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While theCondiment Kingis sure one ofBatman’sbottom cask antagonists , one villain ’s gimmick manages to be even more cringe - inducement . When a crowd of baddie all model after characters from Lewis Carroll ’s works stormed Gotham , even Batman was dumbstruck by one villain ’s schtik .
When Batman began protect his city , he set out to take Gotham back from the condemnable elements that had ruled it for years . Between taking out establish crime family , as well as up - and - come gangster , the Dark Knight was doing a service for his city . regrettably , colorful villains with themes slowly took their place until the city was lousy with gimmicky criminals . And while some had more exalt costumes and backstories , others really seemed to ring it in . For every Joker , Poison Ivy or Two - human face , there was a man who fashions himself after a quilt orsomeone with a kite obsession .
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But for all the Eggheads and Book Worms that Batman has come across , no society of villains were as devoid of substance as the Wonderland Gang that debut inDetective Comics # 841by Paul Dini , Dustin Nguyen , Derek Fridolfs , John Kalisz , and Randy Gentile . Mad Hatter leads a crew of similarly - themed opponent all modeled after characters fromThrough the Looking - Glass . Aside Tweedledum and Tweedledee , most of the bunch are new criminal that have fall in and assume on such half - baked identicalness such as March Hare , the Lion and the Walrus . The most underdeveloped of the crew is the Carpenter , aka Jenna Duffy , a former pickpocket from Keystone City . Unlike her comrades , Carpenter is n’t much of a champion , or one for making scourge when confront by Batman . The Dark Knight ca n’t even come up an attack at taking her seriously , simply cuff her and moving on .
For what it ’s deserving , even Mad Hatter considered the Wonderland Ganga defective melodic theme , and it ’s revealed Tweedledee and Tweedledum were using Tetch ’s brain command engineering to get him to go with it . But Hatter was right to be reluctant , because beyond being a fun naming convention , the Gang is woefully ineffective in their first outing . And while Duffy would afterward find a more sizeable job constructing villain lairs and death traps , her brief confrontation shows that a right unsound guy is more than just a gimmick .
What make a unspoilt villain ? A coolheaded name , a good intention , an interesting backstory ? While these thing help , the most important thing a villain needs is deepness . The job with the Carpenter and her fellow members of the Wonderland Gang was that they took on identities that were meaningless to them . There was no connectionany penis had to their villain nameother than fitting in with the motif of Lewis Carroll . A gimmick can be a fun room of sic an opponent out from the crew , but even the Dark Knight recognise when there was no real passion beyond Carpenter ’s tools . Say what you will about theCondiment King , but at least he relishes his topping - base effort againstBatman .
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