KnightfallĬrane escaped Arkham Asylum during the massive breakout orchestrated by Bane in a plot to break the Bat.Īfter a few days, Crane learned that Joker had teamed up with Cornelius Stirk and was insulted that the Joker had chosen to partner with an amateur fear-based villain like Stirk over him. Tim's defeat of Scarecrow in this instance convinced Batman to train him as the third Robin. Scarecrow would try using this version of his toxin again years later, this time stopped by the new, young vigilante Tim Drake. He was stopped while using this new strand by the second Robin Jason Todd. Scarecrow eventually developed a new version of his fear toxin, which removed people's fears and made them act reckless and murderous. The Scarecrow was a regular member of the Injustice Gang and briefly joined the Secret Society of Super-Villains. The team disbanded after a battle with The Hangman and the battle at the Batcave with the newly-formed Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin. The group was also responsible for the Columbus Day Massacre of Gotham's mob bosses. Crane was apprehended by the hero and imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.īack on the streets, the Scarecrow was soon recruited into a gang of super-villains led by Two-Face to battle Carmine Falcone's criminal empire. Defending himself with his fear toxin and a makeshift costume, Crane officially embraced his nickname and became " the Scarecrow". Batman, working alongside the recently promoted police captain Jim Gordon, and traced the evidence back to Crane. The deaths of the Gotham University dean and four regents earned Crane the attention of Gotham City's newest guardian - the Batman. Instead of curing him though, he allowed the kid's mental state to worsen. Īround his time, Crane also worked as an intern at a psychiatric clinic, where he was left in charge of a young and disturbed Thomas Elliot. He took the moniker "The Scarecrow", the favorite taunt of the hated bullies. Later, he went on to murder people responsible for his dismissal.įollowing this, Crane was transferred to Arkham Asylum and became the head psychologist there, where he performed fear-inducing experiments on his patients. Eventually, his harsh methods in the classroom caught up to him, and he was dismissed for firing a revolver in class. Crane started his classes, with an emphasis on the study of fear. Crane became fascinated with the whole event and proceeded to murder his grandmother using the same fear chemical she previously used on him.Īfter high school, Jonathan enrolled at Gotham University and became the new professor of psychology once he eliminated the original teacher through exposure to his experimental fear toxin. Unfortunately, his fear methods proved to be a bit too successful, as he literally scared his bullies to death. One night, Crane dressed up as a ghoulish scarecrow to terrify some of the people who bullied him in high school. He also learned the recipe for the chemical that his grandmother used to scare crows. He developed his own style of "violent dancing", which he combined with elements of Kung Fu. His grudge against the people who hurt him grew stronger, and Crane was eventually tired of being a victim. His bullies gave him the name "the Scarecrow" for his skinny physique. Growing up, Jonathan was bullied for his lanky frame, spindly legs, and uncommon interests. It was because of this that Jonathan developed a crippling fear of his grandmother. He was forced to dress in a suit contaminated with a homemade chemical designed to enrage nearby crows and encourage them to attack the source. His father took off before he was even born, and his mother was made to leave her newborn son in the hands of her grandmother, a religious fanatic with less than pure intentions for the boy.Īs a child he was exposed to severe emotional and physical torment and torture from his great grandmother, the worst of course being the Keeny family's chapel, where flocks of crows nested. Jonathan Crane was a child born without benifit of clergy and suffered severe abuse as a child.
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