8 Worst Things The Riddler Has Ever Done
4. Torments Batman With Jason Todd’s Death
Using the death of a loved one to torment somebody is a low, low blow. For Edward Nygma, it was just another day at the office.
During Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s fan favourite Hush arc, Batman finds himself beaten down physically and emotionally at every corner by a mysterious new villain named Hush. As the story heads towards its shocking climax, it’s revealed that Hush is actually Jason Todd – the Robin who was brutally murdered by The Joker 15 years ago.
In reality, this ‘Jason’ was actually Clayface. Thanks to The Riddler’s orders, Clayface took on the appearance of how Jason Todd may have looked had he lived to become an adult.
One of the big reveals of Hush was that The Riddler actually knew that Batman was Bruce Wayne. As such, he used this knowledge to target Bruce by attacking him with his greatest failure – not being able to prevent Jason’s death - in a move that was scummy even by Nygma's low standards.
There's an added element of pure evil to the whole Hush story, as The Riddler also has a role to play in turning Bruce's childhood pal Tommy Elliot into the titular Hush villain.