Jervis Tetch (Earth 1)

**Jervis Tetch** is a brilliant neuroscientist, embraced a delusion that he was the incarnation of a character in the story, the **Mad Hatter**. Using his hypnotic skills for mesmerism as the Mad Hatter in Gotham City and an adversary of the superhero known as the Batman.

## Appearances

### Appears in

The Batman 2: The Long HalloweenThe Batman 4: Dark VictoryRobin: Year One

## Biography

Jervis Tetch was born in 1999, and was formerly a research scientist, is completely smitten with the works of Lewis Carroll. As his criminal name indicates, he takes the appearance of the Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He is an insane neuroscientist and developed hardware that can control the brain and induce hypnotic states, and often uses hats or other headgear for mind control.

Tetch became the character known as The Mad Hatter. At some point after the vigilante known as the Batman started to work in Gotham City, Tetch's plans was foiled by Batman and was locked in Arkham Asylum.

### The Long Halloween

On December 24th during the year in which everyone close to Carmine Falcone was targeted, Batman and police captain James Gordon visited the Calendar Man and on their way to his cell, walked right next to Tetch's and other enemies of the bat, including the Penguin's and the The Scarecrow's.

Months later, on mothersday of the next year, Crane and Jervis Tetch were broken out of Arkham by Sofia Falcone, Carmine's daughter. While Tetch escaped almost immediately,

On the Fourth of July, Later, he a call with Falcone, Carmine this time, who instructed him to rob a few banks with The Scarecrow so that the Falcone crime family improove their financial situation. They did so but were ambushed by the Batman, who in turn was knocked unconscious by the rhyming Tetch, who struck his head with a vase as he was beating Crane. They then took Batman prisoner and brought him with them as they headed to the Falcone family grave in order to give Carmine the money they had stolen. On their way though, Batman had woken up and as they searched for him, knocked the Hatter out. They were taken to Arkham again, but didn’t stay long as on October 31st

But the former district attorney, turned supervillain Two-Face and his accomplice Solomon Grundy attacks Arkham and free several inmates; Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Joker, Penguin and Mad Hatter attack Falcone's building and took his hostage. As they then captured Falcone, Tetch and the others waited for Two-Face to end his life so they could have the city for themselves but Batman and Catwoman entered and Tetch is knocked out my Batman as he and Catwoman defeated the rest. After the fight had ended, they were all taken back to Arkham Asylum again.

### The Hangman Murders

Once a place controlled by organized crime, Gotham City suddenly finds itself being run by lawless freaks, such as Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and the Joker. It is still early in Batman's crimefighting career, but the Dark Knight is on the verge of completing his transformation into the city's greatest defender.

### Defeated By Robin

Tetch kidnapped young girls and is going to sell them to slavery. Tech told his henchman, Shrike to keep The Caped Crusaders out of his business and he agreed to do that and left.

After school, Dick Grayson saw The Mad Hatter is disguised, who has mind control a girl named Sofia. The Boy Wonder follows The Mad Hatter to his hideout and defeated his goons and interrogated of them and learned that Hatter is a yacht.

Robin decides to stop the villain on his own. With a little support by Alfred, Dick finds out that the Mad Hatter is delivering the girls to the Generalissimo on his yacht. Robin enters the yacht, fights through a horde of goons, rescues the girls and exposes the Mad Hatter's plot. Robin defeated Hatter and Shrike as the cops arrived and take them to Arkham.

## Relationships

### Family

* Father †
* Mother †

### Allies

* Julian Day / Calendar Man - friend and inmate

* Jonaathan Crane / Scarecrow - friend and inmate

* Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin - friend and inmate

* Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy - friend and inmate

* Harvey Dent / Two-Face - friend and inmate

* Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - friend and inmate

* Waylon Jones / Killer Croc - friend and inmate

* Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy - friend and inmate

* Edward Nashton / Riddler - friend and inmate

* Kirt Langstrom / Man-Bat - friend and inmate

* Garfield Lynns / Firefly - friend and inmate

* Drury Walker / Killer Moth - friend and inmate

* Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn - friend and inmate

* Shrike - Henchman and friend

### Enemies

* Bruce Wayne / Batman - enemy
* Dick Grayson / Robin - enemy
* Barbara Gordon / Batgirl - enemy
* Jason Todd / Robin ll † - enemy
* Tim Drake / Robin lll - enemy

* Gotham City Police Department
	+ James Gordon
	+ Harvey Bullock
	+ Renee Montoya
	+ Janice Porter † - victim
* Selina Kyle/Catwoman
* Carmine Falcone † - Formal Boss and Enemy
* Alberto Falcone/Holiday † - Enemy
* Sofia Falcone/Hangman † - Enemy
* Sal Maroni † - Enemy