De Vogelverschrikker

De Vogelverschrikker is the Dutch-language name for the Scarecrow, appearing in the European Batman Classics reprint series. The character is the classic DC villain Jonathan Crane, a fear-obsessed former psychiatrist who weaponizes phobias against Gotham's citizens using his signature fear-inducing gas.

A Dutch-language Bronze Age curiosity, De Vogelverschrikker haunts the pages of Batman Classics — the beloved European reprint series that brought DC adventures to a whole new audience in the late 1970s and early '80s. Crafted by the legendary team of Bob Haney and Jim Aparo, this character made their mark in 1979 and kept appearing across a compact but memorable run of six catalog appearances. The company here is rarefied: Superman, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Robin, and Commissaris James Gordon all share the page, placing De Vogelverschrikker squarely in the heart of the DC universe's finest. A niche gem for the dedicated collector, this is exactly the kind of character that reminds you how wide and wonderfully varied the world of comics truly is.