Later, following the '80s event Crisis on Infinite Earths, which rebooted and relaunched DC continuity, Riddler's history was changed somewhat. Nigma (the pun should be obvious), and his origin was a somewhat contrived story based around a childhood obsession with winning a contest to solve a difficult riddle for a prize - which grew into an obsession with outsmarting people through riddles. In those days, Riddler's real name was Edward E. Since his earliest Golden Age days, the Riddler has almost literally worn his gimmick right on his question mark-bedecked sleeve, with the fairly straightforward concept that he's a criminal mastermind who is obsessed with outsmarting Batman, the world's greatest detective, while also compulsively leaving him increasingly hard to solve riddles that offer clues to his next crime.Īll the way through the Silver Age (the comic book era usually considered as lasting from the late '50s to the early '70s) when Riddler leapt into pop culture stardom thanks to the Batman TV show, he was one of Batman's biggest recurring adversaries - though his crimes and schemes, as with most villains of the era, were far more whimsical and madcap than actually mysterious or menacing. As with many DC characters, there have been multiple iterations of the Riddler over his nearly 75 years in the DC Universe, with the character varying somewhat in each of the publisher's successive continuity reboots.Īt the same time, there are some constants throughout the Riddler's history that define him as a character, even when his appearance or personality undergoes slight shifts thanks to continuity changes. Asking 'Who is the Riddler?' seems a little funny, given the character's gimmick and reputation, but the answer is slightly harder to come by than one might expect.
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