Showing posts with label Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011). Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Mad Hatter's Fear Gas- Arkhamverse (Batman Arkham Unhinged)

First Appeared: Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011)

At some point the Mad Hatter obtained a sample of the Scarecrow's fear gas, which he modified with other chemicals to make his own variant of the drug.

After Batman infiltrates the Mad Hatter's Hat Shop and defeats the Wonderland Gang on his mission to free Vicki Vale from Hatter's tea party, Hatter uses the gas to infect Batman. The gas causes him to see Poison Ivy, Catwoman and the Carpenter as Lewis Carrol styled characters.

Batman injects himself after the fight with the “Jabberwocky,” so that the gas won't completely take him over. He keeps a syringe full of an agent that brakes down the toxin in his utility belt, making sure before he did use the agent that his adrenaline levels subside.

Saturday, 8 November 2014

The "Jabberwocky"- Arkhamverse (Batman Arkham Unhinged 2011)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Unhinged (2011)

The "Jabberwocky" was a percieved creation in Batman's mind after he was infected by the Mad Hatter's Fear Gas conconction. It was wearing the Mad Hatter's hat (probably the Mad Hatter), which was the master control for his mind alterating devices he implanted onto his other "soldiers" (The "Red Queen", The Carpenter and the "Cheshire Cat")

The "Jabberwocky" smashes through the roof above Batman, showering debris onto him. Batman knows that it isn't real, but due to the gas he can only dodge the massive creature. He finally buckles with the strain of having to deal with two aflictions and is held steady by the "Red Queen" and the "Cat". However Batman finds it amusing and absurd that the "Jabberwocky" is wearing a hat, overcoming his pain and throwing a Shock Batarang at the hat, knocking it off and destroying the master control unit. The noise also throws the Jabberwocky crashing through the wall into the street below.

The "Red Queen"- Arkhamverse (Batman Arkham Unhinged 2011)

First Appearance: Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011) #24

The "Red Queen" is a mind altered Poison Ivy, who was controlled by the Mad Hatter to attack Batman when he had come to rescue Vickie Vale from his tea party.

After Batman is infected by the Mad Hatter's altered Fear Gas, he is forced to fight the Carpenter, the "Cheshire Cat" and the "Red Queen" herself. She attacks him with spores from a rose, which he avoids, pulling his punches in order to brake the Hatter's hold on them but not hurt them in the process. When Batman's body faulters due to his iflictions to both the Fear gas and the Titan poisoining,  both she and "Cheshire Cat" hold him steady as the "Jabberwocky" arrives. Batman manages to brake away and throws a Sock Batarang that destroys the Hatter's Master mind control device.

Poison Ivy is broken free from his control, left unconscious along with the others.

The "Cheshire Cat"- Arkhamverse: (Batman Arkham Unhinged 2011)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Unhinged (2011) #24

The "Chsehire Cat" was a mind controlled Selina Kyle, who was order to attack Batman, when he had come to help free Vicki Vale.

After Batman is infected by the Mad Hatter's altered fear gas, he is attacked by a mind controlled Catwoman (Cheshire Cat),Posion Ivy (The Red Queen) and Jenna Duffy (Carpenter), who he is forced to see as the characters from "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland.)

The "Cheshire Cat" claws Batman's chest, before disappearing (under the influence of the drug almost into thin air.) Batman tries to find away to incapacitate them, without harming them, as he realises that they have no control of their actions. 

When the "Jabberwocky arrives Batman is weakened by the affect of two different illnesses, which allows him to be captured by the "Cat" and "Queen." Batman uses a surge to brake free from their hold and through a Shock Batarang at the "Jabberwocky"'s head, knocking off it's hat and destroying the master control fr the mind controlling technology. They are left knocked out, completely free from his control.

The Wonderland Gang- Arkhamverse: (Batman Arkham Unhinged 2011)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Unhinged (2011) #24

The Wonderland Gang were a criminal gang, who were formed by the Mad Hatter sometime in his criminal career (before the Arkham City event). They all dress up and commit crimes related to characters and scenarios from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." They eventually disbanded and went their separate ways.

However after they all found their way into Arkham City, the Mad Hatter decided that he would bring the group back together so they could find "Alice." They tipped of Hugo Strange to hunt down Jenna Duffy, a former member of the gang known as the Carpenter, who had been trying to escape Gotham on a bus to her hometown of Keystone City. This resulted in her being brought to Arkham City and taken prisoner by the gang, who prepared her for the tea-party.

The Hatter, believing his "Alice" to be Vicki Vale, sends TweedleDee and TweedleDum to kidnap her. The rest of the gang go about getting more guests for the party, kidnapping Poison Ivy, Catwoman and a G.C.P.D officer called Ruiz. They are all taken back to the Hat Shop in the Bowery and are prepared for the arrival of Vicki, who has been dressed to resemble "Alice."

