The Riddler (The Batman)

Character History
As a Child, Edward was a clever kid who was disliked by his father who wanted him to be a baseball player instead of a bookworm. When he was older, Edward got a job at a university where he, and his partner Julie, invented a device which would enhance the human brain and give it's user amazing brain power. During the development stages of the device, a man named Gorman kept trying to get Edward to sell the right of the invention to him, an offer which Edward refused. During the demonstration of the device to the dean though, the device went wrong. Edward accused Gorman of sabotaging the device and decided to get vengeance by booby trapping Gorman house with deadly puzzles and traps, turning his house into a death trap. Lwhile trying to survive his house of horrors, Gorman called the police. This call was intercepted by the Batman, who went to Gormans house, saved Gorman and arrested Edward, who was now calling himself the Riddler.

The Riddler broke out of prison many times after his first arrest. One time he tried to get distract the police force which numerous riddles spread throughout Gotham city, the other he tried to pit the Joker and the Penguin together in a fight to defeat Batman and take off his mask.

During his final on-screen confrontation with the Batman, The Riddler and Batman both worked out that Gorman hadn't been the saboture of his invention on the demonstration in the university, Julie had done it so that she didn't need to share the profits of her device with Edward. The Riddler goes back to the university where Julie still works, tied Julie to a chair and tried to kill her before he was stopped once more by Batman and Robin. Batman, taking sympathy on the Riddler, leaves Julie tied to the chair and allows her to be taken into custody by the police.

Powers and Abilities
The Riddler is a genius who used his riddles and games in order to commit crimes, whether the crimes be stealing money from Gotham Bank or trying to murder someone. Unfortunatly, his riddles usually have a loophole in them which the Batman can take advantage off and use to finally defeat the Riddler.