8 Reasons Why The Riddler Is A Better Villain Than The Joker

He Created Kite Man Through Tragedy

If you’ve been reading Tom King’s “The War of Jokes and Riddles,” you’re sure to have seen some of the despicable things that the Riddler has done in this story so far. The worst of the lot, though, has be what he did to poor Chuck Brown in Batman #27.

In a story where King gives Kite Man his own origin, the Riddler discovers that Brown will double-cross him to the Joker and poisons the string of his son’s kite in return. As expected, the boy soon dies, leading Brown to lose his mind and take up the mantle of Kite Man, in a twisted sort of tribute to his son.

It’s a tragic tale that hits you right in the feels and makes you see Brown in a different light. However, it also shows you what lengths Nigma will go to in order to exact revenge on those who wrong him. He could’ve easily killed Brown for what he did, but he went after what he loved the most: his son. While you’d associate this type of psychopathic and demented behavior with the Joker, the Riddler shows that he’s equally adept at serving his own dish of revenge extra cold.