The Scarecrow

Jonathan Crane, a brilliant professor of psychology, was abused and bullied in his youth. This led to an obsession with fear and the creation of a specially designed hallucinogenic drug–dubbed "fear toxin" –to exploit the phobias of the people of Gotham City and its protector, Batman. As the self-proclaimed "Master of Fear", the Scarecrow's crimes do not stem from a common desire for wealth or power, but from a cruel pleasure in terrorizing innocents to further his sadistic experiments on the manipulation of fear.