Jonathan Crane (Arrowverse)

Dr. **Jonathan Crane** is a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, a former close friend/co-worker of Harleen Quinzel and August Cartwright, the son of the late Gerald and Karen Crane, a master criminal in Gotham City, the leader of his gang and a close ally of the False Face Society.

## Jonathan Crane (Arrowverse)

* Civilian
* Scarecrow

## General Information

### Occupation

Psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum (formerly)Leader of the Scarecrow gang

Drug dealer

Master Criminal

Arkham Inmate (occasional; formerly)

### Affiliation

Arkham Asylum (formerly)Scarecrow gang

False Face Society

### Family

Gerald Crane (father; deceased)Karen Crane (mother; deceased)

### Alter Ego

Scarecrow

Jonathan was originally a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and worked closely with the likes of Harleen Quinzel and August Cartwright, becoming beloved by both of them. However, Jonathan abused his position as a psychiatrist and began experimenting on his patients, creating a deadly toxin that caused the subject to hallucinate their greatest fears. Jonathan’s activities were eventually discovered by Harleen, who reported him to the Asylum’s director, Hugo Strange. Strange fired Jonathan, which caused Jonathan to go on a downward spiral.

Jonathan eventually became the terrifying and infamous criminal known as the **Scarecrow**, stylized as the **“Terror of Gotham”** and **“Fear Incarnate”**. Scarecrow’s plan was to expose his fear toxin to every person in Gotham City, aiming to overdose Harleen in the process. However, his plan was intercepted and prevented by Batman, leading Scarecrow to develop a deadly obsession with the Caped Crusader. However, the dangerous success of Scarecrow’s drug led other criminals in Gotham desire to obtain it, frequently asking Scarecrow for it. He eventually allied with Black Mask, dealing the fear toxin to him. However, Black Mask complained to Scarecrow that the drug was making his clients go insane.

Scarecrow simply stated that if he didn’t like the toxin, he could buy from someone else. Eventually, Scarecrow came into contact with his old friend August Cartwright, who begged him to make a stable version of the drug to use for his mother’s oxygen tank. Scarecrow concurred and made a version that could keep people alive. However, he quickly disposed of it.

Over the next 15 years, Scarecrow would become among the most dangerous adversaries of Batman, constantly getting put into Arkham Asylum only to break out later on. Batman later claimed Scarecrow was a difficult threat due to his powerful fear toxin and his gang of “freaks”. Scarecrow later claimed that Batman was the only person who scared him.

Scarecrow would then start to grow infamy throughout Gotham, leading Batman into more and more encounters with him to the point where he became a member of his rogues gallery.

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Scarecrow, along with everyone else in the multiverse apart from the seven Paragons, was killed by an antimatter wave released by the Anti-Monitor on December 10th, 2019, only to be resurrected a month later after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.

On Earth-Prime, Scarecrow’s history remained the same, and he had his Earth-1 memories restored by J’onn J’onzz after threatening to gas his friends. Scarecrow’s fear toxin is still scattered throughout Gotham, however Scarecrow himself remains absent. It’s heavily implied that he remains in Arkham Asylum, however most believe he is hiding in Gotham City and waiting to remerge due to the absence of Batman