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The Riddler

Real Name: Eddie Nashton, alias Edward Nigma
Occupation: Professional criminal
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Group Affiliations: None
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 183 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance: DETECTIVE COMICS #140 (October, 1948)

Tid-Bits

  • A cunning criminal strategist and an accomplished marksman.
  • His weapons have varied from exploding jigsaw puzzles to pistols shaped like question marks.
  • His obsession with beating Batman is often his undoing.

    Biography

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    Since childhood, Eddie Nashton used puzzles to beat his opponents, habitually cheating to ensure that he would win. He began his life of crime as a simple con man. Yearning to make bigger money, "E. Nigma" created the identity of the Riddler and adopted a unique approach to crime: providing clues to his capers in the form of puzzles and riddles.
    After numerous defeats at the hands of the Batman, the Riddler is now completely obsessed with proving that he is Batman's intellectual superior.

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