Recommend some Scarecrow stories

[Seraku]

so anyone know any good Scarecrow centric stories?

only ones that really come to mind to me are the Absolute Terror arc, the New Year's Evil special, and that arc from NML about him and the church

[Alejandro]

Year one scarecrow may be of interest to you.

Writter Bruce Jones
penciler and inkerer sean murphy
colorist and separator Lee Loughridge

I liked the art and the story so if you have tastes similar oto mine you may enjoyed it. It explores his childhood and that sort of stuff and Btman already got robin there.

[Chad]

Brave and the Bold 197 An Earth 2 tale also reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989 edition). The Scarecrow taps into Batman's fear of isolation with the result that he can only look to Selina Kyle for help in tracking him down since his friends have all vanished on him.

Detective 571 "Fear for Sale" Scarecrow has developed a drug that has removed fear from all those who use it. Unfortunately, since common sense is a form of fear, it causes all those who use it to take it to completely dismiss any dangers around them. Scarecrow uses it on Batman and challenges him to run his gauntlet.

Batman 455-457 The Scarecrow has been terrorizing Gotham by sending drugged packages to random members of the public. ie. a grandmother goes on a killing spree, a Santa Claus attacks people at a mall, etc. Batman falls into his trap along with Vicki Vale and doubts his odds of surviving into the morning.

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham Fantastic portrayal of the Scarecrow. Frightening, creepy, and comic. This story employed a take on Crane that I wish other writers had picked up on.

Detective 835-836 The Scarecrow challenges himself to terrorize Gotham without relying on fear chemicals. He does pretty well.

You know, I have to be honest and say that with the exception of my last recommendation, the Scarecrow has really suffered at the hands of writers who seem to regard him as a D-List villain over the past 15 or so years. There have been quite a few writers who have gone overboard by portraying Crane as a terrified victim of bullying who is completely unaware of how physically unintimidating and pathetic he is. If I recall, the Batman Year One Annual which was released back in 1995 (which has nothing to do with Alejandro's recommendation by the way) consisted solely of having Crane scream "You Big Bat Bully!" over and over and over all issue and trying to fight Batman one on one using interpretive dance techniques which he mistakenly described as his "fearsome Crane style of fighting". Since then, he has been repeatedly (I say repeatedly and not consistently because I haven't read every appearance he's made over the past 10 years or so) portrayed as someone who lives in constant fear of everything around him. I don't know how prevalent this interpretation has been, but it pops up even in otherwise decent stories (James Robinson's One Year Later arc was great but had Scarecrow appearing for a cameo only to be revealed as someone who without his fear gas is a whimpering child. Even the Tec two-parter from 2007 began with a depiction of Crane who was terrified of those around him).

[Karl O'Neill]

Terror

legends of the Dark knight #137-#141. it is also collected in trade paperback

Written by Doug Moench
Penciled by Paul Gulacy.

This is a scarecrow and Hugo stange story.

It's pretty awesome. It is a pure and simple scarecrow story, whatever way you want to look at it.

I give it a 3 out of 5. some cool moments in it and the writing is decent and the art is quite good. it also acts as a thematic sequel to PREY by the same creative team.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

[(James Robinson's One Year Later arc was great but had Scarecrow appearing for a cameo only to be revealed as someone who without his fear gas is a whimpering child.

Oh yeah. That was lamer than a horse that needed shootin'. I half-expected Batman to just lift up his burlap and pinkbelly him.

Truth? I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen a remotely creepy or threatening Scarecrow outside TNBA's "Never Fear." (particularly in appearence)

[OverMaster]

You know, I have to be honest and say that with the exception of my last recommendation, the Scarecrow has really suffered at the hands of writers who seem to regard him as a D-List villain over the past 15 or so years. There have been quite a few writers who have gone overboard by portraying Crane as a terrified victim of bullying who is completely unaware of how physically unintimidating and pathetic he is. If I recall, the Batman Year One Annual which was released back in 1995 (which has nothing to do with Alejandro's recommendation by the way) consisted solely of having Crane scream "You Big Bat Bully!" over and over and over all issue and trying to fight Batman one on one using interpretive dance techniques which he mistakenly described as his "fearsome Crane style of fighting". Since then, he has been repeatedly (I say repeatedly and not consistently because I haven't read every appearance he's made over the past 10 years or so) portrayed as someone who lives in constant fear of everything around him. I don't know how prevalent this interpretation has been, but it pops up even in otherwise decent stories (James Robinson's One Year Later arc was great but had Scarecrow appearing for a cameo only to be revealed as someone who without his fear gas is a whimpering child. Even the Tec two-parter from 2007 began with a depiction of Crane who was terrified of those around him).

It's a tricky thin line to walk on, because I think Scarecrow definitely needs to have the 'origin built from fear' background, but not in a way that cripples his effectiveness as a cruel, ruthless, sadistic monster.

I liked the 'God of Fear' arc running through Knightfall in Shadow of the Bat. It shows Crane as true monstrous and maniacal, yet cultured and cunning, city-wide menace that almost brings Jean Paul Valley down.

[Seraku]

Writter Bruce JonesI've heard enough.

NO

[Santanico]

I'm a big, big fan of the way Devin Grayson used to write Crane: icy, sadistic, articulate and terrifyingly smart. Her most famous story featuring him is probably the aforementioned (and fantastic) NML "Fear of Faith" arc, but I also love the "Only Happy When It Rains" arc in Catwoman (Vol. 2 #58-60), which is so well-written that even Jim Balent's artwork can't ruin it.

[Chad]

I'm a big, big fan of the way Devin Grayson used to write Crane: icy, sadistic, articulate and terrifyingly smart. Her most famous story featuring him is probably the aforementioned (and fantastic) NML "Fear of Faith" arc, but I also love the "Only Happy When It Rains" arc in Catwoman (Vol. 2 #58-60), which is so well-written that even Jim Balent's artwork can't ruin it.

I think one of her Scarecrow stories made it into a Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told edition and it isn't either of the stories you've mentioned here. It's Fear of Success from Gotham Knights 23 (2002).

[marshal99]

When DC did that year one annuals , they had one on scarecrow.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/thumb/5/5a/Batman_Annual_19.jpg/300px-Batman_Annual_19.jpg

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_Annual_Vol_1_19