The Creeper: Difference between revisions

[[File:creeper.jpg|frame|Would you trust this face?]]

 

 

 

 

Created by [[Steve Ditko]], the Creeper first appeared in ''"Showcase''" #73 (April, 1968). He went on to starr in his own short-lived magazine, suffered a couple of [[Retcon|retcons]] and [[Revision|revisions]], and has done some guest appearances, never quite achieving wide popularity.

 

[[I Thought It Meant|No relation to the walking green timebombs from]] ''[[Minecraft]]'' or the hunched-over hulk who constantly shouts his name from [[Scooby Doo]].

* [[Action Girl]]: Fran definitely wasn't left out when the gang fought against Disruptor's men.

** He is also the source of a lot of discoverables in [[DC Universe Online]], but again, he never turns into the Creeper.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: Averted later, but during his origin episode in the DCAU he was running around in severely torn clothes after his chemical bath until he got his costume.

** That's not enough, the Joker actually ''fears'' him. Let us reiterate that: THE [[Monster Clown]] of comics who terrifies millions has nightmares about ''this'' guy.

* [[Dramatic Pause]]: ''I heard you guys worked for, [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|dramatic pause]], [[The Joker]]!''

** In comic, [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|they once meet, locked in the same room]]. The result? Joker ''begging'' to get out.

*** In the cartoon, the Creeper finally catches up to Joker and Harley at the end of the episode, ending with Creeper hurling Joker away, making him land at Batman's feet. Joker promptly grabs Batman's cape and screams "HE'S A LUNATIC!!", as if begging to be arrested.

* [[Expy]]: The Creeper's resemblance to Batman foe The Joker (both have green hair, clownlike faces and maniacal laughter) first pointed out in an issue of the latter's own comic book in the 1970's (where the two fought) may have led to the character's reinterpretation as being insane.

** Also, consider that The Creeper is remarkably similar to Ditko's own Loki, held over from Thor/Dr. Strange. They are very similar characters.

* [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]]: The costume, famously, incorporates a ''giant red feather boa''.

* [[Fun Personified]]

* [[Future Badass]]: A dystopian future that [[Captain Atom]] appears in, during [[Brightest Day]] shows The Creeper still alive over 100 years later as a cyborg, and as noted, still insane.

* [[Healing Factor]]

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: At least this is what Ryder's ex seems [[Mistaken for Cheating|to think]] ''"Switching from blondes to redheads now, you son-of-a--"''

* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]]: Kinda lampshaded; he actually chooses and buys his costume, assisted by a bored-looking shop attendant who looks as though half-naked psychopaths leaping in, trashing the store, asking for dress advice and paying by credit card is perfectly normal (well, this is Gotham...)

** Absolutely true: [http://editthis.info/superdickery/Thriftie she has fans.] It's mostly one guy, but it's also hilarious.

** In the original comics the costume was actually a full suit, the yellow part being spandex or similar (and it was also the last suit available in the shop) and the hair being a wig. It was also recognized to be a costume by some criminals, but since the doctor's device make the costume stick like a glue, trying to pull the wig off with no effect made them realize it to be the "real deal".

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Occasionally, though more often than not comes off as a [[Paparazzi]], to the point that at least once he gets scolded by [[Superman|Clark Kent]].

** He made the "change with a rush of adrenalin" thing work for him. Once he needed to quickly transform, so he ''jumped out a skyscraper window!''

** Jack Ryder spent the good portion of one comic book spontaneously half-transforming into the Creeper without any control. His attempts to make himself scarce in the presence of his co-workers were entertaining.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: Sort of. Creeper's wild laughter made criminals extremely paranoid and nearly insane.

* [[Large Ham]]: Originally, Ryder would talk like a B-Movie horror villain when he was the Creeper to further confuse his enemies.

* [[The Mad Hatter]]

* [[Magic Pants]]

* [[Rummage Sale Reject]]

* [[Split Personality]]

* [[Strawman Political]]: In current continuity, Jack Ryder is a very outspoken left-wing pundit, whose show is called ''You Are WRONG!''

** Though he did start to mellow a bit after becoming the Creeper.

* [[Super Serum]]

* [[Talkative Loon]]: In ''Batman: The Animated Series'' at least.

* [[Terror Hero]]: In the original comics Creeper used to pull a scare shtick by pretending he was not human, describing the horrible fates of his enemies, laughing and acting weirdly to make his enemies panic (and loving every minute of it). This worked well enough that he actually managed to make one less hard-boiled guy faint.

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Or insane at least, as is found out when he's tortured to test his pain threshold.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: This guy is crazier than [[The Joker]].

* [[Wall Crawl]]

* [[Weather Control Machine]]: Dr. Storme's weather rod.

 

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