On screen he is nearly always depicted alone, but he was often joined by a sidekick duo named Echo and Query. This despicable due were The Riddlers hired muscle for a long time; seeing as he couldnt hold his own in a fist fight, he opted to use these girls to defend himself. The girls were nearly identical in terms of personality and costume, differentiated only by hair colour. They were immensely loyal to The Riddler, who had claimed he recruited them in an S&M club names Pandoras Box. The henchwomen have now parted ways with their criminal mastermind, seldom appearing in comics apart from in the occasional flashback sequence. Very few villains seem to have their own sidekicks; most tend to partner up with other villains or hire a menagerie of mindless goons who will inevitably be beaten to a pulp by the hero. The Riddler had the right idea here, although sadly they have drifted out of favour with publishers perhaps having two villainesses, who had worked in a bondage club, dressed in stockings wasnt sending out a great message to the readers for DC.
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