The increase in the number of costumed criminals didn’t stop and soon Batman was confronted by goons like The Eraser, [60] Spellbinder [61] and the team even confronted Scarecrow, who had returned after years of inactivity. [62] Another criminal who made a comeback was Mister Zero, who started calling himself Mister Freeze. [63]
Soon after this, Batman was marked as Bruce Wayne into a mysterious murder chain and he left encoded clues for Robin to find. [64] As Batman went into some sort of trance, he was rescued by Robin, who figured out the clues and, once free, Batman captured the criminal responsible for the attack. [65]
The most recurrent villains that they confronted were Poison Ivy, [66] the Joker, [67] [68] [69] the Penguin, [70] the Riddler, [71] [72] [73] the Scarecrow [74] [75] and Catwoman. [76] [77]
After the wave of costumed criminals waned, the Dynamic Duo had to stop regular mobsters and criminal masterminds such as Salvo, Chino [78] and the Schemer. [79] Batman also captured the treasurer of the Wayne Foundation, who was planning to murder Bruce Wayne in order to seize the company’s assets. [80]
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