The riddler biography

Comic book supervillain

"Edward Nygma" redirects here. For the version of the character from the film Batman Forever, see Edward Nygma (Batman Forever).

"The Riddler" redirects here.

For other uses, see The Riddler (disambiguation).

Comics character

The Riddler (Edward Nigma, later Edward Nygma or Edward Nashton) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The character was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, and debuted in Detective Comics #140 in October 1948. He has become one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.

The riddler biography for kids

In his comic book appearances, the Riddler is depicted as a criminal mastermind in Gotham City. He has an obsessive compulsion to incorporate riddles, puzzles, and death traps in his schemes to prove his intellectual superiority over Batman and the police.

His real name—Edward Nigma—is a pun itself; an "enigma" is