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Eagle-eyed fans of Batman’s live-action history have spotted that Dano’s Edward Nashton wears the same glasses in The Batman that Carrey’s Edward Nygma wears in Batman Forever.

While there may have been a multitude of representations of The Riddler, Edward Nygma's exploration into madness in the TV series, Gotham has got to be one of the best.

There’s a point of no return in Batman Forever and that comes very early on when Edward Nygma throws his boss out of the window at Wayne Industries when he’s about to be sacked.

Edward Nygma fancies himself the smartest of the many enemies of the Dark Knight. And yet, despite all his brilliance, the mastermind know as The Riddler almost always gets caught. However, Batman ...

Indeed, when the Riddler was created, his name was Edward Nigma/Nygma, or "Engima" because comic book writers love a punny name that predestines a character for the role they'll take on.

This, of course, is true. In the comics, we learn Edward Nygma was a retrofitted pseudonym for Edward Nashton once he took on the persona of the Riddler.

"Now, with a target on his head, the charming yet deadly Edward Nygma, better known as The Riddler, is forced to break out of Arkham Asylum and team up with the Caped Crusader.

“Now, with a target on his head, the charming yet deadly Edward Nygma, better known as The Riddler, is forced to break out of Arkham Asylum and team up with the Caped Crusader.

While introduced to readers as Edward Nygma aka E. Nygma, a name filled with riddles and puns, Nygma was later renamed Edward Nashton following the consequences of Crisis on Infinite Earth. This ...