Related
He might not be one of the A - Listers inBatman ’s rogue gallery , but theMad Hatterhas one little man of knowledgethat should earn him some much - needed street cred . Fans are cognisant that Jervis Tetch is a vicious criminal with a taste for judgement control and a fixation withAlice in Wonderland . But few get laid that his delusions have granted him a mystical gift : the awareness that he ’s a fancied character .
The Mad Hatter was created by Bill Finger , Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz and first appear inBatman # 49 . A brilliant scientist , Tetch is sleep together for his use of technology to cook and verify the mind of his victims . But the most iconic element of his costumed identity is his devotion to the works of Lewis Carroll , often committing flamboyant crimes related to the English writer ’s story . At times , Tetch has demonstrated difficultness tell apart between realness and fable , often consider himself to be theliteral insane Hatter fromAlice in Wonderland .
Related : Joker Confesses He Actually abide by One Much - Mocked Gotham Villain
This tenuous grasp on reality was pushed to the extreme inAnimal Man # 10by Grant Morrison , Chas Truog , Mark McKenna , Tatjana Wood and John Costanza . The outlet features a human beings , Dr. James Highwater , following up on a note he ascertain that instructed him to run across withthe supervillain Psycho - Pirate . pretend to Arkham Asylum , he suddenly finds himself confronted by an unexpected character , the frantic Hatter , dressed in his full costumed regalia . He drops several cryptic clues to Highwater say things such as , " We ’re all words on a page,“and " belt along out to receive a deadline . “He even screams that , " Some tatty hack is write our lives!“as he ’s being cart away to his cell .
It ’s indeed a disclosure that the brainsick Hatter is aware he ’s a funny book grapheme , but it should n’t come as much of a surprise . Characters who cansee beyond the 4th wallalmost always yield the toll of losing the ability to live well within their fancied realness . Even wisecrack fictitious character like Marvel ’s Deadpool experience a abstruse angst at their pain taking place for the amusement of others , andAnimal Manplays its titular submarine sandwich ’s realization that he is n’t real as an unfold cosmic repugnance . At least for the Mad Hatter , his reason of realism is fluid enough that this revelation does n’t seem to dominate his thinking - he ’s more focussed on the story he wish he was in than confronting the comedian he is . Ironically , this stimulate him far more likeAlice in Wonderland ’s Mad Hatter , who for all his confusing promulgation , understands the twisted universe around him well than Alice herself .
huffy Hatter ’s abbreviated coming into court was think of to bond - in to the overall paper ofGrant Morrison ’s ladder onAnimal Man , which examine the relationship between realness and fiction . after appearances seldom have him acknowledge this truth again , returning Tetch to the warmth and safety of his Wonderland fantasy . That said , for a time , Mad Hatterwas privy to a truth that could even driveBatmanmad .
Next : Batman ’s Forgotten Team is eventually Back For Their retaliation
