"The Master of Fear!" Scarecrow Appreciation Thread

[byrd156]

I can't seem to find an appreciation thread for the good doctor so time to make one. About time, here's a place to talk about your deepest fears and celebrate Jonathan Crane, The Scarecrow.

[Celgress]

Finally, I'm a big fan of Dr. Crane. The concept behind Scarecrow is such an utterly terrifying one. A villain who gets his jollies by spreading fear and using it to experiment on others for his own morbid intellectual curiosity. It gives me chills.

[Spencermalley935]

Scarecrow is actually my favorite Batman villain. The general concept of taking one of Batman's greatest weapons and turning it against him is genius and the visual design of a moving scarecrow is always amazing.

[jb681131]

[byrd156]

I'm on a playthrough of the Arkham games again and man I love the Scarecrow sections. So glad he was the big bad in Knight.

[MajorHoy]

from Who's Who -- The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XX (October 1986)



from World's Finest Comics #3 (Fall 1941)

[byrd156]

from Who's Who -- The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XX (October 1986)



from World's Finest Comics #3 (Fall 1941)

I've always liked the long face kinda design for Crane.

[Mistah K88]

You know, I always forgot about how Crane was under the mask of TNBA's design... these are from children's books

[byrd156]

You know, I always forgot about how Crane was under the mask of TNBA's design... these are from children's books

Love that last image.

[Armor of God]

For some reason no one seems to make him click, Arkham Asylum excluded. I wonder why.

[Restingvoice]

For some reason no one seems to make him click, Arkham Asylum excluded. I wonder why.

I like Arkham version but don't know much about the comic, so what's the difference?

[byrd156]

For some reason no one seems to make him click, Arkham Asylum excluded. I wonder why.

He's never really used in modern stories it feel like but there are plenty of great Scarecrow stories in the past. But we have Kings of Fear which could be a new modern classic for him.

[Armor of God]

I like Arkham version but don't know much about the comic, so what's the difference?

I guess experiencing the hallucinations as players had something to do with it.

[Armor of God]

He's never really used in modern stories it feel like but there are plenty of great Scarecrow stories in the past. But we have Kings of Fear which could be a new modern classic for him.

Well, I haven't been impressed by his Pre Flashpoint stories either tbh.

And I think its incorrect to say that he's not used. He's been used a lot since Flashpoint in a main villain/lead role capacity.
Hurwitz arc in The Dark Knight
An annual of that same book
Arkham War
Gothtopia crossover
Batman and Robin Eternal
An arc in Green Lantern
An arc in Batwoman
An arc in Batman Beyond that completes next week
Presently in King's of Fear mini series
In future there's an arc in Nightwing and Batman special files one shot.

[MajorHoy]

. . . But we have Kings of Fear which could be a new modern classic for him.

Released last month.


Due out September 26th.