![]() ![]() Batman escaped from the dream-reality, and captured the Mad Hatter, sending him once again to Arkham. As a result, Bruce was eventually able to discover the true nature of the trap. Despite his incredible plan, the Mad Hatter was unable to predict that Batman and Bruce Wayne were the same man. However, though he had never become Batman, Batman still existed in the dream world. Everything seemed so vivid that Bruce began believing it was reality. In the 'dream world' created by the Hatter, Bruce's parents were never murdered, and he was engaged to Selina Kyle. During this time, Bruce Wayne's entire reality was altered. Luring Batman into a trap, he knocked the vigilante out and put him into a machine-induced coma. The Mad Hatter eventually escaped from Arkham. The Hatter has given Bruce his own dream life. Alice and Billy were reunited, and the Hatter went to Arkham Asylum with a broken heart. ![]() Batman, however, evaded capture, and defeated the Mad Hatter. Using his mind control, Tetch had created a small army of drones (dressed in Wonderland garb) to detain the Dark Knight. Seizing Alice, Tetch fled to Gotham's Storybook Land park, and turned the Alice In Wonderland exhibit into a lair of sorts. He then set forth to woo Alice into his arms, by filling her apartment with flowers, and may have succeeded if not for the intervention of Batman, who had discovered Tetch's secret. Though the night went well, Alice only saw his actions as the kindness of a good friend, and when Billy apologized and subsequently proposed to her, she happily agreed.įurious, Tetch took control of Billy's mind and forced the man to end the engagement. Donning a costume, he dressed himself as Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter, and armed with his mind control technology (which he had imprinted on to circuit cards encoded with the character's famous 10/6 logo), Tetch took Alice out on the town, and created the illusion that he was a celebrity within Gotham. After a fight, it seemed Alice and Billy were through, and Tetch made his move. Though Tetch had an infatuation for her, he found out that she was already dating Billy. While at Wayne Enterprises, Tetch worked with the secretary named Alice. His initial tests allowed him to "civilize" lab rats, but he quickly developed technology that was advanced enough to control even human brains. Using a series of electric antennae and receivers, he actually succeeded. However, he soon began experiments developing technology that would not strengthen the mind, but enslave it. In spite of this, Tetch was a shy and kindly neuroscientist working for Wayne Enterprises, specializing his studies on enhancing the brain's potential. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.Jervis Tetch, while very intelligent and technically brilliant, coped with loneliness and apparently had difficulty with social integration and relating to others. Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact.Years later, the impostor returned to crime under the name "Hatman" and presided over an underworld auction which was raided by Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Damian Wayne). The real Tetch eventually escaped from Arkham and resumed his criminal career, forcing the impostor into retirement. Following this pattern, Batman lured Hatter into a trap and put an end to his failed attempts of redemption. ![]() Unfortunately, during every occasion when he tried to perform good deeds, the evil side of him got the better of him and he ended up committing a crime. Īfter a long time of inactivity, the Hatter returned to crime, but he was dissatisfied with his lifestyle and so he decided to go straight. Shortly after the rival gang was defeated, the Gangland Guardians dissolved. Mad Hatter saved Batman from a certain death caused by a bomb, which he triggered with one of his hats. Under the Penguin's leadership, the criminals saved Batman's life from the incoming attacks from a rival criminal organization. Not long after this, Mad Hatter became part of the criminal team known as the Gangland Guardians. He was eventually stopped by the Dynamic Duo. Instead of stealing hats, he started using his collection of hats to commit crimes and attacked the jurors whose verdict sent him to jail. Some time later, Mad Hatter escaped from prison and started a different kind of crimes. involved stealing hats to add to his vast collection. This new Mad Hatter, like his predecessor, quickly became an enemy of Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Robin (Dick Grayson). ![]()
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