What actually happened when Riddler discovered Batman’s secret identity

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Here at Polygon we like to spend (almost) every Monday celebrating the best moments in comics from the past week, but today I’d like to start with something a little different. In honor of The Batman, the Riddler’s first live-action, big screen appearance since 1995, I need to talk about my favorite Riddler moment ever.

See, for a good long stretch of DC Comics time before the 2011 reboot, the Riddler was fully aware that Batman was Bruce Wayne. He’d figured it out all on his own because, well, if characters like Ra’s al Ghul and Bane could simply deduce Batman’s true identity, then it follows the hyper-intelligent Riddler could as well. This was a big addition to the short list of supervillains who knew Batman’s big secret, most of whom could be trusted with the information for reasons of sympathy or honor.

The Riddler, on the other hand, hates Batman’s guts and loves lording information over people. So you might ask yourself: How did Batman keep Eddie Nygma from spilling the beans all over Gotham?

The answer makes complete sense, and is also ferociously stupid.

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When the Riddler asserts that his new knowledge gives him the ultimate knife at Batman’s throat, Batman counters with an apparent non sequitur: What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? And when Riddler scoffs at this, a riddle