First Appearance:?
First Mentioned: Batman Arkham City
A second person took up the name Razor, who used to work for Joker but went to join the Penguin while they were imprisoned in Arkham City.
Penguin interrogated him in order to learn any secrets about Joker, before dropping him in a pool of razor blades to die for his own personal amusement.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Razor (Batman Arkham Asylum)
Razor was a henchman, who was transferred to Arkham Asylum after the Blackgate fire. He was a member of the Joker's gang and took part in his escape plan.
Razor was among the Joker's gang who attacked the Medical Centre and took Dr. Stephen Kellerman and Aaron Cash hostage in the Patient Observation Room and release Joker Toxin into the room. However he is too slow and is trapped as well, getting to the higher levels to avoid inhaling it.
When Batman arrives to help, he finds Razor hanging over a small room, clinging onto a rope. Batman cuts him down and he smashes through the roof, surviving the fall and being knocked out, saved from the gas by Batman activating the extractor fan.
He later regains consciousness and goes to the Intensive Treatment Building, where they are just finishing attaching bombs to the gargoyles when Batman arrived. They contact the Joker, telling them they have done and Joker decides to test one out. Razor was still up by the gargyole when it explodes, killing him instantly.
Jonathan Crane (Batman Arkham Origins)
Jonathan Crane was a psychologist, who specialised in fear and over coming it.
He often frequented Blackgate Prison, signing in to the visitors book using the official channels. During his sixth visit to the the pentitentiary, Black Mask (The Joker) had broken into the prison on Christmas Eve in order to release Calendar Man and kill Gillian Loeb.
It is unclear whether he was taken hostage or escaped in the panic as he had not signed out when Batman searches through the book.
During this period of time he was looking for candidates for a clinical research trial, sending out flyers to diffrent places including the Final Offer.
It can be asumed this was the first test of his Fear Toxin and he was scoping Blackgate for prisoners to take part in the trials.
Batman Arkham Origins (2013) Video Game Review
The map has increased further with the entire of Gotham becoming your scope. It has more puzzles for Batman to solve from a young Edward Nigma (Eddie Nashton), taking the name Enigma in his battle to bring down the city with leaking information.
The main story on the other hand involves Batman having to hunt down and stop Black Mask from trying to destroy Gotham, whilst having to deal with eight of the world's finest assassins. The twist... the Black Mask is Joker and he is the craziest villain that Batman has ever met.
The story also has several side mission including an appearance from Mad Hatter and my favourite vigilante, Anarky. With a large number of crime scenes, case files and collectible pieces to find this game takes a long time to complete, but is well worth it.
If the main game is not enough the DLC gives you the character of Deathstroke to play as, one challenge bundle called Initiation, where young Bruce Wayne is training with the League of Assassins and an additional story called Cold, Cold Heart, introducing Mr. Freeze to the world with a chilly flourish. It also introduces a multiplayer, where you can play as either Joker, Bane, Batman or Robin to fight real players online, almost like a Halo, C.O.D style of game.
I'm impressed with this game as much as the others, but the controls are a bit hard to master after playing the Asylum and City. That being said a great game and I await the next game with just as much enthusiasm.
Batman Arkham City (2011) Video Game Review
Arkham City has a much larger game map than the first game, meaning more hours to fight crime, gain experience and solve more of Riddler's puzzles.
The story continues one year after the Asylum riot and criminals have been locked away in a maxiumum security facility, which used to be an old part of Gotham.
Inside the criminals are fighting for survival and Batman determines to find out what is going on and stop it (after being taken prisoner by Hugo Strange and his Tygers.)
The game has some great battles, but it is the twist that just blows the mind.
DLC content allows you to play as Robin, Catwoman and Nightwing, with an array of maps and challenges, 4 side missions as Catwoman and Harley Quinn's Revenge, an added story of the events after the previous game.
To top off this game, characters like Talia al Ghul, the Mad Hatter and Harley Quinn just steal the scenes they are in.
This game is just... well out of this world.
Batman Arkham Asylum (2009) Video Game Review
The game is the start to a series of games, with the last insatlment taking place next year (Batman: Arkham Knight) and it just is so wonderfully dark and twisted.
The game is entirely set in Arkham Asylum, crossing between the many buildings and exploring the whole Arkham Island. To give a brief idea of the story, Joker has escaped after being brought back by Batman (that same night.) With the help of inmates, he is seeking the TITAN formula, which had been developed secretly with his funding by Dr. Penelope Young.
Batman has to stop Joker as well as solve the many puzzles that Riddler has set around the island for his own amusement.
The game has brillaint graphics and the most beautiful boss battle to ever grace the gaming world (my opinion with Titan Ivy.) The soundtrack is perfectly fitted to each section and has just the right amount of horror to already make Killer Croc's lair, turn into a house on Nightmares.
The games also has DLC, which allows players to play as the "Clown, prince of Crime" as well as have a host of other game maps, which can be uploaded online for a leaderboard system.
If I had to choose a favourite character I would have to pick Harley Quinn, who is just stunning in how she treats the Asylum like her own personal gynasium.
Well worth playing, then again... I would say that about the entire series as a whole.
Forever Evil (2013) Overall Series Review
Spinning off from the events of Justice League (2011) #23, the story follows the Crime Syndiacte of Earth 3 in there mission on conquering Prime Earth, with the opposition of some very unlikely individuals.
When you think Lex Luthor, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Black Adam, Bizarro and Deathstroke, you think villains down right. In this they are more anti-heroes, giving them a more human side and showing there is some good in them (Cold is the most human even before this event anyway.)
With the Justice League "dead" imagine the surprise when Batman and Catwoman turn up to join the party. The counter parts are all truly evil and I love the stark contrast between Earth 3, criminal haven and Prime Earth with heroes fighting to stamp out crime.
This entire event has just been amazing, leaving the question what can Dc do to top off this.
If I had to choose a favourite character I would probably go for either Superwoman or Johnny Quick, who take bad to a whole new level and gives us a fine twist during the series finale.
Overall I would recommend people read this comic to go alongside the current heroe's titles as it proves that you don't have to be "good" to save the world.
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