Sunday, 5 October 2014

Chucky Berks (Batman Arkham Origins)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Origins

Chucky Berks was a counterfeiter working on Christmas Eve.

Berks was working at Dixon Docks for a mob on a counterfeiting scheme, which was captured on camera by the investigative journalist Owen Grant. Berks shot Grant, who had pictures of him on his camera after spotting him, however grew scared when he could not locate it.

Berks along with the gang go the Diamond District, where he tries to persuade them to locate the camera before the G.C.P.D locate it. However Batman arrives, who had learnt from the cameras photo about Berks involvement and after being subdued and interrogated is left for the G.C.P.D with evidence against him on Grant's murder.

John F. Baker (Batman Arkham Origins)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Origins

John F. Baker was a low-level thug who had a criminal record of minor crimes including robbery and breaking and entering.

On Christmas Eve, Baker was hired by Enigma to booby trap an access panel to the Coventry G.C.R Tower. He installed an explosive that was rigged to detonate when a Gotham Optics key card was swiped across it. His hand print was left on the keypad, which led Batman to discovering his involvement in the crime, which resulted in the death of technician David Shannon.

He was later found dead by the G.C.P.D (most likely by Enigma to tie up loose ends) in the Diamond District.

David Shannon (Batman Arkham Origins)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Origins

David Shannon was an engineer and technician, who worked for Gotham  Optics. He died on Christmas Eve in the Coventry G.C.R Tower, while on a call out to fix it.

Shannon was sent out by the company to fix a faulty network in the Coventry Tower on Christmas Eve. When he swiped his access card to gain access to the main tower, he triggered a booby trap set up by John F. Baker (on orders of Enigma.) The key card scanner explodes, sending him flying across the room and hitting the wall, killing him with the impact. 

Batman discovers his body when he finds the tower is throwing out a jamming signal that is interfering with the Batwing, while flying for Penguin's Bowery arm deal. He uses the access card to be able to take control of the access panels and identified the murderer being Baker (who was found dead by G.C.P.D an hour earlier in the Diamond District.) He tells Alfred to contact the G.C.P.D to investigate the body and crime.

Bryan Murphy (Batman Arkham Origins)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Origins

Bryan Murphy is an account manager, who worked for the Gotham Merchant's Bank, prior to his death on Christmas Eve.

Prior to his death, he was working with a notorious Gotham Conn-ma, Robert Hanes in pulling off an insurance scam against the bank. In return for the accout details, he would get a share of the profit. However he had a change of heart and planned to contact the G.C.P.D or a superior to put a stop to it.

On Christams Eve, Hanes pushed him through a broken stone railing, where he fell to his death in the Bowery district. He was carrying a briefcase with paperwork, which captured Hanes Dna, pinning him to the crime. He dies instantly from a high volacity impact when he makes contact with the ground.

Batman discovers his body and the briefcase later that night and sends information of the scam and a captured Robert Hanes to the G.C.P.D, after hearing about the bodies discovery on the police radio station.

Harleen Quinzel (Batman Arkham Origins)

First Appearance: Batman Arkham Asylum

Harleen Quinzel attended the Gotham University, where she got a degree in psychology. After this she became an intern at Blackgate Prison, under Professor Hugo Strange.

Strange had her call Alberto Falcone, one of his patients, to tell him that he missed two appointments for their sessions. She gives him a subtle threat that if he doesn't continue with the appointments, she will tell Carmine Falcone, his father, that his son has an untreated medical condition.

Her residency at Blackgate was coming up to its completion around the Christmas Eve period and she was tasked to do an assessment on Jullian Gregory Day, the Calendar Man. After a psychological evaluation, she deemed that Day was insane and could not be exacuted, handing her report in to Warden Martin Joseph. However Joseph tells her to redo the report him as sane, which he maniulates her into doing by saying it will make the city safer and they will thank her for it. She agrees on the condition that she is given  full access the new criminals entered into the asylum. When Joesph asks why she would want to spend any more time with the patients, she says the criminal mind is "fascinating" and would make a good topic for research papers and books. 

This led her to the Joker, who was arrested by the G.C.P.D and sent to Blackgate. She began their interview, telling him that it was a bad day and the cops of the city were "always beating on the sick and defenceless." He asks her if she ever had a "really bad day." They go through numerous word associatrion games with the word "fate" getting information about his "origin" (whether it is true or not is unknown- based on The Killing Joke.) He begins manipulating her feelings when he says he met someone that night, whose name he didn't know and she introduces herself. He says it's a pretty name and asks if her friends call her Harley, but she replies that she doesn't have a lot of friends. Joker tells her he has one know and she touches his arm affectionatly.

She is taken hostage in the Prison Nexus after the Joker escapes, with the prisoners implying that she had supplied the codes needed for the escape. Batman frees her and she tells him that the Joker is waiting for him in the Panopticon.

After the Joker has been apprahended, he is taken back to his cell laughing at how Batman had stopped Bane's heart, while Harley watches with a smile.

Oliver Queen- Alternate Earth (Injustice Gods Among Us Year Two)

First Appearance: Injustice Gods Among Us: Year 2 #24

An alternate version of Oliver Queen (it is unclear whether he is the same version from the game) was living in a cabin in an unknown location, when Kent Nelson saved Dinah Lance and her son, Connor in the aftermath of the Green Lantern, Sinestro Corps war.

He is looking after Connor, when Dinah comes round and they meet for the first time. Both are equally shocked by this, as Superman killed her version of Oliver Queen and Oliver lost his version of Dinah Lance (in an unknown event.) Nelson says that "I can't guarente you happiness, but I can give you each other". They watch Nelson leaves and Oliver asks about Connor's name, saying he always liked it. Dinah smiles at him saying that she knows. Oliver looks like he is about to cry and greets her with the nickname "Pretty bird."


Saturday, 4 October 2014

Detective Chimp (Injustice Gods Among Us: Year 3)

First Appearance: Injustice Gods Among Us: Year 3 #1

At some point prior to Superman's third year in control of the world, Detective Chimp had met with Zatanna and Constantine (who he doesn't like.) Constantine knows him as the "greatest detective in the world."

Constantine arrives in his hideout, where he had been hiding for some time after an unknown event, by a teleportation spell from Zatanna. He is sitting in a chair drinking beer, surrounded by pizza boxes and asks Constantine if he "always magically appeared in rooms unannounced." Constantine asks if he was surprised, but he replies that he rarely is, before asking him what he wanted in an aggressive manner.