Jonathan Crane's Scarecrow: Master Of Fear

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Scarecrow(Master of Fear)

Imagine your deepest darkest fears coming alive! Scarecrow also known as Jonathan Crane is a villain in American comic books. Scarecrow's is mostly a adversary of Batman and Robin. Scarecrow was created in the fall of 1941 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. In fact he was one of Batman's earliest foes.

First things first is Scarecrows origin. Jonathan Crane was a psychology professor who had gotten rejected by all the educators because of the attire he wore. Crane was discharged after shooting a handgun off in class while teaching the psychology of fear. After that he had become the Master of Fear, the scarecrow. Unwanted by his father and mother he lived with his grandmother that he later killed.

The second thing

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