Batman 89 Introduces a New Version of a Classic Villain
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The following contains major spoilers for Batman ’89: Echoes #3, on sale now from DC Comics.
Michael Keaton’s Batman has finally been introduced to the Scarecrow of his world, and this version of the villain may have already beaten him.
After taking on an assumed name and new persona, the titular hero of Batman ’89: Echoes #3 found his way into the ominous halls of Arkham Asylum as one of its many patients. There, he is subjected to various “treatments” by none other than one Doctor Jonathan Crane. As the Dark Knight is quickly finding out, however, these treatments are little more than a means by which Crane can put his decidedly malicious inventions to the test, and they are already proving to be more than Batman can take.
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Written by SAM HAMM Art by JOE QUINONES Colors by LEONARDO ITO Letters by CARLOS M. MANGUAL Main cover art by JOE QUINONES
Batman ’89: Echoes brings readers back to the world of the Caped Crusader as brought to life by Hollywood icon, Tim Burton. The series serves as a followup to Sam Hamm and Joe Quinones’ Batman ’89 limited series, which spanned six issues from 2021 to 2022. Batman ’89 picked up shortly after the events of 1992’s Batman Returns, entirely eschewing the events and characters of Joel Schumacher’s 1995 and 1997 feature films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
When Batman ’89: Echoes picks up, it is two years after he was last seen in the original miniseries. Without Batman to protect them, the citizens of Gotham City have taken to the streets for themselves in spite of their lack of preparedness and experience. Like its preceding series, Batman ’89: Echoes has been praised for the ways in which it evoked Burton’s pop-noir stylings that defined both of his feature film entries into the wider Batman mythos.
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Jonathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow, is one of Batman’s oldest and most storied enemies. The original, Golden Age iteration of the character first appeared in the pages of 1941’s World’s Finest #3 in Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson’s story, “Batman: The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow.” Over the years, Scarecrow has undergone numerous changes, yet his obsession with fear and the use of his infamous fear-inducing gasses and toxins has stayed the same throughout.
Batman ’89: Echoes #3 is on sale now from DC Comics.
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