![]() ![]() There he befriends Ella's daughter, Connie, and her friends in her junior high school computer club, sometimes helping them with their projects. As an adult, he becomes a neuroscientist, and at some point moves into a boarding house owned by Ella Littleton. Growing up, Tetch was a lonely, awkward child, shunned by other children and living in his own fantasy world. His storylines in Streets of Gotham #4 and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Batman: Haunted Knight also imply an unhealthy fixation on children, such as when he kidnaps a young Barbara Gordon and forces her into a tea party dressed as Alice, as well as kidnapping other runaway children and dressing them up like characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, it is strongly implied that he is a pedophile. In Secret Six, he will not eat a piece of food that does not have a hat on it, and states that he is not interested in the sight of his naked teammate Knockout because she is not wearing a hat. In addition to his obsession with Lewis Carroll, Tetch has also shown an additional obsession for hats. Tetch often quotes and makes reference to Carroll's Wonderland novels, and sometimes even fails to discern between these stories and reality. ( BPD) īlakloch also notes that when agitated, Tetch begins rhyming as a defence mechanism. He's got an immature self-image, so he identifies more with children than adults. Jervis is obsessive-compulsive, and highly delusional. Jervis Tetch is fascinated with hats of all shapes and sizes, as well as the Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, particularly favoring the chapter "A Mad Tea Party". Publication history and characterization Ĭreated by Bill Finger and Lew Sayre Schwartz, the Mad Hatter made his first appearance in Batman #49 (October 1948). A variation of the character named Liam Crandle appeared in the third season premiere of the Arrowverse series Batwoman, portrayed by Amitai Marmorstein. He has also been portrayed in live-action by David Wayne in the 1960s Batman series, and Benedict Samuel in the Fox series Gotham. He has been voiced by Roddy McDowall in the DC animated universe, Peter MacNicol in the Batman: Arkham video game series, and Griffin Newman in Harley Quinn. The Mad Hatter has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including feature films, television series, and video games. He is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery. He is also a scientist who invents and uses technological mind control devices to influence and manipulate the minds of his victims. He is modeled after the Hatter from Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a character often called the "Mad Hatter" in adaptations of Carroll. The Mad Hatter ( Jervis Tetch) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Perhaps if I'd come bearing tea and crumpets, with a bewildered, bespectacled white rabbit clutching a pocketwatch in his paw, you'd have been more willing to give me the time of day.Mad Hatter on the cover of Gotham Central #20 (August 2004) I seem to recall Alice spent the better part of her time being irritated and flustered, too. You make a charming and somewhat more quirky Alice than I'd have expected. "YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO HAVE A TEA PARTY," he read out loud, then smiled at her. She lifted her arms away so he could read the script that accompanied the copy of an original pen and ink art rendering of the Hatter seated at a long table, holding a teacup aloft. What does it say?" He nodded toward her apron front. I must say, this dry side of you is surprisingly appealing. Because I'm certain the staff would have greatly appreciated the humor in them." "Since I was little and my mom taught me to bake." When he smiled, she arched a brow. “On closer notice of her apron, he said, "Is that-?" ![]()
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