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Word: riddler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After defeating the Penguin, the Joker, and the Riddler, Batman fell to his most powerful, insidious enemy: Lorenzo Semple Jr., the Television Script Writer. Semple was responsible for the TV series Batman, which demoted the Caped Crusader to Campy Clown. Fans of the printed page Batman protested the desecration of their hero, but the cries of outrage were lost amid the nation's giggles...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: A Bat Out of Hell | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...questions; in this century, J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit offered a few original puzzles: "A box without hinges, key or lid. Yet golden treasure inside is hid." Answer: An egg. The sport trickled down to Gotham City, home of Batman and Robin; in a recent comic-book adventure, the Riddler leaves a clue to the locale of his next crime: "When is a horse most like a stamp collection?" Answer: When it's a hobby horse (a reference to Hobby Airport in Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Riddles Ancient and Modern: by Mark Bryant | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...finally, BATMAN and ROBIN outwit the RIDDLER and the CAT-WOMAN this morning at 7. But then, you've probably already missed that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Might Have Been | 11/14/1981 | See Source »

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