Who's Next?

With the success of The Dark Knight, there's speculation all over the internet about who might be the villain in the next Batman film (and with the mountains of money Time-Warner has been raking in, I think we can guarantee that there will be a next one). Even some comics pros have gotten into the act making suggestions, the strangest of which being Calandar Man. So, I was playing the fun little guessing game for myself when I had a brainstorm.

What about Cluemaster?



Who's Cluemaster, you ask? He's a criminal mastermind with a psychological compulsion to leave clues for the police. Think a less iconic version of the Riddler with a crappier costume (no offense to his creators, but an orange leotard, really?). So, why not just use the Riddler? Well, the interesting thing about Cluemaster is that he has a teenage daughter. Being a crappy dad (as, I would imagine, are most supervillains) his daughter has a lot of anger directed toward him and so puts on a costume of her own and, calling herself the Spoiler, makes it her mission to ruin his criminal enterprises. It adds an extra complication to dealing with the villain if Batman has to worry about this young girl who keeps putting herself into the middle of the fight.

Okay, maybe not Cluemaster, he is pretty lame. But how about giving the Riddler a daughter?