Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Patreon Brian asked us to cover THE RIDDLER! Why does Edward Nygma keep leaving clues he knows Batman will solve? What is OCD really like? All these questions and more - listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Background (1:15) Riddler created by Bill Finger & Dick Sprang in Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) Edward Nigma loved puzzles so much he became obsessed with using puzzles to cheat people out of money Decided to challenge Batman as a worthy adversary 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 Becomes adversary of Green Arrow for a while 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 Returns to villainy after being hit with a bomb, restarting his psychosis New 52 – slightly new look, but same adversarial stance with B