Additionally, Nygma worked for Wayne Enterprises in both the Zero Year comics and in the Batman Forever movie.Īll of these consistencies can't be entirely coincidental, and it wouldn't be unlike Nolan to slip a subtle Easter egg of this kind into one of his movies, with references towards Clayface and Victor Zsasz also sprinkled into the trilogy.

Just like Reese, Nygma is one of the few characters to figure out Batman's identity in the comic books and he tries to use that knowledge to blackmail Bruce Wayne. Nygma sounding like 'enigma.' While this alone isn't enough to draw a line between Riddler and Reese, there are several other comparisons between the two.

This mirrors The Riddler's naming pun of E. Reese' on several occasions, which sounds identical to 'mysteries' when spoken out loud. The theory comes from Lucius Fox referring to Coleman as ' Mr. While Coleman Reese is a relatively minor figure in The Dark Knight, some fans have suggested he might be far more interesting than one might initially think, and that Reese is actually a Riddler Easter egg. Related: Batman Is The Most Important Movie Superhero When Morgan Freeman's Lucius Fox refuses to play ball, Reese takes his story to the media and accidentally makes himself an assassination target with the Joker taking exception to the idea of knowing Batman's true identity. In The Dark Knight, a Wayne Enterprises employee named Coleman Reese figures out his employer is really the Batman and attempts to blackmail Bruce Wayne in return for keeping the secret. However, the Riddler already existed, in a fashion, before Nolan's third movie.

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