He finally sends them off to protect the shop from any intruders, tasking TweedleDee and Dum to wait outside. The Lion, the Unicorn and March Hare are to protect the lobby.

When Batman arrives to save Vale, he easily knocks out the whole gang and goes on to foil the Hatter's party.


Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011): Vicki in Wonderland

Spoiler Warnings for those who haven't read Batman Arkham Unhinged (2011) #23,24 and 25. (Character profiles, transcripts and individual title reviews will also be created after this post is uploaded.)

The Mad Hatter wakes up after being knocked out by Batman (Batman Arkham City- Through the Looking Glass side mission) and finds his crushed hat. He states that he should have been looking for Alice rather than going after Batman and decides to throw not only a search party for her, but also a tea party. Although upon looking at his hat, he realises he is not properly dressed and says he knows where he can find another hat.

Vicki Vale is walking through the dark of Arkham City, after her news helicopter had been shot down. She states that she knows there is a story about this place and tells herself to keep it together and not be so jumpy, but is surprised by two "G.C.P.D Officers" who tell her they are to take her to a "safe zone." She asks if they know if Jack Ryder made it to the "safe zone," but they are confused. They suggest to her that they have a long walk and they must go. She begins to make a mock interview on her phone, telling them the people of Gotham will want to hear there stories  and asks them many questions. She is more than suspicious when one of the officers reacts weirdly to a question about the use of drugs and before she can look around to see where she has been taken to, she is knocked out by chloroform. The officers remove their helmets to reveal that they are the criminals TweedleDee and TweedleDum. They pick her up stating that they mustn't be late.

Vicki wakes up in the Bowery Hat Shop, where she is confused why someone is calling her "Alice" and she gasps as she finds herself wearing completely different clothes to what she was wearing before. The Mad Hatter shows her reflection in the mirror, stating that he dressed her himself. She calls him "slimy... perverted", but he ignores this, leading her through into the other room where he has prepared a table for all his guests. The ladies present (Selina Kyle and Jenna Duffy among them) make threats as Hatter as he seats Vicki down and tells her to drink. 

Meanwhile Batman goes to Baudelaire's, where plant spores and vines are causing danger on Arkham City, with increased pollen counts affecting toxicity in the air. Oracle asks how he is doing, showing her footage of Vicki Vale and her "escort" and saying that she does not recognise the G.C.PD to be officers. She also says she that was the only footage she could get, due to Hugo Strange being able to trace the signal and shut down the feed. She asks if Penguin has anything to do with the "G.C.P.D" as it occurred during the Bowery district, but Batman comes across a half drunk cup of tea next to a rose, knowing where to look first.

Batman arrives at the Hat Shop, defeating TweedleDee and Dum who are outside, before going inside. He is greeted by the March Hare, who tells him that the shop belongs to the Wonderland Gang and that he will have to leave, setting the rest of the gang on him. Batman easily defeats the Lion, Walrus and Unicorn, but is affected by a gas that the Mad Hatter had synthesised from Scarecrow's fear toxin (his own recipe), asking him where his invitation to the party was. Batman berates himself for getting caught off guard and is set upon by Poison Ivy, Catwoman and The Carpenter, dressed in Wonderland-esk costumes.

Mad Hatter toasts Batman before he leaves the fight. Batman is struggling with his body and his mind, one affected by the Titan blood, the other affected by Fear Gas. Batman also has to find away to fight them without hurting them as he knows they are just under the Hatter's control. He is finally confronted by a "Jabberwocky", but using a Sonic Batarang knocks it's hat off and causes it to fall through the Hat Shop's Wall into the streets below. Batman finally injects himself with a cure to the fear gas he keeps in his utility belt.

He waits for the women to get ready so he can help them if he can. He is surprised by the Carpenter's appearance as she had been escaping Gotham, before being caught by Tyger Guards. He asks her what she is going to do know and she replies that due to the destruction in Arkham City, there will be plenty for her to do especially after hearing about a repair that Poison Ivy needs to her "base." Batman goes to find Ivy, but she has slipped away, leaving behind a rose on the table. Catwoman jokes, asking if it was for her and flirts with him, which he ignores, causing her to say it was "his loss" and leaves. That finally leaves Officer Ruiz of the G.C.P.D and Vicki Vale, who thank Batman for his help. Vale tells her that they are going to the Church, which is being used as a safe house. Ruiz tells Batman that she will make sure that a "real police escort" will get her there safely. Before they leave, Vicki asks what will happen to the Mad Hatter. 

Batman tells her that he is out there somewhere in Arkham City, looking for his Alice.

However he stumbles across Killer Croc in the sewers and after escaping from him, is forced to run from a group of very angry inmates, who have just removed their "rabbit" masks.