"Fear is primal. Raw. Blood pressure increases. Veins in your skin contract. Your immune system shuts down. Even if you attempt to steel against fear, ... it is undeniable. Fear makes us human. That was the conclusion of Charles Darwin. Who am I to argue? I'm a man of science, too. A psychologist. But few know my academic achievements. If you know me at all, you know me as ... the Scarecrow!"
"For the first time in my wretched existence I feel alive! You and your kind want silence? I want screams! I want your screams!" ― Scarecrow to Black Hand.
Summary
Jonathan Crane was abused by both peers and family alike as a child due to his unusually slender appearance. With this making him grow resentful to all around him, he soon developed an obsession with fear and phobias, getting revenge on everyone who ridiculed him through lethal frights. As an adult, Jonathan becomes a psychologist for Arkham Asylum, where he performs fear-inducing experiments onto the inmates, and he eventually combines a scarecrow suit based off of an incident in his childhood with a special chemical gas he developed to become the criminal Scarecrow.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A | At least 9-A | 4-B
Name: Jonathan Crane, Scarecrow
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human supervillain
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Fear Manipulation and Illusion Creation with fear toxin, Empathic Manipulation (Has a gas that can induce rage) | All prior abilities | Flight, Energy Manipulation, Forcefield Creation, Portal Creation, Invisibility, Intangibility, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Regeneration (Mid-Low)
Attack Potency: Small Building level+ (Traded blows with Stephanie Brown, can somewhat contend with Batman) | At least Small Building level+ (Stronger than Batman to the point where the latter needed a special armor to match him) | Solar System level (His Yellow Power Ring is duplicated from Sinestro's)
Speed: Likely Massively Hypersonic | Massively Hypersonic | Massively FTL+
Lifting Strength: Peak Human | Peak Human | Stellar
Striking Strength: Small Building Class+ | At least Small Building Class+ | Likely Solar System Class
Durability: Small Building level+ (Regularly takes hits from Batman) | At least Small Building level+ (survived getting rammed by the Batplane, took attacks from an armor-enhanced Batman and was only temporarily blinded by one of his grenades) | Solar System level
Stamina: Superhuman | Very high | Very high
Range: Melee range, several meters with weapons
Standard Equipment: Fear toxin, which is transmitted through gas guns, straws, darts, and a skull-shaped sprayer. He also has a knife, scythe and his mask that protects him from the effects of his own gas | None | Yellow Power Ring.
Intelligence: Genius. A brilliant psychologist, psychiatrist, and chemist. Skilled in "violent dancing", a martial arts style he invented which is based on crane-style Kung Fu.
Weaknesses: Crane once suffered from corvidophobia (fear of crows) after being attacked by a flock of crows at his family aviary. He also has chiroptophobia (fear of bats) and is addicted to and obsessed with fear, in general. | Unknown | Blue Lantern Rings, his own ring must be recharged every 24 hours.
Key: Scarecrow | Scarebeast | Yellow Lantern
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