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Psycho's control, Tetch put on what he called his 'thinking cap' and went into a seizure. When Ragdoll attacked the Secret Six under Dr. A recording of Tetch came on a monitor screen and told them that the roof will be the final hat they will ever wear as it fell down on them – Robin and Boomerang narrowly made it out of the building.Īftward he was approached by Catman, and he has joined the members of the Secret Six in opposition of the Secret Society of Super-Villains they have recruited him in hopes of a defense against Doctor Psycho's mind control abilities. Tetch's base of operations in Gotham was destroyed following a search for an atomic weapon, by Robin III, Tim Drake and Captain Boomerang II, Owen Mercer. Tetch was revealed to have been involved in the plot by the Great White Shark to frame Harvey Dent for murdering various Gotham villains in the Detective Comics storyline 'Face The Face', although in what capacity he was involved is left vague. Batman arrived in time to save Tetch, but Croc escaped.ĭuring Infinite Crisis Tetch was seen amongst the fighting with the Secret Society of Super Villains during the Battle of Metropolis. Croc embarked on a quest to get revenge on those responsible for his mutation, and started with Tetch. While working with Black Mask, Tetch implanted a mind control chip directly into Killer Croc's brain, which caused him to mutate again due to the virus he was injected with by Hush and the Riddler. It was thought he might have died, but a small appearance in Detective Comics #800 (January 2005), in which he was working for Black Mask, proves otherwise. Tetch as well was shot multiple times and left in critical condition. The guard fired on police and was killed in return fire. More recently, in Gotham Central #21 (September 2004), Tetch was trying to escape Arkham Asylum with the aid of a guard under mind control. He even had Gotham police detectives Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya break into a bank for him. That plan had him controlling most of the cops in the city. One of Tetch's latest plans consisted of implanting his devices in 'free coffee and donuts' tickets he handed out in front of the police stations in Gotham. Batman arrives and dispatches the Mad Hatter and his goons. Meanwhile he invites a number of criminals including Film Freak, the forces them at gunpoint to put on his special hats which puts them under his control. He next shoots up a hat shop and leaves an invitation for Batman to come to his tea party. His first act is having his monkey grab Talon, Bird's falcon and planting a tracking device on its leg. The young Robin managed to defeat the Mad Hatter, however.ĭuring the Knightfall story line, Tetch was broken out of Arkham Asylum (along with numerous other inmates) by Bane.

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In Robin: Year One, Tetch devised a plan to implant his mind control devices in portable tape players, which he gave out to young girls at Dick Grayson's school in order to sell the young girls to millionaire third-world dictator Generalissimo Lee. Once again, Tetch was stopped by Batman, but not before using his advanced equipment to feed information from Fox's mind into his computer. Tetch has even kidnapped Lucius Fox of Wayne Enterprises and held him for ransom. Tetch seemed to have died under the wheels of a train, but that turned out to have been another trick. He even managed to slip one into Scarecrow's hat and take control of him for a short time. It was in 1983's Detective Comics #526 that Tetch was first portrayed with the mind-controlling devices for which he is now best known. Tetch claimed to have killed his impostor, but that turned out to be untrue when the impostor returned one last time in Detective Comics #573 in 1987.

Tetch appeared with a pet monkey, as well as a mind-erasing machine.

The real Jervis Tetch reappeared in Detective Comics #510 in 1981. Later a very different Mad Hatter appeared, claiming to be Jervis Tetch, but he was revealed as an impostor and subsequently disposed of once the real Tetch re-appeared. Tetch was subsequently sent to Arkham Asylum. In his first appearance, the Mad Hatter attempted to steal a trophy from the Gotham Yacht Club, but was foiled by Batman while he tried to rob spectators from a high society horse show. He is an insane neuroscientist and developed hardware that can control the brain and induce hypnotic states, and often uses hats or other headgear for mind control. As his criminal name indicates, he takes the appearance of the Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Jervis Tetch, formerly a research scientist, is completely smitten with the works of Lewis Carroll.

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