Scarecrow

Scarecrow’s Fear-Inducing Chemicals Coming Soon
Scarecrow’s Fear-Inducing Chemicals Coming Soon
Scarecrow’s Fear-Inducing Chemicals Coming Soon
The Dark Knight's lankiest villain may have been on to something after all: Scientists report that fear-inducing chemicals could soon be easy to synthesize. Sure, The Scarecrow may have used crazy hallucinogenic gasses to cripple his victims with nightmarish visions, but the science behind more subtly influencing the textbook definition of fear is more real than ever...
Fighting Batman with Macroeconomics
Fighting Batman with Macroeconomics
Fighting Batman with Macroeconomics
A mysterious economist known only as ShadowBanker (really!) has used his mathematical skills to analyze supervillain decision-making in Batman comics. In his first post, titled "Batman Villains and Cooperation: A Utility Analysis," he describes why the supervillain teamups in Jeph Loeb's Batman stories like "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" don't work at all, ac