally published in 1943 written by Don Cameron, with pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson, and cover art by Kane and RobinsonĪ mixed bag of two stories from the 60’s are up next:.The Scarecrow-and Bob Kane!-returns a few years later: “Riddle of the Human Scarecrow”, from World’s Finest #3, originally published in 1941 written by Bill Finger, with pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos, and cover art by Fred Ray.Arkham is one of the biggest specters hovering over Gotham, and even though the asylum's story can't end happily, there can be growth and change for whoever's taken the Knight mantle.First up, we have what I can only assume is the Scarecrow’s debut, in a World’s Finest story from the original Bat-team: Detective Comics in the Rebirth era has become the Bat book about dealing with the specters of the past, be they Batman's, Cassandra Cain's or Clayface's. This is coming during everything that's going on with the superhero Sanctuary business in Heroes in Crisis, so this hits harder, especially for Batman. The idea of someone donning the look and title of a place that drove them to the brink is a compelling one, and something can definitely be done with that in the trauma-heavy space that is superhero comics. The hospital has even created some of its own evils, all the while indulging in some gnarly mental health tropes. Even when it doesn't have malicious villains such as Hugo Strange or the Scarecrow as employees, it's a poorly run facility housing supervillains that break out on a frequent basis. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of Batman history knows that Arkham Asylum is an incredibly skeezy place, just generally speaking. It's a shame that the Knight is a glorified character skin, because there is the gem of a good idea in there.
RELATED: Yep, the Arkham Collection Has Been Released for Xbox One Even his costume, a twisted militaristic version of Batman's, just becomes the Red Hood costume. He really isn't that much different from who Jason ends up being, and the game doesn't even do a good job of hiding the reveal once flashbacks come into play in the second half of the game.
That wouldn't be a big deal on its own, but Rocksteady insisted that he was an original character for months, and didn't exactly do anything to dissuade the suspicion that the Knight was a personified prequel to the Red Hood. yeah, no, at the end of the day it just turned out to be Jason Todd, former Robin and Joker victim who was just believed to be dead instead of being actually dead. He even got a comic prequel showing how his militia wound up in control of Gotham City.Įxcept. He showed up in all the marketing as the more physical foe of the duo that consisted of him and Scarecrow, putting a gun to Batman's head and promising a showdown between the two. The Knight was a character created specifically by Rocksteady for the game, billed as a wholly new character.