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    Character » Riddler appears in 1559 issues.

    Edward Nigma is a villain obsessed with riddles, puzzles, and brain teasers, who took the alias of the Riddler to commit crimes. Riddler frequently tries to outsmart Gotham's hero Batman, but is always defeated by the Dark Knight.

    Riddlers Best and Worst Incarnation?

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    #1  Edited By RoyHarperBLOW

    I think it is arkham city riddler is the best and jim carey was the worst but what do you think?

    It can be from a comic a graphic novel, tv show etc.

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    #2  Edited By CrimsonCake

    I think People were actually fond of Jim Carrey's riddler.

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    #3  Edited By CrimsonCake

    I didn't like how The Riddler was portrayed in Young Justice, his design just seemed kind of weird.

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    #4  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous
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    Best:

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    @CrimsonCake said:

    I didn't like how The Riddler was portrayed in Young Justice, his design just seemed kind of weird.

    Same here. He just didn't really shine as The Riddler. They modernized him a bit too much.

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    #6  Edited By cattlebattle
    @YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

    @CrimsonCake said:

    I didn't like how The Riddler was portrayed in Young Justice, his design just seemed kind of weird.

    Same here. He just didn't really shine as The Riddler. They modernized him a bit too much.

    WTF?? He had like 3 lines and wore a green suit....I think versions like the Marilyn Manson Riddler from The Batman was way worse
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    @cattlebattle said:

    @YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

    @CrimsonCake said:

    I didn't like how The Riddler was portrayed in Young Justice, his design just seemed kind of weird.

    Same here. He just didn't really shine as The Riddler. They modernized him a bit too much.

    WTF?? He had like 3 lines and wore a green suit....I think versions like the Marilyn Manson Riddler from The Batman was way worse

    I know, I know. I nitpick a lot, but I still didn't like that version of Riddler.

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    #8  Edited By stumpy49er

    Worst: John Astin in the Batman t.v. show from the 60's. Best: hard to say cuz I love a lot of them. Probably Arkham City. Though I also really enjoyed Batman TAS version.

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    #9  Edited By PurpleCandy

    @stumpy49er said:

    Worst: John Astin in the Batman t.v. show from the 60's. Best: hard to say cuz I love a lot of them. Probably Arkham City. Though I also really enjoyed Batman TAS version.

    Not neccesairly. i think Riddler in the 60s show was acceptable at THAT time

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    #10  Edited By stumpy49er

    Yeah but if were comparing the 60's actors, I think Frank Gorshin is awesome and pretty much made Riddler the popular character that he is. Whereas John Astin just did not work for me. He's great in Adams Family though.

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    Best: When he is Edward Nigma, not The Riddler.

    Worst: Young Justice

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    #12  Edited By TeamUnitedNerds

    I'd say that the Arkham Version or the Animated Series versions were the best. I don't actually hate the The Batman version an awful lot, but Jim Carrey's was unwatchable.

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    #13  Edited By PaperDemon

    Best: Arkham city

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    worst: Brave and the bold. Ugh entire show sucked.

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    Best: Arkham City

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    Worst: Young Justice

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    Best: "The Batman"

    Worst: "Young Justice"

    I base my decision not on his appearance, but on how good with riddles he actually is. In YJ, he only told like 2 or 3, and they were really bad ones. (Hell, one was a freaking light bulb joke!!!) And his voice was really annoying. In "The Batman", his every sentence was some kind of riddle, and his "knowledge is power" philosophy fit very well. Because that's what the Riddler is supposed to be: a villain that makes you think.

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    Best: "The Batman"

    Worst: "Young Justice"

    I base my decision not on his appearance, but on how good with riddles he actually is. In YJ, he only told like 2 or 3, and they were really bad ones. (Hell, one was a freaking light bulb joke!!!) And his voice was really annoying. In "The Batman", his every sentence was some kind of riddle, and his "knowledge is power" philosophy fit very well. Because that's what the Riddler is supposed to be: a villain that makes you think.

    Same here.

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    Arkham Riddler and the current/Snyder Riddler are my favorites. I also agree that while his look was garbage, The Batman's was a pretty well written incarnation.

    The Batman Forever and Young Justice versions were pretty weak.

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    @the_tree said:

    Arkham Riddler and the current/Snyder Riddler are my favorites. I also agree that while his look was garbage, The Batman's was a pretty well written incarnation.

    The Batman Forever and Young Justice versions were pretty weak.

    Agreed,that show gets too much flak.

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    @entropy_aegis: Yeah. It had the poor misfortune of having to follow up Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond.

    I think its version of the Joker is also one of the best, besides his ape-like physicality and Jester/Rasta appearance. He was absolutely creepy and disturbing, especially in the Batman vs. Dracula movie and the episodes where he made Clayface.

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    There are a lot of good versions of the Riddler but my favorite one is the Arkham City one and my least favorite one is the Batman Forever one of Jim Carrey.

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    If there was a different director and a better script, I feel like Jim Carey could have been a fantastic Riddler!

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    My personal favorites are the Batman TAS one and the Arkham City one

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    #24  Edited By Thanatos563

    My favourite depiction has to be Cory Michael Smith's in Gotham.

    I love the way it shows how originally he wasn't the deranged killer he is now, and how he slowly drove himself mad.

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    I loved Jim Carrey as the Riddler but I don't think he's the best. I actually love the Arkham version and the Gotham version equally.

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    I can't speak for comic books and I haven't seen every incarnation but from the ones I've seen I would probably choose the DCAU Riddler as my favourite and my least favourite probably might be Jim Carrey's Riddler from Batman Forever.

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    #27  Edited By The_RiddleMan

    Personally I've been trying to consume everything riddler related recently and it was all thanks to the version in Batman Rebirths 'War of Jokes and Riddles' which is definitely one of my favourite incarnation of him. I was also a fan of the riddlers revamp in Batman: legends of the dark knight starting in #185 and was sorely disappointed the story was dropped. I absolutely loved the part where he says "I'm no longer the riddler, I'm..." then screams "THE RIDDLER!"

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    Favourite: Questions Multiply the Mystery, Arkham Games, Zero Year and Gotham

    Worst: War of Jokes & Riddles (TK proved he just can't even understand Batman's villains) and Young Justice

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    #29  Edited By TheNightJackal

    I thought that Gotham's portrayal of the Riddler was really good, specifically with it focusing on his schizophrenia.

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    Gotham as the best version. Young Justice as the worst.

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