When I ask you to tell me the name of the first Batman villain that pops into your brain you may say classic characters like Joker, or Two-Face you may say names of villains that are more popular because of the movies like Ra’s Al Ghul or Bane, I might even get newer ones like the Court of Owls, but I doubt the first villain that comes to mind would be Jarvis Tetch, the stout man with an obsession for Alice in Wonderland known as the Mad Hatter.
But he is more of a player than his popularity would imply. He plays big roles in storylines like The Long Halloween, Knightfall and No Man’s Land. Continue reading
The Literary and Cinematic Time Machine 