Talk:Mad Hatter (comics)

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I think that the red-head imposter was seen one last time in Secret Origins#44. In fact... http://obscure.dcuguide.com/Board/BatmanChars1.htm has a write-up on the Hatters.

Contents 1 Pedophilic overtones? 2 Imposter 3 Secret Origins#44 came out after those Tec issues 4 Spellbinder 5 More Confusion 6 Not only is he often known to quote and associate with Carroll's Wonderland novels, but he often fails to discern between these stories and reality. 7 Name pun? 8 Notability question

[edit] Pedophilic overtones?

Just curious if anyone could elaborate or explain the details of these "implications" in the article itself. --AWF

Along the same line...I don't remember the exact dialogue, but the Hatter's conversation with Batman in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth gives a pretty strong indication that he's a pedophile. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Imposter

This article implies that the imposter was known to be one throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s but I thought the whole thread was invented in the 1980s to allow the Hatter to be restored to his original form. Should the article really be implying that the TV series version is a hybrid when he was actually a fair portrayal of the comic character at the time? Timrollpickering 09:13, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

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It is confusing, but apparently, in that 1949 story, that Mad Hatter was never called Jervis Tetch. It was only in the 1980's that the Earth-1 version of this Hatter shows up and claims to have the real name of Jervis Tetch.

Aside from that, there is a page on the Hatter.

http://www.lairofmadness.com/home.html

http://members.surfbest.net/argentium@surfbest.net/batman2.htm

The imposter was seen in passing in Secret Origins#44.

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The article says the imposter "unlike the original, was sane and also sported a gaudy mustache. He was primarily a thief, apparently obsessed with completing his private collection of hats from all nations, cultures, and historical periods".

He doesn't sound very sane... Daibhid C 14:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Secret Origins#44 came out after those Tec issues

SO#44 came out after those Tec issues and had the imposter in it.

[edit] Spellbinder

I've done some research on the supposed link between Mad Hatter and the Batman Beyond character Spellbinder that someone added to this entry. The only source I found that could seems to have influenced this addition was a blurb in Spellbinder's bio [1] at the World's Finest website, which stated "An interesting fact is that he's a descendant of the original Batman villain The Mad Hatter, Although they're not direct descendants. Spellbinder continues to oppose Batman."

I then started a topic on the Toonzone forums [2] asking about the official source of this information. One of the site's administrator's replied, "Either it came from the BB comic book which somehow snuck its way into a lot of the bios, or...I honestly can't tell you. That bios so old and was written probably over five years ago.

It was never confirmed on the show, I can tell you that much though."

Therefore, until an official source can be provided for this alleged Batman Beyond connection that was merely copied and pasted in the first place, I am removing it from the entry. --GORE-ILLA 06:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More Confusion

Why does the enty start out with his biography from Batman: The Animated Series? The original comic book history should come first, and any necessary info on the animated version is under "In Other Media". Plus his "Batman: The Animated Series" bio also mentions events exclusive to the comic book version.

[edit] Not only is he often known to quote and associate with Carroll's Wonderland novels, but he often fails to discern between these stories and reality.

In his defense, the Oz-Wonderland Wars series had Captain Carrott and the Inferior Five travelling to Wonderland, which does exist diagetically as another universe.

The red-haired Hatter did appear in Secret Origins#44 subsequent to 'Tec#573 17:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)~Enda80

[edit] Name pun?

Is his name a pun on nervous twitch? Has any commentary touched on this? Octane ^{[improve me]} 10.03.08 0752 (UTC)

[edit] Notability question

The character has a six paragraph entry in Fleischer's Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume 1:Batman. Would it be reasonable to say that might be sufficient to verify notability? John Carter (talk) 14:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd say it's a start. But to be honest, I'd like to see more real world context and citing. - J Greb (talk) 22:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)