![]() Batman, however, finds his lair and opens the tanks containing the toxin, exposing Scarecrow to his own gas and showing him his own fear of bats. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow simply uses it as a weapon to protect himself or ward off interferences (by spraying it through vents in the fingers of his gloves). In the animated series the gas was coloured red (possibly to make it distinguishable from the Joker's green laughing gas). The Scarecrow used his Fear Toxin in the Batman: Animated Series in all of his major schemes. This is also the first time the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents was ever depicted in any kind of media outside comics as a result of Burnett's Fear Transmitter. ![]() In the 1985 Super Friends episode " The Fear" written by Alan Burnett, Scarecrow uses an electronic Fear Transmitter instead of poison as a form of censorship. However, in Detective Comics #46 Finger wrote a story where Hugo Strange experimented with using Fear Dust on his victims, but it never occurred to anyone at DC between 1940 to 1965 to give this kind of poison to Scarecrow, nor did Professor Strange ever use it again. The fear gas used by Scarecrow was created by Gardner Fox in 1967, two years after the Daredevil villain Mister Fear used an identical gas in Daredevil #6. Īlthough Bill Finger created Scarecrow in 1941 within the pages of World's Finest Comics #3, Crane never used any fear inducing weaponry to commit his crimes. Fall was the first known victim of Crane's poison. Originally Crane blew the fumes of this toxin into his target's faces with a Smoking Pipe. 3.8 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City BreakoutĬrane originally used a Smoking Pipe to blow the fumes of the toxin at his victims.In fact thanks to everyone who worked on this film. This film is a credit to Bob Kane's original vision and a testament to all the talented artists and writers who keep the legend of the Dark Knight alive in the comic books today. For those of you who are not comic fans, then just look forward to seeing how Batman should be. Well, this is the kind of Batman you can expect from Bale: Dark, brooding and tortured by his past, yet the hero we have come to love. I have never met a fan of Batman who didn't love these books. Imagine the darkness of the 'A Death In The Family' and the 'Year One' story lines. For the comic book fans out there, waiting to see this movie, let me assure you that you won't be upset. Actors of this calibre would never have gotten involved in this project if they didn't have faith in Christoper Nolan's talents and thankfully they took the leap. ![]() Even an old favourite of mine makes an appearance: Rutger Hauer! Awesome. Let's face it, what a line up! Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katy Holmes, Ken Watanabe and Tom Wilkinson are not to be sniffed at. I always had high expectations for this film when the cast was announced. Thankfully, in this movie the bad guys are actually fairly 'normal' and manage to be menacing at the same time. Gone too, are the silly villains!!! Jack Nicholson was the perfect Joker but from there it went downhill. Plus, we are not allowed to forget that Batman is still just a man under the costume and there are times when he gets a bit of a kicking and shows that he can be vulnerable too, something we sometimes forget when watching a superhero flick. The technology is current, with no use of silly OTT weapons and gadgets, again making the film work by today's standards. One of the strongest features of the film, is the way that it manges to suck you in believe that a 'Batman' could be a reality one day. In my opinion, Bale was born for this role and for the first time when watching a Batman film, I enjoyed the scenes of Wayne being Wayne as much as Wayne being Batman. When Batman does finally turn up on screen, it is well worth the wait. You are almost teased throughout the first half of the movie, waiting to see the excellent Christian Bale in the costume, as it keeps holding back to keep you in anticipation. It is the story of Wayne and focuses mainly on his years of training and preparation for becoming Batman. Don't expect to see loads of shots of Batman in this film though. ![]() Thankfully though, Nolan has gone back to the roots of the character, portraying a confused and angry Bruce Wayne, who ultimately rises to become Gotham's greatest champion. To me, these film lost the essence of what drives Bruce Wayne to do what he does and turned Batman into more of a pop star than misunderstood hero. Having been a big comic collector over the years and a long time fan of the Dark Knight, I was especially disappointed by 'Forever' and 'Batman and Robin'. Finally, after the previous 2 outings of the caped crusader, the Batman franchise is back on track.
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