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Jaina Hudson, the White Rabbit, was created in 2011 by David Finch and Paul Jenkins for Batman the Dark Knight vol 2 #1 . This storyarc is a rewrite of the early 90s Vengeance of Bane and Knightfall storylines . Jaina Hudson appears to be a gun for hire, and assumes the roles of Zombie and Bird from the original story, working with Bane and several other villains to run Batman ragged so Bane can break him.  This character has a strong upside. Like Bruce Wayne, Jaina Hudson is a rich socialite. An Indian American daughter of a diplomat, and heir to her mother's Bollywood money. She has some kind of condition that allows her to split herself into two separate entities, forming a second persona, the White Rabbit. The character hasn't been developed aside from this. Her motives are a mystery, the origin of her powers are also undisclosed. How she is connected to Bane in the first place is also vague. She has only 24 appearances in the comics, usually in cameo.  The White Rabbit p...

  This character is actually an antagonist of Batwoman, but since all these heroes are connected, Red Alice is also a Batman villain. Alice, or Red Alice, is very much like the Mad Hatter , in that not only does she use the Lewis Carroll theme (also like the Wonderland Gang ) but she also speaks only in Alice in Wonderland quotes. Created in 2009 by Greg Rucka and JH Williams for Detective Comics #854, Alice is in fact Kate Kane's twin sister Beth. She also, despite the similarities, has no affiliation with the Mad Hatter, or the Tweedles.  Being a Kane, both Beth and Kate are Colonel Jacob Kane's daughters, and Martha Kane's nieces. And Martha Kane is also known as Martha Kane Wayne, Bruce Wayne's mother. This makes Kate and Beth also (drumroll) Batman's cousins. In addition to Batman, the Flamebird/Bat-girl character Bette Kane is also a cousin, which means Jacob and Martha had another brother.  This origin story has issues, just like every family character that i...

 Throughout Batman's publication history, there have been several Alice in Wonderland themed characters. The Mad Hatter appeared on this blog before. There are several others, and in 2008 Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen brought them all together for a crossover event, creating a few characters in the process. Below is a membership breakdown:  The Mad Hatter was created in 1948 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. His full write up is here .  The Tweedles : TweedleDee and TweedleDum, created in 1943 by Don Cameron and Jerry Robinson, are a pair of nearly identical mob bosses. Together they mastermind the crimes they commit, and direct others to implement them. During War Games, the original TweedleDum is killed, and his twin takes his place... which is a writer's ploy to undo another writer's dumb decision and make continuity work. Obviously. The Tweedles have this weird obsession with Lewis Carroll's Alice books, independently from the Mad Hatter, and a few other characters who ar...

Another installment of my Batman Villains series... I find this particular rogues gallery far more interesting than any other in comics. Today's villain is the Mad Hatter. Usually dismissed as a lesser, goofier foe, Jervis Tetch, the Mad Hatter, was introduced in Batman #49 in 1948, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. His origin suggests he is some sort of scientist, but does not use a Dr. title in front of his name, unlike other villains in Gotham with scientific backgrounds.  He has an obsession with hats, and, more importantly, with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . This is the first of many villains to turn up in Gotham with Wonderland themes. This one-time appearance would be his last until 1987.   There is also a period during the campy 50's and 60's where a different Mad Hatter appears, created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. This hatter does not appear to have a Wonderland theme, and over emphasizes his obsession for hats. Like all campy vill...