Trauma impacts everyone differently. For some, trauma and traumatic experiences pushes them toward something constructive while, for others, things take a darker turn. This is especially true on the pages of comic books with one of the most well-known examples of the impact of trauma being the story of Batman, who turns the experience of having witnessed the murder of his parents as a young child into a lifelong crusade against crime. But Batman isn’t the only comics character whose trauma is a major point in their origin. It factors into the story of Edward Nashton/The Riddler as well. Initially brought to life on screen by Paul Dano, the character is getting an origin comic this month from DC, The Riddler: Year One, penned by Dano himself that digs into Nashton’s story and the path he takes to becoming Batman’s chilling foe. And for Dano, he hopes that the story is, in a sense, something of a cautionary tale.
