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"The Wonderland Gang!"

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"The Wonderland Gang!"

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Detective Comics #841 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 2008.

Synopsis for "The Wonderland Gang!"

Batman investigates a growing new team of costumed crooks, "The Wonderland Gang". Led by the Mad Hatter and featuring Tweedledum and Tweedledee, they quickly amass high-class muscle from all over Gotham dressed as different Lewis Carroll characters. Finding the crimes somewhat amiss, Batman eventually tracks the gang down to the House of Mirrors at the Gotham Amusement Park. He finds Tetch, the Mad Hatter, spinning aimlessly on the Teacups ride. Sure enough, Tetch is victim of one of his own mind-controlling chips, which Batman removes. He then goes in and confronts the gangs real leaders, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. While Batman is battling the rest of the Wonderland gang, Tweedledum and Tweedledee both escape outside only to be subdued by the Mad Hatter, who beats them both unconscious with an oar. Batman calls Jim Gordon to tell him where to pick the gang up, and to make sure his men know to take it easy with Jervis Tetch, who really hadn't done anything wrong. Later, in Arkham, the frightened Tweedledum and Tweedledee try to apologize to the Mad Hatter. He slips two mind-control chips onto their necks, and then has them fight each other.

Appearing in "The Wonderland Gang!"

Featured Characters:

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Supporting Characters:

James Gordon

Antagonists:

Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Tweedledum (First appearance)
- Tweedledee
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The Wonderland Gang (First appearance)
- March Hare (Harriet Pratt)
- The Lion (Lewis Yarnell)
- The Unicorn (Skitch Benson)
- The Walrus (Moe Blum)
- The Carpenter (Jenna Duffy)

Other Characters:

Locations:

Gotham City
- Arkham

Items:

Vehicles:

Batmobile

Notes

Editor's Note: The events in this issue take place prior to Salvation Run.

Collected in Batman: Private Casebook.

Trivia

While The Mad Hatter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and The March Hare are easily recognizable characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the Lion, the Unicorn, the Walrus and the Carpenter are slightly more obscure. The latter four each take their names from two poems, respectively "The Lion and the Unicorn" and the "The Walrus and the Carpenter," both published in Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." While "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is an original poem by Carroll, "The Lion and the Unicorn" is a more traditional nursery rhyme only utilized by Carroll in his work. The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols for the United Kingdom, the Lion representing England, and the Unicorn representing Scotland.

