he is the master of fear welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of dr. Jonathan
crane otherwise known as scarecrow who
are you I am fear incarnate
I am the terror of Gotham I am the
Scarecrow as with most comic book
characters there are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1941 s
world’s finest comics number three and
which was expanded upon in 1995 s Batman
annual number 19 and 2005 s Batman year
one scarecrow Jonathan crane developed
an interest in human fears and phobias
in his youth this was due to being
abused by his fanatically religious
grandmother who locked him in a
dilapidated church full of crows he was
similarly bullied and mistreated by
other teens because of his scrawny
appearance and clothes called names like
scarecrow and Ichabod Crane the Cowardly
character from The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow
the young man swore to completely
eliminate his sense of fear eventually
becoming a professor of psychology at
Gotham State University as well as a
psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum dr. crane
soon began conducting experiments on his
students and patients eventually his
obsession with fear became dangerous
resulting in his dismissal from the
profession as a result crane turned to a
life of crime and continued his terror
experiments by means of criminal
activity he did so through the use of
various drugs chemicals devices and his
expertise in psychology he also created
a terrifying costumed identity that of a
scarecrow due to his desire to transform
his object of ridicule into one of
Terror his mask even served dual
functions it both enhanced the effects
of his hallucinogens on others while
shielding him from the toxin though he
eventually built up an immunity to his
own formula not just selling his
services and mounting heists the
Scarecrow has taken on much larger and
more devious plans chief among these is
his plan to expose all of Gotham to his
fear toxin in order to cause mass chaos
and panic skilled as a fighter
scarecrow rarely goes into battle
without the use of a handgun and deadly
farm tools such as pitchforks sickles
and scythes regularly confronted by
Batman he is constantly managed to
infect Batman
with his toxin exposing him to his
deepest and darkest fears in the hope of
driving and Matt however Batman has
always managed to endure the psychosis
or avoid its effects through the use of
a gas mask constantly delivering crane
to Arkham Asylum for confinement the
villain has emerged even more dangerous
than before after meeting and partnering
up with like-minded psychotics such as
the Mad Hatter one of the sickest and
most twisted villains in Batman’s rogues
gallery the Scarecrow has appeared in
various media over the years including
the animated series and the Batman
Arkham Asylum video game despite this
scarecrow continues to be best
recognized for his portrayal by Killian
Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Batman
series would you like to see my mask
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of dr. Jonathan
crane otherwise known as scarecrow who
are you I am fear incarnate
I am the terror of Gotham I am the
Scarecrow as with most comic book
characters there are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1941 s
world’s finest comics number three and
which was expanded upon in 1995 s Batman
annual number 19 and 2005 s Batman year
one scarecrow Jonathan crane developed
an interest in human fears and phobias
in his youth this was due to being
abused by his fanatically religious
grandmother who locked him in a
dilapidated church full of crows he was
similarly bullied and mistreated by
other teens because of his scrawny
appearance and clothes called names like
scarecrow and Ichabod Crane the Cowardly
character from The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow
the young man swore to completely
eliminate his sense of fear eventually
becoming a professor of psychology at
Gotham State University as well as a
psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum dr. crane
soon began conducting experiments on his
students and patients eventually his
obsession with fear became dangerous
resulting in his dismissal from the
profession as a result crane turned to a
life of crime and continued his terror
experiments by means of criminal
activity he did so through the use of
various drugs chemicals devices and his
expertise in psychology he also created
a terrifying costumed identity that of a
scarecrow due to his desire to transform
his object of ridicule into one of
Terror his mask even served dual
functions it both enhanced the effects
of his hallucinogens on others while
shielding him from the toxin though he
eventually built up an immunity to his
own formula not just selling his
services and mounting heists the
Scarecrow has taken on much larger and
more devious plans chief among these is
his plan to expose all of Gotham to his
fear toxin in order to cause mass chaos
and panic skilled as a fighter
scarecrow rarely goes into battle
without the use of a handgun and deadly
farm tools such as pitchforks sickles
and scythes regularly confronted by
Batman he is constantly managed to
infect Batman
with his toxin exposing him to his
deepest and darkest fears in the hope of
driving and Matt however Batman has
always managed to endure the psychosis
or avoid its effects through the use of
a gas mask constantly delivering crane
to Arkham Asylum for confinement the
villain has emerged even more dangerous
than before after meeting and partnering
up with like-minded psychotics such as
the Mad Hatter one of the sickest and
most twisted villains in Batman’s rogues
gallery the Scarecrow has appeared in
various media over the years including
the animated series and the Batman
Arkham Asylum video game despite this
scarecrow continues to be best
recognized for his portrayal by Killian
Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Batman
series would you like to see my mask
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