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Completed version of the WIP I uploaded earlier. This is my own take on The Riddler from the Batman series. I was sort of wondering what he would look like if he was in the Nolan-verse, seeing as how he could be a likely candidate to appear in the next Batman movie, but you never know, right? I gave him a green suit, but it is really really dark, so it'd look black in certain lighting. My scanner screws up some colors, but he is supposed to be wearing a lime-green pinstripe shirt. He has a purple tie with a squiggly pattern on it that resembles question marks, and I gave him brown leather gloves. He still has his hat, which I think would fit him anyway if he existed in real life. And, his hair is a reddish-brown with green eyes.

A disclaimer: I never was really into American comics when I was young, especially super-hero comics. I didn't even really watch the Batman television series. I did, however, see the movies, but that was a very long time ago and I never was a big fan of cartoony live-action films. However, since seeing Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, I've had a change of heart towards American comics in general, and I'm trying to learn more about the Batman universe. It's rather fun. And, no, I do not consider myself "jumping on the bandwagon". Movies impact me a lot!

Anyway, this was my take on The Riddler, aka Edward Nygma (E. Nygma, lol). Before drawing him, I first read the Wikipedia article on him, just to get a good idea of who he is, what his backstory is, and what he does. Based on what I read (and also what is common knowledge to everyone, even if you don't read the comics) it seems to me that if The Riddler existed (or was in one of Nolan's films) he'd resemble the Zodiac Killer in the way that he'd send letters to police or the press that he wrote that would be seemingly mindless riddles that would need to be solved and deciphered, except, of course, the letters would involve other crimes other than murders, and he wouldn't be a serial killer, either. His crimes would involve the usual ones seen in Batman, such as robberies, kidnappings, ect. I could see him as being slightly more sane than the Joker and more suave with his manners, but not afraid to get his hands dirty. Where the Joker's trademark in TDK was slicing and painting his victim's faces and leaving Joker cards at the site, the Riddler would leave letters, notes, maybe even writings on walls, all riddles, and of course, his trademark symbol would be the question mark.

Bleh, sorry for rambling so much! I guess I got carried away with my thoughts! But, yeah, that's my take on him. Other people may have a different vision, but that's what makes it so fun to speculate!

This was inspired by the work of