Riddler
Here is the Riddler, as played by Frank Gorshin
From dccomics.com:
Since childhood, Eddie Nashton used puzzles to beat his opponents,
habitually cheating to ensure that he would win. He began his life of
crime as a simple con man. Yearning to make bigger money, "E. Nigma"
created the identity of the Riddler and adopted a unique approach to
crime: providing clues to his capers in the form of puzzles and
riddles.
After numerous defeats at the hands of the Batman, the
Riddler is now completely obsessed with proving that he is Batman's
intellectual superior.
The costume is based on the old Mego Riddler. I used an ink-stamp technique
to make the question marks that my wife came up with. I printed out some nice looking question marks,
and glued them to some craft foam. I then carefully cut on the craft foam,
and glued it so a small block of wood. After sewing a green costume, I took
some small pieces of cardboard and worked them under the suit to stretch it
a little, and to make it lie flat. I then used a permanent marker to ink up
the foam, and pressed it to the suit. I frequently moved the cardboard around
so I could apply the stamps at various locations and angles. I used two sizes
of small question marks, and one big one for the chest. I'm very pleased with
the end result, as it looks very uniform. If I had attempted to draw them in
by hand, it would of had a much more home-made look to it.
He uses a Famous Cover type 1 male body.
The head came from a 9" Star Trek alien, Bele (the guy with half his face
white and the other half black). Bele was played by Frank Gorshin, who
also played the Riddler in the campy Batman TV show from the 60s.
Unfortunately, Bele was a very solemn character as shown in the figures
expression, where the Riddler was manic. Oh well.
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Last modified: 01/21/01