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The Scarecrow (Dr. Jonathan Crane) is a DC Comics supervillain, an enemy of Batman .

Created by Batman creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane, he first appeared in World's Finest Comics #3 (Fall 1941). His scarecrow costume, lanky appearance and surname were inspired by Ichabod Crane of the horror fable The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

The Scarecrow is a paranoid former psychiatrist who uses a variety of drugs and psychological tactics to exploit the fears and phobias of his adversaries. He does not commit his crimes for wealth, but rather as a form of "research" to further study the effects of fear on humans, making the innocent citizens of Gotham City his unwilling guinea pigs. While he will occasionally commit robbery or other types of larceny, he does so only to get the funding he needs to carry out his experiments. He has become a much darker character over the years, though according to the Joker ( Batman : Dark Detective #5) he is not insane.

The Scarecrow made only two appearances in the 1940s. Revived during the Silver Age of Comic Books by writer Gardner Fox and artist Sheldon Moldoff in the pages of Batman #189 (Feb 1967), he has since become a staple Batman comic book villain. He was featured several times in the cartoon Batman : The Animated Series, where he was voiced by Henry Polic II.

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