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-Batman investigates a growing new team of costumed crooks, "The Wonderland Gang". Led by the [[Mad Hatter]] and featuring [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]], they quickly amass high-class muscle from all over [[Gotham]] dressed as different [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]] characters. Finding the crimes somewhat amiss, Batman eventually tracks the gang down to the House of Mirrors at the Gotham Amusement Park. He finds Tetch, the Mad Hatter, spinning aimlessly on the Teacups ride. Sure enough, Tetch is victim of one of his own mind-controlling chips, which Batman removes. He then goes in and confronts the gangs real leaders, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. While Batman is battling the rest of the Wonderland gang, Tweedledum and Tweedledee both escape outside only to be subdued by the Mad Hatter, who beats them both unconscious with an oar. Batman calls [[Jim Gordon]] to tell him where to pick the gang up, and to make sure his men know to take it easy with Jervis Tetch, who really hadn't done anything wrong. Later, in [[Arkham]], the frightened Tweedledum and Tweedledee try to apologize to the Mad Hatter. He slips two mind-control chips onto their necks, and then has them fight each other.
+Batman investigates a growing new team of costumed crooks, "The Wonderland Gang". Led by the [[Jervis Tetch (New Earth)|Mad Hatter]] and featuring [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee (New Earth)|Tweedledum and Tweedledee]], they quickly amass high-class muscle from all over [[Gotham City|Gotham]] dressed as different [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]] characters. Finding the crimes somewhat amiss, Batman eventually tracks the gang down to the House of Mirrors at the Gotham Amusement Park. He finds Tetch, the Mad Hatter, spinning aimlessly on the Teacups ride. Sure enough, Tetch is victim of one of his own mind-controlling chips, which Batman removes. He then goes in and confronts the gangs real leaders, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. While Batman is battling the rest of the Wonderland gang, Tweedledum and Tweedledee both escape outside only to be subdued by the Mad Hatter, who beats them both unconscious with an oar. Batman calls [[James Gordon (New Earth)|Jim Gordon]] to tell him where to pick the gang up, and to make sure his men know to take it easy with Jervis Tetch, who really hadn't done anything wrong. Later, in [[Arkham Asylum|Arkham]], the frightened Tweedledum and Tweedledee try to apologize to the Mad Hatter. He slips two mind-control chips onto their necks, and then has them fight each other.
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 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman (Bruce Wayne)]]
+* {{apn|[[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]]|Batman #674|Detective Comics #842}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]
+* {{a|[[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]}}
-'''Villains:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
-* [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]]
+* {{a|[[Tweedledum and Tweedledee (New Earth)|Tweedledum and Tweedledee]]}}
+** {{a|[[Dumson Tweed (New Earth)|Tweedledum]]}} {{1st}}
-* [[The Mad Hatter]]
+** {{a|[[Deever Tweed (New Earth)|Tweedledee]]}}
-* The Wonderland Gang
+* {{apn|[[Jervis Tetch (New Earth)|The Mad Hatter]]|Secret Six Vol 2 #6|Batman and the Outsiders Vol 2 #11}}
-:* The March Hare (Harriet Pratt)
+* The {{a|[[Wonderland Gang (New Earth)|Wonderland Gang]]}} {{1st}}
-:* The Lion (Lewis Yarnell
+** {{a|[[Harriet Pratt (New Earth)|March Hare]]}} (Harriet Pratt)
-:* The Unicorn (Skitch Benson)
+** {{a|[[Lewis Yarnell (New Earth)|The Lion]]}} (Lewis Yarnell)
-:* The Walrus (Moe Blum)
+** {{a|[[Skitch Benson (New Earth)|The Unicorn]]}} (Skitch Benson)
-:* The Carpenter (Jenna Duffy)
+** {{a|[[Moe Blum (New Earth)|The Walrus]]}} (Moe Blum)
+** {{a|[[Jenna Duffy (New Earth)|The Carpenter]]}} (Jenna Duffy)
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* [[Little Italy]]
+* {{a|[[Anthony Marchetti (New Earth)|Little Italy]]}}
-* [[Mister ZZZ]]
+* {{a|[[Mister ZZZ (New Earth)|Mister ZZZ]]}}
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[Gotham City]]
+* {{a|[[Gotham City]]}}
+** {{a|[[Arkham Asylum|Arkham]]}}
 '''Items:'''
 * <br/>
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* {{a|[[Batmobile]]}}
-* <br/>
-| Cast1               = Bruce Wayne (New Earth)
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+* Editor's Note: The events in this issue take place prior to [[Salvation Run]].
-| Cast2               = Jervis Tetch (New Earth)
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+* Collected in ''Batman: Private Casebook''.
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-| Notes               = Editor's Note: The events in this issue take place prior to Salvation Run.
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+* While [[Wikipedia:Mad Hatter|The Mad Hatter]], [[Wikipedia:Tweedledum and Tweedledee|Tweedledum and Tweedledee]], and [[Wikipedia:March Hare|The March Hare]] are easily recognizable characters from [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]]'s [[Wikipedia:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland]], the Lion, the Unicorn, the Walrus and the Carpenter are slightly more obscure. The latter four each take their names from two poems, respectively "[[Wikipedia:The Lion and the Unicorn|The Lion and the Unicorn]]" and the "[[Wikipedia:The Walrus and the Carpenter|The Walrus and the Carpenter]]," both published in Carroll's "[[Wikipedia:Through the Looking Glass|Through the Looking Glass]]." While "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is an original poem by Carroll, "The Lion and the Unicorn" is a more traditional nursery rhyme only utilized by Carroll in his work. The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols for the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], the Lion representing [[Wikipedia:England|England]], and the Unicorn representing [[Wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]].
 | Recommended         =
+* [[Detective Comics Vol 1 787|Detective Comics #787]]
+* [[Batman: Madness - A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special]]
+* [[Knightfall|Batman: Knightfall]]
+* [[Batman: The Long Halloween]]
+* [[Batman: Gotham Underground|Gotham Underground]]
+* [[Arkham Asylum: Living Hell]]
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