Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The NON-LEGION comics trivia thread!!! Round two

Scarecrow.

I can't quite remember exactly how many issues the character appeared in, but their appearances amounted to more than just a cameo in Arkham Asylum or something. It was closer to a supporting role in one of the storylines.

So, no - not Two-Face, Mad Hatter or Scarecrow.

Scarecrow had two appearances, on the longer side of cameo-length. hmm....

Some people equated the Rose Walker/Unity Kincaid plot as a Rose-and-the-Thorn variant aspect, but not only is that a stretch, I wouldn't count her as a Batman villain.

I'm truly stumped. Maybe you mean Dr. Destiny himself?

Not Rose & Thorn or Dr. Destiny (who was a sort-of supporting character in that book but is more of a JLA villain).

This is a Batman-villain specifically - other than big group-fight cameo type things I can't think of an occasion where they've fought anyone else.

It's been a while since I read Sandman so I wasnt sure if other Batman-villains (like Scarecrow) might have made more than one cameo, which is why I purposely called this character's appearances a "brief supporting role" - to differentiate them. They weren't in the book very much, but they filled a role when they did.

This is actually a pretty interesting (and weird) bit of comics trivia IMO - and one of the many things I love about Gaiman's book.

Hugo Strange?

P.S. A clue - they never appeared "in costume" in the book.

Summing up -

Which Batman villain had a brief supporting role in Neil Gaiman's Sandman?

Not -

Two-Face
Mad Hatter
Scarecrow
Rose & Thorn
Dr. Destiny
or
Hugo Strange.

Clues -

* A specifically Batman-villain.
* Their appearance in Sandman was more of a supporting role than a cameo (but not a very big one).
* Never appeared 'in costume' (though they do normally where one).

well, I've wracked my brain revisiting the entire Sandman run, so I guess it's on to choosing random Bat-villains.

Catwoman?

I heard recently that the "Funland" killer from Sandman popped up in the Bat Books. I don't read Batman, but is Funland a costumed baddie these days?

Random guess: Calendar Man!

Not -

Two-Face
Mad Hatter
Scarecrow
Rose & Thorn
Dr. Destiny
Hugo Strange
Catwoman
The "Funland" Killer (whoever that is?)
or
Calendar Man

I'll give some more clues after a few more guesses.

Poison Ivy?

Riddler

Summing up -

Which Batman-villain had a brief supporting role in Neil Gaiman's Sandman?

Not -

Two-Face
Mad Hatter
Scarecrow
Rose & Thorn
Dr. Destiny
Hugo Strange
Catwoman
The "Funland" Killer (whoever that is?)
Calendar Man
Poison Ivy
or
Riddler

Clues -

* A specifically Batman-villain.
* Their appearance in Sandman was more of a supporting role than a cameo (but not a very big one).
* Never appeared 'in costume' (though they do normally wear one).

New clue -

* Not only did they never appear 'in costume', no mention of their other identity or the fact that they are a villain (let alone a Batman-villain) was ever made. Thus, if you didn't know that X was the secret identity of Y, you probably wouldn't have known that this was a Batman-villain you were reading about.

I suspected as much. since it probably isn't an obvious bat-villain, that only leaves several hundred to guess.

I'm out, until the next clue.

^ Well it wouldn't have been a very interesting question if I'd just asked "Which member of Infinity Inc. had a major supporting role in Sandman?" would it?

Anyway, summing up -

Which Batman-villain had a brief supporting role in Neil Gaiman's Sandman?

Not -

Two-Face
Mad Hatter
Scarecrow
Rose & Thorn
Dr. Destiny
Hugo Strange
Catwoman
The "Funland" Killer (whoever that is?)
Calendar Man
Poison Ivy
or
Riddler

Clues -

* A specifically Batman-villain.
* Their appearance in Sandman was more of a supporting role than a cameo (but not a very big one).
* Never appeared 'in costume' (though they do normally wear one).
* Not only did they never appear 'in costume', no mention of their other identity or the fact that they are a villain (let alone a Batman-villain) was ever made. Thus, if you didn't know that X was the secret identity of Y, you probably wouldn't have known that this was a Batman-villain you were reading about.

New clue -

* Before their appearance in Sandman, this character had been "dead" in the then-current DCU for a number of years. Ever since then they've been "alive", with no in-DCU continuity explanation why - leaving fans (and Wikipedia) to assume that they had been one of the sinners shown escaping from Hell when Lucifer abdicated his throne a few issues earlier.

I had an idea and did a little checking so...

Arthur Brown aka Cluemaster?

Good guess but not Cluemaster either.

Penguin?

Calculator?

Which Batman-villain had a brief supporting role in Neil Gaiman's Sandman?

Not -

Two-Face
Mad Hatter
Scarecrow
Rose & Thorn
Dr. Destiny
Hugo Strange
Catwoman
The "Funland" Killer
Calendar Man
Poison Ivy
Riddler
Cluemaster
Penguin
or
Calculator

Clues so far -

* A specifically Batman-villain.
* Their appearance in Sandman was more of a supporting role than a cameo (but not a very big one).
* Never appeared 'in costume' (though they do normally wear one).
* Not only did they never appear 'in costume', no mention of their other identity or the fact that they are a villain (let alone a Batman-villain) was ever made. Thus, if you didn't know that X was the secret identity of Y, you probably wouldn't have known that this was a Batman-villain you were reading about.
* Before their appearance in Sandman, this character had been "dead" in the then-current DCU for a number of years. Ever since then they've been "alive", with no in-DCU continuity explanation why - leaving fans (and Wikipedia) to assume that they had been one of the sinners shown escaping from Hell when Lucifer abdicated his throne a few issues earlier.

Mr. Freeze

Dr. Death

Gorilla Boss of Gotham?

(By the way, answering your earlier question, "Funland" was that fat serial killer from the "Doll's House' story-line that was obsessed with little girls)

That means this appearance must take place after the "Seasons of Mists" storyline. I keep thinking maybe the appearance is in "A Game of You" or "World's End"....?